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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

25. Vedantasara | Texts 144-150 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Vedantasara (Essence of Vedanta), which is a 15th-century Advaita Vedanta text written by Sadananda Yogendra Saraswati.

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0:00.0

Ome, Akhandam Satridanandam, Avang Manasagoceram, Atmanam Akhila Dharam, Ashraya Bishhthya Siddhai.

0:18.0

I take refuge in the self, the indivisible, the existence consciousness, bliss absolute,

0:23.6

beyond the reach of words and thought, and the substratum of all for detainment of my cherished

0:29.6

desire.

0:30.6

So we were on text number 143, which goes like this. If you look at text number 143,

0:40.6

abhyam, adhyarovababhyam, tatuam padat, padatha, padatha, padatha,

0:46.3

by this process of superimposition and desuperimposition, the precise significance of that

0:52.6

and vow is clearly determined.

1:01.6

So this marks the beginning of a very, very important section, maybe the most important section in Vedan Tasar.

1:07.8

What is that?

1:09.0

The analysis of the great saying, of the Mahavakia, the great sentence, that thou art.

1:16.7

What has been accomplished till now?

1:19.1

We have done superimposition and de-superimposition.

1:22.2

Addiharovapawā.

1:23.4

What are these?

1:24.4

This is the central method of teaching in Adwaitavedanth.

1:28.2

Superimposition and the superimposition.

1:31.3

What is this all about?

1:33.8

Superimposition, desuperimposition is,

1:36.5

it's like making an error and correcting it.

1:40.4

So suppose someone makes an error, not deliberately,

1:43.8

but one falls into the error of thinking that a rope is a snake.

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