62. Mandukya Upanishad | Chapter 4 Mantra 44-54 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied with Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Chapter 4 Karika 44-54.

Karika 44:
upalambhātsamācārānmāyāhastī yathocyate |
upalambhātsamācārādasti vastu tathocyate || 44 ||

Karika 45:
jātyābhāsaṃ calābhāsaṃ vastvābhāsaṃ tathaiva ca |
ajācalamavastutvaṃ vijñānaṃ śāntamadvayam || 45 ||

Karika 46:
evaṃ na jāyate cittamevaṃ dharmā ajāḥ smṛtāḥ |
evameva vijānanto na patanti viparyaye || 46 ||

Karika 47:
ṛjuvakrādikābhāsamalātaspanditaṃ yathā |
grahaṇagrāhakābhāsaṃ vijñānaspanditaṃ tathā || 47 ||

Karika 48:
aspandamānamalātamanābhāsamajaṃ yathā |
aspandamānaṃ vijñānamanābhāsamajaṃ tathā || 48 ||

Karika 49:
alāte spandamāne vai nā''bhāsā anyatobhuvaḥ |
na tato'nyatra nispandānnālātaṃ praviśanti te || 49 ||

Karika 50:
na nirgatā alātātte dravyatvābhāvayogataḥ |
vijñāne'pi tathaiva syurābhāsasyāviśeṣataḥ || 50 ||

Karika 51 & 52:
vijñāne spandamāne vai nā''bhāsā anyatobhuvaḥ |
na tato'nyatra nispandānna vijñānaṃ viśanti te || 51 ||
na nirgatāste vijñānāddravyatvābhāvayogataḥ |
kāryakāraṇatābhāvādyato'cintyāḥ sadaiva te || 52 ||

Karika 53:
dravyaṃ dravyasya hetuḥ syādanyadanyasya caiva hi |
dravyatvamanyabhāvo vā dharmāṇāṃ nopapadyate || 53 ||

Karika 54:
evaṃ na cittajā dharmāścittaṃ vāpi na dharmajam |
evaṃ hetuphalājātiṃ praviśanti manīṣiṇaḥ || 54 ||

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[dr.sanjayasthana]

One alone exists,
It appears as Nature, Soul !
Great insight that,
And Swami ji gives so many of them in his talks,
That Advaita Vedanta becomes crystal clear.
Pranam !

[ksoldestaccount]

6:27 the vision and conception of ideal evolves; when they attain the nondual state they return with love of God! For one seeking the Self ... Advaita .... beauty it alone doesnt facilitate devotion this is why Sri Ramakrishna was so deliberate in framing his teachings to devotional people ....

[vimalsingh]

120m-Answer and insight that Swamiji gives on going beyond "Why?" or causality is stupendous! Thank you Swamiji.

[vimalsingh]

44min. Swamiji's meditative practice about the dream state and deep sleep state is extremely helpful and so insightful. Thank you SWamiji

[amritradha]

I am sold on the fact that jagath mithya.

[ksoldestaccount]

4:02 swamiji's earliest memory from 2 years old was intimation of Advaita ... always encountered whispers of it in literature and science .... love for Advaita .... current of

[ksoldestaccount]

1:26:03 BEAUTIFUL MIGHTY VERSE....MATTER AND CONSCIOUSNESS.... modern science

[ksoldestaccount]

12:00 Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda and Gaudapada

[ksoldestaccount]

16:20 How would Gaudapada refute Cosmo psychism and pansychism philosophies....and paper by Ayon Maharaj about Cosmo psychism

[hallgerdgarberg]

Thank you, it was sad we where not allowd to the chpt. abot deep slep (47)

[Liza-urep]

54:51 Consciousness alone exists 58:03 appart from mind and Maya, 1:00:25 Important point about cousality

[ringingthebells]

People here asking questions just for intellectual gymnast and not for understanding of the subject. These questions will intuitively be answered by their own once they grasp subtlety of the subject being taught.

[ksoldestaccount]

18:51 where do premonitory dreams get their info etc?

[ksoldestaccount]

1:20:27 all sadhana ultimately leads to destruction of causality

[ksoldestaccount]

24:00 the great verse and the example of magic elephant pulled out of a turban .... because of behavior and appearance the magic show seems real ... parents are aware what it really

[ksoldestaccount]

1:20:00 I as consciousness have NO CONNECTION with the appearance of the world.

[ksoldestaccount]

1:10:31 what should I do in this world now?

[ksoldestaccount]

22:11 The Cosmic Mind views past present future equally and some "leakage" happens sometimes in our dreams; that's how God graces you with spiritual dreams which are wonderful, premonitions etc

[Liza-urep]

1:23:50 Swami Vivekananda and Nikola Tesla / 1:25:00 Cause and effect. Consciousnes is not the product of external entities, nor the external entities produce consciousness. They are two independent "things".

[ksoldestaccount]

1:15:47 causal connection between waking and dream state; none between reality and others.