The Importance of Knowing Yourself

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Shankaracharya: All that we need to know is that the self exists. If you know that much, then you can have a confusion about what I am. The arguments are very nice back and forth. But for superimposition to happen, a diaset to happen, it must be unknown. And Shankaracharya says, it need not be an object of perception. You just have to know that you exist.

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