Akhandam Satchidhanandam, Avang Manasagoccharam,

Aqmanam, Akhela Dharam, Ashrae, Bhaistasidhdi.

And take refuge in the self, which is indivisible, the existence, consciousness, bliss absolute,

beyond the reach of words and thought, the substratum of all, for the attainment of my cherished desire.

That's the invocation.

We are studying the Vedan tasara and what do we have so far.

It was told that the way of teaching Adwaita Vedant is Adhya Ropa Aparavada, which is the method

of superimposition and de-superimposition. And that's what's going on now. The first, the

method of superimposition, what does it mean superimposition and desuperimposition? That is, first,

we make an error that instead of the rope, you see the snake, and I think it's a snake. That's called superimposition.

It's Adhyarropa.

Why should we make it at all?

Why make an error?

We're not making an error.

We already made it.

That's the problem.

We are already in the midst of it.

And we are seeking a way out.

And the way out is to be shown by Adwaitavidanta. Why can't it be told directly? Because we won't see it.

Because if you say, look, snake, if you say, look, it's a rope. What is a rope? Where is a rope?

How is it a rope? I am seeing a snake. So the only way of

showing me the rope would be to show how from a rope we make an error about a snake and how that

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