Class Summary for Jan 25, 2025 - Chapter-4 Summary / Conclusion
Summarized by: A K Srinivasan Gyanakarmasanyasayoga Essence – The one who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is the wisest person; a perfect performer of all actions Fundamentals of Vedanta Identification theory – Like person watching a movie and starts to identify with the characters of the movie; the person starts the movie as a master and exits it as a slave of the character. This is a mistake. Vedanta says this is the same we do in real life as well. Consciousness aka Brahman or Purusha – it is the I or Ahum in us, the awareness in us. It is sat-chit-anand. It is the only reality. It is bliss absolute. Perfection incarnate. This is the great truth. Matter aka Maya or Prakurti – anything made of the 5 elements –Panchamahaboota – the whole world and BMI. Why am I not experiencing bliss now? Because your identification is with the imperfect BMI. So my experience will be the imperfection of BMI with which I identify. Problem is with identification. So dis-id...