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Class 41, Tattva Bodha

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Tattva Bodha – Class 41 Summary Evolution of Elements, Sense Organs & the 24 Tattvas Acharya Tadany | April 6, 2025 In this important class, Acharya Tadany continued the exploration of Samaṣṭi vicāra (cosmic level), detailing how the universe evolves from māyā through the subtle elements and how the three guṇas manifest as fundamental faculties in all beings. Two Fundamental …

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Class 40, Tattva Bodha

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Tattva Bodha – Class 40 Summary Māyā and the Three Guṇas – The Faculties of the Universe Acharya Tadany | March 30, 2025 In this important class, Acharya Tadany continued the exploration of samaṣṭi (cosmic level) by explaining how māyā operates through its three fundamental guṇas, which manifest as the three essential faculties present in all living beings. Core Concept: …

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Class 114, vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi – Class 114 Summary The Two Powers of Ignorance: Āvaraṇa & Vikṣepa Śakti Acharya Tadany | March 25, 2026 In this powerful and incisive class, Acharya Tadany delved deeply into verse 114 of Vivekacūḍāmaṇi, where Śaṅkarācārya reveals the formidable mechanism of ignorance (avidyā) through its two inseparable powers. The Two Powers of Ignorance1. Āvaraṇa Śakti (Veiling Power / Non-Apprehension) …

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Class 39, Tattva Bodha

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Tattva Bodha – Class 39 Summary Introduction to the 24 Cosmic Principles (Caturviṃśati Tattva) Acharya Tadany | March 23, 2025 This class marks the formal transition from vyaṣṭi (individual/micro level) to samaṣṭi (cosmic/macro level), introducing the caturviṃśati-tattva — the 24 principles that constitute the entire universe. Acharya Tadany emphasized the elegant parallel structure between individual and cosmic manifestation, showing how …

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Class 38, Tattva Bodha

Tattva Bodha – Class 38 Summary From Vyaṣṭi (Individual) to Samaṣṭi (Cosmic Totality) Acharya Tadany | March 16, 2025 Opening with a practical student request on memorizing Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 2 verses 12–25, Acharya Tadany offered to record the traditional Vedāntic method: systematic, additive repetition of each pāda (quarter-verse) — 8 syllables per line — building progressively (first syllable 3×, …

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Class 110, vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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In this philosophically precise and experientially illuminating class on verses 111–112, Acharya Tadany unfolded the three guṇas of māyā (trigunātmikā) — the essential faculties that make the causal body (kāraṇa śarīram) the source of all manifestation:  (1) Sattva (jñāna śakti — knowing faculty, clarity, illumination);  (2) Rajas (kriyā śakti — activity/action faculty, movement, desire, projection);  and (3) Tamas (dravya śakti …

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Class 109, vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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In this philosophically profound and cognitively transformative class on verses 109–110, Acharya Tadany clarified that Śaṅkarācārya does not distinguish between individual kāraṇa śarīram (causal body) and total kāraṇa prapañca (causal universe) because at the causal level, differences exist only in potential, unmanifest form — like a seed containing the entire tree (trunk, branches, leaves, fruits) yet showing no distinction — …

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Class 108, vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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In this elegantly logical and deeply illuminating class on the nature of avidyā, Acharya Tadany built on the previous discussion of māyā by unpacking Śaṅkarācārya’s precise definition of avidyā — the fourth name of kāraṇa śarīram (causal body) — as having two complementary meanings:  (1) that which lacks independent existence (svayaṁ na vidyatē iti avidyā),  and (2) that which is …

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Class 107, vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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n this philosophically rigorous and intellectually exhilarating class on verse 109, Acharya Tadany guided students through Śaṅkarācārya’s masterful four-fold negation of māyā, revealing it as the greatest wonder (mahādbhutā) and utterly inexplicable (anirvacanīya-rūpā):  māyā is neither existent (sat) nor non-existent (asat), nor it appears as both;  neither different (bhinna) nor non-different (abhinnā) from Brahman, nor it appears as both;  neither …

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Class 106, vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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In this philosophically intense class on verse 108 and the nature of māyā, Acharya Tadany continued the exploration of kāraṇa śarīram (causal body) – the third and final aspect of anātmā (non-self) in the śarīra-trayam — by detailing its four essential names:  avyaktam (unmanifest, seed form),  śaktiḥ (power, dependent potential to manifest the universe),  avidyā (that which lacks independent existence, …

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