Bharathiya Guru Parampara : (10/04/2013. )

======================================================================= ======================================================================= 12/12/2019. Swami Sri Adi Shankaracharya – The Spiritual General – Swami Chinmayananda ======================================================================= Bhagavadpada Acharya Sankara was not only a great thinker and the noblest of Advaitic philosophers, but he was essentially an inspired champion of Hinduism and one of the most vigorous missionaries in our country. Such a powerful leader was needed at that time when Hinduism had been almost smothered within the enticing entanglements of the Buddhistic philosophy, and consequently, the decadent Hindu society came to be disunited and broken up into numberless sects and denominations, each championing a different viewpoint and engaged in mutual quarrels and endless argumentations. Each Pundit, as it were, had his own followers, his own philosophy, his own interpretation; each one

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13/11/2019. 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The very fact that Hinduism is still a dynamic and all-encompassing religion stands as ample testimony to the deeds of Adi Shankaracharya. Apart from being the champion of Advaita philosophy, one of his invaluable contributions towards Hinduism was the reordering and restructuring of the ancient Sannyasa order. These Sannyasis help eternal code of life contained in the Vedas, still flows as the dynamic force underlying and unifying all humanity  reach the masses. Bhagavan Adi Shankaracharya is considered to be the ideal Sannyasi. It is commonly accepted that he lived about one thousand two hundred years ago though there are historical sources whi

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13/10/2019 Slokam-10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Na caikam tad-anyam dvitiyam kutah syat    na va kevalatvam na ca-kevalatvam, na sunyam na ca-sunyam-advaita-katvat katham sarva-vedanta-siddham bravimi." na = not; ca = and; ekam = One; tat = that; anyam = other; dvitiyam = second; kutah syat = How can there be? na = neither; va = or; kevalatvam = absoluteness; na = nor; ca = and; akevalatvam = non-absoluteness; na = neither; sunyam = non-entity (void); na = not; ca = and; asunyam = entity (non-void); advaita-katvat = absolutely non-duel in its nature; katham = how then can; sarva-vedanta-siddham = established by all Upanishads;  bravimi. = I speak of. &

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20/09/2019 Slokam-9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam : "Api vyapakatvad-dhi-tattva prayogat, svatah siddha-bhavad-ananya-asraya-tvat, jagat thuccham-etat smasham tadanyat, tadeko-vasishtah Sivah kevalo- ham." Meaning by word : api = also vyapakatvat = being all pervasive; hi = indeed; tattva = reality; prayogat = for the purpose; svatah-siddha-bhavat = being Self-established, Self-existent; ananya-asraya-tvat = Self-determinant, without dependent on anything else; jagat = universe; tuccham = insignificant; etat = this; smastam = all; tat = that; anyat = other; tadekah = that one; avasistah = remains; Sivah = Auspicious and Pure; kevalo- ham = alone I am.

21/06/2019 Slokam-8. "Na jagrat na me na svapnako va sushuptih na visvo na va taijasah prajnako va, avidyatma-katvat trayanam turiyam tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo-ham." na = neither; jagrat = waking; na = nor; me = for me; svapnakah = dream; va = and; sushuptih = deep sleep; na = nor; visvah = visva; na va = and nor; taijasah = taijasa; prajnakah = prajna; va = or and; avidyatma-katvat = are of the nature of nescience; trayanam = of these three states; turiyam = I am the fourth ( turiya ) ( beyond these three ); tadekah = that one; avisishtah = remains; sivah = Auspicious and Pure; kevalo-ham = alone I am. "Fo me there is neither waking nor dream nor deep sleep, nor I am the one conditioned by these three states ( Vaisva, Taijasa, Prajna ); for, all these are of the nature of nescience ( Avidya ); but I am the fourth ( Turiya ), beyond these three. Therefore, I am that One, Auspicious and Pure, that alone remains."  Next - Slok

19/05/2019 Slokam-7. "Na sasta na sastram na sishyo na siksha na ca tvam na caham  na cayam parapanchah svarupava-bodho vikalpa-sahishnuh tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo ham." na = (there is ) neither; sasta = teacher; na = nor; sasram = scripture; na = neither; sishyah = pupil; na = neither; siksha = teaching; na ca = and neither; tvam you ( the hearer ); na ca = and nor; aham = I ( the speaker ); na ca  and nor; ayam = this; prapanchah = empirical universe; svarupah = true nature; avabodhah = teaching of; vikalpah = differentiation; asahishnuh = does not admit; tadekah = that One; avisishtah = remains; sivah = Auspicious and Pure; kevalo ham = alone Iam. "There is neither teacher nor scripture, neitherb pupil nor teaching, neither you ( the hearer ) nor I ( the speaker ), nor this empirical universe; for, the teaching of one's true nature ( the consciousness of Reality ) does not admit of differentiation. Therefore, I am that On

31/03/2019 Slokam - 6. " Na sukalam na ktshnam na raktam na pitam na kubjam na pinam na hrshvam na dirgham, arupam tatha jyotir-akara-katvat tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo ham." na - ( I am ) neither; sukalam - white; na - nor; krshnam - black; na - neither; raktam - red; na - nor; pitam - yellow; na - neither; kubjam - lean, bent; na - nor; pinam - stout; na - neither; hrshvam - short; na - nor; dirgham - tall; arupam - incapable of being known in any manner or form; tatha - and; jyotih - light; akarakatvat - being of the nature ( form ) of; tadekah - that one; avasishtah - remains; sivah - Auspicious and pure; kevalo ham - alone I am. " I am neither white nor black, neither red or yellow, neither lean, bent nor stout, neither short nor nor long, tall; incapable of being known in any manner or form, owing to my being of the nature of light ( knowledge or self- resplendent Consciousness ). Therefore, I am that one, Auspicious and Pure,

10/02/2019 Slokam-5. Na cordhvam na cardho na cantaran-na-bahyam na madhyam na tiryan na purva para dik, viyad-vyapakatvat akhandaika-rupah tadeko-vasistah sivah kevalo-ham. na - ( I am ) neither; urdhavam - above; na ca - and nor; adhah - below; na ca - and neither; antah - inside; na ca - and nor; bahyam - outside; na - neither; madhyam - middle; na - nor; tiryam - across; na - neither; purva - east; para dik - other directions i.e, ( nor ) west; viyad - like space; vyapakatvat - all pervading; akhanda - ( I am ) indivisible; eka-rupah - one by nature; tadekah - that one; avasistah - remains; sivah - Auspicious and Pure; kevalo - ham = alone I am. " I am neither above nor below, neither inside nor outside, neither middle nor across, neither east nor west, I am indivisible, one by nature, and all-pervading like space. Therefore, I am that One, Auspicious and Pure, that alone remains." To be continued ..