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you start with the word Brahman the word
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Brahman starts very simply the word
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Brahman literally means that which
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expands without
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limit Brahman is that which swells
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literally the word bring it means to
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swell or expand without limit it
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literally means if you translate it to
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English it will mean the
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vast note that it is impersonal there is
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no he or she it's not a person it's just
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called the vast the vast
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what a vast um house a big um or or a
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vast country or a vast space it's not
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qualified they don't say vast what just
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vast when you say just vast without
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anything attached to it you know a vast
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ocean or a vast heart
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nothing like that just vast it literally
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means
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infinite just vast without any
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qualification means infinite without any
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limit and the word which is next to just
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preceding the word Brahman is anantam
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the Sanskrit word
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anantam literally means no
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limit rast Brahman means vast and the
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word just preceding it means EX exactly
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what the meaning of vast is no limit
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anantam Anam in Sanskrit means limit
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anantam means no
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limit now let us explore this word No
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Limit unlimited
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infinite what is limit what do you mean
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by limit to understand the unlimited we
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must understand what is meant by limit
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in vant we speak of three kinds of
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limits three kinds of
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limits something is made limited finite
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in three ways what are
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theya means space kala means time means
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object limits are limits in space limits
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in time and limits in object wait for it
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and that sounds a little peculiar one
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might already begin to understand what
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is meant by limit in space and limmit in
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time but what is limit in object it
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we'll come to that it's very interesting
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concept but let's first start with what
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is meant by limit in
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space remember where where remember
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where we are in the definition Brahman
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the vast Unlimited No Limit No Limit
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three kinds of limits there are three
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kinds of limits first kind of limit
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limited Limited in space Limited in
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space means something is located here
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and not there the very fact that you you
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are here in the vant society sitting in
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the temple means that you are not in the
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Bookshop or on the freeway or at home
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you are here that means you're limited
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in space we are every object that we
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know about all the physical objects that
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we know about are limited in space they
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have a beginning and they have an end in
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space this is where they are and that's
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not where they are so everything has a
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limit in
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space California big state has a limit
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in space after some some time it BEC
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becomes Arizona or Nevada or some other
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state the United States Big Country vast
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but it has a limit after sometime it
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becomes either the Atlantic Ocean or the
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or Canada or Mexico or the Pacific so
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everything is limited in
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space now imagine something has no limit
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in Space the definition tells us
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Unlimited in space without any
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limit if something is no limit in
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space what would you what would it be
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what would happen to it if something is
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a limit in space it is here and not
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there if something has no limit in space
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you cannot say it is only here and not
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there you have to say there is no place
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where it is not there is no place where
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it is not not there's no location in
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space where it is not if it is not
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limited in space so Brahman by
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definition is something that is not
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limited in space so there is no place no
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space where it is not the word for that
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used in religion is
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omnipresent so Brahman is omnipresent
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this is the first result that we have
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got we have to proceed very
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mathematically the first result that we
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have got from this definition is Brahman
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whatever it is one thing we now know it
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is something that has to be Unlimited in
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space omnipresent
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everywhere second the other kind of
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limit we can speak about is limit in
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time Kal in time the second kind of
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limit and the oppish says an no limit in
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time what is a limit in time a limit in
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time means something
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exists after its creation and before its
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destruction in between birth and death
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We Exist before the birth this body was
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not there after death this body will not
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be there before its production Creation
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in a factory somewhere this glass was
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not there now it is there and there will
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come a time when the glass will be
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destroyed it will be broken maybe it's a
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broken glass no longer a glass and
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you'll say the glass does not exist
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anymore so after its destruction it will
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not exist it is limited in time it is
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cut off in
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time so birth and deaths death are
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limits in time creation and destruction
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are limits in time
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time just about everything that we know
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in our life in this universe is limited
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in time everything is subject to birth
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everything is subject to death in the in
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the Gita SRI Krishna
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says that which is born will certainly
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die so that which is born will certainly
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die there are limits in time all our
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life is a little game we play between
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these two
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limits um a Swami used to humorously say
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that what is life what is life he says
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you know he write the person was born in
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1920 and passed away in
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2010 you write on the
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tombstone so 1920 to 2010 and there's a
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little Dash between that and so the
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Swami would humorously say what is life
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but a dash from the womb to the
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tomb that little little
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Dash and those two dates on the tomb
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Stone they show us limit in time our
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time is
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limited now Suppose there is something
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which is not limited in time the
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definition says Brahman the vast is not
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limited in time which means there is no
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time about which we can say before this
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Brahman did not exist we cannot say that
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because it's not limited by birth and we
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cannot say there's no there's a time
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after which Brahman will not exist there
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is no time previous to which Brahman did
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not exist there is no time after which
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Brahman will not exist that means it's
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not limited in time time does not cut
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off
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Brahman the result we get here
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mathematically deriving it Brahman is
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eternal
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Eternal bman is Beyond Time Brahman does
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not come into existence in time does not
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disappear go out of existence in time
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time does not demarcate Brahman you
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cannot make a tombstone and put a date
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to Brahman beginning and end of Brahman
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no so Brahman is not cut off in time
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Brahman is eternal that's the second
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result we have got from the little word
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anantam Unlimited
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now come to the Third Kind of limit if
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you remember I had said limitation of
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space limitation of time limitation of
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object the Third Kind of limit the Third
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Kind of limit is limitation of
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object let's investigate this this a
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very interesting concept what do you
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mean by limitation of
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object it's a simple concept but a
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little peculiar way of thinking when I
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say limitation of object it means
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everything is itself and nothing else so
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what is this it's a
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glass it's not a table it's not the
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Swami it's not a
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room it's not not the country it's not a
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so it's not anything except a glass you
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call it the law of identity a thing is
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identical to itself and different from
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everything else so everybody when you
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say I have an identity card which you
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show on the airport your passport or
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driving license what does it tell you
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what does that thing tell the is a
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person this person is such and such
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person and nothing
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else you are Mr or miss or Mrs so and so
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and nothing else and nobody else so that
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is a limitation an object a thing is
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itself and nothing else precisely itself
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and nothing of the billions of other
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entities each entity is itself and
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separate from the billions of other and
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trillions of other
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entities all right suppose something
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does not have such a
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limit think about it the Mind boggles
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suppose suppose something does not have
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this object limitation what would it
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mean object limitation means a thing is
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this and nothing else in the whole
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universe No Object limitation means
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there is nothing in the universe which
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is different from
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it object limitation means everything in
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the universe is different from it it's
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only
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itself No Object limitation means
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nothing in the universe is different
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from it follow this carefully nothing in
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the universe is different from Brahman
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there is nothing in the universe apart
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from Brahman there is no second thing
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apart from Brahman in the
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universe no second is equal to
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nondual nondual is equal to Brahman is
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nondual Adam the Sanskrit word is Adam
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let me repeat that at this point usually
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students say back up a little
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bit what did you say I said the object
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limitation means a thing is identical to
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itself and nothing else very good No
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Object limitation means that thing if
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there is such a thing which has no
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object limitation that means there is
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nothing different from
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it if there's nothing different from it
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there cannot be even one entity apart
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from it
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so there is not even a second entity
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apart from it that becomes nondual nonel
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means a second thing dual means the
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second thing exists nonu there is no
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second thing apart from Brahman Brahman
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is
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nonu imagine that little word anantam
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unlimited has given us these three
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powerful results one if something is
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unlimited you are saying Brahman is
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unlimited you are defining Brahman is
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unlimited then it must be omnipresent it
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can it's not limited in space it must be
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Eternal it is not limited in time and it
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must be nondu they cannot be anything
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apart from
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Brahman nondual Brahman
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isi
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n in Sanskrit all pervading Eternal
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nonu all of this is packed into this
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single word anantam this anantam word
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can be translated as Infinity now one
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thing one thing we can immediately
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notice here there cannot be two
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Infinities means no second thing apart
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from Brahman so there is no second thing
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apart from this Infinity so in
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mathematics for example you speak of
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numbers different different kinds of
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Infinities thanks to the mathematician
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caner we have a whole hierarchy of
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infinites in mathematics so the infinity
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in Brahma in in vant is not like a
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mathematical
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Infinity the infinity in ad vant does
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not tolerate a second Infinity there can
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be no second thing apart from Brahman
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there can be if there's Infinity it must
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be only one Infinity so Brahman is not
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only non Adam it's also one aam aam
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one only
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Nel these are the results we have got so
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far and remarkable in themselves but a
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question arises all right you can Define
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it that way it's an interesting concept
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it's a beautiful abstraction
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sophisticated philosophy but is it
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real does such a thing exist something
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which is eternal all pervading and nonu
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does such a thing exist
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if it does
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exist then you are already in trouble
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because something that is all pervading
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must be everywhere and something that is
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everywhere must be here something that's
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everywhere has to be
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here something that is eternal was is
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and will be must be right now if it's
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Eternal if it's there all the time it
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must be right now and something from
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which nothing is different non du
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then in every object we should be able
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to discern that
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Brahman imagine the conclusion of that
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if Brahman is eternal all pervading and
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nonuel then Brahman must be right here
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right now in anything that I choose to
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see anything that I choose to experience
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you should be able to show me
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Brahman in conventional religion there's
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a way out I can say yes God exists but
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um God is in heaven so that's why you
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can't see him right here right not right
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now not here God Is In Heaven
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There not now God is after death and if
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you are a good boy or good girl then
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only after
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death
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postmortem God is certainly not these
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things God is apart from all these
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things now I am safe if I say that
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because then you have to believe it I'm
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not it's not my bounding duty to show
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you God anymore because God is not here
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he's there in that place not now after
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death you can't catch me and not in
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these things because God is apart from
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creation the other but the moment you
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say moment vant says God is everywhere
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must be here God is all the time must be
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now there is nothing apart from God then
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show me God in these things show me God
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in this glass
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then in one of the old stories in Indian
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uh
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mythology um there's a little boy
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prad and
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uh is a devotee of
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Vishnu and his father is a great Demon
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King who hates Vishnu and finally
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hu and Tores the little boy and one day
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they have this big
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fight the little boy and his father and
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the father says where is your Vishnu
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where is your precious Vishnu supposed
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to be everywhere and the boy says yes my
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Lord is everywhere God is everywhere and
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they remember they're in the palace with
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huge pillars and all so his father
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points to this pillar and says is your
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precious God Vishnu in this pillar and
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the boy says yes he is in the pillar and
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The Story Goes it's very dramatic the
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father kicks the pillar in Fury the
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pillar he's a demon so the pillar
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shatters and this terrifying form
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emerges from the pillar half man and
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half lion it's called the Nim avatara
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the Incarnation of God in the form of
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man lion it's a terrifying form of God
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God takes a terrifying form to protect
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the little boy to protect his devote and
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that uh demon comes and kills the the
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the the form of terrible form of God
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comes and kills the demon that's a story
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it's a famous story and it's enacted
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again and again in plays throughout
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Villages and cities in India even until
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today I have seen so many enactments of
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it
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and the high point is when the little
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boy says yes my God is in that pillar
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and the father kicks that pillar down so
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that's the like the climax of the uh of
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the drama and there will be this person
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dressed up in a wig and everything in a
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mask and who will jump out of with a
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terrible Roar out of the pillar and all
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now in one of the plays this is a story
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which actually H this happened the
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person who was a witness told me it was
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enacted by little boys from our school
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ramak Krishna order in in in Kolkata
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and uh the little boy who was acting the
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acting the role of the devote the little
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child uh
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prad very smart kid now he knew where
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the man lion God in the form of the man
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lion which behind which pillar he is
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hiding there were two pillars
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unfortunately
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and and the Demon King who's also
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another another little boy uh he shouts
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roars where is your precious God is he
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behind this pillar and the little boy
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knew that if he kicks that pillar and
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falls down and God doesn't come out
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everybody's going to laugh so and the
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people the audience you know so the
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little boy replies no he's behind this
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pillar but Brahman is only presentes has
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to be everywhere I should be able to
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show God in this glass or in this table
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and everywhere and that is indeed what
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the OPA does next incredible in a
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remarkable piece of um philosophical
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Insight spiritual Insight the opad
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proceeds to show us God indeed in every
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entity of this universe let's see how it
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does that now we have got two words
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Brahman and anantam the vast and the
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infinite No Limits remember the first
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two words in case you have forgotten
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I'll remind you reality
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sat knowledge reality and knowledge
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Infinity is
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Brahman let's take up one word now
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reality it the word satam in in Sanskrit
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it stands for truth it stands for
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reality um it stands for
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existence now the opad asks us to
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consider consider reality look around
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you what do you consider real don't be
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philosophical you can't Common Sense
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what do you consider real well I
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consider my body to be real and this
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room to be real and all these people to
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be real these pews and this scarpet and
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this everything all these things are
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real even the space between us is real
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and the world outside is real there are
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hundreds and thousands of real things
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living and non-living surrounding all of
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us now the upanishad says apply the
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definition if it is real it must be God
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because the definition said reality
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knowledge Infinity is Brahman so what is
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reality must be Brahman so let's look at
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these real things are they Brahman but
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here is a huge problem you have just
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defined Brahman as No Limit no limit in
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space no limit in time no limit in
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object take up any of the things which
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we consider to be real this
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thing is it limited in
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space very obviously Swami it's only in
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your hand nowhere else is it limited in
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time did did it have a time of creation
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and a time when it will be destroyed
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certainly Swami no one heard of an of an
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eternal glass cover or something like
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that and is it limited in object yes
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there are things which this say it's
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only this and different from everything
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else in this entire room so it's limited
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in space it's limited in time Limited in
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object how can it be
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Brahman do you see the contradiction
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here you in one word Brahman
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the the definition says what is real is
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Brahman so this is real how is this
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Brahman in another word the upanishad
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says Brahman is infinite not limited in
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time not limited in space not limited in
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object do you see the contradiction what
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we consider to be real is definitely
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Limited in time definitely Limited in
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space and definitely limited by all
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other objects of the universe how can
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they be how can both of these words
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infinity and reality apply to the same
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thing so here is a problem a
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contradiction the things which we
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consider to be real the upanishad says
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the real is Brahman but the things which
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we consider to be real are very much
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Limited in time space and object the
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upanishad insists Brahman is both
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reality and unlimited omnipresent
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Eternal nondual well nothing we see
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around us is omes Eternal or nonu
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then we are at we are at an impass what
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do you
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do open is not given to speaking
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nonsense
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self-contradiction if you have
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self-contradiction one of the strategies
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used in the opitions is if you have
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language which is self-contradictory
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then we must take an implied meaning
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I'll repeat that if what we find in the
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open of the language direct meaning is
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not matching is not fitting
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the same definition gives us two
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meanings which are mutually
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contradictory reality means these
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objects Infinity none of these objects
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are infinite then what do you do the
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accepted Norm is to take an implied
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meaning there what is meant here let us
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see Rishad says look at make a list of
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the things that you see around yourself
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the reality your reality all right my
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body and so many other people are there
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and there are this chairs and tables
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opad says how do you experience these
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realities when you say
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glass is you experience glass as if it
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is real it exists when we say something
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is real we mean it exists so glass is
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real when you say elephant is not real
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it means there's no elephant in the room
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when you say glass is real you mean
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there is a glass in the room it exists
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so reality means things which exist so
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glass exists the lecturn exists the
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Swami exists the audience exists Temple
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exists in the upan vant tells us look
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the Swami and the glass and the Lecter
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and the temple they're all different
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from each other they're different
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entities but concentrate on the sense of
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existence the glass exists the glass is
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the table is the Swami is the audience
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is now focus on that ear we never pay
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attention to that humble ears but it
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means existence it means being now when
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you look at that eess the very eess the
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being instead of saying that the glass
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is or the table is or the Swami is or
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the people the everybody is is exist
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exists think of it as one ocean of
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existence in which the glass the table
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the swam the people everything there are
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waves in that ocean of existence the
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waves are all different from each other
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different names different forms
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different
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functions they're different from each
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other but it is one existence everywhere
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now apply that word
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infinity to this existence to this sense
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of existence Infinity means it must be
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not limited in
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space not limited in space
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omnipresent focus on this the sense of
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existence is it omnipresent or
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not yes whatever space you can think of
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from here to the furthest
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Galaxy things exist there must be
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existence there even empty space
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exists so existence is without any
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barrier
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omnipresent there is no limitation no
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cutting off to existence think about it
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glass glass is different from the cover
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of the glass but glass exists cover
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exists the existence is not
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different it is one continuous ocean of
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existence we are not used to thinking
00:26:10
about it that way but let's try thinking
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about it it's like there are many many
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waves and Bubbles and foam in the ocean
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and spray in the ocean but it is one
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continuous mass of
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water instead of looking at the waves
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big and small instead of looking at the
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surf look at the water
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you will find one unbroken mass of water
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in the same way here look around you
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feel it around you from our birth till
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today we have continuously been
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experiencing being existence
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eess we don't focus on that we focus on
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the name and the form here is a person
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is's a good person he's a bad person
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here's a nice thing here's something
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tasty here's something bitter here's
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something I want here is something I do
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not want forgetting overlooking the
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crucial fact that all of this nice and
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bad wanted and
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unwanted cheap and expensive whatever it
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is
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is there is a being to it an eess to
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everything that eess is not limited by
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space is it limited by time somebody
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will say well I can break this precious
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glass and the glass is
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not well vanta would say the broken
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glass is correct glass is break the
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glass broken glass is pound it into
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powder powdered glass is put it in an
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atom smasher and pound it into sub
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nuclear particles
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is is suppose you destroy all the glass
00:27:49
in the universe well the table is then
00:27:51
other things is they are the existence
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is there suppose you destroy everything
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in the universe let's just CE of it
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everything is destroyed then where is
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the isness there's a subtle bit of
00:28:01
analysis there and the commentator
00:28:03
Shankar aara points out names and forms
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manifest isness when the names and forms
00:28:09
are not there everything is resolved
00:28:11
back into the the
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Maya then the isness continues but it's
00:28:16
not experienceable anymore I'll repeat
00:28:18
that names and forms manifest
00:28:22
existence existence lends being to these
00:28:26
names and forms they exist because of
00:28:28
pure existence and what do they do for
00:28:31
Pure existence they manifest pure
00:28:33
existence they enable us to experience
00:28:35
pure existence pure in existence in
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itself is not an object of EX
00:28:40
experience it is experienceable only
00:28:43
through names and forms objects exist
00:28:47
they they borrow existence from Pure
00:28:49
existence and they come into existence
00:28:51
and we experience the objects and the
00:28:54
existence in them if the objects are not
00:28:56
there pure existence according to vedant
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continues but is not experienceable
00:29:02
anymore and one more thing that pure
00:29:06
existence is not limited by space is not
00:29:08
limited by time is not limited by object
00:29:12
think about it is there any object apart
00:29:16
from existence if it is apart from
00:29:18
existence It Is
00:29:20
non-existent by sheer
00:29:23
logic you don't have to go and search
00:29:25
let me try to locate an object apart
00:29:27
from existence just share logic if
00:29:30
anything is apart from existence it is
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non-existence it's not abstract
00:29:36
philosophy it's not you know dry hair
00:29:40
splitting philosophy it's what we are
00:29:43
living right now feel it the sense of
00:29:46
being the sense of presence all around
00:29:49
us the ground of our very existence the
00:29:53
ground on which we play this drama we
00:29:55
call life is being
00:29:58
itself that's everywhere nothing can be
00:30:01
there without being it's it's it's a
00:30:03
truism it's a logical
00:30:05
truism without existence Things become
00:30:08
non-existent so everything depends like
00:30:11
saying can we have a wave without the
00:30:13
water can we have golden ornaments
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without gold can we have wood and
00:30:17
furniture without the wood if you take
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the wood out of the pews you're sitting
00:30:20
On You' be pretty soon sitting on the
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carpet because the pews cannot exist
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without the V similarly nothing in the
00:30:27
Universe can can be there without
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existence so
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existence is not a part there is nothing
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apart from existence there is no second
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thing apart from
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existence existence is
00:30:44
nonel now we have a matching correlate
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Brahman is not limited by space not
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limited by time and there is no second
00:30:52
thing apart from Brahman Brahman is non
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duel we have found Brahman where in the
00:30:58
existence of everything in the universe
00:31:01
there is not one thing in this universe
00:31:04
apart from
00:31:06
Brahman not only that one more
00:31:09
step go to the next word
00:31:12
knowledge knowledge remember reality
00:31:16
knowledge Infinity is Brahman knowledge
00:31:20
what do you considered to be knowledge
00:31:22
we consider everything to be knowledge
00:31:24
I'm seeing you Swami it's knowledge I'm
00:31:26
listening to your voice hearing your
00:31:27
voice that's knowledge I'm thinking it's
00:31:29
knowledge 2 + 2 is equal to 4 that's
00:31:32
knowledge all these thoughts we have are
00:31:34
different kinds of knowledge so are they
00:31:38
Brahman the definition says knowledge is
00:31:40
Brahman so are they Brahman but
00:31:42
unfortunately you apply the definition
00:31:44
space time and
00:31:46
object it doesn't cut cut uh it doesn't
00:31:49
pass must uh
00:31:52
knowledge that knowledge which is in the
00:31:54
guru's mind is not in the disciples mind
00:31:56
that's why the Guru is a guru and the
00:31:57
disciple is a disciple that knowledge
00:31:59
which is in the book is not in my mind I
00:32:02
need to read the book so knowledge space
00:32:05
limitation some knowledge is here some
00:32:06
knowledge is there time limitation there
00:32:09
are not things which I knew and have
00:32:11
forgotten there are things I do not know
00:32:13
I shall I shall know them eventually
00:32:14
time limitation every moment we getting
00:32:16
different kinds of knowledge you had one
00:32:18
kind of knowledge coming into the room
00:32:20
you one kind of knowledge now when we
00:32:22
leave the room we'll have another kind
00:32:23
of knowledge things we will see and hear
00:32:25
and understand and there all cut off by
00:32:28
time in fact knowledge changes fast our
00:32:32
experiences
00:32:34
fleeting and are is any knowledge
00:32:38
nondual no every bit of knowledge we
00:32:41
have got what we see what we hear what
00:32:43
we think they're all different from each
00:32:44
other they're cut off by object object
00:32:48
limitation applies to knowledge so how
00:32:50
is knowledge infinite how can knowledge
00:32:52
be
00:32:53
Brahman how can knowledge be Brahman
00:32:56
apply the same logic if you have
00:32:58
followed the logic of existence or
00:33:00
reality Brahman appli to
00:33:03
knowledge look at our knowledge the
00:33:06
experience that we gain throughout the
00:33:08
day from morning till late night when we
00:33:10
go off to sleep finally all the
00:33:13
experience that we are getting thousands
00:33:14
of bits of knowledge being processed by
00:33:17
our
00:33:18
minds what is common to all of them and
00:33:22
now you've been coming to rant long
00:33:23
enough you should sa Consciousness Swami
00:33:26
yes
00:33:28
anything that we know is it not true
00:33:32
that it is in our
00:33:34
awareness every bit of knowledge is I'm
00:33:37
aware of this class I'm aware of this
00:33:39
person Swami I'm aware of your voice
00:33:42
awareness senscience Consciousness is
00:33:46
common to every knowledge it's a truism
00:33:48
again without Consciousness there's no
00:33:50
knowledge there is no understanding no
00:33:52
cognition nothing is possible without
00:33:54
Consciousness the things the objects of
00:33:57
Consciousness are different from each
00:33:58
other they are limited by space they are
00:34:00
limited by time they are limited by
00:34:02
object but Consciousness itself is
00:34:06
common to all knowledge every knowledge
00:34:10
is is grounded in Consciousness and that
00:34:14
pure Consciousness has no limitation of
00:34:16
time space or
00:34:19
object that which is aware of those are
00:34:21
different from each other but pure
00:34:23
Consciousness in itself is not limited
00:34:25
by to space time and object so this pure
00:34:32
Consciousness this pure existence is the
00:34:35
real meaning of reality knowledge in
00:34:39
Sanskrit it is the pure existence is
00:34:41
called sat
00:34:43
sat in Sanskrit the pure knowledge pure
00:34:46
Consciousness is called
00:34:48
chit so sat chit Anam is Brahman pure
00:34:53
existence pure Consciousness is Brahman
00:34:57
pure existence pure Consciousness
00:35:00
Infinity is
00:35:01
Brahman this pure existence is what we
00:35:04
experience throughout our lives this
00:35:08
definition just draws our attention to
00:35:10
it this pure Consciousness is shining
00:35:13
through our everyday experience whether
00:35:16
you see something hear something smell
00:35:18
something it's that pure Consciousness
00:35:19
shining forth it is the light within our
00:35:22
hearts which enables us to experience
00:35:24
Our
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Lives
