Bhaja Govindam is a work called Moha Mūḍhākāra—a text meant to remove our moha (delusion) with regard to the means and ends of life. A deluded person commits the mistake of treating the finite objects of the world as goals. This creates problems because finite objects cannot give lasting peace, happiness, and security. Only the […]
Faculty of choice or free will is one of the features of human beings. Animals do not have any goals in life; they eat, propagate, live for a few years, and die. But there are many human beings who question free will and argue that we do not have the choice of free will and […]
Waker I , dreamer I and sleeper I are all adulterated I. We have to remove the impurities and arrive at the pure unadulterated I. For removing the adulteration, we use this principle. Everything has two type of nature: Incidental or temporary or subject to arrival and departure. Intrinsic is permanent and not subject to […]
In the seventh mantra the Upanishads is talking about thuriya pada, which is consciousness not associated with any other padhas and looked at its own stand point. The first three padhas are divided into subject object duality. But in thuriyam, it does not have pramadha premaya duality. Thuriyum is neither pramdaha knower and premayam the […]
Swamiji gave a special talk on the occasion of Guru Purnima on July 27, 2018. The subject of the talk was A Gyani’s Relationship with God. Please click on the link below to listen to the talk; 2018 Guru Purnima Talk (more…)
Scriptures (and Swamiji) frequently emphasize that to acquire vedic knowledge, one should have sadhana sadhusta sambandhi or improve up on four requirements. I am writing this post for easier recollection. Swamiji introduces the concept of sadhanasadhustasambandhi in TatvaBodha class and calls them as four “D’s”. Swamiji elaborates this concept in other classes as well. The […]
“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” This is a quote one often sees in the class rooms and other public places and attributed to many scholars like Ralph Waldo […]
This is a power point presentation based on the book “Rambles in Vedanta” by Rajam Iyer, published in 1946. In his book, Shri Rajam Iyer shows how Nataraja is represented by vedantic philosophy and indirectly, gives guidance on how saguna brahman is connected to nirguna brahman. Download links are below the power point presentation. PDF […]
As far as dehathma bava (experience of limitation caused by physical body) is concerned it is same for gyani and agyani. This experience of limitation is common on jagrada avastas and swapna avasta. But in sushukthi avasta, there is absence of experience. There is no third experience in sushukthi as the expreince of limitlessness does […]
I, the atma becomes ahangara because of ignorance. I become temporarily localized I, known as ahangara and this is the first product of ignorance. This is the foundation for space, time and plurality and this is alone is the cause of samsara. Space is the first tyranny. Because of space alone I feel localized and […]