Foundations of Self-Enquiry | Vakya Vritti - Part 1 of 6 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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This is Part 1 of a series of lectures given by Swami Sarvapriyananda on the text, Vakya Vritti. Vakya Vritti is a text of fifty-two Sanskrit slokas attributed to Adi Shankara and is in the form of a dialogue between an eager student and an enlightened teacher. The text concerns itself with the detailed and elaborate explanation of two Mahāvākyas – aham brahmāsmi and tat tvam asi which are intended to give a direct perception of Brahman. ► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://www.vedantany.org/donate

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0:00.0	Asatoma,
0:02.0	Asatoma, Suggamaya,
0:12.0	Tamasoamah, Jyotyrgamaya,
0:17.0	Mritiurma, Amritamhaa, Amritamamaia.
0:21.6	Ome shanty, shanty, shanty.
0:28.6	O, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness and to light, lead us from death to immortality,
0:40.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:46.3	So this year we have selected for study a text of classical Advaita Vedanta.
0:55.2	Surprise, surprise.
1:00.4	What did Mataji say this time when she came to give a talk at the Vedantra society?
1:04.0	Central command for Adwatra.
1:08.0	She said this is central command for Adwaita Vedanta.
1:14.9	So the text we have selected is wakya-ritty this one which you have got in your hands Vedanta as we know is based on the
1:22.6	Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita
1:27.5	and the Brahmhasutras.
1:29.3	Together they are known as the Prastanatrai,
1:32.0	the triple foundation of Vedantak.
1:34.7	And also other books associated with that.
1:38.3	With the commentary is written
1:39.9	by Adi Shankaracharya on the Upanishads,
1:42.8	on the Brahmas sutras, on the Bhagavad Gita,
1:45.0	plus a wide array of texts like this one, which are called Prakarana Granta's introductory texts.
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