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Avidya Vedanta

Detours for the intellectual

It seems very clear actually. One has to do Sadhana so that one comes to Chittashuddhi. With Chittashuddhi, one has earned the Sadhanachatushtaya. Then, intuit the self through the self. You emerge on the otherside. But we like to take pitstops and exits on this arduous highway. So let us add some more Adhyaropa, superimposition, […]

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Avidya Vedanta

Prarabhda

With the statement भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः।क्शीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्‌ दृष्टे परावरे ॥ one assumes that all Karmas are burnt or exhausted. However some Vedantins like to say that the Prarabhda Karma for this person continues till he drops the body. Some other people say, the cloth is burnt, so there is no more Karma. The […]

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Avidya Vedanta

Avidya: Locus & Nature

The ignorant cannot locate Avidya since he is it. He is ignorant. The Jnani cannot locate Avidya, since he sees no ignorance. He sees himself clear as daylight as Brahman. There is hence for him no Avidya, forget the locus. But why do we still ask the question then? So the attempt has been to […]

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Avidya Vedanta

When asleep, is there Avidya?

Contention: No Avidya In sleep, Brahman alone is, there is no Avidya, is one contention. This is a state which is then related to in the waking state. Here the waker says that he slept and he had no knowledge. Also that there was the presence of Avidya in sleep is from the waker’s perspective […]

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Shlokas-Mantras Vedanta Yoga

Prayers in Yoga class

ॐ सह नाववतु ।सह नौ भुनक्तु ।सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Om Saha Naav[au]-Avatu |Saha Nau Bhunaktu |Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai |Tejasvi Naav[au]-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai |Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || 1: Om, Together may we two Move (in our Studies, the Teacher and the Student),2: Together may we two Relish (our Studies, the Teacher and the Student),3: Together may we perform (our Studies) with Vigour (with […]

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Vedanta Yoga

25.08.22 Meditation

Cyclic Meditation was very well received by the audience. I seem to forget the mantras. Breathing meditation seems to be a challenge for many people. Some people prefer visualisation, some others prefer Mantra meditation Cyclic Meditation was very well received by the audience I tend to forget the Mantras and so they did not flow […]

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Shlokas-Mantras Vedanta

Prayers for Meditation

या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृताया वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना ।या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा पूजितासा मां पातु सरस्वति भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ॥१॥ लये संबोधयेच्चित्तं विक्षिप्तं शमयेत्पुनः ।सकषायं विजानीयात्समप्राप्तं न चालयेत् ॥ 3-४४ ॥ अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः।।4.29।। शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया। आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।। अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् ।तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥२॥ गुरूर्ब्रह्मा गुरूर्विष्णुः गुरूर्देवो महेश्वरः ।गुरूर्साक्षात परब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ।।

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Vedanta Writings

Living Vedanta

My eyes open. I am still rather sleepy. It is however clear as the daylight entering the room that I am in the waking state. How do I know it? I recognize my surroundings, my familiar mind and its thoughts. If the Vedantin were to tell me, in the dream you were sure, you were […]

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Vedanta Writings

Siva und ein Ding-an-sich gehen Kaffee trinken

Habt ihr über Immanuel Kant gehört? Er war ein Philosoph in Deutschland und ist bekannt für sein Buch “Kritik der reinen Vernunft”. Ich möchte ein Begriff erklären – es heißt entweder das Noumenon oder wie Kant hat es genannt “Ding-an-sich”. Was bedeutet ein Ding-an-sich? Wenn man eine Blume sieht, dann man sagt „Die Blume ist […]

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Vedanta Writings

Die Rolle des Yogasanas im Ziel des vedischen Lebens

Die Vedas ermöglichen dem Menschen sein Leben in Vollkommenheit zu bringen. Purushartha ist das Sanskrit Wort für die Ziele wonach die Menschen streben sollten. In den Veden sind vier Purusharthas definiert:    Dharma: Im Handeln mit und in der Welt, ethischen und moralischer Regeln folgen  Artha: Das Streben nach Wohlstand und Sicherheit  Kama: Die Erfüllung von Wünschen und Begehren Moksha: Erleuchtung zu erlangen bzw. sich selbst zu erkennen Artha und Kama sind Instinkt orientierte menschliche Eigenschaften. Jeder wünscht sich Wohlstand und Sicherheit. […]

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