Swami Sarvapriyananda at IITK - "Who Am I?" according to Mandukya Upanishad-Part 1
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended in threads about consciousness and reality as a clear exposition of the Vedantic view of waking, dreaming and deep sleep.
What it is
A lecture by Swami Sarvapriyananda at IIT Kanpur on the Mandukya Upanishad and the question 'Who am I?'. It explains the four states of consciousness in Advaita Vedanta.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends ivan_ah · 2021-03 · on “Is Consciousness Everywhere?”
I'm not sure if it is a "proof" of any sort, but I find the ideas in the माण्डूक्य उपनिषद् (Mandukya Upanishad [LINK] ) to be a very interesting point of view. This short text discusses the theory of four states of consciousness: Waking \ Dreaming > Turiya ≝ pure consciousness illuminating these Deep dreamless sleep / These two lectures were very good: - [this video] - [LINK] And you can read the original text here: [LINK]
Recommends croh · 2022-04 · on “Ask HN: What do you think is all this? (this reality, existence, space-time, us)”
I found asian philosophies very interesting in this regard. There is an interesting Hindu philosophy about 4 states - awake, sleep, dream and turiya. In below video, lecturer explained them very beautifully. [this video] Also you might enjoy Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid where author tried to explain self-referential systems. If you pick up any interest in asian philosophies, try [LINK] and [LINK]
Cites braindead_in · 2020-05 · on “Relationship between psychedelics, the brain, well-being, and creativity”
The entropic brain hypothesis reminds me of the Mandukya Upanishad. I or Ego is neither the waking state, neither the sleep state and nor the dream state, but the one from all these states emanate from. [this video]