21. Vedantasara | Texts 129-131 | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
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🗓️ 19 February 2021
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Akhandam Satchidhanandam, Avang Manasagoceram, |
| 0:13.0 | Atmanam Akhela Dharam, Ashraya Bhishraehya Sidd sedhye I take refuge in the |
| 0:22.7 | Atman, the indivisible |
| 0:24.3 | existence, consciousness, bliss absolute |
| 0:26.6 | beyond the reach of thoughts |
| 0:28.8 | and words and the substratum |
| 0:30.9 | of all for the attainment |
| 0:33.1 | of my cherished desire. |
| 0:36.5 | Now |
| 0:37.3 | in this book Vedantasara, we are considering this chapter, |
| 0:43.6 | the theme is, Who Am I? And the way the chapter is organized is around the different philosophical |
| 0:52.9 | views in ancient India. |
| 0:55.3 | So each philosopher comes in turn and gives their theory of the Atman, of the self. |
| 1:02.1 | What do they think about their self? |
| 1:04.3 | And the way it is done is that we have to ask three questions. |
| 1:10.0 | What is the argument for their theory? |
| 1:12.7 | What reason do they give? |
| 1:14.6 | In Sanskrit, yukti. |
| 1:16.9 | Then the second is experience. |
| 1:19.5 | What anubuti do they give? |
| 1:20.8 | How do we know from our daily experience? |
| 1:23.1 | If you say that I am the mind, self is the mind. |
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