Given on February 15, 2020. Seventh of the South Bay Lecture Series on Vedic Scriptures given by Swami Tattwamayananda.

In this lecture Swami Tattwamayananda corrects a common disastrous misunderstanding of what Advaitins mean by the word “karma.” By tracing the significance of the term from the time of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, to Lord Buddha, then to the schools of Later Buddhism, then to the Mimamsakas, and finally to Shankaracharya, Swami gives a lucid history of one of the most significant dialectical confrontations in world philosophy.
Swami then goes on to explain that for an Advaitin, books remove all wrong notions so that the direct experience of the Spiritual Truth is revealed. Swami then continues to explain how great Jivanmuktas like Shankaracharya lived and how we can also rediscover our true nature through right effort and cultivating healthy samskaras.