[Advaita-l] ADVAITA VEDANTA: A PRESENTATION FOR BEGINNERS by D. Krishna Ayyar

[Ram Chandran]

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Namaste:

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Enjoy during this holiday season,

Warmest regards,

Ram Chandran
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ADVAITA VEDANTA: A PRESENTATION FOR BEGINNERS
by D Krishna Ayyar

PART I PROLOGUE
PART II JNANA KANDA – AN OUTLINE
PART III JNANA KANDA – AN ELABORATION with quotations from the
Upanishads

APPENDIX
GLOSSARY

PART I THE HINDU SCRIPTURE

PART II OUTLINE OF ADVAITA VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY
Section 1 Nature of Self
Section 2 Brahman, the Ultimate Reality
Section 3 Identity of the Individual Self and Brahman
Section 4 Transmigration and Karma
Section 5 Free Will
Section 6 Status of the World – Orders of Reality
Section 7 Creation
Section 8 The Concept of Maya
Section 9 Liberation What it means
Section 10 Significance of Liberation
Section 11 Knowledge, the Sole Means of Liberation
Section 12 Jivanmukti – Liberation is this life itself
Section 13 Liberation not an event in time It is self recognition
Section 14 "Merging" in Brahman – Videha mukti

PART III PHILOSOPHY OF ADVAITA VEDANTA as expounded in the
Upanishads
Section 1 Preparatory Spiritual Practices
Section 2 Enquiry into one's real nature – Inward Enquiry
Section 3 Analysis of waking, dream and sleep
Section 4 Analysis of stages of life
Section 5 Maya and its Effects
Section 6 Good and bad actions – Merit and Demerit – Rewards
and Punishments
Section 7 Description of Brahman, the absolute reality
Section 8 Orders of Reality
Section 9 Unreality of the World
Section 10 Creation of the World
Section 11 Status of Maya
Section 12 Brahman as Existence, the sub stratum of the universe
of names and forms
Section 13 Iswara, the Actual Creator
Section 14 Brahman as Consciousness – All pervading and immanent
in beings
Section 15 Reflected consciousness (cidabhasa)
Section 16 How to distinguish the original consciousness from the
reflected
Consciousness – An
illustration
Section 17 Significance of Cidabhasa
Section 18 Enquiry into Atma – Methodology
A) The known is not yourself
B) Inward enquiry
C) waking, dream and deep sleep states
Section 19 Brahman as Bliss
Section 20 Benefit of identification with Brahman
Section 21 Benefit of knowing that I am all
Section 22 Purpose of teaching about gods with attributes
Section 23 Process of obtaining knowledge of identity with Brahman
Benediction

APPENDIX EXPLANATORY NOTES
No 1 Can Brahman be Known?
No 2 Sankya and Nyaya view of Creation
No 3 Wrong definitions of Reality
No 4 The view that the world is Real
No 5 Views of Buddhist schools about Reality
No 6 Concept of Real Creation
No 7 Significance of videha mukti
No 8 Moksha – not event in time
No 9 Mithya – not mere imagination
No 10 A criterion of Miithya
No 11 Original and reflected consciousness – An illustration
No 12 How Maya operates
No 13 Karma not means of Moksha – Reasoning
No 14 Logic of Adhyasa ( Delusion)
No 15 Ignorance and knowledge of identity with Brahman
No 16 Appreciation of the all pervading consciousness
No 17 Brahman beyond time and space
No 18 Logic of postulating cidabhasa
No 19 Process of cognition
No 20 Samsara not for Atma
No 21 Negation of Anatma
No 22 Role of Mahavakyam
No 23 Form is not Substance
No 24 Self effulgence Meaning
No 25 Appreciation of pure existence
No 26 Eternal awareness – An illustration
No 27 Punya papa not one's Nature
No 28 Consciousness has no Origin
No 29 Brahman Attributeless
No 30 Relationship of Brahman and World
No 31 Existence has no Origin
No 32 Iswara, karma and free will
No 33 Iswaraa Srishti and Jiva Srishti
No 34 Grace and Free Will
No 35 Miracles and Karma
No 36 Moksha means knowing one's Infinite Nature
No 37 Mind is Matter
No 38 Duality
No 39 Effect of Good Actions on Karma
No 40 Denial of Consciousness – self contradictory
No 41 Mixing up of Orders of Reality
No 42 Unreality of the World
No 43 Corollaries of Brahman being infinite
No 44 Sarvatmakatvam of Brahman
No 45 Atma – beyond nama roopas
No 46 Atma – motionless
No 47 Atma – locationless
No 48 Questions regarding origin etc. of world
No 49 Vasana and free will
No 50 Guru is Brahman
No 51 Relative Immortality
No 52 The unnegatable remainder
No 53 Samsara due to sense of duality
No 54 Consciousness is changeless
No 55 Atma – neither the known nor the knowable
No 56 Flowing Eternity
No 57 Dependency of World
No 58 Who is a Brahmana?
No 59 Panca kosa viveka in Kathopanishad
No 60 Viparita bhavana obstacle to Jnanam
No 61 Jnani free from Raga-dwesha
No 62 Purpose of Teaching Creation
No 63 Mind and Sakshi – Roles
No 64 What is temporary is Mithya – Logic
No 65 Five definitions of Mithya
No 66 Intrinsic and Incidental Nature
No 67 Avasta tratya viveka in Mandukya Karika