Tag Archives: vivekachudamani

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, …

In this philosophically rich class on verse 108, Acharya Tadany introduced the concept of māyā as the third name of kāraṇa śarīram (causal body), describing it as kārya anumeyā — that which is never directly perceptible and can only be inferred through scripture-based reasoning (śāstra pramāṇa), because in the kāraṇa avasthā (causal/unmanifest state) the entire manifestation is resolved, including the …

In this foundational class on the causal body (kāraṇa śarīraṁ), Acharya Tadany completed the exposition of the three bodies (śarīra-trayam) by introducing kāraṇa śarīraṁ (verses 108–123) as the unmanifest, beginningless seed condition (avyakta) from which both the gross (sthūla) and subtle (sūkṣma) bodies emerge during creation (sṛṣṭi) and into which they dissolve during cosmic dissolution (pralaya), operating on the principle …

In this profound class, Acharya Tadany resolved one of the deepest paradoxes in Vedānta by demonstrating that while the Upaniṣads declare that everyone loves the Self (ātmā) alone, and all worldly love is conditional (capable of turning into sorrow when conditions change), the same scriptures uphold universal love as the highest ideal, the apparent contradiction dissolves when we distinguish between …

In this class, Acharya Tadany delivered a profound revelation from the Upaniṣads and Śaṅkara’s Vivekacūḍāmaṇi that resolves one of the deepest paradoxes of human existence:  While the scriptures declare that everyone loves the Self (ātmā) alone, and all worldly love is conditional (capable of turning into sorrow when circumstances change), the same scriptures uphold universal love as the highest ideal—how …

In this landmark centenary class, Acharya Tadany delivered the final knockout blow to the illusion of conditional happiness by proving, through Śaṅkara’s razor-sharp logic and the immortal Yājñavalkya-Maitreyī dialogue from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, that nothing in the universe is loved for its own sake. Everything is loved only for the sake of the Self. And the means (sādhanam) like money, …

Acharya Tadany. In this mind-bending class, Acharya Tadany used the classic pot-space analogy to reveal the single cause of all suffering, I.e., the subtle body (sūkṣma śarīraṁ) acts like a clay pot that apparently “contains” unlimited consciousness, instantly creating the false individual (jīva) who believes “I am limited, I suffer, I need things.”  In waking and dream the pot is …