5. Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization): Verses 16 to 18

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the path to direct "Self-Realization" presented by Adi Shankaracharya in Aparokshanubhuti. This talk - delivered on August 23, 2016 at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA - covers verses 16 to 18 in "Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization)". The text for this series is a translation of Adi Shankaracharya's Aparokshanubhuti by Swami Vimuktananda.

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0:00.0	I am
0:02.0	The Ome, Shriharim, Paramanandam, Opadeshtaram, Ishvaram,
0:46.3	Vyapakam, Sarvalokha, Nākha, Karnam, Tamm, Namahnam, Karanam, tamnamamayam.
0:57.0	So we are studying Aporokshha Anubhoti, a text on Adwaita Vedantantah written by Shankaracharya.
1:15.6	We had completed up to verse number 15.
1:20.6	And we're going to start with 16.
1:23.6	Verse number 16.
1:26.6	Aham, E.ishushushma's
1:31.3	Aham Ekoi Suksh Meshchha
1:36.3	Ghyātāsa Dhabiyayaha
1:40.3	Ghyāsa Dhabyaya Tadaham Nathrasandhi What is the sakshi sadabhyya
1:45.0	Tadaham Nathrasanddeho
1:49.0	Tadaham Nathrashoyam Idrisaha.
2:03.6	What is the process, the path of inquiry that we are going to take up?
2:08.6	It starts here in the 16th verse.
2:11.6	The path we are going to take is this, that we are going to discover the self, which is one,
2:19.3	aham, ego, one, subtle, sukshma, the knower, gaita, sarkhi the witness,
2:27.3	sat pure being, abjaya, unchanging, and get conviction in this to ascertain this beyond any doubt.
2:37.0	Tadha, hathasande.
2:39.0	This is the kind of inquiry that will proceed now.
2:42.0	Now this is not the inquiry, this is just indicating the lines of inquiry.
2:47.0	Before explaining this, let me tell you something in general.
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