Ome, Asatomah, Sadgamaya,

Tamasoma, Jyotyrgamaya, Mridurma, Amritam Gamaya, Omhurtum Ghamrytam Gama

Ome shanty, shanty, shanty.

Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real,

lead us from darkness unto light, lead us from death to immortality.

Ome, peace, peace, peace.

Good morning.

You're all aware today that we have an interesting subject, no mind.

A few weeks ago when we announced this subject, a gentleman asked me, so no mind is so intrigued.

No mind, does it mean not thinking or, you know, being unconscious?

So what is this no mind? I was giving a series of lectures on the Mandukya Karika of Goudapada.

I have given two talks on this. I think the first one was the essence of

all Vedantam, based on the first chapter of the Mandukya Karika. The second one was the ultimate

truth based on the second chapter of the Mandukya Karika. And today's talk, no mind, is based on a couple

of verses in the third chapter of the Mandukya Karika. The third chapter of the Mandukya Karika

is called Adduaita Prakaram, the chapter on non-duality.

In the first chapter, the Upanishad was there, the Mandukya Upanishad.

And the teachings of the Manduqya Upanishad are discussed in detail,

are described in more detail in the second, third and fourth chapters.

So in the second chapter what was done was, on the basis of logic, on the basis of reason,

and our own experience, the falsity of the world is demonstrated.

That the world, Jagat Mithya, the world is supposed to be an appearance in non-dual Vedant.

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