14. Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization): Verse 39 to 40

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the path to direct "Self-Realization" presented by Adi Shankaracharya in Aparokshanubhuti. This talk - delivered on November 3, 2016 at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA - covers verses 39 and 40 in "Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization)". The text for this series is a translation of Adi Shankaracharya's Aparokshanubhuti by Swami Vimuktananda.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Oh, Oh, Oh,
0:21.6	Oh,
0:22.6	Mm.
0:23.6	Oh,
0:24.6	Mm. Ome.
0:40.3	Shri Harim Paramanandam
0:45.3	Opaedeshwaram,
0:47.3	Opaedeshwaram,
0:51.3	Vyapakam,
0:53.3	Sarvalokanam, Kharanam Kharanam Tamnamamiamyaam.
0:57.0	Veydantha tells us that if we know ourselves as we truly are, we would be freed from all suffering.
1:20.6	Right now, here itself, in this very life.
1:24.6	Why would that be?
1:26.6	Because according to Vedantantha, we are none other than infinite
1:31.3	existence consciousness bliss, sat, chet, ananda. So if we realize that we are sat, chet,
1:39.3	ananda, then that itself is liberation, liberation from suffering and attainment of bliss.
1:46.0	So that is the purpose of Vedantha.
1:48.0	Now immediately, one can see what the problem is.
1:53.0	The problem is we do not think of ourselves as such as Chidharanda.
1:57.0	Far from it.
1:58.0	We are quite convinced that we know who we are. The biggest block, the biggest
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