Question and answer 2

Question and answer 2

தனது எதார்த்தசொரூபத்தை விசாரித்துணர்வ தென்றா லென்ன?

எல்லோருக்கும் சுபாவமாக வுண்டாகும், “போனேன், வந்தேன், இருந்தேன், செய்தேன் என்பதாதிய அநுபவங்களிலிருந்தே அவ்வநுபவநிகழ்ச்சிக்குரிய வினைகளுக்கு முதலாக ‘நான்’ என்றதோர் போதம் தோற்றுகிறதல்லவா? அந்த போதத்தின் உண்மைவடிவை (நானார் என்ற விசாரத்தால்) விசாரித்துத் தானாயிருப்பதே தனது எதார்த்தசொரூபத்தை விசாரித்துணர்வ தென்பதாம்.

In plain words

And what does it actually mean, to enquire into what you really are?

It happens naturally to everyone. Out of experiences like 'I went, I came, I stayed, I did', doesn't some awareness called 'I' show up first, before the very deeds through which those experiences come about? Enquire into what that awareness really is, by the enquiry 'Who am I', and be yourself. That being yourself is what is meant by enquiring into and knowing your own real nature.

Word for word

To enquire into and know one's own real nature — what is meant by saying that?

It arises naturally for everyone: does not, from experiences such as 'I went, I came, I stayed, I did', a certain awareness called 'I' appear, first, prior to the deeds proper to the occurring of those very experiences? Enquiring into the real form of that awareness (by the enquiry 'Who am I') — the very being-as-oneself [that results] is what is called enquiring into and knowing one's own real nature.