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Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. The veiling power of Maya separates the witness from the mind body internally to let us think that we are mind body, whereas in reality we are mind-body-witness. The veiling power separates Brahman from the external universe. So all names and forms appear as distinct from Sachidananda and the witness appears as separate from the individual. In reality witness and individual are the same as Brahman and visible universe. In reality the rope is still the rope, we perceive it as the snake in the darkness out of ignorance. There is an interesting conversation between Sri Ramakrishna and Hari (Later Sw

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. Brahman in Vedanta depicts everything external to the Self, the all pervading consciousness everywhere and the  and Atman is referred to the Self, but in reality both are same. Brahman is Atman and Atman is Brahman. There is no time, space or causation in Brahman/Atman. Atman is everywhere. Atman never comes and goes because all space is within it. It has no beginning and no end as all time is within it. It is not caused by anything - so not effected by causation. The Atman has five sheaths or coverings - the gross body made of food or annamaya kosha, the subtle body of vital forces, mind and i

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. The question may arise that if we are pure consciousness in reality what is that which thinks itself to be ignorant? Pure consciousness is never ignorant. How then are we forgetting our real nature? The reflected consciousness is also known as chid-cchaya. There is no relationship between I sense and pure consciousness. The relationship which apparently exists is born out of error. Pure consciousness remains for ever, unending and unchanging. When the spiritual aspirant sees light, it is the light of the pure consciousness which is always shining. We are unable to see that light because our min

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. Question is, how pure consciousness gets stained or impure? How is the pure witness consciousness maligned with disease, death, sins and all forms of decay? The answer is - the self that is reflected is never stained by the quality of the mirror. The quality of the mirror decides the quality of the image, i.e. the reflected consciousness or the individual. The pure witness consciousness is unaffected. The reflected consciousness gets identified with the mirror, so if the mirror is good the reflected consciousness thinks itself to be good. If the mirror is bad, the reflected consciousness think

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. The analogy that can be provided is that of a ball of iron and the glowing fire. The ball of iron gets heated by taking the heat from the glowing fire. This ball of iron is the body mind (ego/individuality) while the fire it catches is the reflected consciousness. The fire from which it derives the heat is the pure consciousness. The other analogy is that of a mirror and the image. The mind body (ego/individual) is the mirror while the reflection is the reflected consciousness or the jiva, the individual soul. The pure consciousness is reflected and appears as the reflected consciousness. 

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. The pure consciousness is everywhere, also in external objects. Then the question that may arise is - How do we identify ourselves with our body, mind and senses and not with external objects? The witness consciousness is reflected in the mind just as sun is reflected in a pool of water or in any shining object. The mind borrows consciousness to illumine senses and the senses in turn illumine the bodies, just as moon borrows sunlight to illumine night (as if sun directly shines as the light of knowledge, as pure consciousness and that is called as day or enlightenment while moon illumines me

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. There are four essential steps for practising Vedanta. They are called Sadhan Chatustaya or fourfold practices. They are Viveka or discrimination, Vairagya or dispassion, Mumukshatva or desire for emancipation and Shama damadi Shat Sampad, i.e. six fold treasures that include Shama or control of mind, Dama or control of sense organs, Uparati - adherence to ones duties or dharma, Titiksha or forbearance, sraddha or basic (not blind) faith based on reason on Shastra and Guru & samadhana or concentration. Vedanta is based on prasthan trayee, the three main texts of Upanishads, Gita and Brah

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's lectures are available on youtube. These are just the my personal interpretations and transcriptions of his explanation of the text of Drig Drisya Viveka. Actual Copyright of the lecture belongs to Vedanta Society of Southern California. Drig Drisya Viveka is a Vedantic test written by Vidyaranya Swami in 14th century AD. Its an introductory text on Vedanta. Three fundamental principles - differences between Drig or Seer and Drisya or Seen 1. There has to be a seer and a seen (subject & object). The seer and the seen are different. 2. The seer sees many but itself is one in relation to what is seen. The seen stands for multiplicity. 3. The seer is relatively unchanging while what is seen changes The eyes are the seer while external universe is seen with its forms, colours and shapes. Similarly all sense organs are "seers" and external universe is "seen" through them by touch, hearing, smell, taste. The mind is th