tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post5864897264547808367..comments2023-10-18T23:37:01.045-07:00Comments on SPIRITUALITY AT ITS BEST: NIRVANA SHATKAM (POST 3) = OF ADI SANKARA = TEXT & COMMENTARY = Vs.4,5,6 = TIME FOR ACTION = ACT !!V VIJAYAMOHANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074555365661801354noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-75577877871900204932013-07-04T23:26:58.907-07:002013-07-04T23:26:58.907-07:00Thanks Me.Kalyan Srinivas for your comments.I will...Thanks Me.Kalyan Srinivas for your comments.I will certainly implement your suggestion to the extent possible.<br /><br />Please keep reading the other articles too.V VIJAYAMOHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074555365661801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-17689628212561195192013-07-04T12:12:58.194-07:002013-07-04T12:12:58.194-07:00Hi Sir,
It is a pleasure reading your blog..and t...Hi Sir,<br /><br />It is a pleasure reading your blog..and this has got to be wonderful explanation of atma shatkam on the internet definitely. Great Job..However i would like to add one suggestion..can you paste the technical sanskrit terms that you are using in sanskrit beside the english word as it would be easy and pronunciation will be clear ..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932225876898954664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-78666311362809810242011-03-25T01:51:01.077-07:002011-03-25T01:51:01.077-07:00Ananda in Sat-chit-ananda is the self itself.
Sel...Ananda in Sat-chit-ananda is the self itself.<br /><br />Self need not experience joy separately - but self is joy itself.<br /><br />The self is also "sat", i.e., it is all pervading, and is everywhere in the Universe.<br /><br />If your identification extends to the whole universe, you can experience that joy everywhere. <br /><br />In reality - where are you experiencing the Joy? <br /><br />Within you. Always. That Joy is a reflection of the SELF within you.V VIJAYAMOHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074555365661801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-52088409529063804532011-03-21T18:44:10.721-07:002011-03-21T18:44:10.721-07:00Thanks again for your response. I like the way put...Thanks again for your response. I like the way put it' senses and mind are servants of liberated souls but not masters'. <br /><br />Is the bliss we experience in above examples is part of the ' sat-chit-ananda'. Does this word translate in to ananda that result due to realization that nature of self is a ever existing consciousness?BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233009553324878302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-34433700174407623912011-03-19T02:32:55.258-07:002011-03-19T02:32:55.258-07:00Dear bush,
Thanks for you comments.What we experi...Dear bush,<br /><br />Thanks for you comments.What we experience in a Bhajan, Sathsang, seeing a beautiful sunset, or selfless love - is a nearness to divinity - not always a total identification with it. It gives Great Joy. For some, total identification is also possible.<br /><br />These are all part of Bhakthi Yoga, in which you experience Brahman through his creation. <br />We see god in the sky, on the earth, below the earth and below the sea - in so many shapes and forms everywhere. By all means, enjoy every thing beautiful. The beauty in every thing is Brahman.<br /><br />Jeevan Muktha remains totally identified with Brahman all the time. You are right.Yet, he can play with Maya, the whole creation, through all his sense instruments and mind - which are now not his masters, but his faithful servants.<br /><br />Kindly go through the current series of posts on Patanjali Yoga sutras - wherein there are many further details for such questions.V VIJAYAMOHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074555365661801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-66653786430436518572011-03-17T21:02:13.425-07:002011-03-17T21:02:13.425-07:00Namaste,
You said "Once, Identification with...Namaste,<br /><br />You said "Once, Identification with Brahman occurs, the cycle ceases". It is not uncommon for spiritual seekers to experience the 'one ness of the self with universal self' during Bhajan, seeing a beautiful sun set. I mean not a sensual experience only, but along with knowledge in a clear consciouness.( I understand the 'Jeevan Mukta' lives in that state all the time.)<br />if you take case of Jeevan Mukta/liberated soul, is that they get rid of thier Mind stuff( Mano-budhyahamkara chittaniNaham) while living and carry forward nothing when they die. Mean thier subtle.causal bodies also die along with physical. I read the book 'what happens to soul after death' by Swami Sivananda. he does explain what you said.<br />I can feel and experience prana/gross body. but not other bodies.<br />thanks again for this informative blog. Will look forward for future posts.<br /><br />BushBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233009553324878302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-37498512072554273012011-03-12T10:35:50.210-08:002011-03-12T10:35:50.210-08:00Dear Bush,
Thanks for your very encouraging comme...Dear Bush,<br /><br />Thanks for your very encouraging comments and for your further question.<br /><br />Your question is a very frequently expressed doubt - and has been answered by Adi Sankara in ATMA BODHA and many other texts. I have covered ATMA BODHA in this Blog.<br /><br />In short, Only the Gross body dies, but the subtle body and causal body travel after death, to go through their Sanchitha / prarabdha karma in the next birth on earth, or some times, in a heaven / hell, after which they again come back to earth. What dies is only the Gross Body.<br /><br />This birth-death-birth cycle continues as long as our identification with the Gross-subtle-causal bodies continues, which is due to the veil of Maya/Ignorance.<br /><br />Once, Identification with Brahman occurs, the cycle ceases. Some of the realized souls may, at their option, take a rebirth, Like Lord Krishna said in Gita.<br /><br />The manas-buddhi-aham-chittam are all part of the subtle body . These are not to be confused with the gross body parts where they reside, which are part of the Gross Body. When Gross body dies, they are freed from the gross body, but carry along with them their PUNYAM-PAPAM store, and nothing else. Gita also confirms this in many places, including the Dhyana Yoga chapter.<br /><br />In future, there will be a series on PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS - which also will help in clarifying many such nagging doubts.V VIJAYAMOHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074555365661801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-43640996397675658932011-03-12T06:31:17.569-08:002011-03-12T06:31:17.569-08:00Thanks for the post and the commentary. Do you hav...Thanks for the post and the commentary. Do you have verses in Telugu with translation followed?<br />I like your explanation on verse 5 reflecting non-duality of Sankara.<br /><br />One more? How can you support existence of soul and karma siddanta when Vedanta says everything is Brahman whether you are aware of it or not. I believe when someone dies the life force (prana) leaves the body. The Manas-buddhi-aham-chitta all that were dependent on prana for expression would merge with Brahman.BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233009553324878302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233446649700083066.post-14139279853977645922011-02-23T22:48:31.155-08:002011-02-23T22:48:31.155-08:00Entire commentary is excellent.
Congratulations.
V...Entire commentary is excellent.<br />Congratulations.<br />Very delighted and will meditate on this very regularly.<br />Thanks.Arvind Kotharinoreply@blogger.com