Tag: Viveka Chudamani

Viveka Chudamani The teacher and the Adept.

Viveka chudamani. (8-7) Last week at the Drepung Loseling Monastery we practised compassion. The concept was to view our thoughts and actions, without judgement or attachment. This is very close to Yogarudha, mentioned in the Bhagwat Gita. A state where a person is not attached either to the objects, or to the action. This is…

May 5, 2020
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…

April 21, 2020
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…

January 1, 2020