Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

======================================================================================= Thursday 19, December 2024, 05:30.  Vivekachudamani - “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"  VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) Slogam: 60 - Can Any Philosophy Help? ====================================================================================== Slogam: 60 - Can Any Philosophy Help? 1  shabdajaalam mahaa aranyam = Books and Philosophies constitute a thick jungle,  2 chitta-bhramana-kaaranam; = they may be a cause for the confusion of the mind;  3 atah prayatnaat jnaatavyam = Therefore, through right efforts should be known   4   tattvajnaih tattvam aatmanah. = the real nature of the Self by true seekers of God.  ========================================================================================= 1-2 The dangers facing an intellect are here openly displayed. Here the student is alerted to the pitfalls of intellect...

======================================================================================= Thursday 07, November 2024, 05:30.  Vivekachudamani - “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"  VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) Slogam -59:  Can Study of Scriptures Help?  ====================================================================================== Slogam -59:  Can Study of Scriptures Help?:   1 avijnaate pare tattve = Without knowing the supreme Reality, 2 shaastraadheetistu nishhphalaa; = the study of the Shastras is futile. 3 vijnaate api pare tattve = Having known the supreme Reality, 4 shaastraadheetistu nishhphalaa. = the study of the Shastras is again futile. ====================================================================================== The emphatic point driven home by this magnificent juxtaposition of two opposing statements is simply this: “The Shastras are useful only for realizing God, not for any other purpose, ho...