Consequently Brahma got concerned that such ignorance would lead everyone to hell. Then he meditated on the Lord and created dispellers of ignorance. Those four Gurus are Sanakan, Sanandan, Sanathanan, and Sanalkumaran whom we met in Bhagavatha Mahatmyam. They have transcended “Dharmam, Artham and Kamam” and focus on “Moksham” only.

Note – This part of Bhagavatham is actually telling us how ignorance in various forms steal the joy and awareness from our life and that, it can be recaptured by Satsang with Sages. We will see this session in detail…

Creation continues…

Let us get a closer look at this philosophy of ignorance…
The nature of the Lord is “Sath, Chith, Anandam” – Sachidanandam. When our mind is merged with the Lord, we experience this unconditional joy and peacefulness. Any thing that separates us from this Supreme Knowledge is called IGNORANCE. There are five kinds of ignorance.

Thamas – the ignorance that hides or covers this “Sachidanandam” is Thamas – this is like the dark clouds that hide the Sun. Still they can not affect the Sun.