Adhijasa is the central teaching of Advaita Vedanta that you are Brahman, Jiva, Brahman, Aikya. Adhijasa means identity of sentient being and absolute reality. Ignorance, I don't know it's a rope, superimposition, it's a snake. Correction, oh, it's not a snake, It's a rope. And enlightenment and freedom, that is free from the fear of the snake. Similarly, I don’t know it's Brahman. Oh, it'sA world, I am this body mind. And I am Brahman and this entire universe is nothing but an appearance in Brahman.
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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