So, Shri Harim Paramanandam, Upadestharam Ishwaram, Vyapakam, Sarvalokha Lokanaam,

Karanam Tamm namyaam.

So we are studying Aporokshanubhuti, a text written by Shankaracharya.

And today happens to be Shankaracharya's birthday.

So that's why the picture is there.

In Apurok Shunabhuti, now we are towards the end.

The teaching has been given.

Many examples were given.

How to absorb that teaching.

Vedantic meditation has been suggested in 15 steps.

We have discussed all of that.

Obstacles to meditation have been outlined.

And now, moving towards the conclusion, there are a few verses where he speaks about

the importance of Vedantic meditation, which was discussed in the last few classes,

why we should continuously keep ourselves in that.

Now, you might ask a question, how is it possible to be continuously in Vedantic meditation?

We are busy people, we can't continuously sit with our eyes closed, but this kind of meditation is not that kind of meditation.

When we talk about meditation, immediately the idea you get is somebody sitting in a temple or a Buddhist monastery,

wearing the robes and sitting quietly and peacefully.

Well, how long can you do that and how much of that is possible for most people?

But what we saw here, the 15 steps here, are to maintain the awareness of Brahman that

it is one reality inside and outside, whether you're sitting quietly in meditation, whether

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