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A Manual Of Self Unfoldment has 24 ratings and 2 reviews. Kri said: My very first book in the Guruji’s book series. Very simple and strong examples and t. Swami Chinmayananda. से फ़्-उ फ़ो मे Supreme Reality. The Self thus conditioned by the body-mind-intellect (BMI) is the individuality.
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In recent years 'Sankara Jayanti' has been gathering to itself a momentum, and it has now become almost a national festival in Bharat. We find this day celebrated in Delhi among the intelligent Government officials, and with equal ardour in Calcutta among the industrialists, in Bombay among its commercial crowd, in Madras and in Kerala. Why, upto Cape Comorin, almost everywhere, in all towns, and even in every enlightened village, 'Sankara Jayanti' has become an annual festival.All in one
No doubt, the serious students of Hindu philosophy can never overlook the contributions of
Sankara, the philosopher. No devotee of the Lord can ignore Sankara, the author of the devotional invocations. No seeker can walk the path of self-unfoldment in himself without drawing upon the fund of information regarding this great pilgrimage, which lies in the bulk of Sankara's works. The utter fulfillment of all seeking is indeed in the total experience of the 'Absolute Oneness', and this alone is the theme of Sankara, the Advaitin.
Striking lesson from his life
Be it as it may, the one ideal which Sankara preached throughout his life, not through his commentaries, not with his chants, nor through his famous disquisitions, but by the vigorous cadence of his very dynamic life, which he lived during a short thirty-two years - the one ideal which we find eloquently preached through his actions - is the missionary zeal of this Kerala Brahmin. This ideal is not found very much emphasized in our country, in anyone of the innumerable platforms at which the great Advaitic master is now rightly invoked and devotedly worshipped.
Ideal blend Indeed, among the Hindus, there are two different theories regarding the authorship of the Vedas. One school believes that the immortal scriptures are 'God-revealed' (Iswara Kritam), and the other insists that the Vedas are 'declarations of mortal Rishis' (Rishi proktam).
If the Vedas, of the Hindus are God-given then they are assuredly immortal and eternal, and if at all there be any danger of the Vedas dying away it becomes the responsibility of the Supreme to revive them. But on the other hand, when a community believes that its scriptures are Rishi-declared, then a sacred responsibility rests upon the community to see that they are spread and lived by the maximum number of people. Sankara declared the former belief in his life, and this is an ideal that Bharat should now imitate and practise.
The missionary in Acharya Sankara not only understood and realized the 'Revelations' of the scriptures, but he constantly lived endeavouring to expound, revive, and revitalize them. He made popular that the very basis of our national life is a sacred philosophy, which was not borrowed but had sprung from the very genius of Bharat.
Our Need
Basically it is a false notion that a national life can be created merely by an industrial progress. True prosperity can never be ushered in by any amount of increased production - agricultural or industrial. Wealth so produced may, with an intelligent economic vision, get redistributed equitably; and yet, man cannot be happy, nor the community united, nor the nation made strong, unless the people living in the country have cultivated in themselves a healthy philosophy of right living. A philosophy of life, when lived by people, during eras of history, becomes the warp and woof of the very cultural life of that people. Thus viewed, it is not very difficult for us to realize how the missionary work of the indomitable Acharya contained in itself the plan for a heroic cultural revival in our country.
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Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally...
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The Mahavakyas (sing.: mahāvākyam, महावाक्यम्; plural: mahāvākyāni, महावाक्यानि) are 'The Great Sayings' of the Upanishads, as characterized by the Advaita school of Vedanta.
Most commonly, Mahavakyas are considered four in number,[1][2]
- Prajnanam Brahma (प्रज्ञानम् ब्रह्म)
- Ayam Atma Brahma (अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म)
- Tat Tvam Asi(तत् त्वम् असि)
- Aham Brahma Asmi(अहम् ब्रह्म अस्मि)
- 1The four principal Mahavakyas
- 5Sources
The four principal Mahavakyas[edit]
Though there are many Mahavakyas, four of them, one from each of the four Vedas, are often mentioned as 'the Mahavakyas'.[3] According to the Vedanta-tradition, the subject matter and the essence of all Upanishads are the same, and all the Upanishadic Mahavakyas express this one universal message in the form of terse and concise statements.[citation needed] In later Sanskrit usage, the term mahāvākya came to mean 'discourse', and specifically, discourse on a philosophically lofty topic.[web 1]
According to the Advaita Vedanta tradition the four Upanishadic statements indicate the ultimate unity of the individual (Atman) with Supreme (Brahman).[citation needed]
The Mahavakyas are:
- prajñānam brahma - 'Prajñāna[note 1] is Brahman'[note 2], or 'Brahman is Prajñāna'[web 3] (Aitareya Upanishad 3.3 of the Rig Veda)
- ayam ātmā brahma - 'This Self (Atman) is Brahman' (Mandukya Upanishad 1.2 of the Atharva Veda)
- tat tvam asi - 'Thou art That' (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 of the Sama Veda)
- aham brahmāsmi - 'I am Brahman', or 'I am Divine'[7] (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 of the Yajur Veda)
People who are initiated into sannyasa in Advaita Vedanta are being taught the four [principal] mahavakyas as four mantras, 'to attain this highest of states in which the individual self dissolves inseparably in Brahman'.[8]
Other Mahavakyas[edit]
Shubhraji
- brahma satyam jagan mithyā - Brahman is real; the world is illusory - [[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Vivekachudamani
- ekam evadvitiyam brahma - Brahman is one, without a second - Chāndogya Upaniṣad
- so 'ham - He am I - Isha Upanishad
- sarvam khalvidam brahma - All of this is brahman - Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1
Prajñānam Brahma[edit]
Several translations, and word-orders of these translations, are possible:
Prajñānam:
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- jñā can be translated as 'consciousness', 'knowledge', or 'understanding.'[9]
- Pra is an intensifier which could be translated as 'higher', 'greater', 'supreme' or 'premium',[10] or 'being born or springing up',[11] referring to a spontaneous type of knowing.[11][note 3]
Prajñānam as a whole means:
- प्रज्ञान, 'prajñāna',[web 7]
- Adjective: prudent, easily known, wise[web 7]
- Noun: discrimination, knowledge, wisdom, intelligence. Also: distinctive mark, monument, token of recognition, any mark or sign or characteristic, memorial[web 7]
- 'Consciousness'[4][web 2]
- 'Intelligence'[5][6]
- 'Wisdom'[web 3]
Related terms are jñāna, prajñā and prajñam, 'pure consciousness'.[12] Although the common translation of jñānam[12] is 'consciousness', the term has a broader meaning of 'knowing'; 'becoming acquainted with',[web 8] 'knowledge about anything',[web 8] 'awareness',[web 8] 'higher knowledge'.[web 8]
Brahman:
- 'The Absolute'[4][web 2]
- 'Infinite'[web 2]
- 'The Highest truth'[web 2]
Most interpretations state: 'Prajñānam (noun) is Brahman (adjective)'. Some translations give a reverse order, stating 'Brahman is Prajñānam',[web 3] specifically 'Brahman (noun) is Prajñānam (adjective)': 'The Ultimate Reality is wisdom (or consciousness)'.[web 3]
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Sahu explains:
Prajnanam iti Brahman - wisdom is the soul/spirit. Prajnanam refers to the intuitive truth which can be verified/tested by reason. It is a higher function of the intellect that ascertains the Sat or Truth in the Sat-Chit-Ananda or truth-consciousness-bliss, i.e. the Brahman/Atman/Self/person [..] A truly wise person [..] is known as Prajna - who has attained Brahmanhood itself; thus, testifying to the VedicMaha Vakya (great saying or words of wisdom): Prajnanam iti Brahman.[13]
And according to David Loy,
The knowledge of Brahman [..] is not intuition of Brahman but itself is Brahman.[14]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^'Consciousness',[4][web 2] 'intelligence',[5][6] 'wisdom'[web 3]
- ^'The Absolute',[4][web 2] 'infinite',[web 2] 'the Highest truth'[web 2]
- ^Compare Radhakrishnan's notion of 'intuition'. See [web 4][web 5][web 6]
References[edit]
- ^'Meditation on Mahavakyas'. www.sivanandaonline.org. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^'Mahavakyas: Great Contemplations of Advaita Vedanta'. www.swamij.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^Saraswati 1995, p. 4.
- ^ abcdGrimes 1996, p. 234.
- ^ abSivaraman 1973, p. 146.
- ^ abBraue 1984, p. 80.
- ^Baue 1984, p. 80.
- ^kamakoti.org, The Upanisads
- ^See, e.g., Monier-Williams (1899), 'jña,' p. 425 (retrieved 14 Aug. 2012 from 'Cologne U.' at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/MWScanpdf/mw0425-jehila.pdf).
- ^See, e.g., Monier-Williams (1899), 'prā,' p. 652 (retrieved 14 Aug. 2012 from 'Cologne U.' at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/monier/serveimg.pl?file=/scans/MWScan/MWScanjpg/mw0659-prajalpana.jpg)
- ^ abLoy 1997, p. 136.
- ^ abRaṅganāthānanda 1991, p. 109.
- ^Sahu 2004, p. 41.
- ^Loy 1997, p. 62.
Sources[edit]
Published sources[edit]
- Braue, Donald A. (1984), Māyā in Radhakrishnanʾs Thought: Six Meanings Other Than Illusion, Motilall Banarsidass
- Grimes, John A. (1996), A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English, SUNY Press
- Loy, David (1997), Nonduality. A Study in Comparative Philosophy, Humanity Books
- Raṅganāthānanda, Swami; Nelson, Elva Linnéa (1991), Human Being in Depth: A Scientific Approach to Religion, SUNY Press
- Sahu, Bhagirathi (2004), The New Educational Philosophy, Sarup & Sons
- Saraswati, Chandrasekharendra (1995), Hindu Dharma: The Universal Way of Life, Bhavan's Book University, ISBN81-7276-055-8
- Sivaraman, K. (1973), Śaivism in Philosophical Perspective: A Study of the Formative Concepts, Problems, and Methods of Śaiva Siddhānta, Motilall Banarsidass
Web-sources[edit]
- ^Sanskrit Structure
- ^ abcdefghJiddu Krishnamurti, Saanen 2nd Conversation with Swami Venkatesananda 26th July 1969
- ^ abcdeEncyclopedy of Hinduism, Mahavakyas
- ^Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888—1975)
- ^Ashok Vora, Radhakrishna's notion of intuitive knowledge: a critique
- ^[DR. SIR S. RADHAKRISHNAN, Intellect and Intuition in Sankara's Philosophy]
- ^ abcSanskrit Dictionary, prajnanam
- ^ abcdSanskrit Dictionary, jnanam