Swami Kambhira Angi: We make the same mistake about ourselves. Instead of snake, we have body, mind and also external universe. You are not a body, not a mind - yet you mistake yourselves for a body mind. The snake is poisonous. The rope is not poisonous. But when we see that rope and we don't realize it's a rope, we think it's a snake. Oh, it's a poisonous snake there. That easness actually belongs to the rope.
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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