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<description><![CDATA[ஸ்ரீ சக்ர ராஜ ஸிம்ஹாஸனேஸ்வரி துணை ஓம் ஹ்ரீம் லலிதாம்பிகாயை நம: க ஏ ஈ ல ஹ்ரீம்; ஹ ஸ க ஹ ல ஹ்ரீம்; ஸ க]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align:center;"><strong>ஸ்ரீ சக்ர ராஜ ஸிம்ஹாஸனேஸ்வரி துணை</strong></h2>
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<h3 align="center"><strong>ஓம் ஹ்ரீம் லலிதாம்பிகாயை நம:</strong></h3>
<p align="center"><strong>க ஏ ஈ ல ஹ்ரீம்; ஹ ஸ க ஹ ல ஹ்ரீம்; ஸ க ல ஹ்ரீம்</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>* * *</strong></p>
<p><strong>வலைப்பூ அன்பர்களுக்கு,</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>ஆதி சங்கர பகவத்பாதாள் அருளிய மந்த்ர</em></strong><strong><em>மாத்ருகா</em></strong><strong><em>புஷ்பமாலாஸ்தவம்</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>இந்த ஸ்தவத்தின் ஒவ்வொரு பாவின் முதல் வரியின் முதல் எழுத்தும் காதி வித்யையான பஞ்சதஸி மந்திரமான “க ஏ ஈ ல ஹ்ரீம்; ஹ ஸ க ஹ ல ஹ்ரீம்; ஸ க ல ஹ்ரீம்” என்பதிலிருந்தே ஆரம்பிக்கிறது. இப்பா, இறைவியை மானஸ பூஜை முறையில், ஆராதிக்க உபயோகிக்கும் வண்ணம் அமைந்துள்ளது. இதேபோல், தேவி ஸ்ரீ ரஜ-ராஜேஸ்வரி பதிகங்களிலும் இதுபோன்றே எழுத்து வரிசை காணப்படுகிறது.  சங்கரர் மறைக்கவில்லையே, புஷ்ப மாலையாக அன்றோ அருளினார். அதன்பின் அதற்க்கும் மேல் ஒருபடி சென்று, த்ரிபுரசுந்தரி சன்னதி ஸ்தவத்தில், மனித குலம் உய்ய, அம்பிகையின் சான்னித்யத்தில் என்றும் குளிர்ந்திருக்க “ஷோடஸி வித்யா”யையுமன்றோ அருளினார்.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>ஏதோ, அம்பாள் உபாஸகரான தீக்ஷிதர் மந்திரங்களை, அதுவும் ஷோடஸியை, மட்டுமல்லாது, தஸ மஹாவித்யயின் சாரத்தையும் ஆர்வ மிகுதியால் பொதுஜனங்களுக்கு சென்றடைய செய்தார் எனில், அவருக்கும் பல நூற்றாண்டுகள் முன்பே ஆதி சங்கரர், அம்பிகையால் அருளப்பட்ட ரஹஸ்ய, அதிஸய பலன் உடைய, ஆராதனை முறைகளைக்கூட ஸ்ரீ ஆதி சங்கரரும், ஸ்ரீ தீக்ஷிதரும், நம் எல்லோரும் பயன் அடைய விட்டுச்சென்றனர். ஆயின், இன்றோ வைதீகம் வியாபாரமாகிவிட்டது தான் வருத்தத்திற்குறியது.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>இதன் பலன், அரை குறையாக ஆஸரணை செய்யும் ஆச்சார்யர்களுக்கு, அரை குறையான சந்ததிகள், அல்லது சந்ததி இல்லாமை, வாக் ஸ்தம்பனம், மற்றும் இன்னம் இதர சொல்ல இயலாத வகையில் பலன்கள்.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>இதன் பயனாக ஆலயங்களில் இறைவனை வழிபடுவோரும், “24 மணி நேரமும் கோவிலே என்று கிடக்கும் அர்ச்சகரின் கோரிக்கையயே ஆண்டவன் என்ன என்று கேட்கவில்லை, நம் கோரிக்கையையா கேட்கப்போகிறார்” என்று எண்ணி, அசட்டையாகி விடுகின்றனர்.  இதுவும், நமது சமூக சீர்கேட்டிற்கு ஒரு காரணம்.  அர்ச்சகர் முறையாக, விதிப்படி வழிபட்டிருந்தால் அன்றோ இறைவனும், அவன் கூற்றுப்படி, அவ்வழிபாட்டின் பயனை அருளியிருப்பான்!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>தயை கூர்ந்து சிந்திக்கவும்; க்ரந்த கர்த்தா ஒரு பாமாலையை படைத்து, அதன் பலனை அனுபவிக்காமல் அதை உலகிற்கு தெரிவிக்கவில்லை.  நன்றாக பலனை அனுபவித்து, பின்னரே உலகிற்கு தெரிவித்தனர். உதாரணம் அபிராமி அந்தாதி, கனகதாரா ஸ்தோத்திரம்.  இன்றும் கனகதாரா ஸ்தோத்திரத்தை முறையோடும், ஸ்ரத்தையோடும் அனுஷ்டான முறையில் அனுசரித்து பலனடைந்தவர்கள் ஏராளம்.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>பொதுவாக, பாமர மக்கள், ஏன் நாம் கூட, இறைவனுக்கு வழிபாடு நடத்தி, இறைவனிடம் நமது இன்னல்களை மண்டித்து ஆராதனை செய்தவுடன், ஒரு மாற்றத்தை எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம். இது மனித இயல்பு. ஆயின், வேத வித்துக்கள் என்றும், வித்வான் என்றும், ஆச்சார்யர் என்றும் சமூகத்தில் அந்தஸ்துடைய ஆச்சார்யர்களே, சாபக்ரஸ்தராகும் பொழுது, சமூகம் இறையாண்மையை மறப்பது வெறுப்பது முறையே அன்றோ.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>ஆச்சார்ய வர்கம், இதன் பிறகாவது, காலை, மாலை வேளைகளில், ஆலயம் புகுமுன்பு, தம் தமது இல்லங்களில், அவர்களுக்கு விதிக்கப்பட்ட அனுஷ்டானங்களை முழுமையாக நிறைவேற்றி, காயா, வாச்சா, மனஸா, சுத்தியுடன் ஆலய பிரவேஸம் செய்து, மூலவரையும், பரிவார தேவதைகளையும் முறையாக ஆராதித்து, வரும் பக்தர்களுக்கும், தமக்கும், தம் வர்கத்திற்கும் அருள் சேர்க்க முயற்ச்சிப்பார்களா?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>இந்த ஆதங்கத்திற்கு காரணம், ஸர்வருக்கும் பயன்படவேண்டிய மந்திரங்களை, நமது முன்னோர்கள் எழிமையான ஸ்லோகங்களாக, எழிலாக, வெரும் ஸ்தோத்திரங்களாக, ஸ்ரீ வித்யாவிற்கே உண்டான கடின அனுஷ்டானங்கள் இல்லாமல் அமைத்துக் கொடுத்தும் இன்னமும் அவை வைதீக வியாபார வேத வித்துக்களைக்கூட சென்று அடையவில்லையே என்பது தான். அப்படி அடைந்திருந்தால், அவர்களும் பயனுற்று, அகிலமும் பயனுற முயற்ச்சிப்பர் அல்லவா! என்ற எண்ணமே. <em>காக்கப்படவேண்டிய</em> <em>ரஹஸ்யங்கள் காக்கப்படட்டும், அனுஷ்டிக்கப்பட வேண்டிய அனுஷ்டானங்கள் அனுஷ்டிக்கப்படட்டும். அனுபவித்து ஆனந்திக்க வேண்டியவைகள் அனுபவிக்கப்படட்டும்.</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong> <em>‘ஆதி சங்கர பகவத்பாதாள் அருளிய மந்த்ர மாத்ருகா புஷ்பமாலாஸ்தவம்’</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> 1.</em></strong><strong><em>க</em></strong><strong><em>ல்லோலோல்லஸிதாம்ருதாப்திலஹரீமத்யே</em></strong><strong><em>விராஜன்மணி</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>த்வீபே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பக</em></strong><strong><em>வாடிகா</em></strong><strong><em>பரிவ்ருதேகாதம்ப</em></strong><strong><em>வாட்யுஜ்வலேமி</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ரத்னஸ்தம்ப</em></strong><strong><em>ஸஹஸ்ரநிர்மித</em></strong><strong><em>ஸபாமத்யே</em></strong><strong><em>விமாநோத்தமே</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>சிந்தாரத்ன</em></strong><strong><em>விநிர்மிதம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஜநதி</em></strong><strong><em>தே</em></strong><strong><em>ஸிம்ஹாஸநம்</em></strong><strong><em>பாவயேமிமி</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>2.</em></strong><strong><em>ஏ</em></strong><strong><em>ணாங்காநலபர்னு</em></strong><strong><em>மண்டல</em></strong><strong><em>லஸத்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்ரீசக்ரமத்யே</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்திதாம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பாலோர்கத்யுதிபாஸுராம</em></strong><strong><em>கரதலை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>பாசாங்குசௌபிப்ரதீம்</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>சாபம்</em></strong><strong><em>பாணுமபி</em></strong><strong><em>ப்ரஸந்நவதநாம்</em></strong><strong><em>கௌஸும்</em></strong><strong><em>பவஸ்த்ரான்</em></strong><strong><em>விதாம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>தாம்</em></strong><strong><em>த்வாம்</em></strong><strong><em>சந்த்ரகலாவதம்ஸமகுடாம்சாருஸ்மிதாம்</em></strong><strong><em>பாவயே</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>3.</em></strong><strong><em>ஈ</em></strong><strong><em>சாநாதிபதம்</em></strong><strong><em>சிவைகபலகம்</em></strong><strong><em>ரத்னாஸனம்</em></strong><strong><em>தே</em></strong><strong><em>சுபம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பாத்யம்</em></strong><strong><em>குங்கும</em></strong><strong><em>சந்தனாதிபரிதைரர்க்யம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸரத்னாக்ஷதை</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>சுத்தை</em></strong><strong><em>ராச</em></strong><strong><em>மநீயகம்</em></strong><strong><em>தவஜலைர்பக்த்யா</em></strong><strong><em>மயாகல்பிதம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>காருண்யாம்ருத</em></strong><strong><em>வாரிதே</em></strong><strong><em>ததகிலம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸந்துஷ்டயே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பதாம்</em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>4.</em></strong><strong><em>ல</em></strong><strong><em>க்ஷ்யே</em></strong><strong><em>யோகிஜநஸ்ய</em></strong><strong><em>ரக்ஷிதஜகத்ஜாலே</em></strong><strong><em>விசாலே</em></strong><strong><em>க்ஷணே</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ப்ராலேயாம்பு</em></strong><strong><em>படீரகுங்கும</em></strong><strong><em>லஸத்கர்பூர</em></strong><strong><em>மிச்ரோதகை</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>கோக்ஷீரைரபி</em></strong><strong><em>நாலிகேரஸலிலை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>சுத்தோதகைர்</em></strong><strong><em>மந்த்ரிதை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஸ்நானம்</em></strong><strong><em>தேவி</em></strong><strong><em>தியாமயை ததகிலம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸந்துஷ்டயே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பதாம்</em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124; </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>5.</em></strong><strong><em>ஹ்ரீங்</em></strong><strong><em>காராங்கித</em></strong><strong><em>மந்த்ரலக்ஷிததநோ</em></strong><strong><em>ஹேமாசலாத்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸஞ்சிதை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ரத்னைருஜ்வலமுத்தரீயஸஹிதம்</em></strong><strong><em>கௌஸும்ப</em></strong><strong><em>வர்ணாம்</em></strong><strong><em>சுகம் </em></strong><strong><em> &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>முக்தாஸந்ததியஜ்ஞஸ</em></strong><strong><em>¨</em></strong><strong><em>த்ர</em></strong><strong><em>மமலம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸெளவர்ண</em></strong><strong><em>தந்தூத்பவம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>தத்தம்</em></strong><strong><em>தேவி</em></strong><strong><em>தியா</em></strong><strong><em>மயைத்தகிலம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸந்துஷ்டயே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பதாம்</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>6.</em></strong><strong><em>ஹ</em></strong><strong><em>ம்ஸைரப்யதி</em></strong><strong><em>லோபநீயகமநே</em></strong><strong><em>ஹாராவ</em></strong><strong><em>லீமுஜ்வலாம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஹிந்தோலத்யுதி</em></strong><strong><em>ஹீரபூரிததரே</em></strong><strong><em>ஹேமாங்கதே</em></strong><strong><em>கங்கணே</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>மஞ்ஜீரௌ</em></strong><strong><em>மணிகுண்டலே</em></strong><strong><em>மகுடமப்யர்தேந்து</em></strong><strong><em>சூடாமணிம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>நாஸாமெனக்திகம்</em></strong><strong><em>அங்குலீயகடகௌ</em></strong><strong><em>காஞ்சீமபிஸ்வீகுரு</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>7.</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ</em></strong><strong><em>ர்வாங்கே</em></strong><strong><em>கனஸாரகுங்கும</em></strong><strong><em>கனஸ்ரீகந்த</em></strong><strong><em>பங்காங்கதிதம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>கஸ்தூரீதிலகம்</em></strong><strong><em>ச</em></strong><strong><em>பாலபலகே</em></strong><strong><em>கோரோச</em></strong><strong><em>நாபத்ரகம்மி </em></strong><strong><em> &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>கண்டா</em></strong><strong><em>கர்சனமண்டலே</em></strong><strong><em>நயநயோர்</em></strong><strong><em>த்வ்யாஞ்ஜநம்</em></strong><strong><em>தே</em></strong><strong><em>s</em></strong><strong><em>ரஞ்சிதம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>கண்டாப்ஜேம்ருகநாபி</em></strong><strong><em>பங்கம்</em></strong><strong><em>அமலம்</em></strong><strong><em>த்வத்ப்ரீதயே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பதாம்</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>8.</em></strong><strong><em>க</em></strong><strong><em>ல்ஹாரோத்பல</em></strong><strong><em>மல்லிகா</em></strong><strong><em>மருவகை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸெளவர்ண</em></strong><strong><em>பங்கேருனஹ</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஜாதீசம்பகமாலதீவகுலகைர்</em></strong><strong><em>மந்தார</em></strong><strong><em>குந்தாதிபி</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>கேதக்யா</em></strong><strong><em>தரவீரகை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>பகுவிதா</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>க்லுப்தா</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்ரஜே</em></strong><strong><em>மாலிகா</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஸங்கல்பேந</em></strong><strong><em>ஸமர்பயாமி</em></strong><strong><em>வரதேஸந்து</em></strong><strong><em>ஷ்டயே</em></strong><strong><em>க்ருஹ்யதாம்மிமி </em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>9.</em></strong><strong><em>ஹ</em></strong><strong><em>ந்தாரம்</em></strong><strong><em>மதநஸ்ய</em></strong><strong><em>நந்தயஸி</em></strong><strong><em>யைரங்கை</em></strong><strong><em>ரநங்கோஜ்வலை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பைர்ப்ருங்காவலி</em></strong><strong><em>நீல</em></strong><strong><em>குந்தலபரை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>பத்நாஸி</em></strong><strong><em>தஸ்யாசம்</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124; </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>தாநீமாநி</em></strong><strong><em>தவாம்ப</em></strong><strong><em>கோமலதராண்யாமோதலீலாக்ருஹா</em></strong><strong><em>- </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ண்யாமோ</em></strong><strong><em>தாய</em></strong><strong><em>தசாங்க</em></strong><strong><em>குக்குலுக்ருதைர்</em></strong><strong><em>துபைரஹம்</em></strong><strong><em>தூபயேமிமி</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>10.</em></strong><strong><em>ல</em></strong><strong><em>க்ஷ்மீ</em></strong><strong><em>முஜ்வலயாமி</em></strong><strong><em>ரத்னநிவஹோத்</em></strong><strong><em>பாஸ்வந்தரே</em></strong><strong><em>மந்திரே</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>மாலாரூப</em></strong><strong><em>விலம்பிதைர்மணிமய</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்தம்பேஷ</em></strong><strong><em>§ </em></strong><strong><em>ஸம்பாவிதை</em></strong><strong><em>:  &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>சித்ரைர்ஹாடக</em></strong><strong><em>புத்ரிகாகரத்ருதைர்</em></strong><strong><em>கவ்யைர்</em></strong><strong><em>க்ருதை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><strong><em>மிவர்திதை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>திவ்யைர்தீபகணை</em></strong><strong><em>ர்தியா</em></strong><strong><em>கிரிஸுதே</em></strong><strong><em>ஸந்து</em></strong><strong><em>ஷ்டயே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பதாம்</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>11.</em></strong><strong><em>ஹ்ரீங்</em></strong><strong><em>காரேச்வரி</em></strong><strong><em>தப்தஹாடகக்ருதை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்தாலீஸ</em></strong><strong><em>ஹஸ்ரைர்</em></strong><strong><em>ப்ருதம்</em></strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>திவ்யான்னம்</em></strong><strong><em>க்ருதஸ</em></strong><strong><em>¨</em></strong><strong><em>பசாகபரிதம்</em></strong><strong><em>சித்ரான்னபேதம்ததா</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>துக்தான்னம்</em></strong><strong><em>மதுசர்கரா</em></strong><strong><em>ததியுதம்</em></strong><strong><em>மாணிக்யயாத்ரே</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்திதம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>மாஷாபூப</em></strong><strong><em>ஸஹஸ்ரமம்ப</em></strong><strong><em>ஸகலம்</em></strong><strong><em>நைவேத்யமாவேதயே</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>12.</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ</em></strong><strong><em>ச்சாயைர்வரகேதகீதலருசா</em></strong><strong><em>தாம்பூலவல்லீதலை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பூகைர்பூரிகுணை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸுகந்தி</em></strong><strong><em>மதுரை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>கர்பூர</em></strong><strong><em>கண்டோஜ்வலை</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124; </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>முக்தாசூர்ண</em></strong><strong><em>விராஜிதைர்</em></strong><strong><em>பகுவிதைர்</em></strong><strong><em>வக்த்ராம்</em></strong><strong><em>புஜா</em></strong><strong><em>மோதனை</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பூரணா</em></strong><strong><em>ரத்னகலாசிகா</em></strong><strong><em>தவமுதே</em></strong><strong><em>ந்யஸ்தா</em></strong><strong><em>புரஸ்தாதுமே </em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124; </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>13.</em></strong><strong><em>க</em></strong><strong><em>ன்யாபி</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>கமநீயகாந்திபிரலங்காராமலாரார்திகா</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பாத்ரே</em></strong><strong><em>மௌக்திக</em></strong><strong><em>சித்ரபங்க்தி</em></strong><strong><em>விலஸத்கர்பூர</em></strong><strong><em>தீபாலிபி</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>தத்தத்தால</em></strong><strong><em>ம்ருதங்க</em></strong><strong><em>கீதஸஹிதம்</em></strong><strong><em>ந்ருத்யத்</em></strong><strong><em>பதாம்போருஹம்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>மந்த்ராராதன</em></strong><strong><em>பூர்வகம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸுவிஹிதம்</em></strong><strong><em>நீராஜநம்க்ருஹ்யதாம்மிமி </em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>14.</em></strong><strong><em>ல</em></strong><strong><em>க்ஷ்மீர்</em></strong><strong><em>மௌக்திக</em></strong><strong><em>லக்ஷகல்பித</em></strong><strong><em>ஸிதச்சத்ரம்</em></strong><strong><em>து</em></strong><strong><em>தத்தே</em></strong><strong><em>ரஸாத்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>இந்த்ராணீ</em></strong><strong><em>ச</em></strong><strong><em>ரதிஸ்ச</em></strong><strong><em>சாமரவரே</em></strong><strong><em>தத்தேஸ்வயம்</em></strong><strong><em>பாரதீ</em></strong><strong><em>  &#124; </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>வீணாம்</em></strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>ஏணவிலோசநா</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸுமநஸாம்</em></strong><strong><em>ந்ருத்யந்திதத்ராகவத்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>பாவை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஆங்கிக</em></strong><strong><em>ஸாத்விகை</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்புடதரம்</em></strong><strong><em>மாத</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்தாகர்ண்யதாம்மிமி</em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>15.</em></strong><strong><em>ஹ்ரீங்</em></strong><strong><em>காரத்ரயஸம்புடேந</em></strong><strong><em>மனுநோபாஸ்யே</em></strong><strong><em>த்ரியீமௌலிபி</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>வாக்யைர்லக்ஷ்யதநோ</em></strong><strong><em>தவஸ்துதிவிதௌ</em></strong><strong><em>கோ</em></strong><strong><em>வா</em></strong><strong><em>க்ஷமேதாம்பிகே</em></strong><strong><em> &#124; </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஸல்லாபா</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்துதய</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ப்ரக்ஷிணசதம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸஞ்சார</em></strong><strong><em>ஏவாஸ்துதே</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஸம்வேசோ</em></strong><strong><em>நமஸ</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>ஸஹஸ்ரமகிலம்</em></strong><strong><em>த்வத்ப்ரீதயே</em></strong><strong><em>கல்பதாம்</em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>16.</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்ரீமந்த்ராக்ஷரமாலயா</em></strong><strong><em>கிரிஸுதாம்ய</em></strong><strong><em>:</em></strong><strong><em>பூஜயேத்சேதஸா</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>ஸந்த்யாஸுப்ரதிவாஸரம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸுநியதஸ்தஸ்யாமலம்</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்யான்மந</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>சித்தாம்போருஹ</em></strong><strong><em>மண்டபே</em></strong><strong><em>கிரிஸுதாந்ருத்தம்</em></strong><strong><em>விதத்தே</em></strong><strong><em>ரஸாத்</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>வாணீ</em></strong><strong><em>வக்த்ரஸரோருஹே</em></strong><strong><em>ஜலதிஜா</em></strong><strong><em>கேஹேஜகன்மங்களா</em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>17.</em></strong><strong><em>இதிகிரிவர</em></strong><strong><em>புத்ரீ</em></strong><strong><em>பாத</em></strong><strong><em>ராஜீவ</em></strong><strong><em>பூஷா</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>புவன</em></strong><strong><em>மமலயந்தீ</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ</em></strong><strong><em>¨</em></strong><strong><em>க்தி</em></strong><strong><em>ஸெளரப்ய</em></strong><strong><em>ஸாரை</em></strong><strong><em>: &#124;</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>சிவபத</em></strong><strong><em>மகரந்த</em></strong><strong><em>ஸ்யந்திநீயம்</em></strong><strong><em>நிபந்தா</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>மதயது</em></strong><strong><em>கவிப்ருங்கான்</em></strong><strong><em>மாத்ருகா</em></strong><strong><em>புஷ்பமாலைமிமி</em></strong><strong><em> &#124;&#124;</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>மந்த்ர மாத்ருகா புஷ்ப மாலா ஸ்தவம் முற்றிற்று.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>மேற்கண்ட ஸ்தோத்திர பாராயண பலன் இங்கே, இது இந்த ஸ்லோகத்திலேயே 16-ஆம் பத்தியில் “பல ஸ்ருதியாக” உள்ளது.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>“எவரொருவர், தினந்தோரும் காலையிலும் மாலையிலும் மந்த்ரபீஜாக்ஷரம் பொதிந்த இந்த ஸ்தோரத்தை மனம் வைத்து பாராயணம் செய்து தேவியை பூஜிக்கிறாரோ, அவர் மனம் அமைதி கொள்வது மட்டுமின்றி, அவர் ஹ்ருதயதாமரையில் ஸ்ரீ தேவி மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் களிநடனம் புரிவாள், நாவில், பேச்சில் ஸரஸ்வதீ நடனம் புரிவாள், வீட்டில் உலகுக்கெல்லாம் மங்கல நாயகியான லக்ஷ்மீ வாஸம் செய்வாள்.”</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>எந்த பக்தனும், இதைவிட வேறொன்றும் இறைவனிடம் யாசிக்கப் போவதில்லையே!  </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>குண்டலினி யோகத்தில் கிட்டும் அனைத்தும், பக்திமார்கத்தில் கிட்டிடும்போது, அல்லது, சாதாரணமான முறையில், உடலையும், உள்ளத்தையும் வருத்தாமல் எல்லாவற்றையும் அடைய வழிமுறைகள் இருக்கும்போது, ஏன் கடினமான வழிகளை தேர்வு செய்யவேண்டும்?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>எளிய பக்தி மார்கம், மந்திர மார்கம், மற்றும் யந்திர தந்திர மார்கத்திற்கே, தேர்ச்சி பெற்ற குருவானவர், மிக மிக அவசியம்.  ஆரம்பத்தில், சாதாரண நிலையில், அனுஷ்டானங்களில் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றவர் குருவாக இருந்தால் போதும், இரண்டாவது நிலையிலேயே, தேர்ச்சி பெற்ற உபாஸகர், அதுவும் நீங்கள் தேர்வு செய்த தேவதா மூர்த்தியின் உபாஸகர் கண்டிப்பாகத் தேவை. இனி மூன்றாம் நிலையைப் பற்றியும், கடினமான நான்காம் நிலை பற்றியும் விளக்கவேண்டாம் என்று எண்ணுகிறேன்.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>இனியும் ஒரு விஷயம்.  சிரம் தேயும், ராஜ்யம் தேயும், ந தேயா ஷோடஸாக்ஷரி என்று சொல்லப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. யான் அறிந்தவரை அதன் அர்த்தமாவது, ஷொடஸாக்ஷரியை உபாஸனை முறையை உபதேஸிக்க, அம்பிகையை அகல வேரு யாருக்கும் அதிகாரமில்லை.  ஆயின், இது தான் ஷோடஸி, அம்பாளின் மிக ரஹஸ்ய மந்திரம், இதன் உபாஸனை முறைகளை அம்பிகையேதான் உபதேஸிப்பாள், அதற்கு தகுதியாக வேண்டுமென்றால், பஞ்சதஸியை உபாஸித்து அதில் சித்திபெற்று, ஷோடஸியை அம்பாளின் அனுக்ரஹத்தால் அடைவாயாக என்றல்லாவா பொருள் கொள்ளவேண்டும் அப்படி பொருள் கொண்டதால் தான், ஆதி சங்கரரிலிருந்து தீக்ஷிதர் வரை அந்த அத்புதமான மந்திரத்தை வெளியிட்டார்கள் &#8211; உபதேசிக்கவில்லையே? முறையாக உபாஸனை செய், உன்னத நிலையடைவாய் என்றனரே தவிர.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>By <a title="Sri Adi Shankara" href="http://vrundavan.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/sri-adi-shankara/">Adi Shankaracharya</a><a title="Sri Adi Shankara" href="http://vrundavan.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/sri-adi-shankara/"><span style="color:#000000;"><br />
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<p><a title="Sri Adi Shankara" href="http://vrundavan.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/sri-adi-shankara/">Srimad Adi Shankaracharya</a> Bhagavadpada has composed the Bhaja Govindam during his famous pilgrimage to Kashi (Benares).  The fourteen disciples are said to have accompanied him.  The story goes that &#8230;.</p>
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<p>About 2500 years ago, in Kaladi Kerala, India, a learned brahmin, by the name of Sivaguru, and his wife, Aryambal, spent their life in pooja and in giving alms to poor and in other good deeds. This childless couple went to Trichur and performed puja for 48 days to Lord Vadakkunathan (Lord Shiva) and prayed for a son.</p>
<p>Lord Shiva melted in their devotion and was bornto Aryambal. As the Lord had already promised &#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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<div>गोविन्दं परमानन्दं सद्गुरुं प्रनतोस्म्यहम् &#124;&#124;</div>
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<div>It has been sometime since I was introduced to Advaita Vedanta and upon realization, I thought I should document what I had the fortune to hear and read, in the form of a web log. On this Guru Purnima day, this blog has been started to present in written form Brahmajaanam obtained from listening to Brahmasri Nochur Venkataraman&#8217;s Prabashanam audio files shared online by bakthas and reading publications of Ramana Ashram, Advaita Ashram and Sri Ramakrishna Math.</div>
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<div>I take this post to offer complete Saranagathi to the Lord and to the great Advaita gurus, Sri Adi Sankara Bagavatpada, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Sri Nochur Venkataraman.</div>
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<div>May Ambal be pleased to make words flow and may Iswara be pleased to make me an instrument for the outflow.</div>
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<link>http://rajshankar.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/vedantic-wednesday-what-we-do-with-this-blessing-matters/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you had read the last Wednesday&#8217;s post (Blessings of human birth) and taken time to contemp]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you had read the last Wednesday&#8217;s post (<a href="http://rajshankar.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/vedantic-wednesdayblessings-of-human-birth/">Blessings of human birth</a>) and taken time to contemplate on its intent, you may have realized how lucky we are to have reached this stage in the evolution process. Based on Vedic wisdom, the ancient masters have declared that the ultimate stage in this evolutionary process is &#8216;liberation&#8217; or &#8216;moksha&#8217;. An even more important declaration made by the God-realized sages is that &#8211; this &#8216;moksha&#8217; can be attained only by a human being. That makes the case for thinking further on how we make use of this blessing (of a human life) bestowed on us.</p>
<p>Many of us would have come across the law of karma and to a large extent most of us believe in it &#8211; only degree of belief varies! If this is true, we may also give ourselves a pat for having involved in some spiritual activities in the past that have allowed us to come this far. While the patting is a good motivator, we must not rest on our laurels, as &#8216;moksha&#8217; is still away. Should we not thank the almighty for his/her benevolence in helping us this far? Do you? Think!</p>
<p>Just take a moment and think back about how you are living your life presently! How does it look? How many of us actually want God-realization? Does the thought of seeking the Lord arise &#8211; if so when? Does spiritual fervor arise only when we are faced with something we can&#8217;t handle or adversity? When things are all fine and happy &#8211; do we still seek the Lord and express our gratitude?</p>
<p>Before looking at what are the key things we must consider to make spiritual progress and what that path will look like &#8211; it is important to take stock of where we are today? Do we understand the futility of a worldly life? Just being born as a human being (even if it is in a highly religious environment) does not confer the desire for God-realization. Hence one of the first things to do is to analyze the quality of our life and see if we are truly using a prized gift appropriately? Once we feel that we must use it to live a meaningful life so as to attain God-realization, then there are typical steps / routes that are suggested to progress there.</p>
<p>This week i would invite you to ponder on this question &#8211; if given a choice, what would be the desire you want fulfilled in this lifetime?</p>
<p>Happy week of introspection!</p>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The polytheism of the four Vedas and the rituals offered up to the deities is not downgraded]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border:1px solid grey;" title="Philosopher Icon" src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/teacher1.jpg?w=52&#038;h=68#38;h=68&#038;h=68" alt="" width="52" height="68" /></a>&#8220;The polytheism of the four Vedas and the rituals offered up to the deities is not downgraded or rejected in the Upanishads, and the elaboration of speculative knowledge concerning Self and Brahman ending with the statement by Sankara in his commentary on the Brahma Sutras that Brahman is the Infinite, is Intelligence and is Blissful, does not contradict the worship of the Vedic deities.&#8221; &#8211; Vijaya Rajiva </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="Rig Veda" src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/rigveda1.jpg?w=200&#038;h=126#38;h=177" alt="Rig Veda" width="200" height="126" /></a>In previous articles the present writer has spoken about the line of continuity from the Rig Veda (and Sama, Yajur and Atharva Veda) through to the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras. Conventional scholarship, especially that of Western scholars, has posited a break with the Upanishadic focus on Self and Brahman as a departure from the worship of the many devas and devatas (male and female divinities) of the four Vedas, and as well the rituals associated with the Vedic sacrifices.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>This break has been described as the difference between Karma Kanda (ritual) and Jnana Kanda (speculative knowledge of Self and Brahman).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Our perception is of continuity, with only a difference of emphasis. The polytheism of the four Vedas and the rituals offered up to the deities is not downgraded or rejected in the Upanishads, and the elaboration of speculative knowledge concerning Self and Brahman ending with the statement by Sankara in his commentary on the Brahma Sutras that Brahman is the Infinite, is Intelligence and is Blissful, does not contradict the worship of the Vedic deities. Indeed, one could argue that both the Upanishads and Sankara build on the former.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/agnee.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-33253" title="Vedic God Agni" src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/agnee.jpg?w=200&#038;h=239" alt="Vedic God Agni" width="200" height="239" /></a>The Rig Veda worships 33 different Devas and Devatas of which Agni and Indra are the most worshipped. The Vedic ritual itself is always conducted through the worship of Agni (Fire). This exaltation of Agni continues throughout the Vedic Agamic Hindu tradition of worship, if only that fire is ever-present in every act of worship. The gods are now worshipped after due consecration inside temples.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Two of the oldest and most commented upon of the Upanishads are the Chandogya and the Brihadaranyaka Upanishads. The central themes here are more or less repeated in the other Upanishads and these two can be used as templates for an examination of the theme of continuity with the four Vedas.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>As the reader would be aware, the four Vedas have their prose commentaries, the Brahmanas, which are followed by the forest treatises or Aranyakas, and finally the Upanishads. Hence, each of the older Upanishads can be seen as linked to them. There are some 108 Upanishads, some of much later date. Many are said to have been lost over a period of time. The date of the Vedas has generally been tentatively assigned to 1500 BCE and the earliest Upanishad to 800-600 BCE. These dates are to this day, tentative, and devout Hindus assign a much earlier date to the Vedas, which are considered apaurusheya (not of human origin).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>There is something to this belief, since the rituals and the hymns, though solemn, are also of a joyous celebratory nature and they invoke not only the presence of the deities at the time of the rituals, but also are a testimony to their continued presence in the universe.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-35087" title="OM" src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/aum.jpg?w=200&#038;h=181" alt="Aum" width="200" height="181" /></a>The deities (Devas and Devatas) are invoked in their presence in the elements, as transition to the reflections of the Upanishads. The Chandogya, for instance, reflects a movement from the various elements that culminate in the udgitha, the OM (the pranava). The entire universe (multiverses) are sacralised, starting with the elements of earth and water, and the Upanishad sees no contradiction in gathering these up as correspondences and as well the presence of deities in the OM. It is only at this stage that one can identify the Chandogya’s final mention of Brahman as the all-encompassing reality that expresses itself in the devas and devatas referred to above. A single example will suffice (though the Upanishad repeats this thought several times):</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>“Let a man meditate on the syllable OM, called the udgitha; for the udgitha is sung, beginning with OM. The essence of all beings is the earth, the essence of the earth is water, the essence of water the plants, the essence of plants man, the essence of man speech, the essence of speech the Rig Veda, the essence of the Rig Veda the Sama Veda, the essence of the Sama Veda the udgitha (OM).” (From the translation by Max Mueller in Sacred Books of the East)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The culmination in what is referred to as the Mahavakya is a natural progression in the thinking of the Upanishadic seer: That Thou Art (Tat tvam asi). By the conclusion of the Upanishad there are references to Brahman.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_%28Hinduism%29" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="Atman - Brahman" src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/water-and-drop-of-water.jpg?w=200&#038;h=161#38;h=146" alt="Atman - Brahman" width="200" height="161" /></a>Here, the identification of the individual self, now raised to the level of Self (Atman), with the infinite reality of Brahman, is first mentioned. It is left to the Brahma Sutras and the commentaries by Sankara and Ramanuja (and theistic commentators like Madhva, Vallabha) to further elaborate this theme. The idea too is that each individual human who progresses through the stages of meditation, yoga, devotion, knowledge etc. will enact the identification. The overall word for the process is ‘upasana’.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The Brihadaranyaka has a parallel movement to that of the Chandogya. The famous Mahavakya aham brahmasmi (I am Brahman) can be translated thus :</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>“Verily in the beginning this was Brahman, that Brahman knew its Self only, saying ‘I am Brahman’. From it all this sprang. Thus, whatever Deva was awakened (so as to know Brahman), he indeed became that (Brahman); and the same with Rishis and men. The Rishi Vamadeva saw and understood it, singing ‘I was Manu (moon), I was the sun.’ Therefore now also he who thus knows that he is Brahman, becomes all this. . . .” (From the Max Muller translation)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>This remarkable passage is succeeded by a spectacular celebration of the elemental world in its inner connection with the Self-Brahman:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C5%ABta" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-35100" style="border:1px solid grey;" title="Four elements plus the space around the images makes five elements: Ether, air, fire, water and earth. " src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/elements.png?w=200&#038;h=148" alt="Elements" width="200" height="148" /></a>“This earth is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this earth. Likewise this bright, immortal person this earth, and that bright immortal person incorporated in the body, both are madhu. He indeed is the same as that Self, that Immortal, that Brahman, that All.”</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>These sentiments are expressed repeatedly invoking in succession water, fire, air, sun, moon, lightning, thunder, ether, dharma, mankind, as being the honey of all beings, as that Brahman, that All. (From the Max Muller translation)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The Brahman Sutras by Badarayana (identified as Vyasa) and the commentaries by Sankara and Ramanuja can legitimately be described as Vedanta, the culmination of the Veda. The process is not simply a chronological one, but a religious/spiritual process. The reader is advised to read these philosophers in the ORIGINAL, either in Sanskrit or in a good translation (George Thibaut in the Sacred Books of the East series).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The Brahma Sutras are so-called because they enquire into the nature of Brahman. The work begins with the famous aphorism: <em>adhato brahma jijnasa</em> (Now one must inquire into Brahman).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchitananda"><img class="alignleft" title="Sat-Chit-Ananda: Human beings have experience of Sat (existence) and Chit (conciousness) in their life, but only a few know the Ananda (bliss) that makes them complete in the Brahman. The the search for Ananda is the motivator and legitimate objective of every human being in life." src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nityananda.jpg?w=200&#038;h=282#38;h=262" alt="Bhagawan Nityananda" width="200" height="282" /></a>These aphorisms have been endlessly commented upon, the most famous commentaries being by Sankara (820 CE) and Ramanuja (1077-1157). Both, whatever the minutiae of their different interpretations, are agreed on one thing: Brahman is that which is Infinite, is Intelligence, is Blissful (Sat, Chit, Ananda). While Sankara sees the universe as the Maya of Brahman, Ramanuja sees it as the embodiment of Brahman.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>While it may be relatively easy to read this into Ramanuja’s commentary, the astonishing philosophical arguments of Sankara need to be carefully studied before one understands what he means by the Maya of Brahman, and hence of Brahman’s relation to the world.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The writer does not see the difference between the two philosophers as significant. What is common to both is Satchidananda (Sat, Chit, Ananda) and here the Vedic gods are ever-present, whether as Maya or as embodiment. The rituals offered to them by the Vedic Rishis are an ongoing reality in the Punya Bhumi, whether one construes this phrase as limited only to the Indian subcontinent or to Mother Earth. &#8211; <a href="http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=2316" target="_blank">Vijayvaani</a>, 26 May 2012<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>» The writer is a Political Philosopher who taught at a Canadian university.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>See also</strong></p>
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<h3><a href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/the-upanishads-happy-hunting-ground-of-the-one-god-ists-vijaya-rajiva/" target="_blank">The Upanishads: Happy hunting ground of the ONE god-ists</a></h3>
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<h3><a title="Punya Bhumi and the bleak landscape of one god-ism – Vijaya Rajiva" href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/punya-bhumi-and-the-bleak-landscape-of-one-god-ism-vijaya-rajiva/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Punya Bhumi and the bleak landscape of one god-ism</a></h3>
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<h3><a title="Hindu intellectuals must protect the traditional acharyas – Vijaya Rajiva" href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/hindu-intellectuals-must-protect-the-traditional-acharyas-vijaya-rajiva/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Hindu intellectuals must protect the traditional acharyas</a></h3>
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<h3><a title="The ONE true god: Some reflections – Vijaya Rajiva" href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/the-one-true-god-some-reflections-vijaya-rajiva/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">The ONE true god: Some reflections</a></h3>
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<h3><a title="Rig Vedic Polytheism and Punya Bhumi – Vijaya Rajiva" href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/rig-vedic-polytheism-and-punya-bhumi-vijaya-rajiva/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Rig Vedic Polytheism and Punya Bhumi</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/the-rig-veda-and-hindu-polytheism-vijaya-rajiva/" target="_blank">The Rig Veda and “Hindu Polytheism”</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/social-engineering-social-reform-and-protecting-the-vedic-heritage-vijaya-rajiva/" target="_blank">Social engineering, social reform and protecting the Vedic heritage</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/temple-priests-and-preserving-the-vedic-heritage-vijaya-rajiva/" target="_blank">Temple priests and preserving the Vedic heritage</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/prof-monier-williams-and-his-mighty-fortress-of-brahmanism-vijaya-rajiva/" target="_blank">Prof. Monier Williams and his mighty fortress of Brahmanism</a></h3>
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<title><![CDATA[mAnasam,vAcikam, kAyikam : dhyAyam, stuvam, namasyam : Vishnu Sahasranamam : s'Ankara bhASyam]]></title>
<link>http://ancientindians.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/manasamvacikam-kayikam-dhyayam-stuvam-namasyam-vishnu-sahasranamam-sankara-bhasyam/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Ganga Putra Bhishma told Kunti Putra Yudhisthira, that the unchanging puruSa is to be meditated upon]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reasons why you fall out with your manager.......]]></title>
<link>http://sudhans.in/2012/05/05/reasons-why-you-fall-out-with-your-manager/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lots been discussed how to develop a rapport with your manager, but never on why and how the relation becomes sour. Some experiences from my history.</p>
<p>1. <strong>Manager should be a leader not a politician</strong>.</p>
<p>2. <strong>AdiSankara</strong> in his <strong>Advaitha</strong> philosophy call the relation between guru and shisya as <strong>Shradda</strong>, but if it breaks you lose your interest in your work and slowly you will feel that something is being missed that is productivity.</p>
<p>3. Most managers consider you as a threat not as a friend and its was rightly said all your colleagues are friends.</p>
<p>4. He is the Lord and we are supposed to bear everything and should not speak a word against him or retaliate.</p>
<p>Most of my managers including my HoD were good and HoD once told me &#8220;If you do a mistake do it without a proof&#8221;, still i&#8217;m figuring what i did.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rig Vedic Polytheism and Punya Bhumi - Vijaya Rajiva]]></title>
<link>http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/rig-vedic-polytheism-and-punya-bhumi-vijaya-rajiva/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The link between Hindu Monism and Rig Vedic Polytheism establishes the richness of both dimen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border:1px solid grey;" title="Professor Icon" src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/teacher1.jpg?w=52&#038;h=65#38;h=55&#038;h=55" alt="" width="52" height="65" /></a>&#8220;The link between Hindu Monism and Rig Vedic Polytheism establishes the richness of both dimensions: the Infinite Divinity and the infinite manifestations of this Divinity in the Gods and Goddesses that Hindus worship. One can theorise about this link, as have the great Hindu philosophers such as Adi Sankara, Ramanuja and Madhva. But for our purposes it is important to keep in mind that these manifestations are the murtis (derided as &#8216;idols&#8217; by monotheists) that Hindus consecrate and install in temples and worship. Hence, the importance of murti reverence and temples in Sanatana Dharma.&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Vijaya Rajiva<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_ki_Pauri" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-33069" title="Evening arti to Ganga Ma at Hari ki Pauri in Haridwar." src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ganga-puja.jpg?w=218&#038;h=201" alt="Hari ki Pauri" width="218" height="201" /></a>The Rig Vedic worship of many Gods and Goddesses provoked commentators from Abrahamic faiths (mainly Christians) to call the system polytheism (the worship of many gods). Many Hindus and respectful foreign students of Hindu philosophy now prefer the more neutral term, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism" target="_blank">pantheism</a>, to denote the Hindu pantheon, as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism" target="_blank">polytheism</a> was used in a derogatory way.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Modern Hindus are no longer intimidated by the polytheist label. Hindus believe that their land is Punya Bhumi (sacred earth) inhabited by the Gods and Goddesses of the universe, who are invited to special open air feasts (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagna" target="_blank">yagnas</a>) and also housed in temples built for them by devotees. Perhaps no country in the world has so many temples, from north to south, east to west and no other religious tradition has invoked the presence of deities in the Vedic Yagnas, and their successors in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80gama_%28Hinduism%29" target="_blank">Agama</a> traditions of ritual and worship.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The Hindu bhakta knows that the Gods actually EXIST, but the educated Hindu elite are reluctant to admit to their heritage thanks to the massive indoctrination by the Macaulay-ian educational system and the missionary onslaught on Hinduism which denounces it as &#8216;pagan&#8217;, &#8216;polytheist&#8217;, etc. They contrast it with their ONE true god in whose name they have visited death and destruction on the planet.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/articles/hinduism/sitaramgoel.html" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="Sita Ram Goel" src="http://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/srg.jpg?w=214&#038;h=245#38;h=245" alt="Sita Ram Goel" width="214" height="245" /></a>Recent commentators from the Hindu side, such as Swami Devananda Saraswati (a Dashanami sannyasin) and earlier still, the philosopher-historian, the late Sita Ram Goel, have pointed out that the contemporary educated Hindu elite have been misled by their ill-conceived identification of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism" target="_blank">Monotheism</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism" target="_blank">Monism</a>, and their inability to understand that the difference is crucial to understanding Polytheism.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Sita Ram Goel prefers the word <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism" target="_blank">Panentheism</a> to Polytheism (to describe Hinduism) since the former emphasises the special Hindu concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishta-devata" target="_blank">Ishta-devata</a>, the special deity to whom a worshipper can relate to (a phenomenon unique to Hinduism).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The crucial difference between Monotheism and Monism is that the former believes in a ONE true god, and denounced the Gods of other faiths as ‘false gods’, whatever that means, for how can a God be &#8216;false&#8217; if the concept of God is real?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Monism believes in the Infinite existence of the Divine, which is characterised by Existence, Consciousness and Bliss (Sat, Chit, Ananda). This is better known as Advaita Vedanta or Non-Dualism (Unity, non-divisiveness). Its best articulation came with Adi Sankara. There are two other major Vedantas, the qualified non-dualism of Ramanuja and the Dualism of Madhva.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekarendra_Saraswati" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-33054" title="Late Kanchi Shankaracharya Chandrashekarendra Saraswati" src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/chandrashekarendra_saraswati.jpg?w=214&#038;h=287" alt=" Chandrashekarendra Saraswati" width="214" height="287" /></a>Modern practitioners of Monism are many, the most renowned being the Kanchi Mahaswami <a href="http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/philosophy-traditions/5049-sage-kanchi-life-sri-chandrashekarendra-saraswati-swamygal.html" target="_blank">Chandrashekarendra Saraswati</a> who specially highlighted the importance of the many Gods in Hinduism:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>“… a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagna" target="_blank">yagna</a> is making an oblation to a deity in the fire with the chanting of mantras. In a sense the mantras themselves constitute the form of the deities invoked. In another sense, the mantras, like the materials placed in the fire, are the sustenance of the celestials invoked…” (<a href="http://hinduonline.co/HinduReligion/Saints/ChandSarWorks/ChandSarasWorks.html" target="_blank">Hindu Dharma</a>: Chapter on <a href="http://hinduonline.co/HinduReligion/Saints/ChandSarWorks/9TheVedasTheRootOfAll.html" target="_blank">The Vedas</a>).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Elsewhere, the Mahaswami remarked that the devout Hindu also sees the forms of the celestials appearing in the Yagna fire.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>These preliminary remarks are intended to emphasise the link between Hindu Monism and Rig Vedic Polytheism. It allows for an enriched Hindu Polytheism where the devotee does not consider his / her chosen deity (ishta devata) as the only true god, and does not anathema-tise the Gods of other faiths, as happens in Abrahamic monotheism. This is, of course, the difference between Abrahamic monotheism and Hindu Polytheism.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Abrahamic monotheism must be rejected by Hindus for two reasons: 1) political, and 2) religious.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/10/malaysian-muslims-charged-for-cow-head-protest-against-hindus/"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-33082" title="Malaysian Muslims protest against the raising of a Hindu temple by placing a cow's head on the consecrated site." src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/cow-head-protest.jpg?w=215&#038;h=197" alt="Cow's head" width="215" height="197" /></a>Politically, monotheism has been the source of conquest, violence and intolerance, both in Christianity and Islam. It is important that Hindus are always vigilant to this dimension in the interests of security. The security question arises not only in the crude context of everyday dangers such as the throwing of a severed cow’s head by miscreants inside a Hindu temple or the verbal abuse of Hindu scriptures and temples, but the equally looming danger of sophisticated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inculturation" target="_blank">Inculturation</a>. Here we perceive both Islamist and Christian attempts to find their monotheistic doctrines reflected in the Rig Veda, and the sophisticated attempts to wrest the &#8216;Rishi tradition&#8217; as they call it, from the Hindus, distort it and appropriate it for their own purposes.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>In this project, the Vedas are no longer dismissed as &#8216;paganism&#8217;, but viewed as harbingers of the two monotheistic faiths. This can range from the crude attempt by evangelical Christian (and Islamic counterparts) to find references to Jesus in the Rig Veda, and / or references to the coming of the prophet and so on, to the more sophisticated attempts by scholars (mainly Catholic, but also such persons as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir_Naik" target="_blank">Dr. Zakir Naik</a>) to find parallels in the thinking of the Veda and their own scriptures and beliefs.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>In this way, Inculturation, or the process by which another culture is absorbed &#8211; subsumed &#8211; into one’s own, has become a current trend. The aim, of course, is to eradicate the visited local culture. It is not some gentlemanly exercise or purely scholarly enterprise. The agenda is clearly there.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanuja" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-33058" title="Acharya Ramanuja founded the Viśiṣṭādvaita school of Vedanta." src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ramanuja.jpg?w=214&#038;h=314" alt="Acharya Ramanuja" width="214" height="314" /></a>The link between Hindu Monism and Rig Vedic Polytheism establishes the richness of both dimensions: the Infinite Divinity and the infinite manifestations of this Divinity in the Gods and Goddesses that Hindus worship. One can theorise about this link, as have the great Hindu philosophers such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Sankara" target="_blank">Adi Sankara</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanuja" target="_blank">Ramanuja</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhvacharya" target="_blank">Madhva</a>. But for our purposes it is important to keep in mind that these manifestations are the murtis (derided as &#8216;idols&#8217; by monotheists) that Hindus consecrate and install in temples and worship. Hence, the importance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murti" target="_blank">murti</a> reverence and temples in Sanatana Dharma.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>When the barbarian invaders arrived, their first task was to destroy as many temples as they could. Thousands of Hindus lost their lives in defence of these temples. The shocking desecration of murtis by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamists" target="_blank">Islamists</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicals" target="_blank">Evangelicals</a> continues to this day, though on a smaller scale, and mainly by Evangelicals and in some cases by Islamists.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>If the underlying unity between Monism and Hindu Polytheism is not clearly understood, many Hindus get misled to believe that the ONE god of the monotheists is the same as Satchidananda (Infinite Divinity) and go on to downgrade Vedic polytheism as an accidental / incidental feature of Hinduism which Hindus outgrew in their historical development and are now presumably moving towards the higher (sic) faith of Abrahamic monotheism. This is a profound mistake and merely parrots the narrative put forward by the ONE god-ists. Nor is the ONE god the same as the ishta-devata of Hindus. The ONE god is held by its followers to be the ONLY true god with all other Gods being FALSE Gods. Whereas the ishta-devata is only one among many Gods and each devotee is allowed to worship freely his / her own ishta-devata (who may be different from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuladevata" target="_blank">kula devata</a> or even the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grama_devata" target="_blank">grama devata</a>).</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The difference is politically significant since the ONE god-ists are prone to intolerance, violence, conquest and proselytisation, as happened historically and continues with a renewed sense of urgency by the Evangelical today. Hinduism, thus, is always in danger of attack from the ONE god-ists. The punya bhumi is the land peopled by the Gods and Goddesses of the Rig Veda and many other divinities and eminences of the Indic tradition who are not mentioned specifically in the Rig Veda. It has to stay that way.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchidananda" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-33060" style="border:1px solid grey;" title="Sat-Chit-Ananda is the nature of Brahman" src="https://bharatabharati.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sat_chit_anand.jpg?w=216&#038;h=102" alt="Sat-Chit-Ananda" width="216" height="102" /></a>The further philosophical / religious / spiritual dimension of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchidananda" target="_blank">Satchidananda</a>-Polytheism link is that while Vedanta stresses the former aspect, the latter is important for the householder (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grihastha" target="_blank">grihastha</a>). The four stages of life (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnashrama_dharma" target="_blank">varnashrama dharma</a>) each have their own dharma. Even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Sankara" target="_blank">Adi Sankara</a>, as far as is known, stressed that the householder must fulfill his / her duties before taking up the last stage of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannyasa" target="_blank">sannyasa</a>. In this he was different from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu" target="_blank">Buddha</a>, for whom the monastic life could be taken up at any time that the individual desired.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>» Dr. Vijaya Rajiva writer is a political philosopher who taught at a Canadian university.</strong></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Smartism is an ancient brahmanical tradition reformed by Adi Sankara in the ninth century. Worshipin]]></description>
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<link>http://ajatavada.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%bf-%e0%a5%a5-%e0%a5%a8%e0%a5%a8%e0%a5%a5/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>प्रलोभाद्यैरर्थाहरणपरतण्त्रो धनिग्र्हे</p>
<p>प्रवेशोद्युक्तः सण्भ्रमति बहुधा तस्करपते।</p>
<p>इमं चेतष्चोरं कथमिह सहे षंकर विभो</p>
<p>तवाधीनं क्र्त्वा मयि निरपराधे कुरु क्र्पां॥ २२॥</p>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<p>pralobhādyairarthāharaṇaparataṇtro dhanigrhe</p>
<p>praveśodyuktaḥ saṇbhramati bahudhā taskarapate &#124;</p>
<p>imaṁ cetaṣcoraṁ kathamiha sahe ṣaṁkara vibho</p>
<p>tavādhīnaṁ krtvā mayi niraparādhe kuru krpāṁ &#124;&#124; 22 &#124;&#124;</p>
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<li>Sivanandalahari Verse 22.</li>
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<p>O Creator of Bliss! O Chief of thieves! O Omnipresent One!</p>
<p>How can I tolerate this thief who is my mind,</p>
<p>Who roams at large and due to greed, lust etc. is keen on stealing others’ wealth</p>
<p>And intent on entering the homes of the rich?</p>
<p>Make him your captive and show mercy to innocent me.</p>
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<p>Note: Adi Sankara is talking about the sublimation of the mind and annihilation of the ego.  &#8221;..anandalahari&#8221; means waves of Bliss.  By destroying one&#8217;s ego/mind, the Self shines forth.</p>
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<link>http://vaishnavismsatsang.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/visishtadvaitha-what-does-that-mean/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Visishtadvaitha when split means &#8220;a qualified form of Advaita&#8221;. What is that particular]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>Visishtadvaitha</em></strong> when split means <em><strong>&#8220;a qualified form of Advaita&#8221;</strong></em>. What is that particular qualification? What is the necessity for another philosophy and a different intrepretation other than that of <em>Advaita</em>?</p>
<p>In short, the small problem with <em>Advaita</em> lends to the fact that the core concepts contradict the very existence of anything, even poses a question on the existence of the very scriptures that it seeks to describe. This meant the need for a revisit of the core concepts and understanding them.</p>
<p>But before all this we need to know one principal issue. Looking at the tone and the ideas in Vedas it can be classified into 3 categories:</p>
<p>1. <em>Beda shruthi</em> &#8211; these are part of the scriptures that specify differences between finite entities and<em> Paramatma</em></p>
<p>2. <em>Abeda shruthi</em> &#8211;  these propound that there is THE ONLY ONE and nothing else exists</p>
<p>3. <em>Gataka Shruthi-</em> these vociferously say that entities are inseparable from the <em>Paramatma</em></p>
<p>Now, the problem is that the authority of the scriptures being well-established, an interpretation that is loose in logic cannot justify all these 3 stands taken by the Vedas. This is where <em>Sri Ramanuja</em> made startling and interesting re-discovery.  He contested the idea of considering the <em>paramatma</em> and the <em>jeevatma</em> to be the same and also the maya theory of Adi Shankara. He went on to describe the concepts of <em>Jeevatma</em>, <em>paramatma</em> and <em>prapancham</em> like this.</p>
<p>He said <em>prapancham</em> and <em>jeevatma</em> are nothing but a part of the <em>Paramatma</em>, which meant that the <em>paramatma</em> subsumes the other two concepts which in turn explains the <em>abeda</em> <em>shruti</em>. But he also clarifies that the <em>jeevatma</em> and <em>prapancham</em> are different in their attributes and qualities thereby differentiating it from each other which justifies the <em>beda </em>shruti. Also, since <em>paramatma</em> subsumes <em>jeevatma</em> and <em>prapancham</em>, it in turn says that the entities are distinguishable, but inseparable thereby justifying <em>gataka shruti</em>  and hence reconciling all 3 types of conceptual references made in the scriptures.</p>
<p>Having said all the above, there is a definite need for reasons to believe the above logic. Consider making a clay pot. There are 3 principal requirements.</p>
<p>(i) <em>Upadana karanam</em>: the raw material</p>
<p>(ii)<em> Nimitha karanam:</em> knowledge of the process  and</p>
<p>(iii)<em>Sakakarya karanam</em>: suitable environmental conditions.</p>
<p>By <em>Sri Ramanuja&#8217;s</em> theory, since <em>prapancham</em> and <em>jeevatma</em> are just a part of him, the raw material in turn is the <em>paramatma</em> himself.  It is also the <em>paramatma</em> who revealed the Vedas, which means he is the ONE who bestows the knowledge of the process and all being a part of <em>Him</em>, even the prevailing conditions are that of the <em>paramatma</em>. All these form a cohesive interpretation of <em>Vedas </em>as re-iterated by<em> Sri Ramanuja&#8217;s</em> explanation of the Vedic tidings. This is how <em>Sri Ramanuja</em> re-explained the reconciliation of the very essence of Vedas thereby debunking the idea of self-contradiction in Vedas.</p>
<p>So, now&#8230;.what are the differences between these concepts. Are all entities equal?</p>
<p>This is one of those questions that is to be discussed in detail. A <em>jeevatma</em> is the controller of the body it stays in. In other words, a body of a human being (say) is nothing but <em>insentient</em> lump of matter. A jeevatma is denoted as an &#8216;anu&#8217; which means it has a finiteness in its effulgence. It is the <em>jeevatma</em> that is capable of  <em>&#8216;using&#8217;</em> the body for its desires i.e., <em>sankalpam</em>. Thus the <em>Jeevatma</em> has the power of will, in other words it is concept that has power of making a <em>sankalpam</em>. But does the <em>jeevatma</em> wield the power to carry out an activity? No. When the sankalpam of <em>jeevatma</em> is made, it is the <em>paramatma</em> who does the work. Also a distinction has to be made between <em>desire</em> of the <em>paramatma</em> and <em>sankalpam</em> of <em>paramatma</em>. The desire of the <em>paramatma</em> might sometimes be different from that of the <em>jeevatma</em>. Yet his <em>sankalpam</em> is always available for the help of a <em>jeevatma</em><em></em>. The only way a work is done is when there is congruence of the <em>sankalpam</em> of <em>jeevatma</em> and <em>paramatma</em>. So it has to be understood clearly that a <em>jeevatma, </em>although possessing different powers from prapancham it has its own limitations: that of time, place and form.</p>
<p>In that case, all our actions determine our <em>karma</em> too, namely <em>papam</em> and <em>punyam</em>. When there is congruence between the <em>desires</em> of the <em>paramatma</em> and that of the <em>jeevatma</em>, the karma is accounted to be <em>punyam</em> and otherwise is classified as <em>papam</em>.</p>
<p>Here it has to be understood that the <em>paramatma&#8217;s</em> attitude is of 3 stages. First, <em>udaseenan</em> ; meaning he doesn&#8217;t really pay wrapped attention to your activities and lets you perform karma. The next stage is that of <em>anumanan</em>, where He just helps you enact your <em>sankalpam</em>, be it good or bad. This is more or less like looking at your past records and if you had accumulated good karma, then the <em>paramatma</em> presumes that your intentions are anyway genuine. When you start making too many mistakes and when your good karma in <em>&#8216;account balance&#8217;</em> starts dwindling, that is when he starts his corrective and punitive action, called <em>vyapakan</em>. He takes you closer to him shortens the leash to control you from making anymore <em>papams</em>.</p>
<p>But why does the karma that gets attached to us evade <em>Him</em>? This is explained with the concept of Karma yoga. This is one of the acceleration freeways on the route to <em>mukthi</em> referred to in <em>Bhagavad</em> <em>Gita</em> and since <em>paramatma</em> is a Karma yogi, someone who possesses no attachment to his karma, the effect of it does not get attached to him.</p>
<p>Having said this, what materials are we made up of? What is the composition of our  body, our soul and the world around us? How is creation explained in our scriptures? Is there anything like armegaddon in our scriptures too?</p>
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<link>http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/why-buddhism-did-not-flourish-in-india/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://thiruchchikkaaran.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/sankarachaarya-a-rationalis/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[  இந்திய சமுதாயம் தொன்மையானது. அதன் வரலாற்றில் நாம் காணும் சிந்தனையாளர்கள் பலர் பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனையா]]></description>
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<p>இந்திய சமுதாயம் தொன்மையானது. அதன் வரலாற்றில் நாம் காணும் சிந்தனையாளர்கள் பலர் பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனையாளர்களே. அவர்களில் முக்கியமானவர் சங்கராச்சாரியார் (ஆதி சங்கரர்) ஆவார்.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">நூல்களில் எழுதப்பட்டதையோ, மற்றவர்கள் சொல்வதையோ அப்படியே கேட்டு அது தான் உண்மையாக இருக்கும் என்று நம்பும் வழியை கடை பிடிக்காமல், உண்மை என்ன என்பதை லாஜிக்,ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் அனுபவத்தின் மூலம் தானே அறியும், உறுதி செய்து கொள்ளும் வழியே பகுத்தறிவு ஆகும்.</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>அந்த வகையிலே பகுத்தறிவாளன் மனித வாழ்க்கையின் தன்மை, அதன் கூறுகள், அதன் காரணிகள், அந்த வாழ்க்கையில் மனிதன் சந்திக்கும் பிரச்சினைகள் , அவற்றில் இருந்து விடுபடுவதற்கான வழிகள் இவற்றை ஆராய்கிறான், மக்களின் நன்மையின் மேல் உள்ள அக்கறையால்.</strong></span></p>
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<p> நவீன கால பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனையாளர்களாக புத்தர் , சங்கராச்சாரியார், இராமனுஜாச்சாரியார், பட்டினத்தார், சுவாமி விவேகானந்தர் , பாரதியார், அம்பேத்கர், பெரியார்&#8230; உள்ளிட்ட பலரை நாம் அறிகிறோம்.</p>
<p>சங்கராச்சாரியாரின் பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனைகளை இந்தக் கட்டுரையில் ஆராய தொடங்குகிறோம். அடிப்படையில் எல்லா மனிதனும் பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனையாளனே. மழைக்கும் , புயலுக்கும இருந்து தன்னைக் காத்துக் கொள்ள வீடு கட்டிக் கொள்கிறேன். போக்குவரத்துக்காக சக்கரத்தைக் கண்டு பிடிக்கிறான். ஆனாலும் எல்லா சாதனங்களையும்    மீறி  அவன் கஷ்டப் படுகிறேன்.<br />
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<strong>இன்பமானது போலத் தோன்றும் மனிதனின் வாழ்க்கை பரிதாபமாக முடிவடைகிறது.  அவனுடைய அனுமதி இல்லாமல் இந்த உலகுக்குள், அவன் புகுத்தப் படுகிறான். அவன் விருப்பம் இல்லாமலே இந்த உலக வாழ்க்கை முடிகிறது. இடையிலே சில காலம்  வாலிப  பருவத்திலே இருக்கும் போது, இந்த உலக வாழ்க்கை இன்ப மயமானது போல அவனுக்கு தோன்றுகிறது. ஆனால் அது நிலைத்து நிற்பதில்லை. வயதாகி உடல் சுருங்கி, பல் விழுந்து, தள்ளாடி, சேர்த்த சொத்து, சுகம் , நட்பு உறவு என்று எதுவும் உதவிக்கு வர முடியாமல் இருக்க பரிதாபமாக சாகிறான்.</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>மனிதனின் இந்த நிராதரவான நிலையைக் கண்டு உண்மையான அக்கறையுடன் அவனுக்கு உண்மையை  உணர்த்துகிறார் சங்காராச்சாரியார்.  </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>எது ஒருவனைக் காக்கக் கூடியது, எது ஒருவனைக் காக்காது என்று ஆராய சொல்கிறார். உலகில் அனைவரும் செல்வம், புகழ், சொத்து, பத்து தன்னைக் காக்கும் என நம்புகின்றனர். அதனால் அளவற்ற செல்வக் குவியலை சேர்க்க முயல்கின்றனர். ஆனால் ஒருவனின் உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து வந்தால் செல்வம் அவனைக் காக்காது, நோய் வந்தால் செல்வம் அவனைக்  காக்க இயலாது.</strong></span> ஒருவனுக்கு இரத்தப் புற்று நோய் வந்தால் அவன் தங்கத்தையும், வைரத்தையும் அரைத்து  உடல் முழுவதும் பத்துப் போட்டு  பூசிக் கொண்டாலும் அவனைக்  காத்துக் கொள்ள இயலாது. உலகில் உள்ள எவ்வளவு  பெரிய மருத்துவமனைக்கு சென்றாலும் அதிக நாள் தாக்குப் பிடிக்காது என்கிறார்கள்.<br />
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<div>எனவே செல்வம் நம்மைக்  காக்கும் என்று நம்புவது நம்முடைய அறியாமையே. இன்னும் சொல்லப் போனால் அதிக செல்வமே ஒருவனுக்கு ஆபத்தாக  மாறுகிறது.  </div>
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<em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>அர்த்தம் அனர்த்தம் பாவய நித்யம் </strong></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>நாஸ்தி தத: சுகலேசா : சத்யம்! </strong></span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>புத்ரான்   தன பாஜாம்      பீதி: </strong></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>சர்வத்ரைஷா விஹிதா ரீதி:</strong></span></em></p>
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<p><strong>(அர்த்தம்) பொருள், செல்வம்  உபயோகமற்றது , பொருளற்றது (அனர்த்தம்). அதனால் நிலைத்த    இன்பம் கிடைக்காது. செல்வம் படைத்தவன் தன மகனைப் பார்த்து கூட பயப்படுவான். உலகில் எங்கும் இவாறு நடக்கிறது!</strong></p>
<p>ஆதி சங்கரர் சொன்னது போல பெற்ற மகனே , தந்தையைப் பார்த்து இவன் எப்படா சாவான் என்று நினைக்கும் படி செல்வம் செய்து விடுகிறது.  &#8220;இத்தனை  பைசா, பல கோடிகளை வைத்து இருக்கிறானே, நாம செலவுக்கு கேட்டால் திட்டுகிறான், இவன் செத்தால் சொத்து அத்தனையும் நம்ம கைக்கு, நாம வெளி நாடுகளுக்கு இஷ்டம்  போல செல்லலாம், மனம் போல வாழலாம்&#8221; என்று எண்ணும் நிலைக்கு செல்வம் கொண்டு வந்து விடுகிறது.  முகலாய சாம்ராஜ்ய மாமன்னன் ஷாஜஹானை சிறையில் அடைத்து விட்டு,  அவரங்கசீப் ஆட்சி பொறுப்பை கைப் பற்றுகிறார். இப்படி அப்பனுக்கு இவ்வளவு சொத்து இருக்கிறதே என்று நினைத்து அப்பனை கட்டம் கட்டப் பார்ப்பவர், எல்லா மத, இன மொழிகளை சார்ந்தவர்களிலும் இருக்கிரார்கள.  உலகம் முழுவதும் இவ்வாறு நடக்கிறது. இராமரைப் போல தந்தை கொடுத்த கடனுக்காக தான் காடு சென்ற மகன்  எத்தனை பேர் இருக்கிறார்கள்?</p>
<p>பணம் படைத்தவன் மேல் எல்லோரும் கண் வைக்கிறார்கள். லோக்கல்  ரவுடி  அவனிடம் இருந்து பணம் பெற முயல்கிறான். அரசியல்வாதிகள் அவனிடம் இருந்து  &#8221;நன்கொடை  தருக&#8221; என்ற பெயரில் அவன் பணத்தை சுரண்டுகின்றனர்.  பத்திரிகையை படித்தால் பல செய்திகள் வருகின்றன. நூறு,நூற்றைம்பது ஏக்கர் வைத்திருப்பவனிடம் அதை கம்மி விலைக்கு விற்க  சொல்லி  கட்டாயப் படுத்துகின்றனர். மறுத்தால் போட்டுத் தள்ளி விடுகின்றனர்.  இன்னும் சொல்லப் போனால் அழகிகள் கூட பணக்காரனை சும்மா விடுவதில்லை. போட்டோ எடுக்கின்றனர். 8  கோடி தருகிறாயா   50 கோடி தருகிறாயா என்று கேட்பதாகவும், இல்லாவிட்டால் போட்டோவை  பத்திரிகையில் போடுவேன் என்று சொல்வதாகவும்  செய்தி  தாள்களில் படிக்கிறோம்.பணம் குடுத்தாலும், குடுக்கவிட்டாலும் அரைகுறை ஆடையோடு போட்டோ பத்திரிகையில் வந்து விடுகிறது. &#8220;எப்படி இருந்த நான் ,இப்படி ஆயிட்டேனே&#8221; என்று சப் டைட்டில் போட்டு வெளியிடுகிறார்கள. இவ்வாறாக மிக அதிகம் பணம் வைத்திருப்பவருக்கு வரக் கூடிய   கிரைம்  உள்ளிட்ட  பிரச்சினைகளை நாமும் அறிந்திருக்கிறோம். ஆனால் அத்தகைய செய்திகளை பொழுது போக்காக  படிக்கிறோம். நண்பர்களுடன் ஜோக் அடித்து பேசுவதோடு முடித்து விடுகிறோம்.  </p>
<p> ஆதி சங்கரரோ மனிதனின் துன்பங்களுக்கான காரணி என்ன, அதில் இறந்து  ஒட்டு மொத்த தீர்வு, விடுதலை  பெற வழி என்ன என்று பகுத்தறிவு அடிப்படையில் சிந்திக்கிறார்.</p>
<div> எனவே செல்வம் பாதுகாப்பை தரவில்லை. செல்வம் ஆபத்தையே தருகிறது என்பதை பகுத்தறிவு ஆராய்ச்சி  மூலம் விளக்குகிறார் சங்கராச்சாரியார். </div>
<div>அப்படியானால் மனிதனைக் காக்கக் கூடியது எது? தொடர்ந்து சங்கராச்சாரியாரின் பகுத்தறிவு ஆராய்ச்சி என்ன என்று நாமும் அடுத்த தொடர்களில் காண்போம். </div>
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<div>Title: பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனையாளர் சங்காராச்சாரியார்.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Title: </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சங்கராச்சாரியார்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">யார்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">? </span></span></p>
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இந்தியாவின்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">முன்னாள்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பிரதமரான</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">திருமதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திரா</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">காந்தியை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">  </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஒரு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நிருபர்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பேட்டி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கண்டபோது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அவரிடம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வரலாற்றில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடப்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பட்டுள்ளவர்களில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">  </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">உங்களை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மிகவும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கவர்ந்த</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நபர்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">யார்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என்று</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கேட்டார்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Latha;">அதற்கு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">திருமதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திரா</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">காந்தி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">உடனே</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">  </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஆதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சங்கரர்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என்று</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பதில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அளித்தாராம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.  </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நான்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சிறுவனாக</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இருந்த</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">போது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இதைப்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பத்திரிகைகளில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">படித்தவுடன்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">படிக்கும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">போது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">எனக்கு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பெரிய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வியப்பை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அளித்தது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Latha;">திருமதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">காந்தி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">தன்னுடைய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">தந்தையான</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நேருவைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">உலகமே</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வியக்கும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வண்ணம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அஹிம்சை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">முறையில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சுதந்திரப்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">போராட்டத்தை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நடத்தி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சென்ற</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மகாத்மா</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">காந்தியைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மாமன்னர்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அக்பரைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">  </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சத்ரபதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சிவாஜியைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">துணைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கண்டத்தை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">தாண்டி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வெளியே</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">படை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">எடுத்து</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சென்று,</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> (</span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இன்றைய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மலேசிய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்தோனேசிய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பகுதிகளை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஆண்ட)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஸ்ரீ</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">விஜய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பேரரசை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வென்ற</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இராசேந்திர</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சோழனைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நெப்போலியன்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அழைக்கப்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பட்ட</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சமுத்திர</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குப்தனை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஹர்ஷரை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கனிஷ்கரைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மாபெரும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வெற்றி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அடைந்தும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அதற்குப்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பிறகு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">போரே</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வேண்டாம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அமைதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வழிக்கு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">திரும்பி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">உலகை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வியக்க</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">செய்த</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மகா</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அசோக</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சக்கரவர்த்தியைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கூட</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிடவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பள்ளிகளில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">நாம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">வரலாறு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">படித்து</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இருக்கிறோம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அதில்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஆதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சங்கரரைப்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">பற்றிய</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இருக்கிறது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஆனால்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மகாத்மா</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">காந்தி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அசோகர்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இராஜேந்திர</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சோழன்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">&#8230; </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இவர்களை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">எல்லாம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">விட்டு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">விட்டு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">திருமதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">இந்திரா</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">காந்தி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,  </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">ஆதி</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சங்கரரைக்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">குறிப்பிட்டு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">தன்னை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">மிகவும்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கவர்ந்தவராக</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">சொல்கிறார்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என்றால்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அந்த</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அளவுக்கு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அவர்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">செய்தது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என்ன</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">என்று</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">எனக்கு</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">அப்போது</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கொஞ்சம்</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">கூட</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:Latha;">புரியவில்லை</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ஏனெனில் இராணுவ , அரசியல்  மற்றும்   பொருளாதார  துறைகளில்  பலரும்  பெற்ற   வெற்றிகளை  நாம்   எளிதாக  அறிந்து  கொள்ள  முடிகிறது .<br />
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பின்னாளில்  சிந்தனைகள் , ஆன்மிகம்  மற்றும்  சமயக்  களங்களில்  பலரும்  ஆற்றிய  பணியை  நாம்  ஆராய்ந்தோம். அந்த  வகையிலே  ஆதி  சங்கரர்  தன்னை மிகவும்   கவர்ந்தவராக  திருமதி . காந்தி  அறிவித்ததில்  வியப்பேதும்  இல்லை  என்று  சொல்லத்  தக்க  வகையிலே  ஆதி  சங்கரரின்  பணி  அமைந்து  இருக்கிறது.<br />
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<div>ஆதி  சங்கரர்  மிகவும்  குறுகிய  காலமே  வாழ்ந்து  இருக்கிறார் . அவர்  வாழ்ந்தது  கிட்டத்  தட்ட  32வருடங்கள்  மாத்திரமே .<br />
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அதிலே  முதல்  பதினாறு  வயதிற்குள்  அவர்  நான்கு  வேதங்களையும்  கற்று  அறிந்து  இருக்கிறார் .<br />
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தன்னுடைய  அனுபவத்தின்  மூலாமாக  தன்னுடைய  கோட்பாடுகளை  தானே  நேரிலே  உணர்ந்து  சரி  பார்த்து  தன்னுடைய  கோட்பாட்டை   அவர்  உருவாக்கி  இருக்கிறார்  என்பதாக  அறிகிறோம் . இது  முக்கியமாது , வெறுமனே  நூல்களைப்  படித்து  விட்டு , இதை  அப்படியே  ஒத்துக்  கொள்  என்று  திணிக்க  முற்படாமல் , தன்னுடைய  நேரடி  அனுபவத்தில்  ஆதி  சங்கரர்  அவற்றை  உணர்ந்ததாக  சொல்லப்  பட்டு  இருக்கிறது .<br />
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<p>   நேரடி  அனுபவத்தின்  மூலம்  ஆன்மீக  உண்மைகளை  உணர  முடியும்  என்பதும் , அப்படி  நேரடியாக  உண்மைகளை  அனுபவத்தில்  உணராவிட்டாl பலன்  இல்லை  என்பதும்  அவரின்  அழுத்தமான  கோட்பாடு .</p>
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இப்படியாக  சங்கராச்சாரியாரின்  வாழ்க்கையின்  முதல்  பகுதி  ஆன்மீக  நூல்களை  கற்பதிலும் , ஆன்மீக  பயிற்ச்சிகளை  மேற்கொண்டு  ஆன்மீக  உணமைகளாக  தான்  கனடரிந்தவர்ரை  ஒரு  கோட்பாடாக  உருவாக்குவதுமாக  இருந்திருக்கிறது.<br />
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அத்வைதம்  எனப்  படும்  இவரது  ஆன்மீக  கோட்பாடு  தத்துவங்களின்  சிகரம்  எனக் கருதப்  படுகிறது . அதைப்  பற்றி  நாம்  விரிவாக  பிறகு ஆராய்வோம்.</div>
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இப்படியாக  சங்கராச்சாரியாரின்  வாழ்க்கையின்  முதல்  பகுதி  ஆன்மீக  நூல்களை  கற்பதிலும் , ஆன்மீக  பயிற்ச்சிகளை  மேற்கொண்டு  ஆன்மீக  உணமைகளாக  தான்  கனடரிந்தவர்ரை  ஒரு  கோட்பாடாக  உருவாக்குவதுமாக  இருந்திருக்கிறது.<br />
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அத்வைதம்  எனப்  படும்  இவரது  ஆன்மீக  கோட்பாடு  தத்துவங்களின்  சிகரம்  எனக் கருதப்  படுகிறது . அதைப்  பற்றி  நாம்  விரிவாக  பிறகு ஆராய்வோம்.  </div>
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இப்படி  அறிந்த  தத்துவ  உண்மைகளை  இவர்  பதினாறு  வயது  முதல்  முப்பத்து  இரண்டு  வயதிற்குள் ,  இந்தியா  முழுவது  கால்  நடையாக  நடந்து  சென்று  பரப்பி  இருக்கிறார் . பல்வேறு  அறிஞ்சர்  களுடுன்  விவாதம்  நடத்தி  தன்னுடைய  கோட்பாடு  சரியானது  என்பதை  அவர்கள்  உணரும்  வண்ணம்  செய்து  இருக்கிறார் .<br />
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தனி  ஒரு  மனிதனாக , பதினாறே  வருடங்களில்  இந்து  மத்ததை  இந்தியாவில்  மீண்டும்  நிலை  நிறுத்தி  விட்டார் .<br />
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இந்து  மதமானது  உண்மைக்கு  அழைத்து   செல்வது , உண்மையை  அறியுமாறு   ஒருவனைத்  தூண்டுகிறது  என்பதாலே , அடிப்படையிலே  பகுத்தறிவிக்கும்  , அனுபவத்துக்கும் இந்து மதத்தில்    முக்கியத்துவம்  கொடுப்பதாக  இருக்கிறது .<br />
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அத்தகைய  பகுத்தறிவு  அடிப்படையிலான  புராதன  இந்து  மதத்தை  பதினாறே  வருடங்களில்  இந்திய  துணைக்  கண்டத்தில்   புனர்  நிர்மாணம்  செய்து  விட்டார் .<br />
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படித்த  பண்டிதர்கள்  மட்டும்  அல்லாமல்  சாதாரண  மக்களும்  பின்பற்றி  ஆன்மீக  உயர்வு  அடையும்  படிக்கு  எளிமையான  முறையில்  எல்லோருக்குமான  பக்தி  மார்க்கத்தையும்  அமைத்து  </div>
<div>தந்திருக்கிறார் .<br />
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சமய  சச்சரவு கள்   இல்லாத  படிக்கு  மத  நல்லிணக்கத்தை  உருவாக்கி  இருக்கிறார். இந்தியாவில்  தொன்று  தொட்டு  மக்களா ல்  வழிபடப்  பட்டு  வந்த  தெய்வங்களான  அம்மன் , கோவிந்தன் , முருகர் , சிவன் &#8230; இப்படியான  எல்லா  தெய்வங்களையும்  பாடி  அவரவர்கள் ளுக்கான  வழிபாட்டு  முறையை  வூக்கப்  படுத்தி , அதே  நேரம்  நல்லிணக்கத்தையும்  வளர்த்து  இருக்கிறார் .<br />
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கத்தியின்றி , இரத்தமின்றி , காசின்றி , பணமின்றி  பதினாறே  வருடங்களில்  இந்திய  துணைக்  கண்டத்தின்  ஆன்மீக  துறையில்  மாபெரும்  மாற்றத்தை  உருவாக்கி  வெற்றி  வாக்கை  சூடி  இருக்கிறார்  ஸ்ரீ  சங்கராச்சாரியார் .<br />
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அவருடைய  கோட்பாடு , மற்றும்  செயல்  பாடுகள்  பற்றி  நாம்  இன்னும்  தொடர்ந்து  பல  கட்டுரைகளின்  மூலம்  ஆராய்வோம்</div>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Guru Purnima celebration at the SAT Temple, Santa Cruz, California July 25, 2010 Bhagavan Sri Ramana]]></description>
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<p>July 25, 2010</p>
<div id="attachment_30" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://satramana.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ramana2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-30" title="ramana" src="http://satramana.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ramana2.jpg?w=500&#038;h=443" alt="" width="500" height="443" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi</p></div>
<p>D.: It is said that the Guru can make his disciple realize the Self by transmitting some of his own power to him? Is it true?</p>
<p>M.: Yes. The Guru does not bring about Self-Realization. He simply removes the obstacles to it. The Self is always realized.</p>
<p>D.: Is there absolute necessity of a Guru for Self-Realization?</p>
<p>M.: So long as you seek Self-Realization the Guru is necessary. Guru is the Self. Take Guru to be the Real Self and your self as the individual self. The disappearance of this sense of duality is removal of ignorance. So long as duality persists in you the Guru is necessary. Because you identify yourself with the body you think the Guru, too, to be some body. You are not the body, nor is the Guru. You are the Self and so is the Guru. This knowledge is gained by what you call Self-Realization.</p>
<p><em>~ Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, 7th ed., 1984, Sri Ramanasramam</em></p>
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<p><a href="http://satramana.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/nome.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-32" title="nome" src="http://satramana.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/nome.jpg?w=500&#038;h=357" alt="" width="500" height="357" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Oh! By your grace, all the doubts of the mind</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Disappeared in a moment.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Oh! By your grace, mundane misery and attachments</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>All disappeared in a moment.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Oh!By your grace, not only the world, the individuals (jiva-s), and the Supreme,</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>But the delusion that arises, disappeared.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Oh! By your grace, the changeless certitude that all is Brahman</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Has permanently taken root.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">~ The Song of Ribhu, 39:14</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Guru Purnima Celebration at the SAT Temple begins with the Guru and then&#8230;</p>
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<div id="attachment_85" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://satramana.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/satsang2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-85" title="satsang" src="http://satramana.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/satsang2.jpg?w=500&#038;h=133" alt="" width="500" height="133" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Satsang with Nome.</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:left;">The following are excerpts from the dialogue.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>asato ma sadgamaya</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>tamaso ma jyotirgamaya</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>mrtyorma amrtam gamaya</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>om santih, santih, santih</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>From the unreal to the Real lead me;</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>From darkness to Light lead me;</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>From death to Immortality lead me.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Om. Peace, Peace, Peace.</strong></em></p>
<div>Nome: Sadguru Sri Ramana leads us from the unreal to the real. How does he?  He, being the Reality, seems to appear as part of this unreal world&#8230;what is unreal has no existence, what is real is the only Existence. He is the Reality. He reveals  His own Existence. The Reality awakens the Real to That which is the  Reality&#8230;you are led to yourself &#8212; the light of your own Consciousness. Where are you being  led? To the Reality&#8212;Knowledge of yourself&#8212;which is innately imortal. . . . By the guru&#8217;s instruction the nature of the disciple becomes clear; the  guru remains and the disciple is no more.</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>There never really is a state of  total darkness or ignorance. </em></strong></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>There is   still always one who  knows.</em></strong></div>
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<div>Q.: The Maharshi has made it clear&#8212;doubt the doubter. The only  issue is the lack of inquiry about the doubter.</div>
<div>N.: . . . Doubting that which is entirely doubtful is called practice.</div>
<p>In Sanskrit, purna means full or complete. Purnima means night or day of the full moon. The full moon signifies the light of Consciousness shinning in all of its fullness, unobstructed by the shadow or darkness of ignorance. The Guru is the light of Consciousness. He removes the shadow or darkness of ignorance from the disciple. Guru Purnima  is an opportunity where devotees can joyously engage in worshiping their guru.</p>
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<link>http://ancientindians.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/egurukula-course-tat-tvam-asi-adi-sankaras-vakya-vritti/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I thought that the first course on Ancient Indians eGurukula should be Tat Tvam Asi. Interested stud]]></description>
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<link>http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/is-it-a-sin-or-dosham-for-a-sri-vaishnava-to-visit-siva-sthalam/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Lord VishnuDifferentiating between Siva and Vishnu is in fact a sin. Siva means &#8216;that which is]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Times Group Publishes Realistic History of Hindu Mutt]]></title>
<link>http://thyagarajans.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/times-group-publishes-realistic-history-of-hindu-mutt-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[  The Times of India on September 4th, 2009 released a book entitled “The Holy Sankara Mutt” detaili]]></description>
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<p>The Times of India on September 4<sup>th</sup>, 2009 released a book entitled “The Holy Sankara Mutt” detailing the history of the Kanchi Mutt from Adi Sankara to its present Sankaracharya’s Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamiji and Sri Vijayendra Saraswati Swamiji.</p>
<p>A writer Malarthamil posted an article “Times group publishes distorted history of Hindu Mutt” stating that Adi Sankara’s advent was in the 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD and that he did not establish the Kanchi Mutt. <a href="http://truthdive.com/2009/09/07/times-group-publishes-distorted-history/">http://truthdive.com/2009/09/07/times-group-publishes-distorted-history/</a></p>
<p>This is in response to the article by Malarthamil.</p>
<p>Sundarar (Sundararmurthy Nayanar  &#8211; 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD) lost his eyesight during a pilgrimage in his lifetime.  He made his way with difficulty and entered the Ekambranatha Shrine at Kanchipuram and sang “What shall this wretch say in Your presence?”  and begged the Lord to restore his eyesight.  Ekambranatha is supposed to have blessed him with the power of vision in the left eye.  This is the glorious setting for 8<sup>th</sup> Century South India.  Sundarar was actually returning from a meeting with a Cera King Perumaahhothaiyaar, the latter’s capital was in Kodungallur, Kerala not far from Kaladi, the birth place of Adi Sankara <em>[Ref.1]</em></p>
<p>The Cera King was highly devoted to Lord Shiva.   Such was his bhakti that during a ceremonial street procession, he fell at the feet of a man with body covered by what he mistook to be sacred ash.  The latter, shocked told the King that he was the washerman and his body was covered with white clay. The Cera King replied that he was the devoted servant of the washerman and bade him peace<em> [Ref. 1]</em>. This was the extent of Shivabhakti from Kaladi to Kanchipuram and the canvas into which the author Malarthamil wishes to portray Adi Saankara in the 8th Century AD.   What an irony? </p>
<p>Adi Sankara was supposed to have come in when Budhism was well entrenched in India, Hindu ritual practices had strayed from the scriptures and when atheistic and hedonistic cults had begun to take root. Adi Sankara was responsible for reclaiming Hinduism from other religious movements and rejuvenating it from perverse/agnostic practices that had crept in.  If one examines the 8<sup>th</sup> Century India, there seems to be no need for the advent of Sankara.  Between the 5<sup>th</sup> and 10<sup>th</sup> Centuries, Saivaite Nayanmars were rapidly spreading Siva Bhakti through the Tirumurai hymns.   Likewise, Vaishnavaite Alwars were extolling Lord Vishnu by the Divya Prabandham hymns between 6<sup>th</sup> to 9<sup>th</sup> Century AD.  If Sankara is indeed placed in the 8<sup>th</sup> Century, he would be after the time of Tirugnana Sambhandar and Appar. Most likely, he would then have been a contemporary of Sundarar!  By Sundarar’s time, worship of Siva and Vishnu (and Hinduism) was well established. So, Sankara cannot be placed in the 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD for his mission was already complete by then.  Adi Sankara must have been several centuries earlier and laid the foundation for the Bhakti movements to come later.</p>
<p>There is ample sculptural and epigraphic evidence to show Adi Sankara’s connection to Kanchipuram, and its temples and that Adi Sankara established the Kanchi Mutt. Ancient sculptures of Sankara can be found in the Ekambarnatha, Kailasanatha, Kumrakoshtam, Varadaraja Perumal, Kamakshi Amman and many other temples in Kanchipuram.  One of the most stunning ancient sculptures is within the precincts of the Kanchi Mutt. Inscriptions in Ambikapuram village temple wall near Kanchi and copper plate inscriptions on land grands to Kanchi Mutt indicates the antiquity of the Kanchi Mutt.</p>
<p>The concept of four Peethas established by Adi Sankara itself is questionable.  There are 5 Sankara mutts around Sringeri itself, viz, Kudali, Avani, Pushpagiri, Virupksha and Sankeshwar.  Likewise, there are other Sankara Mutts in Karnataka such as Mulbagal.  In Maharashtra there is the Karaveer Peetam at Kolhapur. The concept of four Muttas in four directions is a questionable hypothesis, which has been long discarded.</p>
<p>The Karnataka (or Carnatik) wars referred to the incessant fighting directly between French and the British or through their proxies (Indian Rulers) in the period 1745 onward.  The players included the Nawab of Arcot,  the French and the British.  These wars continued until 1763 and even after hostilities continued in the region between the British, the Nawab and other rulers. It was to avoid this instability that the 62<sup>nd</sup> Kanchi Acharya (Also, Sri. Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi – 1746-1783 AD) moved the Mutt HQ temporarily to Kumbakonam under the safety of the Marathas of Tanjore.  In fact, the Utsava Murthy’s of Varadaraj Perumal, Kamakshi and Ekambranather left for Udayarpalayam near Trichi where the 62<sup>nd</sup> Acharya camped for a long time enroute to Kumbakonam.  Mandapams for these Utsava Moorthy’s still exist at Udayarpalayam as proof of this journey.  In 1761, Dabir Pant, Minister in the Tanjore Maratha Kingdom built a branch of the Kanchi Mutt in Kumbakonam to house the 62<sup>nd</sup> Acharya and his entourage.  By 1799, Tipu sultan of Mysore had been defeated and killed by the British.  No active wars between the Marathas and Mysore Kings took place after 1821 as alluded to by Malarthamil.  The question of cessation of Kanchi from Sringeri is moot, because a subsidiary relationship never existed.</p>
<p>(Reference: <a href="http://www.karnatik.com/co1047.shtml">http://www.karnatik.com/co1047.shtml</a>)</p>
<p>Sarada Peetam or Matham is commonly used by Dwaraka, Sringeri and Kanchi Mutt. Sureshwaracharya is claimed by many Sankara Mutts as their first pontiff due to his age, scholarship, seniority possibly because he lived longer than the Adi Sankara’s 32 years (as Regent).  So, these are irrelevant facts. </p>
<p>Kanchipuram is one of the well known Shakti Peetam’s in India.  The word “Kanchi” is synonymous for the hip ornament, and is associated with Shakti/Devi/Ambal from time immemorial and there is ample scriptural and puranic evidence to prove this (Mooka Panchasath; Devi Bhagwata Purana, Durvasa’s Aryadvishati).  The Shakti Peetam within Kanchipuram is undoubtedly the Kamakoshtam better know as Kamakshi Amma Temple.  All temples in Kanchi face the Kamakshi Temple.  During festivals deities of all temples are taken around the Kamakshi temple in procession.</p>
<p>(Reference: <a href="http://www.pondyonline.com/user/KanchiTemples/SriKamakshiDevi.aspx">http://www.pondyonline.com/user/KanchiTemples/SriKamakshiDevi.aspx</a>)</p>
<p>The Pallavas, Cholas and other dynasties continuously renovated or rebuilt all the temples over centuries in Kanchipuram and continuously ensured that the above importance of Kamakoshtam spiritual center was never altered or diluted.  It is therefore unclear how Malarthamil reaches conclusions on the 8<sup>th</sup> Century origin of Kamakshi Temple.</p>
<p>Manimekalai –the Epic Poem about a Buddist nun is accepted to be written around 2<sup>nd</sup> Century AD.  The timing of this great and magnificent epic though has no bearing on Adi Sankara, irrespective of whether you place him BC or 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD. </p>
<p>(Reference: <a href="http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/epics/manimekalai/index.htm">http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/epics/manimekalai/index.htm</a>)</p>
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<p>Note that several great Pontiffs bearing the name Sankara have adorned the illustrious Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. Kripa Sankara (28-69 AD), Ujwala  Sankara (329-367 AD) Muka  Sankara (398-437 AD) and Abhinava Sankara (788-840 AD). Abhinava Sankara was one of the most scholarly and erudite acharyas, debated scholars, conducted spiritual rejuvenation across the nation and spent some time in Kashmir before attaining mukti in the Himalayas.  He is often confused with Adi Sankara and also in the cause of the 8<sup>th</sup> Century  date of Adi Sankara’s birth.</p>
<p>While rivalry certainly might have existed between faiths in the 6<sup>th</sup> to 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD, and one can attempt to coincide it with the reign of Abhinava  Sankara, there is no way one can inject Adi Sankara into the 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD. Clearly Adi Sankara existed well before the advent of the Bhakti movements in South India.</p>
<p>The author Malarthamil relies on dated sources and magazines to support his tenuous claims regarding Adi Sankara’s date and the origin of the Kanchi Mutt.  It is crystal clear that Adi Sankara’s advent was centuries before 8<sup>th</sup> Century AD and he founded the Kanchi Mutt.  Recent publications abound, written by Indologists/historians and the author would be well advised to update himself to the plethora of evidence that has emerged to substantiate the claims of the Kanchi Mutt regarding the 482 BC origin.</p>
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<p><em>External Links:   </em></p>
<ol>
<li><em>Periya Puranam, G. Vanmikanathan, Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, 2004</em></li>
<li><em>Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt:  A Myth or Reality, W.R. Antarkar, Bhandarkar Oriental and Research Institute 2001</em></li>
<li><em>Sanksepa-Sankara-Jaya of Madhavacarya or Sankara-Digvijaya of Vidyaranya Muni, W.R. Antarkar, Bhandarkar Oriental and Research Institute 2004</em></li>
<li><em>History of India , Roshen Dalal, Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 2002</em></li>
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<guid>http://vigilanceternal.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/kaladykeerthistambham/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My first visit to Kalady was in 2006 to attend the Swadeshi Academic Council&#8217;s national study]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Śiva Pañcākśari]]></title>
<link>http://nandinimuthuswamy.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/siva-pancaksari/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nandini Muthuswamy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nandinimuthuswamy.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/siva-pancaksari/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Śiva Pancākśari composed by Adi Śankarā, is one of my favourite Ślōkam-s, which I have heard sin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Śiva Pancākśari composed by Adi Śankarā, is one of my favourite Ślōkam-s, which I have heard since my childhood. As a child, my parents used to put me to sleep by singing this ślōkam. Our culture has a such nice methods of subtly introducing ślōkā-s to children.</p>
<p>Śiva Pancākśari composed by Adi Śankarā.</p>
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<p>Nāgēndrahāraya Trilocanāya  Basmāngarāgāya Mahēśvarāya  </p>
<p>Nityāya Śuddhāya Digambarāya  Tasmai Nakārāya Namah Śivāya</p>
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<p>Mandākini Śalila Candana Carchitāya  Nandiśvara Pramatanātha Maheśvarāya</p>
<p>Mandārapuśpa bahupuśpa supūjitāya  Tasmai Makārāya Namah Śivāya</p>
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<p>Śivāya Gauri vadanābjavṛnda  Sūryāya Dakśadhvara Nāśakāya  </p>
<p>Śrinīlakaṇṭhāya Vrushadhvajāya  Tasmai Śikārāya Namah Śivāya</p>
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<p>Vasishṭha kumbhōdbhava gautamārya  Munīndra dēvārchita Śekharāya</p>
<p>Candrārkavaiśvanara lōcanāya  Tasmai Vakārāya Namah Śivāya</p>
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<p>Yakśasvarūpāya Jaṭādharāya  Pinākahastāya Sanatanāya  </p>
<p>Divyāya Dēvāya Digambarāya  Tasmai Yakārāya Namah Śivāya</p>
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<p>Phalastuti  Pancākśaramidam Puṇyam Yah Paṭheśivasannidhau.  </p>
<p>Śivalōkamavapnoti Śivēna Saha Mōdatē.</p>
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<p>Meaning</p>
<p>Salutations to Śiva, who wears the king of snakes as a garland, the three-eyed god, whose body is smeared with ashes, the great lord, the eternal and pure one, who wears the directions as his garment, and who is represented by the syllable “na” .</p>
<p>I bow to Śiva, who has been worshipped with water from the Gaṅga (Mandākini) and anointed with sandalwood paste, the lord of Nandi, the lord of the host of goblins and ghosts, the great lord, who is worshiped with Mandāra and many other kinds of flowers, and who is represented by the syllable “ma”.</p>
<p>Salutations to Śiva, who is all-auspiciousness, who is the sun that causes the lotus face of Gauri (Pārvati) to blossom, who is the destroyer of the yajna of Dakśa, whose throat is blue (Nīlakanṭha), whose flag bears the emblem of the bull, and who is represented by the syllable “śi” .</p>
<p>Vasiśṭha, Agastya, Gautama, and other venerable sages, and Indra and other gods have worshipped the head of (Śiva&#8217;s linga). I bow to that Śiva whose three eyes are the moon, sun and fire, and who is represented by the syllable “va”.  </p>
<p>Salutations to Śiva, who bears the form of a Yaksha, who has matted hair on his head, who bears the Pinaka bow in his hand, the primeval lord, the brilliant god, who is Digambara (naked), and who is represented by the syllable “ya”.    </p>
<p>Anyone who recites this sacred five-syllable mantra, (Namah Śivāya) near the Śiva (linga), attains the abode of Śiva and rejoices there with Śiva.</p>
<p>Here is an excellent rendition of the ŚivaPancākśari by the inimitable MS Amma</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shatpadi]]></title>
<link>http://shatpadi.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/shatpadi/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cnsk</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Shatpadi is the title of a beautiful 6-stanza poem written by Adi Sankara.]]></description>
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