Wisdom from the Rishis ( Arsha Vidya Deepam )

Lord krishnas teaching is very clear and makes it clear again that Dharma has a role to play in ones life. It prepares the person but never becomes a barrier on our way to reach the ultimate goal of moksha. One can discover the inner freedom through a mind which is ready to recieve the knowledge.

Sri Krishna to Arjuna 3rd chapter 22nd verse. न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यम् . . . . .

All our actions "karma" can become an offering to the Lord. This is a healthy attitude to take to action even in difficult situations. What is to be done is done cheerfully.

नागेन्द्र हाराय...

Om NamahShivaya "Japa" on MahaShivaratri day.

iswara's presence is seen through the order which is the manifested universe. iswara is non-seperate from the creation.Hence the presence of iswara is immediately percieved by this vision. One becomes relaxed as a result.

One has to learn to stay with the vision for a length of time in the process of understanding the self being the whole.

आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन ।
सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः ॥

Asti,bhati,priyam,rupam,nama chetysmsapanchakam. Adyatrayam brahma rupam jagat rupam tatho dvayam.

Shantimantras and Sri Dakshinamurthy mantra

NavagrahaStotra

SriRudram 8th anuvaka

In continuation to the "Take care -Part1 " .Here it is the "Take care -Part2".

Take care my dear. . . ..this is not a technique or a trick but a reality to be understood by everyone and it will make one relaxed, as you slowly pick up the clarity in your vision that your life is not out of order.

Every one is trying to see that they have achieved their highest potential in their life.But if one is not content with oneself then it is certain that he/she is settling for something less in their life.Life is meaningful if you are fulfilled.Otherwise the search will continue to get that completeness in your life.You are the whole and you can not miss it for want of that knowledge.So discovering yourself becomes a pursuit in itself.What is missing in life is nothing but this knowledge alone.Inspite of every other accomplishments people find themself incomplete,unsatisfied,insecure and unhappy. The problem is you and the solution cannot be out side you.The solution is you.The search is futile if it is not well directed to reach the ultimate goal of life.....Listen...Swami Nijatriptananda Saraswati.

ॐ नम:शिवाय OmNamah Shivaya ॐ नम:शिवाय OmNamah Shivaya ॐ नम:शिवाय OmNamah Shivaya

Three things are very rare in this world to accomplish. Birth as a human being, there after the maturity to seek the ultimate goal of life the "moksha" the self knowledge and a teacher (Guru) to bless by giving the vision of Vedanta the self knowledge. It doesn't happen always.Blessed are they who got these three things in life. Today being the Pradosha day let there be the blessings of Lord Parameswara for every one and for those who come to listen to this in particular.

These six verses Atma satkam also known as Nirvana satkam is verses which are very nice for the one who wants to contemplate on the subject matter of vedanta which is oneself (Atma). Mind will abide in the true nature of your pure Self while negating what is not intrinsic to your nature. Shiva the auspeciousness manifested is your nature intrinsically everything else is just incidental to you.There fore it says Shivoham shivoham at the end of this each verse.Just close your eyes gently while enjoying the meaningful verses and you will be contemplative naturally.

Margabandhu stotram is presented with a tune variation.The Lord Parameswara who is also known as Mahadeva the Lord of all Lords and He is our friend on our way in this journey of life.Let the Lords presence be our strength to move forward in the right direction. This tune came to my mind and so it is presented here as it occured.Enjoy the stotram.

It is the need of the human mind to have a fresh begining for them to feel good to move ahead.

Have you ever thought of a right answer for a wrong question? Well , the only right answer for a wrong question is to make the person understand the question itself is wrong..!! So now think of it. . . Bhakti is relating to god with devotion and self knowledge is for ones own satisfaction. Then why should anyone teach?. No reason to teach. It is all up to the student to seek the knowledge.Guru is beyond any comparison because he/she doesn't see any problem but still has the compassion to teach the student to make them see the problem doesn't exists. Yes ,it looks contradictory but that is how it is. Until you understand the whole thing looks mystical.But in reality it is just an awakening to the truth.

How to solve the problems which are our own creation due to lack of understanding.

Dissolving in to the Infinite through vision of the self is as though dissolving, because the division is not true. Everything is as though only. Just for the sake of saying only.Just as the rope is mistaken for snake then once you gain the vision the snake dissolves in to the rope.As though it dissolves.Vedanta is the pramana for showing this fact about this reality about the self alone is capable of being in this form of the universe and its reality is as good as the mistaken snake which appears in a rope for an ignorant.Knoledge alone can wake up the ignorant and make them free of the fear caused by the ignorance.

Even when we think that our pursuit is to make others happy , the reality behind this is an attempt to see the pleased self. The pleased self is not away from me. It is always there but one has to discover it. Not experientially but being awake to its own real nature which is full and complete beyond any limitations. This limitless existence alone is the basis of all happiness which we experience. This infinite existence when unmanifest it is fullness and when manifest it is happiness.

One can give up the resistence to facts only in the recognition of the presence of "iswara" in the form of this one vast order that pervades everything and obtained as this moment.

You have a choice with reference to karma but not with the results. Your actions as an offering to the lord will be the right attitude to Manage "raga" and "dvesha". which is possible if one has got the vision of karma yoga.The yoga of attitudes. The results of your "karma" will be Prasada and hence no failure in life. This is all ones own attitudes which comes out of the basic understanding about iswara

Karma yoga is to be understood as the yoga of attitudes.

The list has 20 qualities in number they are not to be seen as seperate and essentially even if one can attain one quality the other things will come as they are inter connected.We will see the last few qualities said by Bhagavan Sri Krishna in that context. Here the Bhakti,vivikta desa sevitvam,Arathirjana samsathi,Adyatmajnana nityatvam and Tatvajnanartha darsanam are seen. OmTatSat

arjavam,acharyopasanam,saucham,Atmavinigraha,indriyartheshu vairagyam, Anahamkara,janma mrityu jara vyadi dukha dosha anudarsanam,Asakti,Anabhishvangah putra dara gruhadishu, Samachitvatvam ishta anishta upapattishu, these qualities are briefly described to have some clarity regarding the prepared mind which can expose to vedanta to attain self knowledge. Few more things are in the list which is going to come next. It is a process of knowing hence no attempt to leapfrog here will work. Stay with the vision and grow gradually till one gains absolute clarity.

Amanitvadi qualities are essential for the pursuit of self knowledge. One cannot objectify the very subject.So here the method of knowing is unlike any other knowledge. The only saving grace is that the self evident self doesn't required to be objectified to know its reality and to be identified with it as ones swarupa.

We have Mantras to Invoke the blessings of the Lord. Saraswati the goddess of knowledge is the deity invoked through this mantra. Knowledge is not separate from prosperity and wealth etc. So the mantra has "beejaksharas" ( various aspects of the power of the Lord is coded and it becomes complete mantra for the required benifit of chanting it ) To do it continuously is "akhanda nama japa" .

Contemplation is preceded by Sravanam and mananam. In this song which happens to be in sanskrit the vision of vedanta and the method of gaining it are presented . Bhavaye . . . . . paramatmanam....bhavabhaya duram...

Meditation is complete only by validating everything with Iswara's presence in ones life. Without accepting Iswara as the order one cannot find a place to surrender (samarpanam).Guru is the one who reveals it by unfolding the true nature of Iswara. Gurus words in keeping with pramana becomes the source of this wisdom. What the teacher ( guru ) says is important for the student ( Shishya ) but what the shishya doesn't say is important for the Guru. Interaction through proper questions and valid answers is the basis for the clarity of knowledge and this happens when the shishya has proximity to his/her Guru. The teaching tradition therefore calls it the "upanisadVidya" wisdom of the upanisads. This is taught in Bhagavad Gita also when Bhagavan Sri Krishna was asked by Arjuna who was an accomplished person but sarrow of life is following like a shadow and he realized it.So he sought the final answer for the human problem of self non-acceptance.SriKrishna taught him elaborately with karma yoga as the yoga of attitudes for managing raga and dvesha for gaining this knowledge. upanisads being the source which came through Rishis who revealed the vision and known as Vedas. Vedas being the body of knowledge which talks about the ultimate vision regarding the reality of the world and existence as such and known as Vedanta. Vedanta is the subject matter of upanisads and being ultimate knowledge placed appropriately towards the end of Vedas. It is the means of knowledge (pramana) for knowing the self. Without self knowledge there is no possibility of reaching anywhere in the search for the realities regarding this world or oneself.

Pradosha puja . Today (14th Oct.2020) being the pradosha (trayodasi) day. Evening puja is for invoking the grace of Iswara in the form of Shiva the Mahadeva. Our attitudes are expressed in a formal way through Vedic chantings. Some of the chants are made available here.

Any knowledge has to be communicated only through the language people understand which we call as our mother toungue.....Vallatol brings this vision and presents it through this few verses and known to many people who speaks the language malayalam which is geographically located in place called Kerala which again is a name that comes because of the abundance of the "Kera vrksha" coconut trees. Like the city of "Vadodara" in gujarat gets the name because it has lot of banyan trees which is called "Vatavrksha" therefore Vadodara. There the language is gujarati. In Kerala the language happens to be Malayalam. With so many languages we are enriched to have a culture which connects everyone together. So we can see the glory of all languages in this poem. Because the poiet describes it beautifully towards the end of the poem that even the nector like things will taste better if served by the Mother. So too any difficult subject will be easily understood if presented in mother toungue.

In meditation we are finding an opportunity to see the meditator without being judgemental and with more clarity and objectivity. We come in touch with the realities the beauty that is already manifested as your own self. Let us discover the facts about oneself just being an alert being just being conscious of everything around you.

Every morning brings you an opportunity to live in this world. How to start in the morning will determine our day. To have gratitude for all the blessings we recieved till now will be a good start. Here this verses are expressions of fullness and satisfaction centered on the self. One undevided whole is the basis of the entire universe of names and forms.It resolves back in to the wholeness for those who recognise this fact.Just as the waves in the ocean resolves in to ocean.Actually nothing but water alone exists and the waves and ocean etc. are just different expressions of the same water......omtatsat

Om Sri Gurubhyo namah: . Brief description of some of the verses given here as we will see the entire vision through the teaching as and when each one of them are taken separately. Om Hara Hara shankara........... we need to have a lot grace of Matha Saraswati to understand the subject matter. Knowledge is a miracle we do not know how does it takes place in the mind or buddhi.All that we know is it requires a lot of grace. You have to earn it as it is not free.So this invokation is to fulfill that requirement...... Invoking Sri Dakshinamurthy who is Lord Parameswara himself in the form of the Guru. .................... The Guru of all the Gurus giving the knowledge to his desciples sitting under the banyan tree with a smiling face and revealing the self through words employed in a special way to communicate and at same time not creating concepts or phylosophies but exactly unfolding the vision intended to be reached by the listener.This is "mauna vyakhya" . "Mouna" is silence "vyakhya" is its unfoldment.Unfolding the subject matter through silence means the words themself do not stick on to the listener . But having done the job they go away. Just as container is not to be taken for the content in it.So too the literal meaning of the words are negated and the actual vision is transfered in the process of teaching. This involves a methodology, which is transfered to the desciple during the process of teaching itself.This method of teaching is known a traditional way of handling the words and delevering the knowledge from Guru to shishya.This teacher to student (Guru to Shishya) is Guru Shishya parampara.The flow of knowledge without any break. Hence it is as fresh as it obtained in the begining so we can say it is ever fresh.The Lord is presented as ever young (yuva).what is taught by the Lord is also ever fresh. It is live because the conscious being is adressed here to make that individual to awake to see the self which is free in its own glory..!! ................... Bhagavad Gita verses - the sanskrit verses of all the 18 the chapters of the Bhagavad Gita.The unfoldment of the vision of this teachings of Bhagavan Sri Krishna becomes live whenever the teaching takes place between a competent teacher and a qualified student. Amazing vision of Sri Krishna is presented by Vyasa bhagavan through these sanskrit verses which are arranged in the 18 chapters.To hear and to learn the verses makes it familiar to a person before he/she begins his/her studies. OmTatSat................. SriShivapanchaksharaStotram Om NamaShivaya ॥ ॐ नम:शिवाय॥ The Lord pervades in and through everything that exists. Parameswara is in this form of the universe. when we understand the maker and material of this "prapancha" there exists nothing separate from the Lord. Parameswara is understood as the material cause and the efficient cause also "abhinna nimitta upadana karanam".Nothing is separable from that existence which is whole in itself. Undevided whole is iswara. OnTatSat...... Nirvanashatkam - these verses gives the vision of the self. Negating the apparent and revealing the absolute existence.........Shanti mantra .......om shanti shanti shanti All the shanti mantras invoke "shanti" the word three time. adhyatmika,adibhautika and adidaivika shati is required for a peaceful life. what is this we will see the explanation later.This morning may you all listen to this chant and be blessed.Have a blessed day.

Getting up in the morning with a thought that energizes you throughout the day is something really beautiful.We have got beautiful "dhyana slokas" for the mind to abide in a beautiful form of the Lord as you can hear in this verse. Lord Vishnu in the form of infinite existence. This is an attempt to capture the infinity to describe through words and gives us a form to worship the Lord in our "upasana" as our "ishta devata". Why upasana? How is it connected to the pursuit of knowledge for moksha etc. We will see later on....now just listen to this and relax.