Drg Drsya Viveka | The Seer and the Seen

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  • An Introduction to " Drg-Drsya-Viveka "

    Sri Shankaracharya holds a pre-eminent position among the world's master-minds and spiritual teachers.

    'Drg-Drsya-Viveka' is one of the great Acharya's introductory treatises (traditionally called 'prakarana-granthas') on Advaita Vedanta which teaches the identity and oneness of the individual Jiva and Paramatman. This small but important book of forty-six verses describes not only different forms of samadhi but also, more importantly, expounds some of the basic doctrines of Advaita Vedanta following a method known as 'Anvaya-vyatireka' (अन्वयव्यतिरेक). Some of these verses are also found in one of the minor Upanishads called 'Sarasvati- Upanishad'.

    There are different views regarding the authorship of 'Drg-Drsya-Viveka' though the majority of scholars agree that Adi Shankaracharya himself is the author. Other names associated with the authorship of the work are Bharati Tirtha and Vidyaranya, the author of 'Panchadasi'. The two well-known commentaries on 'Drg-Drsya-Viveka' are those of Brahmananda Bharati and Ananda Jnana also called Ananda Tirtha.

    These eight lectures were given by Swami Tattwamayananda at the Vedanta Society of Calgary on August 18th and 19th, 2018.

    Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, (originally founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) served in various centers of the Ramakrishna Order in India as editor, publisher, and teacher of Sanskrit, Advaitic texts such as Sri Shankaracharya's commentaries on the 'Prasthanatraya' (the fundamental Sanskrit texts of Vedanta philosophy), Buddhism and Indian philosophy. He underwent traditional training in Hindu scriptures, Sanskrit, Vedic and Vedantic literature for many years, from his early days. Before coming to the United States in January 2012 he was teaching Sanskrit, Vedantic scriptures and Indian philosophy at the Training center in Belur Math, the institution that trains the monks of the Ramakrishna Order at the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, Kolkata, India. Apart from his traditional education, the Swami has also received modern University education in English literature, psychology, European history, and Western philosophy. He is frequently invited for lectures on Yoga, Vedanta, and traditional Hindu scriptures and for participating in interfaith dialogues.

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Episodes
  • 8 - The Spiritual Psychology behind Waking, Dreaming and Deep-Sleep States | Swami Tattwamayananda

    8 - The Spiritual Psychology behind Waking, Dreaming and Deep-Sleep States | Swami Tattwamayananda
    Jun 6 2019
    Verses: 43, 44, 45
    - The reality/unreality of dreams.
    - What is Pratibhasika reality?
    - 'Turiya' is present in all the three states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, but also transcends them all.
    - Existence, Consciousness and Bliss, which are the natural characteristics ‘swarupa-lakshana’ (‘स्वरूप-लक्षण’) of the 'Sakshi ('साक्षी) or Brahman appear to inhere in the 'Vyavaharika Jiva' and the 'Pratibhasika Jiva'.
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    44 mins
  • 7 - Mind Going Beyond Mind | Swami Tattwamayananda

    7 - Mind Going Beyond Mind | Swami Tattwamayananda
    Jun 6 2019
    Verses: 32, 33, 35, 40, 41
    - Psychological problems can have no permanent solutions at the psychological level.
    - They can have permanent solutions only at the spiritual level.
    - Ascent in self-identity: Contrasting examples of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Valmiki, the great Sanskrit poet of India and the author of the ancient classic 'Ramayana'.
    - Only the non-participating Witness ( the 'Self' - साक्षी) is Absolutely Real because it is unchanging.
    - The appearance of 'Jiva' is only because of the association of 'Upadhis'.
    - The two powers in Maya:
    - The power of false projection (vikshepa-sakti)
    - The power of concealing the true nature of the reality (avarana-sakti).
    - 'Maya' is neither Absolutely Real, Nor Absolutely Unreal.
    - अवछ्छेदवाद, आभासवाद, and प्रतिबिम्बवाद further elaborated. (verse: 33)
    - Who is the highest devotee of God? How to reach that level?
    - The three levels of Reality in Advaita Vedanta explained.
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    56 mins
  • 6 – ‘Savikalpa Samadhi' (Meditation) Practiced with an External Object (Sound/Mantra) | Swami Tattwamayananda

    6 – ‘Savikalpa Samadhi' (Meditation) Practiced with an External Object (Sound/Mantra) | Swami Tattwamayananda
    Jun 6 2019
    Verses: 27, 28, 30

    - 'Madhyama samadhi' explained.
    - The great statement ('Mahavakya'): 'TATTWVAMASI' ( तत्त्वमसि )explained .
    - Analysis of the two 'padarthas': 'tat' and 'tvam' .
    - Importance of ' Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) for the student/ spiritual aspirant.
    - Link to the transcendental: its usefulness in everyday life.
    - Constant, natural effortless, spontaneous contemplation on Brahman.
    - Highest devotion (भक्ति), and the highest knowledge ( ज्ञानं ) are the same at the experience level.
    - Natural state of a 'Jivanmukta' ('liberated-in-life'):
    - How all delusions vanish with the dawn of Advaitic experience: the fetters of the heart are broken, all doubts and negativity disappear.
    - Every activity becomes an act of worship, every word becomes a sacred 'mantra', every thought becomes a meditation, the secular merges with the spiritual, and the whole life becomes spiritualized.
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    1 hr and 4 mins

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