In the first five verses, Gowdapadha offered namaskara to guru and talked about the glory of teaching. From the sixth verse to 10th, Gowdapadha summarizes the vedantic teaching. Verses 6, 7 and 8 are repetition of the third chapter verses 20, 21 and 22. If the nature of paramatma is not clearly understood, it will create […]
Advaidam is beyond all disputes. In vereses 3, 4 and 5 Gowdapadha shows how advaidam doesn’t have any disputes with other systems of philosophies. The difference of opinions is primarily was the creation. No system of philosophy is able to agree with other system and they form rival groups. The two theories of creation discussed […]
In the first verse of this chapter, Gowdapadhachariyar is performing namaskara to Lord Narayana. Lord has all forms of knowledge. Lord also has jivatma paramatma aikya gyanam, which alone is the subject matter of vedantaand that gyanam alone he gives to his students. When we say jivatma paramatma aikyam, Jivatma is the subject, paramatma is […]
The essential teachings of Mandukya Upanishad are: Brahma Sathyam: Highlighted in 3rd chapter Advaida Prakaranam.Jagan mithya is established in the second chapter Vaithathya prakaranam; Two layers of swapna pranajanja and jagradha prabanaja are dwaidam and put together they are called as jagat. We generally accept swapna as mithya; but some philosophers conclude swapna as sathyam […]
On July 16, 2019, Swami Paramarthananda gave a Gurupurnima talk regarding jivan mukthi. You can listen to this talk (approximately 50 minutes long) at this link: Gurupurnima Talk 2019 (more…)
In Mandukya Upanishads, 7th mantra is crucial and two significant words in that mantra are prabanjobasama and advaidam. The word prabanjobasama is explained in the second chapter. That means prabanja mithyatvam. This prabanja mithyatvam is explained by Gowdapadha with the word prbanjaj vaithathyam. In second chapter Gowdapadha explained the mithya of prabanjam. Prabanja can be […]
Class 49 Beginning from the 40th to 47th verse Gowdapadha is dealing with the topic of nidhithyasanam a discipline to be practiced after sravanam and manam. This is meant for assimilation of the vedantic teaching. Nidhidhyasanam, is vedantic mediation of Patanjalai. Lord Krishna dealt with this extensively in Chapter 6 of Baghawad Gita. Samadhi abyasa […]
Nidhithyasanam is not relevant for manda and uthama adhikari. It is meant for madhyama adhikari. Nidhithyasanam is dwelling on the teaching received by sravanam and mananm. Dwelling is only mental process and the physical posture is not relevant. For upasana physical posture is important, but it is not important for nidhithyasanam. In formal nidhidhyasanam one […]
The verses 40 to 47 discuss the final topic of advaita prakaranam, nidhithyasaam. In the first two verses, we get the introduction to nidhithyasanam. The primary benefit of self-knowledge is discovering that I am thuriyum; I the Sathya thuriya chaithanyam is never affected by the three maya sareeram. Moksha is not an event, but it […]
Swami Paramarthananda discusses Sādhana Catuṣṭaya Saṃpatti (Fourfold Qualifications) , in many classess1. I have compiled this document based on Swamiji’s teachings of these classes. In the Karikas to Mandukya Upanishad, Gowdabadhachariyar advises us to give maximum effort to Sādhana Catuṣṭayaṃ. This document describes Sādhana Catuṣṭayaṃ and the ways to improve Sādhana Catuṣṭayaṃ. (more…)