Category: Rhythm Indiana
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The ideal student — Viveka Chudamani.
Just there is an ideal teacher here is an ideal student who is qualified to receive the knowledge. Adhikara namasaste phalasiddirvirsesatah Upaya desakaladyah santyasminsaha karih – 6-14 The ultimate quest of a spiritual endeavour depends on the quality of the seeker, the role of the time and place is but secondary. The word adhikari is…
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VivekaChudamani, of rituals.
Viveka chudamani 8-13 Arthasya niscaya desto vicarena hitokotih Na snanena na danena pranaya mastena neither sacred baths nor any amount of charity or any pranayama gives us the knowledge of the self. The knowledge of the self is possible only when we send our thoughts along the rails of arguments laid down by salutary advice of…
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pariyaya
Udupi Pariyaya. This was written for last week’s prompt. And I promptly forgot to post it. ಚೆಲುವು ನೋಡಮ್ಮ ಚೆಲುವು ನಮ್ಮ ಉಡುಪಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಚೆಲುವು. ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ಕಡಗೋಲು ಹಿಡಿದು, ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ವೆಣುವ ಹಿಡೆದು Udupi the temple town on the west coast of India is the home for lot of things, the famous Mitrasamaj which still maintains its…
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About Adepts and Teachers.
Means Of Wisdom Ato vimuktyai prayateta vidvan,samnyastabahyarthakukhapprahsan Santam,mahatma sampetya kesikam tenopadistarthasamhitama(8) In the 8-13 verse of Viveka Chudamani, Sri Adi Shankaracharya talks about the path self realization. He says self realization is not a casual jaunt. An adept has to be a seeker on a quest. His teacher has to be a ‘Santam’. The word…
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Thoku Emong — a festival of gratitude.
Most folk festivals are about gratitude, and thanks giving. So is the Lothas Naga festival of Thoku Emong. Thoku means feast, and Emong is halt. The festival is celebrated by the Naga Lothas tribe in the first week of November. The government however has currently declared 6th– 7th of November as the festival days though…
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Pondering over Dwaita Philosophy and Kanakadasa.
The Lord of Udupi is trapped within the temple , his devotee is trapped in a cell outside. People throng, gone are the days where in the open corridors of temple sat genteel women stringing flowers and singing devaranama. Beside it was the place where the swamiji from one of the ashtamatta would be rendering…
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