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Saturday, October 22, 2016

VIVEKACHUDAMANI TAMIL DISCOURSE : CHAPTER 1 - SLOKA 381-385 - OCT-21-2016

Om Namasivaya Nama:

Dhyana Vidhi continues..

Sloka 381:

Contemplating continuously upon this Atman, with no intervention of any other thoughts, one must surely realize It as one's own Real Self.

Sloka 382:

If you can't brake the pot and exhausts those contents, at-least put few holes in the mind so that thoughts will vanish though those holes! like wise renounce all identifications and live empty to attain liberation.

Sloka 383:

Aathma Darsanam / Continuous attention to Self:

Purify inner equipment upon the Self so that the infinite Self can be realized.

Sloka 384:

The Indivisible and Infinite Brahman is like endless sky, to realize that Atman, one must free from all limitations such as body, mind, sense organs/intellects, pranas and ego being Upadhis (limiting adjuncts).

Sloka 385:

Brahman is indeed one. When limited space disappear there will be only unlimited space left!!

Sivoham:

Please download full discourse from below link.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B93s--ZLiheXbjNoaGJZZ3J4bWM






Friday, October 21, 2016

VIVEKACHUDAMANI TAMIL DISCOURSE : CHAPTER 1 - SLOKA 378-380 - OCT-14-2016

Om Namasivaya Nama:

Dhyana Vidhi (Meditation Technique / Approach)

Sloka 378:

Let not, sense centers run after sense objects. The mind should be fixed firmly on Brahman the absolute bliss none other activities will help you in peaceful meditation.

Sloka 379:

Renounce all thoughts other than Self, because any other thoughts can only bring miseries to life. Thinking about absolute Brahman alone to reward full liberation.

Sloka 380:

Concentrate on the Self effulgent, non dual, witness of all things, distinct from un-real  - the Brahman/Atman to attain liberation.

Sivoham

Please download full discourse from below link.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B93s--ZLiheXOEdCMVJrVm41dmc




Saturday, October 8, 2016

VIVEKACHUDAMANI TAMIL DISCOURSE : CHAPTER 1 - SLOKA 374-377 - OCT-07-2016

Om Namasivaya Nama:

Vairagya Niroopanam continues...

Sloka 374:

For a spiritual aspirant to achieve Moksha (Liberation), he/she must practice and hold on to two important realities viz: Vairagya (Detachment from worldly objects) and Gnana (Bodha/Awareness).

Sloka 375:

To experience bliss the Mumukshu must possess the following practices:
Extreme dispassion, Smadhi, Steady Realization that will lead to realizing truth/absolute Brahman to free from bondage.

Sloka 376:

Be dispassionate both within and without for the mind to be always on eternal self. Complete Self controlled seeker can easily achieve liberation.

Sloka 377:

Sense objects are like poison. Throw away all selfish action and stay away from unreal false pride of Kulam, Gothram and Varna (Family order, Clan and Caste) then fix your mind on Self. In reality you are Brahman itself witnessing all happening in and around.

Please download full discourse from below link

Sivoham

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B93s--ZLiheXX2M3ZjVwTE9ITWM


Saturday, October 1, 2016

VIVEKACHUDAMANI TAMIL DISCOURSE : CHAPTER 1 - SLOKA 370-373 - SEP-30-2016

Om Namasivaya Nama:

Athma Nishta Nirupanam continues....

Sloka 370:

The body, Prana, mind, sense-organ and intellect are the conditioning objects/Upadhis and it can transform our mind. So careful and handle it cautiously.

Sloka 371:

Practice detachment and experience the Joy of total withdrawal.

Viraghya Nirupanam / Fully Detached / Nature of determination:

Sloka 372:

A man of dispassion alone fit for this external and internal renunciation.

Sloka 373:

Only the man of dispassion who is thoroughly established in Brahman, can give up his external attachments for objects and internal attachment to the ego.

Sivoham

Please click below link for full discourse:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B93s--ZLiheXbUlqZmJ3cHdCMzQ