Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

================================================================ Monday, 18 Dec 2023. 05:30.  Vivekachudamani = “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"  VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) Slokam - 50: The Guru Appreciates the Questions  =============================================================== Slokam - 50: The Guru Appreciates the Questions  shreeguruvaacha; The Guru says: 1 dhanyah asi kritakrityah asi = Blessed are you! You have fulfilled your life! 2 paavitam te kulam tvayaa; = By you is your whole clan sanctified. 3 yat avidyaa bandha muktyaa = By freeing yourself from the bondage of ignorance, 4 brahmeebhavitum ichchhasi. = you wish to attain the absolute Brahman! =============================================================== There will be time enough to deal with the issues raised, but here the matter of the  moment is to capture the Guru’s appreciation of such a bright student, who epitomizes the  alert and enquiring student of Vedanta. 1-2 “

========================================================================= Monday, 06 Nov 2023. 05:30.  Vivekachudamani = “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"  VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) Slokam-49 : The Disciple’s Seven Questions. ========================================================================= Slogam : 49 (The Disciple’s Seven Questions 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. kah naama bandhah; = i) “What is this BONDAGE? 2. katham eshha aagatah; = ii) How has it come into being? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 3. katham pratishhthaasya; = iii) How does it continue to stay? 4. katham vimokshhah;  = iv) How can one get out of it completely? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  ================================================================ Friday, 22 Sep,  2023. 05:30.  Vivekachudamani  = “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"  VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) Slokam-48. =============================================================== 1.7 THE DISCIPLE’S QUESTIONS  (Slogas 48-55, 8 No.) BEFORE OPENING THE ‘Question Box’ of the student, it is noteworthy to see the  nobility of his mind from his words up to this point. We know that this student has the three  basic noble virtues for studentship:  a) He is self-disciplined. The true meaning of being a disciple is to submit voluntarily  to the discipline asked by the Guru.  b) He is not a moral wreck. He has lived his life according to the Shastras to the best  of his ability. We know that he has followed the scriptural rules in obtaining whatever he  desired in the world.  c) He is noble-minded. He is making a sincere effort to emulate the conduct of the  great, the noble, the

================================================================ Tuesday, 29 Ag,  2023. 05:30.  Vivekachudamani  = “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"   VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) =============================================================== Slogam-47. Roles of Ignorance & Knowledge 1 ajnaanayogaat = Through contact with Ignorance paramaatmanah tava =  you, who are the Supreme Self 2 hi anaatma bandhah = indeed, experience the bondage of the not-Self; tatah eva samsritih; = from this alone proceed birth and death. 3 tayoh vivekah = By discriminating between these two (Self and not-Self), uditabodha vahnih =  the blaze of knowledge arises; 4 ajnaana kaaryam  = (then) the effects of ignorance  pradahet samoolam. = are burnt down together with their very roots. ================================================================ Commentary: The Acharya in Shankaracharyaji here uses his experience to guide the student. Every  student faces the di