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VIVEKA CHUDAMANI – Mantram - 71: The Sravana Begins: Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.

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============================================================================================== Friday 24, April 2026. 19:00. VIVEKA CHUDAMANI – Part 2 (Mantras 67-146, 80 No. SRAVANA – Hearing the Truth 2.1 INTRODUCTION TO SRAVANA (Mantras 67-71, 5 No.) =============================================================================================== Mantram - 71:  The Sravana Begins:  1.Yat boddhavyam tava idaaneem = Firstly, this is what you ought to know now:  2.Aatma-anaatma vivechanam; = discrimination between the Self and the not-Self  3.Tat uchyate mayaa samyak = This will be described by me most elaborately.   4.Shrutvaa aatmani avadhaaraya. = Listen to it and receive it well in your mind.  ================================================================================================= Commentary: The principle being taught is given here. In the rest of Part 2, i.e. the next six chapters, a lot of information is conveyed. The whole purpose of the...