43 - Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization): Verses 140 - 141

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This talk covers verses 140 to 141 in "Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization)". In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the path to direct "Self-Realization" presented by Adi Shankaracharya in Aparokshanubhuti.

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0:00.0	O'm, Shri Harim Paramanandam, Upadeshhtaram, Ishwaram,
0:13.0	Vyapakam, Sarvalokha, Nogana, Karanam, Tamm, Namyaam, We were on We were on verse 139.
0:33.6	Kariyehii kāra'i kāranam pashyat, Kariam visorjad,
0:39.3	Karnatvahathe,
0:41.3	Avasishhtam Bhavhid Munihy.
0:43.3	Very beautiful verse.
0:45.3	At the very end of this text,
0:48.3	Aparokshanubhuti,
0:50.3	Adi Shankaracharya is
0:52.3	summarizing the methodology of Vedant.
0:58.0	The methodology consists in superimposition and de-superimposition.
1:02.0	Adhyarop a vada.
1:04.0	The Sanskrit terms are Adhya-ropa-upa-avada, superimposition and de-superimposition.
1:09.0	What does it mean? No, one teacher in India, in Hindi, he said,
1:21.6	this adhyarop, apawad, adduits, is the
1:25.6	this method of teaching
1:29.3	is the heart of the adduaitic, non-dualistic methodology.
1:33.3	So what is it?
1:35.3	The example of the pot was given by Shankaracharya.
1:39.3	If you recall, first you have this pot.
1:42.3	That's step one. Second, you have this pot. That's step one.
1:45.0	Second, you introduce that there is something called clay, which is the material cause of the pot.
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