Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Understanding Advaita & Mithya

Chennai City August 2, 2012

Following is the seventh in the series of fifteen benedictory discourses delivered by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji during Chaturmasya at Chennai in 2012, on Vedanta, choosing topics from the Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya.

Topics

Objections that arise when the Jiva is stated as being non-different from Brahman (the Absolute Reality), and when everything except Brahman is stated as Mithya
How can the experiencer and experienced be non-different to each other? If everything is Mithya, are not the Vedas Mithya too? How then can true knowledge be attained by Vedic statements?
Above questions are addressed to give a proper understanding of Advaita and Mithya

To that which is born, death is indeed certain; and to that which is dead, birth is certain. Therefore, knowing this, you ought not to grieve over (this) inevitable. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
Daylight and darkness, dusk and dawn, winter and springtime come and go. Time plays and life ebbs away. But the current of desire never leaves. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
Once you begin to feel the presence of God, a joy unknown to you ever before will begin to be felt. The thought of his ever- living presence with you will be a great solace to you. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
Tendencies develop, regardless of the characteristic of the action performed. Hence, he who wishes to lead a proper life will do well to avoid evil deeds and to repeatedly perform virtuous deeds. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
To err is human. Accepting one’s error and correcting oneself is a mark of nobility. Humility is the primary path to achieving nobility. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names