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VEDANTAM FOR BEGINNERS - 39. SWAMI SIVANANDA.

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 ========================================================================= ======================================================================== Thursday, October 20, 2022. 08:00.  TAT TVAM ASI =  That Thou Art : The Maha-Vakyas : Post-39. ======================================================================== Introduction : THAT THOU ART!’—Thus the Sruti emphatically and boldly voices forth the highest and most sublime truth that is the essence of all scriptures, nay, that is the goal of all scriptural teachings and assertions. It is the greatest declaration ever made on the face of the earth. It is the profoundest teaching ever given since the dawn of creation. It is the only way of expressing and indicating the Truth that is beyond the reach of the mind and the senses. It is the one unique teaching that comforts the distressed humanity and infuses inner spiritual strength and courage into them to pooh-pooh the miseries and pains of mundane existence and soar high i...

VEDANTAM FOR BEGINNERS - 38. SWAMI SIVANANDA.

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 ======================================================================= ========================================================================= Tuesday, October 11, 2022. 07:00.  Khandam X :  V - Avidya, VI. Three Avasthas, VII. Moksha. Post-38. ========================================================================= CATEGORIES IN VEDANTA : Introduction : The Prakriyas or the different categories in the philosophy of Vedanta are the fundamental rudimentary principles with which its ethics and metaphysics are built up. They take into account both the Unmanifest and the Manifest, Brahman, Maya, Isva ra, Jiva and the universe. The nature of the Reality, the characteristics of the phenomenal appearance and the constitution of the individual selves are the main themes of Vedantic discussion. Sri Sankaracharya says that one must possess the fourfold qualification of Sadhana before entering into the study of Tattva-Bodha or the Knowledge of the Vedantic Categories and the Na...