Svapna & Suṣupti Consciousness—Light of the Self 2
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2023-10-02

Namaste 🙏 This is a continuation of the analysis of Śaṅkarācārya's commentary on Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.6. And as you remember from last time—you do remember from last time, don't you?—the argument made by the materialist is that the Self cannot be the light that guides the man in his everyday activities because they are different in quality: different in class or type. In other words, the body, mind and so on are basically machines made of Māyā, and the Self is Absolute Reality and fully conscious, always conscious. So the opponent then makes a number of false arguments. For example, he says that observation precludes inference, which is crazy, because we cannot see the Self; we can only be the Self—because the Self is Brahman, always subjective, never the object of anything.

Download the text for this series, Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3 complete:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1429OJDrW8MHMREQZXU9xbngFI_LC_w1l/view?usp=drivesdk