Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam
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Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Diving deeper into the teaching, Ashvalayana reflects on how the 'this cognition'- Idam Pratyaya gochara, folds into the 'I cognition'- Aham pratyaya gochara, making everything non-separate from 'I' and non-dually one. This is Sarvātmābhava. The consciousness 'I', alone is. I am everything, yet no object am I. How this "one became many" is explained in this talk. Further, we understand through Asvalayana's reflections that 'I' am that self evident chit, ever free, beyond all names and forms.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
We now enter into a series of deeply contemplative verses which are Asvalayana's reflections on the teachings. What is this knowledge and what has been gained? This reflective process called nididhyāsana, proves to be an important process in assimilating the teaching thereby making it one’s own.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Verse 15 tells us how everything including prāṇa and the five elements, all come from this atma alone. The meaning of prāṇa is beautifully explained in this talk along with, the two ways in which things are known- pramāṇa Siddha (objects that are revealed through a means of knowledge) & Swatah Siddha (self-revealing). Further, Ashvalayana's question on wanting to know this Brahman is answered in verse 16, thus revealing the mahāvākya which establishes a connection between the jiva (I) & Īśvara.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
In the mantra 12, 13 & 14 covered in this episode, the sage teaches Asvalayana the Avasthā-traya prakriyā, the teaching methodology involving the three states of waking, sleeping and dreaming.
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Align yourself to the vision of the Shastras which point to the truth of you as the ever-free, boundless, infinite, self-effulgent truth.
Disclaimer: Please do not listen to this mediation while driving or operating machinery.
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Omkara Upasana helps to own up to the knowledge that one is Brahman. What is Omkara mantra japa? How does it help in seeing the truth of oneself and what is the underlying factor in the three states of waking, dream and sleep and how to see the reality using this Prakriyā? Listen to find out.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Asvalayana is given the mantra of 'OM' not as a meditation but for understanding the truth of himself. The full meaning of 'OM' is explained beautifully and exhaustively in this episode.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
The two types of cognition, Idam pratyaya Gochara, 'this cognition' and Aham pratyaya Gochara, 'I' cognition', are explained in this episode. Further, we sift between Idam (this) and Aham (I) first only to cognitively resolve 'this', Idam, into the 'I', Aham.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
It was said that the only way to mokṣa is knowledge. In this episode, we examine why this knowledge is to be gained from a Guru of a sound lineage. How does one overcome resistance towards this knowledge? What is 'Tvam-Pada-Vichara', inquiry into the word 'you'? And what are the two types of cognitions? Listen to find out.
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
The contemplative one alone is Brahma, Vishnu, Siva and Indra. The contemplative one is everything, all pervasive, beyond time and space and transcends mortality with knowledge- the only path to liberation, mokṣa.