The Honey of Non-Duality | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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This talk is based on the 'Advaita Makaranda' – The Nectar of Non-duality – of Sri Lakshmidhara Kavi. The text points to our present experience – the experience of the ordinary soul – and shows how the highest truth is revealed even there, if only we look. As Swami Vivekananda said, “Don’t seek God, just see Him.” The Advaita Makaranda teaches us to see the Truth, here and now. Translation by Swami Atmarupananda: https://www.amazon.com/Advaita-Makaranda-Nectar-Non-duality-Laksmidhara/dp/8175054735 ► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://www.vedantany.org/donate

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0:00.0	O'm
0:02.0	Ashatoma,
0:03.0	Am,
0:04.0	Ashatoma,
0:05.0	Jhāmra,
0:06.0	Amritiurma, Jotir Gama, Mritiurma, Amritam Gamaya.
0:24.6	Ome, shantay, shanty, shanty.
0:30.6	Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real,
0:34.6	lead us from darkness and to light, lead us from death to immortality.
0:40.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:47.3	Good morning and namaste, everybody welcome.
0:51.3	Bright and beautiful day here in Manhattan.
0:58.0	The subject you might have noticed is the honey of non-duality.
1:04.9	That sounds sweet, pun intended, but what does it mean?
1:09.9	It actually refers to a text called the Adwaita Makaranda, a little
1:16.0	known text of post-Shankara-adwaita Vedanta. This text, the author, was one Lakshmi-dhara
1:22.9	kavi, and it's little known. I mean, I had never heard of it when I was studying Vedanta initially,
1:30.6	and I just read it only recently.
1:33.5	It was popularized by Swami Dayananda Saraswati from the Arshavidya.
1:41.3	The first translation, I think, into English was by Swami Tejo Mayananda-jee from the Chinmae mission.
1:48.0	And then recently our very own Swami Atmarup Anandhii, who was in Houston, now he is in Paris in the Vedantantha center there.
1:58.0	He has translated this and he has named it the nectar of non-duality.
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