Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam
The Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam is a non-profit institution dedicated to the study of Vedanta and Sanskrit. Vedanta is the knowledge of the self as limitless, whole and free of sorrow and fear. Visit our website www.arshavg.org for more information on classes and retreats. Check out our youtube channel: youtube.com/user/Svatmavidyananda
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
This jagat is not a creation but more of a manifestation. There is no creator and no created. Īśvara is explained at the individual and collective level (vyaṣṭi and samaṣṭi), taking the three states of waking, dreaming and sleeping. What then is jīva and how did Īśvara become jīva is expounded upon.
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
How did Īśvara enter the various upādhi of names and forms? How does one over come the prātibhāsika sattā- one's own subjective reality? Swaminiji expounds on the three orders of reality in this extremely insightful episode.
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Verses 8 & 9 are from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, which are the concluding verses about the origins of this Jagat in this text. It says, that before all this came into being, Jagat alone was, as an unmanifest potential. How then did the manifest come from the un-manifest? This is answered beautifully with the explanation of virāṭ and viśva.
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Verse 5 and 6 explains how this creation is none other than Bhagavan. How then did this one become many, is explained in this episode with the help of a beautiful verse from Chāndogya Upaniṣad.
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Three ways in which Īśvara's saṅkalpā is different from Jiva's saṅkalpā is presented in this episode. A verse from Taittirīya Upaniṣad, talking about the cosmology of the universe is then discussed, so as to emphasize on the point that, Īśvara's creation is both spontaneous and orderly.
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
What is Īśvaratvam and Jīvatvam? How was this Jagat 'created'? All this is explained in detail in this episode.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
The importance of Śabda Pramāṇa is elucidated in this episode. Further, a detailed explanation on Īśvara and Maya is given by examining a beautiful verse from śvetāśvatara Upanisad.
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
The meaning of āpi in Īśvareṇāpi is loaded with significance. This is described expansively in this episode. A beautiful explanation on the purpose of this chapter is also given, which is to delineates two kinds of dualities.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Why should one study about duality? Why does one, despite the vision of non-duality, repeatedly succumb to duality? All this is explained in this episode.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
This episode beautifully explains the meaning of the invocatory verse of Pañcadaśī. The invocatory verse is direct, i.e. it clearly states the purpose of this text and states the importance a Guru.