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1/Out of the six systems of philosophy of #Hinduism, the #Vedanta system is the most popular one & its canonical works are #Upanishads, #Brahmasutras, & #BhagavadGita, considered as SRUTIS by #Hindus (Primary Scriptures revealed by GOD & passed on to generations by vsrious sages.
2/The Smritis are secondary scriptures recorded through memory by human origin ).
The four great #Vedas have two portions, Karma-Kanda(sacrificial/ ritual portion) & Gnana-Kanda(Wisdom portion, known as Vedanta that prepares for Higher Spiritual Vision/ attainment)
The four great #Vedas have two portions, Karma-Kanda(sacrificial/ ritual portion) & Gnana-Kanda(Wisdom portion, known as Vedanta that prepares for Higher Spiritual Vision/ attainment)
3/The Upanishads are known as Vedanta( which means Final Goal of wisdom. Veda is wisdom & Anta means end)
The ONENESS of Soul and GOD lies at the very root of all Vedic thought. It is the IDEAL OF UNITY OF ALL LIFE & ONENESS OF TRUTH, makes UPANISHADS appealing to modern minds.
The ONENESS of Soul and GOD lies at the very root of all Vedic thought. It is the IDEAL OF UNITY OF ALL LIFE & ONENESS OF TRUTH, makes UPANISHADS appealing to modern minds.
🧵A #MustRead : The business of Vedas is not actually physical sciences. But, in the course of developing philosophy, Vedas make some scientific statements. When we consider the question of space. The Vedas say that space is not empty; it is not vacuum. There are pages &
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pages of arguments to prove that there are some qualities for free space and therefore it is not vacuum. It is precisely those qualities that we associate with space today, e.g. propagation of light and radio waves. Then the Vedas say that space is distorted in the presence
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of matter! There is a discussion in the Shastras about the dimensions of the individual soul. Such a question is not even raised in science -whether in biology or psychology. What is the dimension of the individual soul? The first argument that it is of the size of
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Margasira sukla Ekadasi is revered as Geeta Jayanthi, the day Lord #SriKrishna counselled Arjuna with his famous preaching #Bhagawadgita. But it was not first time Supreme God preaching the philosophy and Arjuna was not the first person to be imparted with the divine knowledge.+
In 4th Canto #JnaAnaYoga (sloka #1) Sri Krishna says,
" I taught this imperishable Yoga (Bhagawadgita)
to #Vivaswan (Sun God-Surya);
He (#Surya) in turn taught it to #Manu (#Vaivaswatha) who in turn taught it to #Ikshvaaku (in whose dynasty Lord Sri #Ramachandra was born)". +
" I taught this imperishable Yoga (Bhagawadgita)
to #Vivaswan (Sun God-Surya);
He (#Surya) in turn taught it to #Manu (#Vaivaswatha) who in turn taught it to #Ikshvaaku (in whose dynasty Lord Sri #Ramachandra was born)". +
Yudhishtira:
माता गुरुतरा भूमेः पिता उच्चतरश्च खात्(The mother is weightier than the earth; the father is higher than the heaven)
#ParentsFirst-Ray of wisdom by #SriSri #Chandrashekara Bharathi Mahaswamiji:
HH asked a devotee,who sought initiation if he knew the dictates..1/3
माता गुरुतरा भूमेः पिता उच्चतरश्च खात्(The mother is weightier than the earth; the father is higher than the heaven)
#ParentsFirst-Ray of wisdom by #SriSri #Chandrashekara Bharathi Mahaswamiji:
HH asked a devotee,who sought initiation if he knew the dictates..1/3
of the #Upanishads that one should consider mother as god first and then the father and then the guru. The devotee admitted the knowledge. HH asked him to come after following the first two dictates. The devotee then submitted that his parents were not kind to him and there..2/4
was no opportunity to serve them. Sri Jagadguru clarified that the dictate was addressed to him and not to his parents. He should strive hard to please them and gradually win their love. If he did not fulfil his obligation to his parents first, there was no use in 3/4
Ishavasya Upanishad - Verse 2
कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः ।
एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे
kurvanneveha karmani jijīvishecchatam samah
evam tvayi nanyathetosti na karma lipyate nare
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#Upanishads #Isha #Spirituality #Philosophy
कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः ।
एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे
kurvanneveha karmani jijīvishecchatam samah
evam tvayi nanyathetosti na karma lipyate nare
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#Upanishads #Isha #Spirituality #Philosophy
Interpretation from Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's book "The Principal Upanishads" - Verse-1 of Ishavasya Upanishad calls upon us to win inner freedom through renunciation. Verse-2 is addressed to those who seek salvation but cannot renounce the world
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#Upanishads #Isha
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#Upanishads #Isha
This verse tells us that we should wish to live 100 years (representative max age of human being) by always performing actions. And this is the only way the karma (actions and their consequences) don't cling to us.
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1/n Who are we?
So audacious,appearing immortals, chanting the same Vaidik Ruchas composed millenniums back on the banks of #Saraswati, #Sindhu & many #Sindhus till today.
The Hindus(inhabitants of land beyond Sindhu), followers of Dharma, ie Sanatana,long way we have come.
So audacious,appearing immortals, chanting the same Vaidik Ruchas composed millenniums back on the banks of #Saraswati, #Sindhu & many #Sindhus till today.
The Hindus(inhabitants of land beyond Sindhu), followers of Dharma, ie Sanatana,long way we have come.
2/n I always say that it impossible to give a date to Sanatana Dharma.
We need to decode both the words to understand meaning wisely.
Sanatana refers to "imperishable" & "eternal." (refer Śivapurāṇa 2.2.16, 2.2.42)
We need to decode both the words to understand meaning wisely.
Sanatana refers to "imperishable" & "eternal." (refer Śivapurāṇa 2.2.16, 2.2.42)
3/n What does word Sanātanī signify?
Often it signifies the duties which takeaway thoughts from the #Vedas, #Upanishads, #Puranas #Itihasas Bhagavad Gita etc.
Now, question arises that why they are Sanātan, & why no other thoughts?
Often it signifies the duties which takeaway thoughts from the #Vedas, #Upanishads, #Puranas #Itihasas Bhagavad Gita etc.
Now, question arises that why they are Sanātan, & why no other thoughts?
How to Make Quick Progress in Spiritual Path?
It is Not how much one Reads,
But how much one Understands, Reflects on,
Meditates upon that Assures Success.
It is Đ
Quality,
Intensity,
Sincerity,
Devotion,
Understanding,
&
#Upaniṣhads
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It is Not how much one Reads,
But how much one Understands, Reflects on,
Meditates upon that Assures Success.
It is Đ
Quality,
Intensity,
Sincerity,
Devotion,
Understanding,
&
#Upaniṣhads
(1/7)
Enthusiasm of Heart with which one does Đ Sādhanā,
that will Determine the True Heights to which the Student can Rise in His Self-Mastery.
As long as Our Heart is loaded with its Own base
Urges,
Motives,
Plans,
&
Schemes,
that Self-Shackled Heart cannot ‘Take off’ from its
that will Determine the True Heights to which the Student can Rise in His Self-Mastery.
As long as Our Heart is loaded with its Own base
Urges,
Motives,
Plans,
&
Schemes,
that Self-Shackled Heart cannot ‘Take off’ from its
fields of Sorrows & Restlessness into the Brilliant cloudless Sky of Spiritual Freedom & Cultural Ease.
Break the Shackles;
Make the vehicle Lighter.
Warm up the Engines of Meditation through Kīrtana (devotional chants) & Japa.
Know the Route from the Study of the Scriptures
Break the Shackles;
Make the vehicle Lighter.
Warm up the Engines of Meditation through Kīrtana (devotional chants) & Japa.
Know the Route from the Study of the Scriptures
Any Intelligent reader of scientific temperament,
If He were to Read these 3 wid some Understanding,
can easily Perceive dat a healthy creative revolt on Mantras gave birth to d Brāhmaṇas,
Đ Ritualistic portion,
which in its own maturity brought forth d Glorious #Upaniṣhads
If He were to Read these 3 wid some Understanding,
can easily Perceive dat a healthy creative revolt on Mantras gave birth to d Brāhmaṇas,
Đ Ritualistic portion,
which in its own maturity brought forth d Glorious #Upaniṣhads
Đ relative positions of these 3 sections on the scales of Human Growth can be easily compared with the
Birth & Growth of a Flower
& its Fulfilment in its Fruit.
Đ Peeping buds Represent the Mantras;
Đ Blushing petals in all their
Glory of Colour,
Fragrance
&
Joy,
Birth & Growth of a Flower
& its Fulfilment in its Fruit.
Đ Peeping buds Represent the Mantras;
Đ Blushing petals in all their
Glory of Colour,
Fragrance
&
Joy,
dancing in the passing breeze
&
continuously courted by the murmuring bees,
represent the Brāhmaṇa portion where desire laden courtiers enter to invoke the Paramātmās to gain more & more for their Prosperous cells.
In their Own Maturity
Đ Colours fade away,
Đ Petals shrink &
&
continuously courted by the murmuring bees,
represent the Brāhmaṇa portion where desire laden courtiers enter to invoke the Paramātmās to gain more & more for their Prosperous cells.
In their Own Maturity
Đ Colours fade away,
Đ Petals shrink &
1-#Savita is the presiding Deity of the #GayatriMantra,
#Fire (#Agni) is the mouth,
#Vishvamitra is the #Rishi and #Gayatri is the metre.
Gayatri Mantra is recited during the investiture of sacred thread, practice of #Pranayama and #Japa, etc. (1/15)
#संस्कृतिबोध
#Fire (#Agni) is the mouth,
#Vishvamitra is the #Rishi and #Gayatri is the metre.
Gayatri Mantra is recited during the investiture of sacred thread, practice of #Pranayama and #Japa, etc. (1/15)
#संस्कृतिबोध
2-What Gayatri is, the same is #Sandhya, and what Sandhya is, the same is Gayatri.
Sandhya and Gayatri are identical.
He who meditates on Gayatri,
..meditates on Lord #Vishnu, the Supreme Lord of the #Universe. (2/15)
#सनातनशुद्धरूपसेविज्ञान
Sandhya and Gayatri are identical.
He who meditates on Gayatri,
..meditates on Lord #Vishnu, the Supreme Lord of the #Universe. (2/15)
#सनातनशुद्धरूपसेविज्ञान
3-A man can repeat the Gayatri Mantra mentally, in all states, even while lying, sitting, walking, etc.
There is no sin of commission or omission of any sort in its repetition.
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#MysticPrayers
There is no sin of commission or omission of any sort in its repetition.
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#MysticPrayers
Henry Corbin (1903-1978) remains an important influence on my reading of #philosophy and the #Shii tradition and after a quick presentation of his intellectual formation 1/
I will present #Corbin relationship to #Protestant theology, #existentialism and #phenomenology #orthodox #Russian philosophy and theology before considering his engagement in #Iranian #Islam and its philosophies 3/
He studied philosophy at the famous section Ve (sciences religieuses) at the #ÉcolePratiquedesHautesÉtudes with Étienne Gilson (1884-1978), éminent medievalist and #Thomist, graduating in 1925 4/
