This class is a kind of an interim class because we finished studying the katopanishad and then my plan is to go on to the Munda kopanishad next. In between there is an intervening period in which I will be travelling to India to mainly to attend the centenary celebrations of the Ramakrishna Mishanashram in Mumbai. We are 100 years old and they are celebrating this year. So there is going to be a gap and instead of starting and immediately stopping the Mundakopanishad I thought let us do something else. There was a demand for an introduction to the Adhyasavasya which is a masterful introduction written by Shank
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
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