I'm

Akhandam Satchidhanandam,

Iwanamanasagochara

Ahtmanam Akhila Dharam,

Ashray Bhya-Bhistas-ed-th. 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 Vedantasara, we are on text number 199.

So remember what's going on here.

In order to attain enlightenment, the way is shavanamanana-minana-nidhyasana.

That is hearing and studying the texts systematically and then reasoning it out till one gets clarity about the meaning and then and all doubts are dispelled

and then finally you meditate on the conviction that has been attained to stay with it

till it becomes a living realization till the contrary tendencies the technical term for that being viparita Bhavha, contrary tendencies,

in spite of knowing that I am Brahman, having a clarity about what Brahman is and I know that I am Brahman,

the entirety of the world appearance is in me.

All this I understand and I know, and yet I cannot somehow put it into my day-to-day behavior, nor do I get the benefits from it.

So for that, you stay with that clarity, that conviction, Nididhyasana, Vedantic meditation.

And this Vedadaltic meditation can be done in a yogic way as it is being taught here.

And it can also be done with eyes open, with eyes closed and eyes open.

Eyes closed in the yogic way, the entirety of the Yoga Shastra, or at least the techniques of

the Ashtanga Yoga are being imported from the yoga sutras.

And that's what is going to be presented today.

For what?

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