So

Ahandam Satchidhanadhanandam,

Awang Manasagoccharam,

Athmanam Akhila Dharam,

Ashraya Bhishra Siddhai. So we are studying the Vedanthasarae So we are studying the Vedanthasara

and the purpose of this we should not forget.

It gives us a solid introduction to the system of Vedanth.

It's a very introductory text.

It gives us the definitions of the key terms so that we have a precise

idea of we know what we are talking about when we talk about Brahman, Maya, Jiva, Ishwara,

mind, intellect, even the physical body, sense organs, all of those things when we talk about it, we have a very precise idea.

Every aspect of Vedantah, just the basics are given here, the building blocks.

So the plan is to go into the core texts, the fundamental texts of Vedantantha, which are the Upanishads after this.

Now, what's going on here is the methodology of teaching Vedanta is called

Adhyar-Roppa-upa-uparad, superimposition and desuperimposition. That, imagine, there's a rope and that it is mistaken as the snake.

And then we realize that it's not a snake, but it's a rope.

So from rope to snake is called adhyaropa.

And from snake back to rope is called upavada.

Superimposition, desuperimposition.

Like getting hypnotized and then dehypnotized.

Like falling into a dream and then waking up from it again.

So how from the ultimate reality, which is Brahman, how does this universe appear on the objective side?

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