Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied with Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Chapter 4 Karika 55-60. Karika 55: yāvaddhetuphalāveśastāvaddhetuphalodbhavaḥ | kṣīṇe hetuphalāveśe nāsti hetuphalodbhavaḥ || 55 || Karika 56: yāvaddhetuphalāveśaḥ saṃsārastāvadāyataḥ | kṣīṇe hetuphalāveśe saṃsāraṃ na prapadyate || 56 || Karika 57: saṃvṛtyā jāyate sarvaṃ śāśvataṃ nāsti tena vai | sadbhāvena hyajaṃ sarvamucchedastena nāsti vai || 57 || Karika 58: dharmā ya iti jāyante jāyante te na tattvataḥ | janma māyopamaṃ teṣāṃ sā ca māyā na vidyate || 58 || Karika 59: yathā māyāmayādbījājjāyate tanmayoṅkuraḥ | nāsau nityo na cocchedī tadvaddharmeṣu yojanā || 59 || Karika 60: nājeṣu sarvadharmeṣu śāśvatāśāśvatābhidhā | yatra varṇā na vartante vivekastatra nocyate || 60 || ► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY Primary Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/vedantany Web: http://vedantany.org Soundcloud: http://Soundcloud.com/VedantaNY iTunes Podcast: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-itunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-google-play ABOUT VEDANTA Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of religions. ABOUT US Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.