A Potent Verse of Adi Shankaracharya - 25th December 2017

Name: A Potent Verse of Adi Shankaracharya - 25th December 2017
Uploaded: 2017-12-25
Duration: 10 min 6 s
Description: Ananta explores a potent verse by Adi Shankaracharya on the nature of the Self, the three states of consciousness, and the recognition that leads to liberation.

December 25, 201710:0658 views

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Ananta points to the self-existent reality that witnesses all states of consciousness, from waking to deep sleep. He emphasizes that liberation is simply the recognition of this unchanging, timeless awareness as one's true self.

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You are the one solitary witness of all there is; recognizing this, you are freed from ignorance.

What effort are you making to exist? This existence is the basis of all that comes and goes.

The universe is an object in you; you are the shoreless ocean in which universes arise and fade.

contemplative

adi shankaracharyawitnessingliberationself-inquiryashtavakra gitaconsciousnessegoadvaita vedanta