Mandukya Karika | Advaita Or Nonduality

Verses: Mandukya Karika 2.22, 2.23. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Verses 20 - 28 of the second chapter describe the views of various non-Advaitin philosophers. They represent altogether 35 different 'vikalpas' (superimpositions) on the Atman. Verses 22 - 23 deal with the views of some traditional Vedic scholars, ritualists (Yajnikas), some schools of Samkhya philosophy, Atomists, Indian Materialists (‘charvakas’), Agamikas (followers of Pancharatra or Saiva Agamas).