Gaudapada
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Sep 20, 2026
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
But what does Advaita do? What does Advaita do? Advaita makes the mind into no mind.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
Gaudapada says, "Amanitava." It's a, uh, it's a concept from Mandukya Karika.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
The Advaita prakarana of Mandukya Karika.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
Amanitava.
Michael JamesGUEST
This is why Bhagavan taught us, t- this is why Bhagavan taught us that what we now take to be the waking state is actually just a dream, and that nothing that we experience in this so-called waking state is any more real than anything we experienced in any other dream.
Michael JamesGUEST
This is also what was taught by Gaudapada in his Mandukya Karika.
Michael JamesGUEST
But the majority of people who consider themselves to be Advaita Vedantins are not willing to accept that this waking state is actually just a dream.
Michael JamesGUEST
So they try to explain this simple teaching away in various ways.
Jason GregoryHOST
And so in this one, Nikila Nanda translates it wonderfully.
Jason GregoryHOST
You've got to remember that the Mandukya Upanishad, this version particularly from the Vedanta society, comes with Gaudapada's Kalika and Shankara's commentary.
Jason GregoryHOST
So Gaudapada and Shankara are kind of like the founders of Advaita Vedanta, you could say.
Jason GregoryHOST
the greatest sages of Advaita Vedanta, where a lot of this was all set in motion, where Shankara and Gaurapada really dive deep into the true nature of the Upanishads and the Vedas and what the original rishis were on about.
Jason GregoryHOST
And so then we get to a stage like we get to in the Mandukya Upanishad that Atman, the undifferentiated consciousness, is brahman and it also speaks in here about his non-creation theory now it's not actually called non-creation theory in here but it's an absolutely eye-opening way to see the world that brahman alone is real and nothing else exists and so if you want to know more about that highly recommend the manduku parashat kadaka And the last one I want to show you guys is Self-Knowledge at Mabodha.
Jason GregoryHOST
So His introduction is amazing.
Jason GregoryHOST
And I would say that if you wanted to know the secret of life, read Swami Nicola Nanda's introduction in the Atma Bodha, Self-Knowledge.
Jason GregoryHOST
So let me just read you a little brief passage about Vedanta and Gaudapada's non-creation theory.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
So there's no cause for anything because there is no thing.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
A little bit this is sound- sounding like Ajatavada of Mandukya Karika and Gaudapada, where it's like if you ask them, "How do I end my suffering?" You know, I like to make this joke.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
If...
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
Imagine in the second, third century, you go to meet Gaudapada, and he's probably sitting in a cave.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
He's in the Himalayas.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
He lived his whole life as like a fakir, as like a mad monk wandering about in forested, jungly regions.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
Like, he didn't really interact with society a lot, and he had very few disciples, and he's a very mysterious character.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
Now imagine you have issues in your life, and you go and see Gaudapada, and you sit at his feet, and you narrate all your issues.
Siddhartha NarayanGUEST
And if you look at Advaita from the real point of Advaita, nothing has been created.
Siddhartha NarayanGUEST
The Ajada Vada is perhaps the most poignant aspect of Advaita Vedanda, which is the most entrenched version as well, Gaudapada's and Shankaracharya's version of Ajada.
Siddhartha NarayanGUEST
Nothing is created.
Siddhartha NarayanGUEST
So all of these are in a way harmonizing the system that we live in and things have to be destroyed for new things to come in.