62. Mandukya Upanishad - Karika 4.44 - 4.54 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound Upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 4.44 to 4.54

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0:00.0	Oam, Bhadram Karn, Vridhhhrava,
0:23.6	swastinah fushaw Vyra Vyraedhya,
0:27.6	Svastya,
0:29.6	Arishthyaemih,
0:31.6	Svitha, Bryhaspathir dhadhātu.
0:35.6	Oam, shanty, shanty, shanty
0:38.3	Shanty
0:39.3	Shanty
0:43.3	Good evening everybody.
0:53.3	So in the fourth chapter of the Mandukya Karika, we were in the section where Gaudapada
1:00.0	was reiterating the teachings on Adwaita Vedantha.
1:03.5	And you know he has his own style of teaching Advaita Vedantan.
1:06.8	The same Adwaita.
1:08.1	Brahmann alone is reality, the world is an appearance and you are none other than Brahman.
1:12.6	Same Adwaita.
1:13.6	But he teaches it by a critique of causality, by a critique of causality.
1:21.6	That cause and effect are not ultimately real.
1:25.6	So we were discussing this. Now, you know, before I go on with the
1:36.3	discussion, there is a little diversion but important point I would like to discuss. Once
1:41.8	in a while it's good to discuss this point. The point is this.
1:45.0	That when you come across these teachings of Adwaita Vedantah, especially the way Gaurapada puts it,
1:52.0	it can be disturbing. There are different reactions to it. Oh, the recording is not on.
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