Tadany Um refúgio para a alma e um convite à consciência.
Tattva Bodha – Summary, Class 44.
Date: May 18, 2025.
In this class, Acharya Tadany explained the process of pañcīkaraṇam (grossification) and offered insightful guidance on the common struggle of understanding and abiding in Consciousness.
Main Teaching: Pañcīkaraṇam (The Process of Grossification)
The class detailed how the universe manifests from its subtle causal state (māyā / kāraṇa prapañca) into the gross physical world.
Māyā is triguṇātmikam — it possesses three inherent qualities (guṇas):
Sattva Guṇa → Produces the five sense organs (jñānendriyas) and the fourfold inner instrument (antaḥkaraṇam: mind, intellect, memory, ego)
Rajas Guṇa → Produces the five organs of action (karmendriyas) and the five vital forces (pañca prāṇas)
Tamas Guṇa → Responsible for the actual grossification of the subtle elements into the physical world
The Mathematical Formula of Grossification
Each of the five subtle elements (tanmātras: ākāśa, vāyu, agni, jala, pṛthvī) undergoes the following process:
50% remains as the original pure element (dominant part)
The other 50% is divided into four equal parts (12.5% each)
These 12.5% portions are mixed into the other four elements
Result: Every gross element is a composite “alloy” containing:
50% of its own dominant element
12.5% each of the other four elements
This explains why gross elements are mixed and visible, while subtle elements remain pure and invisible. The principle is: kāraṇa guṇāḥ kārye anuvartante — the qualities of the cause continue in the effect.
Questions & Guidance: Understanding Consciousness
A student shared her difficulty in consistently recognizing Consciousness as separate from the mind, often flipping between the Vedāntic view and the materialistic/scientific view.
Acharya Tadany’s Teaching:
This confusion is perfectly natural and common due to lifelong (and possibly previous life) identification with the body-mind complex.
Intellectual understanding is already present; the real obstacle is deep-rooted identification.
Self-judgment only creates more obstacles.
Practical Recommendations:
Neti Neti Meditation
“This body is mine, but I am not this body.”
“These thoughts are mine, but I am not these thoughts.”
“These emotions are mine, but I am not these emotions.”
Follow the Middle Path (Golden Path)
Practice moderation and balance in all aspects of life — sleep, food, speech, activity, etc.
Cultivate Viveka
Strengthen the discrimination between the permanent (Ātmā) and the temporary (body-mind world).
Be Patient and Kind to Yourself
The shift from 99% identification with body-mind to greater identification with Ātmā happens gradually and naturally through consistent practice.
Key Takeaways
The gross world we experience is the result of a precise process of grossification (pañcīkaraṇam) from subtle elements.
Confusion regarding Consciousness is natural and expected.
The solution lies not in more intellectual effort, but in developing Viveka, non-identification (Neti Neti), and a balanced lifestyle.
Transformation is gentle and progressive — one moves naturally toward one’s true nature as Ātmā.
