Ome, Akhandam, Satchidhanandam, avang manasagoccharam,

Aitmanam, Akhila dharam,

Ashraya, Bhishasidhdih. I take refuge in the self, I take refuge in the self, the indivisible,

the existence, consciousness, bliss absolute,

beyond the reach of words and thought

and the substratum of all for the attainment of my cherished desire.

So in for the attainment of my cherished desire.

So in the Vedantara and our study of the Vedantasara, we have come to a crucial point where some very vital concepts and very interesting concepts.

For example, what is the role of the mind in enlightenment?

You know, Brahman Gyan, Atma Gyanah, what we are all trying to get? What is the role of the mind?

Why is this question important? Because we keep hearing that it is beyond thought, beyond the mind.

And again, we see that the Upanishads themselves say that it is to be realized by the mind alone.

Not only that, we ourselves observe that whatever we are doing is thoroughly in the mind.

All our study, even our meditation, even Samadhi, when you try to shut down the mind

in deep meditation, you're shutting down the mind. You're working with the mind. So the mind is

absolutely vital to all of this. And yet, we are told that it is beyond the mind. So what is

exactly the role of the mind in enlightenment? That takes us to the bigger question. What is enlightenment? What happens during enlightenment? What is the mechanism?

And then it takes us to the even bigger question. What is the nature of knowledge itself? According to Adwaita Vedantah, any kind of knowledge?

Because enlightenment is knowledge about Brahman or about our self.

The identity of Brahman and the individual self, Jiva-Brah Aikya.

That is the knowledge we are looking for in Vedant.

But what is the knowledge in general? What do you when you see somebody, when you hear

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