Atma Bodha - Self-knowledge - lecture 15

Verses 32 - 34. Atma Bodha of Shankara or Shankaracharya is a clear and powerful presentation of Advaita Vedanta, based on the profound spiritual wisdom taught by the ancient rishis in the Upanishads.
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[@philiprobinson7332]

After 40 years or so of enquiry through reading etc I have never received such clear teaching. I am unendingly grateful. Thank you.

[@anthonybillings4077]

Yes, these lectures are an precious guide to the theoretical foundations and practical applications of Advaita Vedanta. Excellent! I am most grateful for this series!

[@brandonwilliams3788]

These teachings have shifted my entire perception of the world and "myself" in it. It'll take a long time to truly assimilate these teachings. I can't thank you enough

[@aniljoshi277]

No one teaches in such depth.. Amazing.

[@rashmi5494]

Today after my meditation I was very upset that after so many days my mind was still not 'Sthir' . Swamiji thank you for today's class . So many of my doubts have been set to rest. I am eternally grateful to Ishwar for giving me the opportunity to hear you.

[@damarubhatta]

Revered Swamiji, I am really grateful to your Vedantic teachings.

[@chrisaav100]

Shanti, shanti,shanti🙏

[@lalithaannamraju5505]

Namaste Swamiji. You speak so concisely and with a lot of clarity. Not a word extra or out of place.

[@abhijitsinha601]

Respected Swamiji, I was eagerly waiting for uploading of this video and watched the same from India in the morning. I tender my sincerest regards to you, for all the hardship and troubles you must be undergoing to the deliver such exhaustive and comprehensive lectures. I shall ever remain grateful to you. Namaste 🙏

[@espiritualidadyvedanta]

Thank you Swami Yi.. Om Hari... this Atma Bodha has transformed my Life... ISHWARA BLESS YOU ALWAYS MASTER 🙏💓🕉 i continue...

[@drjibankumarsarkar]

Pronams revered Swamiji, my spiritual teacher, I was waiting for such an important class to takle my problem.

[@Tinang7]

Brilliant teaching, so well explained and really helpful. I did't know the difference between meditation and contemplation, and you've made it so clear!!! Thank you, swami.

[@rsr9200]

Well said! Also, I never paid attention to the fact that these Atma Bodha verses on contemplation were in the first person, let alone wonder why they were so. Now, thanks to Swamiji, I know.

[@anilbhatia5841]

It is very difficult to describe the formless satchiddananda atman but my pujya Gurudev Swami Tadatmananda , has explained it so well that anyone can understand it! Shat Shat Naman Gurudev! Sarita

[@radhikaprasad8012]

I wonder what kind of people give a thumbs down to such a clear well done lecture !?

[@Vividaaa]

Feeling grateful after hearing this. ❤

[@luzruiz3304]

Namaste from Madrid. Thakyou for the teachings.

[@saranganathans9191]

Quite surprising to see aperson from Madrid following Hinduism

[@guardiansofearth8211]

Thank u so much swami ji..my virtual guru

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

"Make your mind perfectly quiet for...three, four, five seconds." Thank you! That, at least, I can do. Seems simple enough: (1) What I want removed - I am not my thoughts, etc. (2) Three seconds of stillness. (3) Reflect - I had no thoughts, but I was still there observing the quiet.

[@sumathivivek6931]

Sri Guruve Namaha🙏🙏🙏

[@sandeshrai5840]

Namo Namaha Swamiji. Thank you Swamiji.

[@ustinovvadim2114]

Swamiji, namaste! From my Heart I thank you both for the teaching and for the practical methods of applying the knowledge of Vedanta! The guru of the world Ramana Maharshi shared with all those who were seeking his direct gripping of the True Self, Atman, in these words. 881. All the benefit to be obtained by inner enquiry is only the destruction of the deceptive ‘I’-sense [the ego]. It would be too much to say that it is to attain Self, which always shines clear and ever-attained. 883. Will an ornament become gold only when its form is destroyed by melting? Is it not [in reality] gold even while it is in the form of an ornament? Therefore, know that all the three [unreal] entities [the world, soul and God] formed by the mind, are likewise [in reality] nothing but existence-consciousness [Self]. 885. Except by [the effort made through] the path of enquiring into the mysterious sense, [the ego], by whatever effort is made through other paths such as karma, it is impossible to attain and enjoy Self, the treasure shining in the heart. 887. If that unequalled state does not exist now but will come [into existence] only later, that state which will come cannot be our natural state, and hence it will not remain with us permanently but will [at some time] go away from us. 888. That [Brahman] is the whole [purnam]; this [the world-appearance] is also the whole. Even when [this] whole merges into [that] whole, it is the whole. Even when [this] whole goes out [as if a separate reality] from [that] whole, the whole alone remains. Michael James: Sri Bhagavan’s teaching is that the whole world is unreal as world but real as Brahman, the whole (purnam), just as the snake is unreal as a snake but real as the rope, its base. Therefore this verse should be understood in the following light: “That [the rope] is the rope; this [the seeming snake] is also the rope. Even when this snake merges [disappears] into that rope, it is the rope. Even when this snake goes out [as if a snake] from that rope, the rope alone remains.” In other words, just as in truth the rope alone exists, so in truth Brahman, the whole, alone exists; and just as the seeming snake is a false appearance, so the seeming world is a false appearance. Neither the going out (manifestation) of this world-appearance nor its merging again into Brahman is real. Brahman ever remains as the immutable and unchanging whole. (Guru Vachaka Kovai) OM TAT SAT ओम् तत् सत्

[@mesamauricio23]

Thank you, thank you, thank you

[@Livewirebeatz]

Thank you, for assisting in my growth and clarity.

[@aniljoshi277]

Pranam swamiji.

[@sangeethamuthanna3053]

Sincere gratitude Swami🙏🙏🙏 You teaching is so clear and easy to assimilate 🙏🙏🙏 Sincere Gratitude Swami🙏

[@marart780]

Namaste 🙏🏼 from Chicago 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@rajukunjukrishnan472]

Pranam Guruji 🙏

[@istanbulyoga]

thank you swami

[@balakrishnabhat4157]

what a beautiful verse 34!

[@abhishekaggarwal6415]

Thanks a lot, will start watching the entire series one episode a day.

[@vishalkulkarni5502]

I finished all and its worth a billion

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[@rishu2252]

Pranam guruji

[@leonorcrepaldi4589]

Gratitude!!!

[@sameermadan7632]

Waiting for the next lecture... Thank you

[@smithasooraj3078]

Wonderful experience Swamiji !

[@dubeyashish4257]

Your explanation is great..

[@laxmangc9710]

Om

[@preetijoshi4554]

Thank you swami for simple explanation.

[@orthodoxindian9442]

Swamiji i am a student of yours, your teaching gets right through my blood brain barraier(lol)into my conciousness

[@MrSeeit17]

I have been using the 1.25 playback option found under settings. It works great.

[@monkeygod7503]

I need to use 1.75 for swamis videos lol. Bless him but he just talks so slowly 🤣

[@maheshseshadri490]

Thank u Guruji. Wish u a happy dussera 🙏

[@prakashrath9797]

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[@coronaborealis1096]

Thank you again for the precious teachings and guidance for contemplative practice! I only found one point which is not quite correct: The Buddhist term of shunyavada is definitely not the same as "nihilism", there are a lot of very clear teachings and commentaries of Buddhist masters on this subject. Vedanta itself is so brilliant, I think, it doesn't need to be compared to any other doctrine.

[@FreeKungFu_BIJU]

Namaste guruji 🙏🙏🙏

[@gireeshneroth7127]

This swami knows how to pass the message.

[@vishalkulkarni5502]

Wow 👏

[@nawrajbhatt9265]

Namaste from India. Wishing you all happy Vijaya Dashami.

[@np7987]

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[@dikbruins1136]

Great lesson! Thanks 🙏

[@erickbedoya435]

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[@nicksli5043]

Very good teaching

[@rupahegde1]

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[@Venkatramnna]

Very nice explaining.

[@justinduiguid2696]

Good teaching

[@dustianna11]

Thank you🌱 1:03:14

[@gansvoortvet]

Can you please expand your thoughts on the fourth state of consciousness, fourth state is known as Turiya? and the differences between this state and the other 3 states? Thanks

[@digosque]

Please atma bodha subtittle in spanish, thank you. Om tat sat. Tejas

[@ajayagurung4219]

Swami is funny 😄 and interesting

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

Repetitio mater studiorum - repetition is the mother of learning. [shrug] Also, mindfulness seems like a good way to put distance between you (sat-chit-ananda-atman) and the body-mind-sense complex, without the bother of samadhi, I guess it's called. 😊

[@tzadik36]

Pronaams!🙏

[@mmarajh6514]

Swamiji my humble pranam to you. A question that comes to mind all the time is...it is said that the body needs the atma to live while the atma is eternal. It seems to me that the devine atma Also needs the body until it leaves the body and return to the cosmos. Is this correct thinking? Dhanyavadha

[@monkeygod7503]

Swami, regarding the stationary unchanging nature of consciousness. Im not fully convinced we must be completely stationary to observe change. When we are driving at the exact same speed as another car, yes it seems the are not moving. But you can still observe movement while moving, if the object being observed and the observer are going at different speeds, or in different directions. If im going 60mph and the person next to me is going 61mph they will look as though they are slowly moving forward when in reality they are moving 61mph and i am also moving, only slightly slower. How to make sense of this? Is consciousness truly unchanging and unmoving or could it be simply moving at a different speed? Edit: funny i forgot i already asked this a year ago

[@ThePolkhigh]

So we could've been hypnotised before or we can be hypnotize now - just a thought 😉 As for the Sun drishtanta - because we are assuming that we are going around the Sun we can assume that the Sun is not moving and only horizon is going up. But if we take the Earth as our relative point then Sun is actually moving down 😉 Everything depends on the point of view. Everything turns around the Sun just because we decided Sun is the center. If we decided Earth is the center everything would move around Earth just in more complexed orbits 😱😉

[@monkeygod7503]

Swami isnt it true you can still observe a person driving past you if you are simply moving more slowly then they are moving? You don't necessarily need to be totally stationary. You can still tell the other person is driving past if they are going even a fraction of a mph faster than you. You can even observe the illusion of them moving backward if you are moving faster then they are when in reality you are both moving in the same direction just at different speeds. You don't necessarily need to be unmoving to observe movement. Is consciousness really unchanging or is it changing so incredibly slowly we cannot detect it?

[@RudyRotor]

46:30 how to use this verse for contemplation

[@PADMAGEDDAM]

Swamiji forgive me for asking this but, in regular conversations, do you use sentences like “ I’m tired “, “ I’m cold “ etc .... because you are an enlightened person who knows the difference. I’m just curious . I apologized for my curiosity . Thank you 🙏🏼

[@bhagubhaioza]

If con is observer how. It is nishkriya

[@Ra-xp5rg]

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