Om, Bhadram Karanibhishinu Yama Deva,

Bhadram Pashya Bhirya Jatra,

Stirae Rangay, Stushawagum Sastanubhi,

Vyhyahyahyahahyahah, Svastin'indra, Vridhem Odeva Hittanyadayyhu

Svastina Indra Vridhhhhravaah,

Svastinah fushawedhhh

Vhhhhah,

Svastakshio Arishthanymi,

Svistinobrihāati, Dhadha Thu.

Oum shanty, shanty.

So, we are studying the Mandukya Karika in the third chapter, it's a chapter on non-duality.

Adwaita Prakarana, which means the chapter on non-duality.

Gaurapada here is trying to prove the claim of Adwaita that this ultimate reality is non-dual, that other

than Brahman, the absolute, there is no other existence at all.

There is that only one reality.

And this he is trying to prove with the help of reasoning,

reasoning based on our experience.

Also from the Upanishads, he is giving relevant quotations.

You see, when we look at Adwaita Vedantam, which says that there is only one ultimate reality, Brahman,

and this universe is nothing but an

expression or a manifestation of that Brahman. Brahman alone is the reality. We run up

against a contradiction very soon. What is the contradiction? First we say that Brahman is the ultimate reality absolute, beyond any change.

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