The Superimposition of Reality

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When we first encountered this thing, we said snake is. And then we corrected it. We had made a mistake. It's not a snake. Now we realize it's a rope. The easness actually belongs to the rope because even after you see the rope, it continues to be long and curved. So, in a superimposition, in an abdhyasa, what happens is a peculiar mixture of fact and fiction, of reality and appearance.

Adhyasa Bhashya is Adi Shankara’s introduction to the Brahma Sutras. Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a brief overview of this commentary, over three sessions. Reference material for this series: - Adhyasa Bhashya in Sanskrit: https://arshavidyacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Swamini-Svatmavidya/collateral/Adhyasa-Bhashya.pdf - Swami Gambhirananda's translation: preamble in chapter 1, section 1 of https://a.co/d/hEj8iQr - Translation of the lectures of Dr. Mani Dravid Sastri: https://sanskritdocuments.org/sites/snsastri/adhyasabhashya.pdf ► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: www.vedantany.org/donate