Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

=================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26/04/2020. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) Verse-11. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Verse :11. "Chittasya shuddhaye karma na tu vastu upalabdhaye; vastu siddhih vichaarena  na kinchit karma kotibhih."  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 Chittasya shuddhaye karma   =  charitable acts help to purify the mind, 2 na tu vastu upalabdhaye;       =  but do not lead to the attainment of Reality. 3 vastu siddhih vichaarena       =  The Self is attained only by discriminative analysis, 4 na kinchit karma kotibhih.    =  ...

======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/03/2020. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) Verse-10. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 10: Start With Karma Yoga "Sannyasya sarva karmaani  bhava-bandha vimuktaye; yatyataam pandhitaih dheeraih  aatma abhyaasa upasthitaih." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 sannyasya sarva karmaani = Renouncing all actions motivated by desires, for the 2 bhava-bandha vimuktaye; = sake of liberation from the bonds of birth and death, 3 yatyataam pandhitaih dheeraih = may the wise and learned man ...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/01/2020. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) Verses- 8 & 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse - 8 : The Preliminaries in a Nutshell "Atah vimuktyai prayateta vidvaan sannyasta baahyaartha sukhasprihah san; santam mahaantam samupetya deshikam  tena upadishhtaartha samaahita aatmaa." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 atah vimuktyai prayateta vidvaan              = Therefore, striving to gain inner freedom, the learned seeker 2 sa...

====================================================================== ====================================================================== 10/12/2019 VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) ------------------------------------------------------ Verse 7: Good Works Alone are Not Enough -------------------------------------------------------- "Amritattvasya na aashaa asti vittena iti eva hi shrutih; braveeti, karmanah mukteh declare –ahetutvam sphutam yatah." || 7|| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 amritattvasya na aashaa asti                = There is no hope for immortality 2 vittena iti eva hi shrutih;                     = by means of wealth. Thus does the Sruti herself 3 braveeti, karmanah mukteh declare – = that by goo...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) THE ELEVEN VERSES OF this section seem to have been carved out of the great anguish which the author clearly feels for humanity that is searching but not availing itself of the true and only means for liberation, viz. Knowledge of the Self. Sri Shankaracharyaji stood first and foremost for a rational approach to spirituality. There was no room in his approach for superficial display of religiosity if Knowledge were to be excluded from it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 6: The Need for Knowledge on this Path : -----------------------------------------...

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16/10/2019. Verse 5: How Foolish to Waste the Opportunity! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "ita ko nvasti mudhatma  yastu svarthe pramadyati | durlabham manusham deham prapya tatrapi paurusham" || 5|| ita = than this; kah nu = who indeed; asti = is; mudhatma = fool; yah tu = whoever; svarthe = in the real end of his (rediscovery of Self); pramadyati = neglects; durlabham = rare; manusham deham = human body; prapya = having gained; tatra api = there too; paurusham = masculine qualities.      Is there a greater fool than the person who, having got the rare chance of a human birth and there too, the masculine qualities of the head and heart, falls short in his ef...

======================================================================== VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" - Vol. 1. PART-1, - "The PURPOSE of Human Life" - (Verses 1-66, 66 No.), 1.2 PRECIOUSNESS OF HUMAN BIRTH : (Verses 3-5, 3 No.) - Verse 4: The Three Graces of Life : Swami Chinmayananda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" - Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya *Vol. 1. PART-1, - "The PURPOSE of Human Life" - (Verses 1-66, 66 No.), ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...