Kena Upanishad (Kenopanishad) Teachings Day 3, Session 1

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This session discusses key concepts in Advaita Vedanta philosophy, focusing on the relationship between Awareness and Concept, and the nature of reality. It explains attributeless Awareness as the cause of everything, free from all attributes. The document explores the classification of the entire universe (jagat) under sajatiya, vijatiya, and svagata bheda, ultimately resolving all objects into concepts. It emphasizes that only Awareness and Concept need to be resolved, with their relationship being Satya-mithya (real-unreal). The session delves into two levels of mithya: Vyavaharika (empirically true) and Pratibhasika (subjectively true). It outlines the journey from Pratibhasika to Vyavaharika to Paramarthika (absolute reality), explaining how Vedanta reduces subjective realities and reveals the unchanging presence behind the empirical body-mind complex. The session also discusses two kinds of adhyasa (superimposition): subjective and empirical, and the conditions necessary for adhyasa to occur. Furthermore, it explores the removal of adhyasa and its effects, distinguishing between Sopadhika-adhyasa (where appearance doesn't change) and Nirupadhika-adhyasa (where perception changes). The session emphasizes that liberation is cognitive rather than experiential, involving the removal of false notions without necessarily changing perceptions.