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Swami Sarvapriyananda at IITK - "Who Am I?" according to Mandukya Upanishad-Part 1
A lecture by Swami Sarvapriyananda at IIT Kanpur on the Mandukya Upanishad and the question 'Who am I?'. It explains the four states of consciousness in Advaita Vedanta.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended in threads about consciousness and reality as a clear exposition of the Vedantic view of waking, dreaming and deep sleep.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Vivekananda Samiti, IIT Kanpur
- Topic
- vedanta and consciousness
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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I'm not sure if it is a "proof" of any sort, but I find the ideas in the माण्डूक्य उपनिषद् (Mandukya Upanishad [LINK] ) to be a very interesting point of view. This short text discusses the theory of four states of consciousness: Waking \ …
ivan_ah on Hacker News · 2021-03
In Is Consciousness Everywhere?I found asian philosophies very interesting in this regard. There is an interesting Hindu philosophy about 4 states - awake, sleep, dream and turiya. In below video, lecturer explained them very beautifully. [VIDEO] Also you might enjoy Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid where …
croh on Hacker News · 2022-04
In Ask HN: What do you think is all this? (this reality, existence, space-time, us)
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