Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

======================================================================================= Thursday, 10 October 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: 58 -  Can Erudition & Scholarship Help? ====================================================================================== Slogam: 58 -  Can Erudition & Scholarship Help? 1 vaagvaikharee shabdajharee = Loud speech in an unending steam of words;  2 shaastra vyaakhyaana kaushalam; =  efficiency in expounding the scriptures;  3 vaidushhyam vidushhaam tadvad =  such Erudition and Scholarship may bring some  4 bhuktaye na tu muktaye. = material satisfaction, but not liberation.  ================================================================================   1-4 Here, the danger is described without any disguise. Scriptural erudition  accompanied by the art of lecturing is ...

================================================================================ Tuesday, 06 Aug 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 - 57:  Can Any Talent Help?  =========================== ==================================================--- 1.8   FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE  Slogas : 56-61, 6 Nos ============================================================================== Slogam - 57:  Can Any Talent Help?  1 veenaayaa roopasaundaryam, = The beautiful form of a veena;  2 tantree-vaadana-saushhthavam; = the proficiency of one playing on its chords;  3 prajaa ranjana maatram tat, = these are Talents just to please an audience;  4 na saamraajyaaya kalpate. = they do not make one competent for sovereignty.  ===============================================================================   This slogam just points out anothe...

========================================================================== Tuesday, 06 Aug 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 - 56: Can Any Science or Technique Help?   ============================================================================= 1.8   FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE  Slogas : 56-61, 6 Nos =========================================================================== A NEW THEME OPENS up in this Chapter, and its verses have to be seen in the  context of that theme. If the context is ignored, then the danger lies in misinterpreting it as  criticism of other significant philosophies existing in India at the time of Sri Shankaracharya,  and in the rest of the world. This is not intended here.   Vedanta has always been grateful for what it has received from the other schools of  philosophy. It has never been critical of ...