Understanding Vedanta Lecture Series- Who Am I?An Enquiry

UNDERSTANDING VEDANTA LECTURE SERIES (Based on lectures delivered by Pravrajika Vivekaprana, a senior Sannyasini of the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, and well-known teacher of Vedanta Philosophy.) The present-day readers tend to get intimidated and thus avoid reading these original books, the scriptures that give us the Vedanta Philosophy and wherein lies the wealth of knowledge as discovered in ancient India. Studying these books with Pravrajika Vivekaprana therefore is a great inspiration for those who are interested in serious study and are keen to understand the Vedanta Philosophy. She has the unique ability to reach out to her audiences, and through these books to the readers, as she shares her awareness of human psychology based on the Hindu philosophy. The Understanding Vedanta Lecture Series is based on lectures on various scriptures. Book 5- WHO AM I? An Enquiry Discussions on Sri Shankaracharya s Aparokshanubhuti Advaita Vedanta says, Without enquiry there is no knowledge. The need for enquiry is to understand, Who am I? and Why am I here? The answers, as given by Sri Shankaracharya, are found through direct experience. Aparokshanubhuti means direct experience, perception of the Self. It means to have experience unmediated through any other agency, that is, without the use of any medium. This experience of the Self is beyond space, time, and causation. Direct experience, beyond that given by the senses, is the only way of moving forward as one cannot put the ultimate experience into words.