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Reading group: Yājñavalkya, Maitreyī and Gārgī in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
I left accountancy to raise two children in George Town, and I read Śaiva Siddhānta on my own. I want to go back behind the schools to the text they all argue over. The Bṛhadāraṇyaka is the oldest and, for me, the…
Started by Thamarai Selvi Raman5 replies218 views -
Reading group: the Mandukya Upanishad and Gaudapada’s Karika
The Māṇḍūkya is the shortest of the principal Upanishads, only twelve verses. It analyses the syllable AUM in terms of four "quarters" of the self: the waking state (vaiśvānara), the dream state (taijasa), deep sleep (prājña), and the "fourth" (turīya), which is…
Started by Arjun Iyer4 replies216 views