Talk given by Swami Tattwamayananda (Vedanta Society, San Francisco) at Vedanta Society, San Francisco during January 2018 winter retreat. Swami Tattwamayananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India
Talk given by Swami Tattwamayananda (Vedanta Society, San Francisco) at Vedanta Society, San Francisco during January 2018 winter retreat. Swami Tattwamayananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India
Drg-Drsya-Viveka’ is an introductory book on Advaita Vedanta, technically called a ‘Prakarana Grantha (प्रकरण ग्रंथ), which teaches the identity and oneness of the individual Jiva and Paramatman. – Vedanta is
Verses: 10 – 14 – Waking (जाग्रत), Dreaming (स्वप्न), Deep Sleep (सुषुप्ति) and beyond: Turiya (तुरिय) – The ‘I’ consciousness in the three states of consciousness: ‘THE WITNESS’. -The psychological
Verses: 16, 17, 37, 38, 31 – Jiva, The embodied Self , freed from the veiling and projecting powers of Maya, discovers its true identity with the non-participating Witness (साक्षी)
Verses: 20, 26, 27 – Everything in this world has five aspects, ie, the permanent, unchanging substratum consisting of Existence- Consciousness – Bliss ( सत्- चित् – आनन्द ), and
Verses: 27, 28, 30 – ‘Madhyama samadhi’ explained. – The great statement (‘Mahavakya’): ‘TATTWVAMASI’ ( तत्त्वमसि )explained . – Analysis of the two ‘padarthas’: ‘tat’ and ‘tvam’ . – Importance
Verses: 32, 33, 35, 40, 41 – Psychological problems can have no permanent solutions at the psychological level. – They can have permanent solutions only at the spiritual level. –
Verses: 43, 44, 45 – The reality/unreality of dreams. – What is Pratibhasika reality? – ‘Turiya’ is present in all the three states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, but
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