The Definition of Snake Rope

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Professor Manidravit Shastri draws upon a book called Prakatartha Vivaranana. This is in one commentarial tradition on Shankaracharya called the Vivaranana school. In it, Professor Shastri gives a very forensic analysis of this definition. For yourself, you as Atma and you as body mind, body mind, you are pure consciousness,. But I don't see myself as pure consciousness, I see myself as a body mind," he says.

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