Shankara & Advaita Vedanta

The much requested video about Shankara is finally here.

Sources/Suggeested Reading:
Deutsch, Eliot (1973). “Advaita Vedanta: A Philosophical Reconstruction”. University of Hawai’i Press.

Deutsch, Eliot & Rohit Dalvi (2005). “Essential Vedanta: A New Source Book of Advaita Vedanta”. World Wisdoms Books.

Suthren Hirst, J.G. (2005). “Samkara’s Advaita Vedanta: a way of teaching”. Routledge.

“The Mandukya Upanishad with Gaudapada’s Karika and Sankara’s Commentary”. Translated by Swami Nikhilananda. 1987. Advaita Ashrama.

“Brahma Sutra Bhasya of Sankaracarya”. Translated by Swami Gambhirananda.1972. Advaita Ashrama.

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[vijaynair]

As an Indian man who speaks a few Indian languages, I’m very impressed by your pronunciations.
It’s very rare among westerners.
Good job and great video.

[proudindian]

I am from Kerala . My native place is Kaladi where Adi Shankaracharya was born. He rescued vaidika dharma from nastikas.

[nikhilkay]

'Brahman' caste and 'Brahman' are two different things. They are spelled same in English but the pronunciation is different in Sanskrit. Brahman caste is priestly caste whereas Brahman is the soul of everything, all pervasive and all that.

[chochonubcake]

Wow - that was a lot of material presented in a short time there. It strikes me that the unity of all things is undeniable on a subatomic level. Amazing that a person could have come to this realization so long ago.

[byron-ihge]

Advaita vedanta is the best philosophical tradition and the bhgavad gita is the best holy text i have ever read .nothing even comes close to it.

[pratimasingh]

It’s sad how many western theologians will never take the time to figure out how to properly pronounce Sanskrit terms. Thank you for your pronunciation, it shows great respect for what you’re discussing.

[AdroitRoger]

Beauty of land of Indian Subcontinent..So many religions and school of thoughts came from this region and fascinating to see many schools of thought and no one claims that they have monopoly of truth..

[midi]

This became a central part of my worldview back in the 1970s while studying eastern philosophy around the time of a spontaneous, nearly instantaneous kundalini awakening. I've come to understand it all in my own language, more reflective of a modern technical framework, but the core principals are the same. That said, it's not the understanding that matters, but the actualization of everything as an expression of the same one consciousness. Excellent presentation.

For anything to be what it is, it has to be not everything else. There has to be separation, thus multiplicity. With one separation, we have duality; an expression of the one[ness], but yet an illusion in that oneness is whole and not separated. Duality presents itself as dichotomies such as: chaos/order, analog/digital, female/male, being/doing (existence/experience), General Relativity/Quantum Mechanics, yin/yang, art/science, etc. With two separations, we get trinity, like: amps/ohms/volts, Father/Son/spirit, body/mind/spirit, form/color/texture, height/width/depth, etc. At the level of quadrality are the four primary aspects of being human; physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. This all creates a hierarchy with unity at the top and multiplicity at the base. Now, this is all just a mental construct that I've made up, and gives me a tool for making sense of my experiences, but is not ultimately real. Only the one/oneness that transcends all separation is truly real, unchanging, permanent; the source of all we can ever experience.

[divineray]

Adi Shankaracharya had immense foresight. The way he created the four Mathas all those years ago . India has seen so much distortion on both East n West ends yet our Mathas are within.

[XxXjuancarlosXxX]

Idk much about advaita vendanta, but i do know that the experience of consciousness is available to all of us, including the peace and happiness it “brings” with it.

[bhaveshtochabbra]

There was a time in India when bhuddism was flourishing and gained popularity. People were becoming bhuddists because they resonated with the idea. Then Came our debate master Shankaracharya who beat every bhuddist scholar in the debate of matter and particle and regained Hinduism in india. I'm not a hater of bhuddism here. I respect the bhuddist principals as much as i respect hindiusm because our end goal is same. We all are Dharmics.

[aprithul]

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[thorin]

Would you consider doing a video on Ramanuja and his school at some point? He’s less known than Shankara but I found his insights more intuitive, easier to grasp, and resonated more with me personally. Thanks for your consideration and great work on this video as always.Edit: I spoke too soon, glad to hear you say at the end of the vid that you are going to cover Ramanuja in an upcoming episode.

[Mrsaid]

Jai Shankara- very informative and well-narrated, thank you. With respect from an Afghan.

[borromine]

Wonderful presentation. Thoughtful and very well organized. A mention of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda might have been useful as they did much to bring Vedanta to the west starting around 1880.

[massthetics]

Excited to see you possibly cover the vedic and Eastern traditions more and more!

[krishnasaisudarshan]

Advaita Vedanta existed ever since the Vedas existed. It was shankara who gave popularity. The 4 mahavakyas from 4 different Vedas in the upanishad sections define advaita Vedanta.

[raykaelin]

For such a young guy, you understand these concepts very well.

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[desidark]

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