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The So we are studying Aparokshanavhuti, an introductory text, introduction to Adwaita Vedantar,

written by no less than Shankaracharya himself some 14 centuries ago.

And in the last two classes, we have covered the introductory verses, and then the preparatory disciplines

which are enumerated up to verse number nine. The preparatory disciplines in Vedantah are called

Sadanah Chathustayaam. Sādhādhachatya, the four-fold discipline.

The four-fold disciplines being

Viveka, that is, the ability to discriminate between

analyze the eternal and the non-Eternal.

Vairagya, a dispassion for the non-eternal,

for the transient, and a desire to realize the eternal.

And then, disciplines, a six-fold discipline called the Shat-Sampati,

or six-fold treasure.

Shama, Dama, Upararati then titiccha samadhan and shradha so six-fold

discipline and I'm not going to go into the details we have spoken about it last time

and finally mumukshutvum, a great desire to attain

this ultimate goal of human life, that is spiritual

illumination, spiritual freedom, call it God,

call it whatever you will. So these four-fold

preliminary preparations, they sound pretty

advanced, I'm calling them preliminary, but these are the basis, the foundations for

gana yoga, the path of knowledge. And now we are really ready to start the text. The actual

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