62 Mandukya Upanisad Chapter 01 Mantra 07

Title
Mandukya Upanishad Mantra 7 | Turīya Explained Through Negation | Śaṅkara Bhāṣya

Description
In this detailed Vedānta discourse on Mandukya Upanishad Mantra 7, we study Śaṅkarācārya’s Bhāṣya and the method by which the Upanishad reveals Turīya, the true nature of Ātmā.
The teaching explains why Turīya is not another state like waking, dream, or deep sleep, but the ever-present reality underlying all three. Through negation (apavāda), common objections (pūrvapakṣa), and classical examples such as rope–snake, the discourse clarifies how self-knowledge is not a new revelation but a correction of error.
This session also connects Mantra 7 with Mahāvākya methodology, self-revealing consciousness, and why samādhi cannot function as a means of knowledge for Brahman.

Timestamps
0:01 – Invocation and introduction to Mantra 7
3:25 – Śaṅkara’s Bhāṣya and the role of pūrvapakṣa
4:06 – Waker, dreamer, deep sleeper and their negation
5:01 – Why Upanishad negates the three states
6:12 – Can Turīya be a fourth state like the others?
7:37 – Actor metaphor: distinctness without separation
8:24 – Self-revealing Ātmā and mistaken self-knowledge
9:32 – Rope–snake example and correction through negation
11:56 – Superimposition (adhyāropa) and negation (apavāda)
13:44 – Ātmā as the basis of all three states
16:16 – Mahāvākya and correction of “I am the knower”
18:30 – Knowerhood as incidental, consciousness as essential
21:09 – Existence–consciousness as one reality
24:22 – Name–form analysis and Panchadaśī reference
28:59 – Why negation is central in Vedānta
33:40 – Why Turīya cannot be a separate knowable entity
37:09 – Samādhi and absence of means of knowledge
42:17 – Why samādhi does not remove ignorance
45:26 – The “I” that persists through all states
49:27 – Fullness, freedom, and here-and-now reality
51:59 – Turīya beyond sat–asat–śūnya
54:15 – One consciousness appearing as many experiences
58:08 – Turīya as the sole reality underlying all appearances

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