Summary:

Vivekachudamani, Verse 67 – Part 3: Brahman is viśuddham (free from impurities) because it has no second to relate to, just as a screen remains untouched by projected images. Everything in māyā – thoughts, senses, mind – is objectified by consciousness and depends on it. Brahman is understood through māyā via satya-mithyā relationship.

Vivekachudamani – Verse 67: What is Consciousness?

सत्यं ज्ञानम् अनन्तं ब्रह्म
विशुद्धं परं स्वतः सिद्धं
नित्य आनन्द एक रसं प्रत्यक्
अभिन्नं निरन्तरं जयति (२२५, अल्त् २२७)
satyaṁ jñānam anantaṁ brahma
viśuddhaṁ paraṁ svataḥ siddhaṁ
nitya ānanda eka rasaṁ pratyak
abhinnaṁ nirantaraṁ jayati (225, Alt 227)

Brahman which is defined as existence, knowledge and limitless – is free from impurities, beyond māyā, self-evident, happiness not bound by time or degree, and is always available non-separate from oneself.

Notes for this session are under Verse 67 – in lesson 18.

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Recorded 13 Jan, 2026