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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

15. Mandukya Upanishad - Karika 22-23 and Mantra 12 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2019

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 22-23 and Mantra 12.

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0:00.0

Ombhadram Karinibhishinuya Madeva,

0:06.0

Bhadram Pashya, Makhshabhira jatra,

0:11.0

Stira, Rangay, stushhtwagum, Sastanubhi,

0:18.0

Vyyahyahyahyava Hittanya Diyadh.

0:22.6

Svastin Indra, Vridhhhrava,

0:27.6

Svastinaf pusha, Vhhwavhhhah,

0:32.6

Svastanaar Khho Arishthanymi, Svastinobrisho Arishthnemi,

0:38.3

Svastinobrihas Patir Dhadha to,

0:43.3

Oam shant, shantay.

0:49.3

So, in our study of the Mandukya Upanishad and the Mandukya Karikas, we had come to the

1:06.0

23rd to 21st Karika and now we have to do 22nd and 23rd karikas.

1:14.6

Remember the background that the Upanishad said there are two kinds of inquiries to take up.

1:21.6

One is the inquiry into the self, into what am I?

1:25.6

And that inquiry, a particular procedure

1:28.1

was suggested by the Upanishad.

1:30.0

Look at your experiences.

1:31.8

You will find you have three kinds of experiences,

1:34.5

broadly speaking, common to our day-to-day life.

1:37.3

A waking experience where we experience a physical universe.

1:42.2

I am the knower and I experience a physical universe.

1:45.5

A dream experience where this physical universe is for the time being erased from my awareness,

1:52.8

but I experience a world of thoughts constructed of my mind. And remember it's a world of thoughts constructed of mind.

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