Gita Quiz

In the past, I had linked to a Gita Quiz posted on advaitin list by Prof. VK. Here is a link to a Gita Quiz from Chinmaya Mission.


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Swami Tattwamayananda: The Concept of God in the Vedas

Two very well written articles by Swami Tattwamayananda, which seem to have been published in the journal Prabuddha Bharatha, in Part 1: May 2005 and Part 2: June-2005 are worth reading, and re-reading. The learned Swami has done wonderul research on the topic. Read the rest of this entry >>

Swami Dayananda Saraswathi again on Youtube

The fourth video has very poor synchronization between audio and video. I however recommend for watching it. Read the rest of this entry >>

Bhishmastuti from Srimad Bhagavatham

In this post in the advaitin list, Prof VK-ji asks a question about the following shloka from Srimad Bhagavatham that Bhishma recites in his final moments:

tam-imam-aham-ajaM sharIra-bhAjAM
hRRidi hRRidi dhiShTitaM Atma-kalpitAnAM /
pratidRRishamiva naikadhArkam-ekaM
samadhigato’smi vidhUta-bheda-mohaH //


It is verse 1.9.42 from Srimad Bhagavatham. An explanation of this stotra by Prof VK-ji is here.

Shri Sunder-ji responds and so does Subbu-ji in this post.

You can listen to an audio rendition of the entire Bhishma Stuti by Pt. Sunder Kidambi here. Read the rest of this entry >>

Samadhi and Advaita: Michael Comans

Read the following paper: The Question of the Importance of Samadhi in Modern and Classical Advaita Vedanta. It is very well researched and goes with many of the arguments that happen in advaitin and Advaita-L, about samadhi, yoga and meditation. Read the rest of this entry >>

Some links on Brahmasutras

Hari Om!

An excellent introduction to Adhyasa Bhashya by Shri Saxena.

Location you could create PDF's of Shankara Bhashya

Transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's lectures on "Introduction to Brahma Sutras".

Audio of Shri Shankara's Ashyasa Bhashya (Many thanks to Sunderji!).

Lectures (PDF link) of Shri (Dr.) Mani Dravid Sastri. More lectures are these (all PDF links): 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Links on Mandukya and Bhakti

On Mandukya:

[by searching in the advaitin for Mandukya Sadananda]

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A must read post by Sada-ji. Not surprisingly, Shri Sastri-ji complements in this post: Your analysis of the deep sleep state is absolutely brilliant. It reminded me of the discourses of Swami Chinmayananda.. What a complement!


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On Bhakti:
Here is Sastriji's explanation of Bhakti: Part 1 and part 2.
Here is Sadaji's explanation if Karma and Jnana and Bhakti Yoga in Gita (the same articles can be found in Advaita-L (Feb-2008 archives) in more clean formatted form). Read the rest of this entry >>