February 06, 2024

Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 9: Shankara and our glorious lineage

1 hour 6 minutes

This episode covers the long footnote at the end of chapter 10.

Summary:

The footnote has so much depth that it is easy to gloss over in our eagerness to start the fun next chapter. However, hidden in-between the lines of this page Paramahansa Yogananda has planted some ancient truths that have shaped our path, cosmic chants and overall lineage over millennia. Although on first reading it is seems quite heavy, we do our best to make it digestible enough for our study.

0:00 Guru Invocation;

7:20 Philosophy of Advaita (Non-dual, Monistic) spirit;

21:40 Delving into the Mandukya Karika;

36:35 Shankaracharya Biography;

56:45 Stories from the lineage;

1:05:00 Shankara’s prayer.

Links from episode: Guru Puja (complete): https://youtu.be/xNF64389ugw?si=PcKZsCudP2qAB5FF Lineage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Guru_Parampara Century of Verses: https://sacred-texts.com/hin/wos/wos07.htm Philosopher’s stone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cintamani Mandukya Karika: https://estudantedavedanta.net/MandukyaUpanishadKarikaWithBhashya-SwamiNikhilananda.pdf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvaita_Vedanta https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishishtadvaita

Krishna Das Bhaja Govindam: • Krishna Das - My Foolish Heart/Bhaja ...

https://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.com/2013/01/shri-adi-shankaracharya-his-life-part-2.html https://youtu.be/I6f20Fob44A?si=fDsngcZLaYNC_XR8

Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the start of chapter 11 from: “It would serve you right if Father disinherited you...” to “...and, very likely, a fellow victim!”

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