(1-21) Once, seated on the banks of the Ganga, the Acharya was teaching his commentaries to his disciples till late in the noon. Finding the disciples exhausted, the Acharya closed the session and got up, when he was confronted by an old Brahmana with the question: “What are you teaching, Sir? And may I know…
Month: May 2019
Kalady, the birthplace
Kalady, the holy birth place of Jagadguru Adi Shankara Bhagavadpada is a beautiful village with rustic simplicity and serenity . It is situated very close to the river Periyar(Poorna). Kalady, the Adi Shankara Janma Bhumi Kstetram or birth place of Sri Sankara remained obscure till the beginning of 20th century. Jagadguru Sri Sachidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha…
Adi Shankaracharya: The teacher who revived Sanatana Dharma
“In half of a sloka I state what has been stated by millions of texts; Brahman alone is real and this jagat is mithyä, and the jiva is non-different from Brahman”- Adi Shankaracharya When dharma declines and adharma arises, when truth and knowledge become overshadowed by ignorance and arrogance, when confusion and propaganda engulfs the…
CANTO 6 – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRISTINE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SELF – Advent of Sanandana alias Padmapada
(1-15) One day a Brahmana, learned in Vedas and of handsome and commanding appearance, went to see the Acharya and pay his respects to him. Being full of the spirit of renunciation and free from the bondage of a home and a spouse, he came to the Acharya and fell at his feet, recognizing in…
CANTO 5 – EMBRACING SANNY ASA – Reputation of Boy Sankara attracts the King
(1-9) Thus at the age of seven that wonderful child, having spanned the ocean of Vedic learning, left the house of the Guru and returned home to pay his respect to his mother. Thenceforth he spent his time quietly at home, engaging himself in the service of his mother, in studying the Veda and in…
ಶ್ರೀಶಙ್ಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯಭಗವತ್ಪಾದಾನಾಮ್ ಅಷ್ಟೋತ್ತರಶತನಾಮಾವಲಿಃ
ಧ್ಯಾನಮ್ ಕೈಲಾಸಾಚಲ ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಂ ಕಾಮಿತಾಭೀಷ್ಟದಾಯಕಮ್ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನಾಪ್ರಾಪ್ತದಿವ್ಯಮಾನುಷವಿಗ್ರಹಮ್ ಭಕ್ತಾನುಗ್ರಹಣೈಕಾನ್ತ ಶಾನ್ತ ಸ್ವಾನ್ತ ಸಮುಜ್ಜ್ವಲಮ್ ಸಂಯಜ್ಞಂ ಸಯ್ಂಯಮೀನ್ದ್ರಾಣಾಂ ಸಾರ್ವಭೌಮಂ ಜಗದ್ಗುರುಮ್ ಕಿಙ್ಕರೀಭೂತಭಕ್ತೈನಃ ಪಙ್ಕಜಾತವಿಶೋಷಣಮ್ ಧ್ಯಾಯಾಮಿ ಶಙ್ಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯಂ ಸರ್ವಲೋಕೈಕಶಙ್ಕರಮ್ ಶ್ರೀಶಙ್ಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯವರ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾನನ್ದಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ ಅಜ್ಞಾನತಿಮಿರಾದಿತ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ ಸುಜ್ಞಾನಾಮ್ಬುಧಿಚನ್ದ್ರಮಸೇ ನಮಃ ವರ್ಣಾಶ್ರಮಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ ಶ್ರೀಮತೇ ನಮಃ ಮುಕ್ತಿಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ ಶಿಷ್ಯೋಪದೇಶನಿರತಾಯ ನಮಃ ಭಕ್ತಾಭೀಷ್ಟಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತತ್ತ್ವರಹಸ್ಯಜ್ಞಾಯ ನಮಃ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರಬೋಧಕಾಯ ನಮಃ ಜ್ಞಾನಮುದ್ರಾಞ್ಚಿತಕರಾಯ ನಮಃ ಶಿಷ್ಯಹೃತ್ತಾಪಹಾರಕಾಯ ನಮಃ ಪರಿವ್ರಾಜಾಶ್ರಮೋದ್ಧರ್ತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ ಸರ್ವತನ್ತ್ರಸ್ವತನ್ತ್ರಧಿಯೇ ನಮಃ ಅದ್ವೈತಸ್ಥಾಪನಾಚಾರ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ ಸಾಕ್ಷಾಚ್ಛಙ್ಕರರೂಪಧೃತೇ ನಮಃ ಷಣ್ಮತಸ್ಥಾಪನಾಚಾರ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ ತ್ರಯೀಮಾರ್ಗಪ್ರಕಾಶಕಾಯ…
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham was established by Sri Adi Sankara in the year 482 B.C. (see About and History) and has the distinction of an unbroken line of 70 Acharyas (spiritual leaders). Kailas to Kanchi From available biographical information, it is learnt that Shankaracharya placed one of the five sphatika lingas got at Kailas, the…
ಪ್ರಶ್ನೋತ್ತರ ರತ್ನಮಾಲಿಕ
ಪೂಜ್ಯರೇ ಯಾವುದನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಬೇಕು ? >ಗುರು ಹಿರಿಯರ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಬೇಕು . ಹಿತಕರವಾದದ್ದು ಯಾವುದು ? >ಧರ್ಮವು (ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವು ) ಹಿತಕರವಾದದ್ದು. ವಿಷವು ಯಾವುದು ? >ಗುರು-ಹಿರಿಯರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಅವಮಾನ,ಅಗೌರವವೇ ವಿಷವು ಮನುಷ್ಯನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿಸುವುದು ಯಾವುದು ? >ತನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರರ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದರಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿದ ಜೀವನವು ಮಾನವನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ . ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಳ್ಳರು ಯಾರು ? >ಸುಖಪಭೋಗ ವಸ್ತುಗಳೇ ಕಳ್ಳರು (ಅವು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಮನಸನ್ನು ಅಪಹರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ) ವ್ಯೆರಿಯು ಯಾರು ? >ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗವೇ (ಕೆಲಸವಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದೇ) ವ್ಯೆರಿಯು ….
CANTO 4 – BOYHOOD DAYS UP TO THE AGE OF EIGHT – Sankara as a Precocious Boy
(1-20) Within his first year this child, who was God Siva embodied as the son of these Brahmana parents, showed himself proficient in languages. By the second year, he could recite all books and showed an untaught mastery of Kavyas and Puranas. Hearing once, he could learn anything, and so, he not only gave the…
CANTO 3 – THE EARTHLY MANIFESTATION OF DEVAS – The Antecedents of Mandana
(1-8) While God Siva, the crescent-crested, thus took birth on earth, many other Divinities also embodied themselves as off-spring in the houses of learned Brahmana scholars. Mahavishnu was born as the son of a learned Brahmana named Vimala and came to be known as Padmapada (having in early life the name of Sanandana), before whom…