Parathra, purwadrishta, avavasa means an experience. We are seeing samsara in Brahman, right now you are experiencing Brahman. Even after we become enlightened, we will not deny that we did have this samsara experience. It is a Brahman, like a rope, no snake, like Brahman, no samsara.
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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