Summary:

Vivekachudamani, Verse 67b – Part 2: All mithyas an object reduces to, and its final satyam (Existence-Awareness), are present simultaneously here-now. Objects are never separate from their all-pervasive substance, thus nothing is really moving, however apparent movement is due to mind comparing instants. Without satya-mithya, inquiry stops at subject/object, self/not-self division, granting independent status to “everything else” and quietly preserving jiva identification. The completion isn't “I am awareness distinct from all else,” but “I am awareness, the only reality – all else is none other than Me, but I am not it.”

Vivekachudamani – Verse 67b: A Pot is Only Clay 

मृत्-कार्यम् अपि एतत् अपि मृतः न भिन्नः
कुम्भः अस्ति सर्वत्र तु मृत्त्व-अपहात्
न कुम्भ-रूपम् पृथक् अस्ति कुम्भात्
कुतः मृषा कल्पित-नाम-मात्रः (२२८)
mṛt-kāryam api etat api mṛtaḥ na bhinnaḥ
kumbhaḥ asti sarvatra tu mṛttva-apahāt
na kumbha-rūpam pṛthak asti kumbhāt
kutaḥ mṛṣā kalpita-nāma-mātraḥ (228)
A pot made of clay is nothing other than clay, and its true reality is always simply clay. The pot is no more than the shape of a pot, and is just a superimposition based on a name.

Notes for this session are in lesson 22. Starts from “All Realities Are Here-Now Simultaneously”.

NEXT QUESTION: How does Awareness without undergoing change, gives rise to changing universe (names-forms)?   

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Recorded 13 Jan, 2026