Viveka chudamani 24 Religious leaders tend to talk a lot about and glorify meek surrender and silent suffering. Particularly the poems of Bhakti glorify oppression and sees inquiry as arrogance and rebelling. It is this very thought is discussed in the verse 24 of vivekachudamani where Adi-Shankaracharya calls it Titiksa. This is often translated as …
sama chitta
Viveka chudamani -23 On the path to self realization is “sama” or the internal state of equilibrium. This has to be developed through dama and uparati is the result. When there is a sense of ‘sama ’ or equilibrium the adept does not attach emotional charge on the ‘phala’ or reward. To be more precise …
Viveka Chudamani – Sama
Among the qualities that help us know the self is “sama” Sri Adi Shankara begins with introducing us to this. When I just set out to read these I would find it so utopic the “sama’ peaceful, calm there was also this belief that calm meant still and still meant non-growth. But as I attended …
viveka chudamani #20
Viveka chudamani 20 A firm conviction of the intellect that Brahman alone is real and the phenomenal world is unreal is known as the discrimination between the real and the unreal. Bhrama satyam jaganmithyetyevahrupo viniscayah So yam nityanityavastuvivekah samuddahrtah. I’m reading a rather mundane book by an author called Jason Kothari, but he makes a …
Viveka Chudamani #19
Most of the eastern philosophy talks about similar things – the Bodhicitta is about doing a task without being attached to the result. That is neither elated with the win or self condemning on failure. The Bhagavata Gita talks of “yogasta kurukarmani, na phaleshu kada chana.” Do what you have to do without being attached …
viveka chudamani-Results.
#vivekachudamani, #pointstoponder, #Adishankaracharya Verse-13. This time I was in Kurukshetra, Guruji told me don’t squander your energies in trying to get your in-laws approval it has not happened in 30yrs, it is not likely to happen now. He went on to explain if I performed actions with the aim to get my in-laws approval not …
