32. Mandukya Upanishad - Karika 2.37 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.37

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0:00.0	Om, Bhadram Karni Bha, Shrinuyaamadeva,
0:06.0	Bhadram Pasha Bhirya Jatra,
0:11.0	Sthyrai-Rangay, Stushu-Wagam Sastanubhi,
0:18.0	Vyhyahyahyahyahyah, Svastin'indra, Vridhra, bhaehm a devahitanyadayu
0:21.6	swastina indra, Vridhhhhrava,
0:26.6	swastinaf pusha,
0:28.6	Vhuvhhhhhhhhhhhah,
0:31.6	Svastakshya rish tinih. Sohastin obrihaspatir Dhadha.
0:41.3	Om shantayshantihantih.
0:47.3	So we are studying the Mandu Kupanishad's second chapter.
0:52.3	In the second chapter, Godapada wants to demonstrate
1:01.0	the central teaching, one aspect of the central teaching of Adwaita Vedantah. One aspect is that the world is an appearance.
1:08.0	The ultimate reality is pure consciousness, of course, but the world is an appearance. What is this multiplicity we see? It's an appearance. The ultimate reality is pure consciousness, of course, but the world is an
1:11.6	appearance. What is this multiplicity we see? It's an appearance in pure consciousness.
1:16.6	Now this is what Gaurapada wants to demonstrate with the use of reasoning based on our own experience.
1:23.6	This is what he has been doing in the second chapter. Now that's over. And to conclude, he gives us, you know, we have this question, so what?
1:33.3	Now what do you do with this knowledge? Where do you go with this?
1:36.3	So he gives us these four beautiful verses, very inspiring verses, how to live, how to practice this, how to bring it into our own life we have done two of the
1:46.0	verses the first one that is verse number 35 35 36 37 38 4 verses 35 it said that
1:59.0	four-fold qualifications are necessary,
2:03.6	Veyvehaka, Vyragy, the six treasures and intense desire to be free,
2:09.6	Mumukshutvam. So that was said in the 35th verse and
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