Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, June 28,  2021. 07:48. AM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam  31 : 6. The Place of BHAKTI "Moksha-karana-samagryaam bhaktih eva gareyase;  svasvaroopa anusandhaanam bhaktih iti abhidheeyate." || 31|| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 mokshha-kaarana-saamagryaam     =  Among the ingredients necessary for liberation, 2 bhaktih eva gareeyasee;                 =  Devotion alone is the most important. 3 svasvaroopa anusandhaanam         =  Constant attempt to live up to one’s R...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, May 08,  2021. 07:21. AM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (Slokas 18-30) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam 29 : The Primary Qualifications "vairaagyam cha mumukshhutvam  teevram yasya tu vidyate; tasmin eva arthavantah syuh phalavantah shamaadayah." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1. Vairaagyam cha mumukshhutvam        =   The spirit of Renunciation and a Yearning for liberation of an 2 teevram yasya tu vidyate; intense typ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, April 03,  2021. 05:19. PM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (Slokas 18-30) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam - 27 : 4. MUMUKSHUTVA "1 ahangkaaraadi dehaantaan  2 bandha anajnaana kalpitaan;   3 svasvaroopaavabodhena   4.moktum ichchhaa mumukshhutaa."  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 Ahangkaaraadi dehaantaan              =  From ego-sense right down to the body-idea, 2 bandha anajnaana kalpitaan;           =  all bondages are created by ignorance. 3 svasvaroopaavabodhena              ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 02,  2021. 07:40. AM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (Slokas 18-30) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam - 24: 3.4 TITIKSHAA 1 "Sahanam sarva duhkhaanaam 2 aprateekaara-poorvakam;  3 chintaa-vilaa-parahitam 4 saa titikshhaa nigadyate." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 Sahanam sarva duhkhaanaam = Endurance of all sorrows and suffering, 2 aprateekaara-poorvakam;       = without struggling for redress or revenge, 3 chintaa-vilaa-parahitam          =  and free always from anxiety and lament – 4 saa titikshhaa nigadyate. ...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, January 30,  2021. 09:57. AM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (Slokas 18-30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam - 22: 3.1 SHAMA "virajya vishhaya vraataad doshha drishhtyaa muhurmuhuh; svalakshhye niyata avasthaa manasah shama uchyate. "  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- virajya vishhaya vraataad             =   Detached from the chaos of sense objects, doshha drishhtyaa muhurmuhuh; =   through a process of continuous observation of their defects again and again; svalakshhye niyata avasthaa         =...

  ---------------------------------------------- Friday, January 15,  2021. 07:26. AM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (Slokas 18-30) -------------------------------------------- Slokam - 21: 2. VAIRAAGYA "tad vairaagyam jihaasaa yaa darshana shravana aadibhih; dehaadi brahma paryante hi anitye bhogavastuni." ---------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 tad vairaagyam jihaasaa yaa Vairagya is defined as – “The desire to give up 2 darshana shravana aadibhih; the seeing, hearing, etc, 3 dehaadi brahma paryante from the mortal body right up to the world of Brahma, 4 hi anitye bhogavastuni. of all objects of enjoyment as they are merely transient ---------------------------------------------------- Commentary : 1 The word used for giving up is Jihaasaa (some even use the word Jugupsa, which includes the sugges...

  Tuesday, January 05,  2021. 09:45. AM.  VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (verses 18-30) Slokam - 20: VIVEKAM - 1. "1.brahma satyam jaganmithyaa 2 iti evam roopah vinishchayah;  3 sah ayam nitya-anitya vastu 4 vivekah samudaahritah." Translation- 1 brahma satyam jaganmithyaa = “Brahman alone is real; the world is unreal” – 2 iti evam roopah vinishchayah; =  when this conclusion becomes a firm conviction; 3 sah ayam nitya-anitya vastu       =Such discrimination between the Real and Unreal 4 vivekah samudaahritah. is considered to be Viveka. =is considered to be Viveka. Tatvam (Essence) :  In Viveka Choodamani, as compared with the basic text Tattva Bodha, the author takes the definition of Viveka a notch further. In Tattva Bodha, the discrimination was between the “permanent and the imperman...