VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" : Slokam 33. - The Qualifications of a Guru : Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.
======================================================================= ======================================================================= Tuesday,November 23, 2021. 7:00. AM. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.5 APPROACHING ONE’S GURU ( Sloka 32b-40, 9 No.) ======================================================================= Slokam 33: The Qualifications of a Guru : "shrotriyah avrijinah akaama hatah yah brahmavittamah; brahmani uparatah shaantah nirindhanah iva analah; ahetuka dayaa sindhuh bandhuh aanamataam sataam." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : "One well-versed in scriptures, sinless and unsmitten by desires; who is a full knower of the Supreme, abiding peacefully in the Supreme, like fire that is devoid of fuel; who is an ocean of mercy needing no cause for its expression; and is an intimate frie