Swami Tattwamayananda’s exposition of the Mandukya Upanishad with Karika was given at the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco (founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) from April 13, 2012, to December 20, 2013, in a series of 44 lectures. The Mandukya Upanisad belongs to the Atharva Veda tradition and consists of 12 mantras. According to many modern scholars, it is the first systematic treatise on the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. The Mandukya Karika is a commentary in 215 metrical verses by Gaudapada Acharya who is the first well-known exponent of the doctrine of non-origination Ajātivāda (अजातिवाद). He is supposed to have lived around the 6th century A.D, about 150 years before Sri Shankaracharya. Sri Shankaracharya’s (788-820 CE) commentary on Mandukya Karika establishes the superstructure of Advaita philosophy, the philosophy of Non-Dualism. Before Sri Shankaracharya, the idea of Advaita or nondualistic philosophy existed because it is as old as Rig Veda itself, but the formulation of a complete and compact philosophical structure, expounding its metaphysics, ontology, cosmology, logic, and epistemology, was entirely his contribution...
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44 – Concluding Session (iv) | Mandukya Upanishad with Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda.
43 – Concluding Session (iii) | Mandukya Upanishad with Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda.
42 – Concluding Session (ii) | Mandukya Upanishad with Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda.
41 – Concluding Session (i) | Mandukya Upanishad with Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda.
40 - Questions & Answers | Mandukya Upanishad with Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda.
39 – Dialectical Confrontation: "Parinamavaada" (theory of evolution) & "Arambhavaada"| Ch 4 | Mandukya Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Verses: Mandukya Karika 4.11, 4.12, 4.13. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. The dialectical confrontation between "Parinamavaada" (theory of evolution) of the Samkhya philosophers and "Arambhavaada" of the Nyaya-Vaisheshikas continues.
38 - Analysis of the Intrinsic Characteristics of "Prakrti" - Critique of the Samkhya theory of evolution | Mandukya | Swami Tattwamayananda
Verses: Mandukya Karika 4.9, 4.10, 4.11. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Vaisheshika's refutation of the "Parinamavaada" (theory of evolution) of the Samkhya philosophers. Accidentalism refuted.
37 - Sadkaryavada & Asadkaryavada – Mutual Contradiction between Samkhyas & Nyaya/Vaisheshikas. | Mandukya Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Verses: Mandukya Karika 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Showing the mutual contradictions among the non-Advaitic Schools establishes the truth of the doctrine of Non-origination. ‘Prakriti,’ the essential nature of things...
36 – Refutation of ‘Kaarya-Kaarana-Vaada’:Establishing the Doctrine of ‘Non-Origination.’ | Ch 4 | Mandukya Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Verses: Mandukya Karika 4.3. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. In his attempt to establish the doctrine of non-origination (‘Ajaativaada’), Gaudapada refutes the ‘Kaarya-Kaarana-Vaada’ (doctrine of the relation of cause and effect) held by the...
35 – Going beyond Mind, Beyond Pain and Pleasure, Transcending the Shackles. | Ch 4 | Mandukya Karika | Swami Tattwamayananda
Verses: Mandukya Karika 4.1, 4.2. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. “Asparsha-Yoga” is the source of all happiness and freedom.