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

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/02/2020. Swami Sri Adi Shankaracharya – The Spiritual General – Swami Chinmayananda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. In Swami ji's Spiritual work of propagating the great philosophical truths of the Upanishads and of rediscovering through them the true cultural basis of our nation, Acharya Sankara had a variety of efficient weapons in his resourceful armory. He was indeed pre-eminently the fittest genius who could have undertaken this self-appointed task as the sole guardian angel of the rishi culture. An exquisite thinker, a brilliant intellect, a personality scintillating with the vision of Truth, a heart throbbing with industrious faith and ardent desire to serve the nation, sweet...

======================================================================= ======================================================================= 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...

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...