An article in Kannada – Reply to Sri Bannanje Govindacharya’s views
Here is an article in Kannada on the Advaitin’s response to some views of the well known scholar Late Sri Bannanje Govindacharya in a video interview. The article can be access here: Click to access...
View ArticleAn article in Kannada –‘Is Advaita Buddhism in disguise?’
In this article pages from the books of many scholars of Dvaita and Advaita are included. Even a pre-Shankara Buddhist book is cited: The English version of the article is not yet prepared. ‘ಅದ್ವೈತ...
View ArticleStudy of the Vedas – Excerpts from the Brahma Sutra Bhashyas of 5 Acharyas
With regard to the eligibility to study the Veda, all the traditional schools are in agreement. The Smritis cited by them too are the same. Even Vallabha and Nimbarka agree with the earlier Three...
View ArticleCan the ‘real’ pose an obstacle in knowing the Real?
In the Upanishads an ‘Adhyatma Yoga’ is taught to get the direct realization of Brahman: तं दुर्दर्शं गूढमनुप्रविष्टं गुहाहितं गह्वरेष्ठं पुराणम् ।अध्यात्मयोगाधिगमेन देवं मत्वा धीरो हर्षशोकौ जहाति ॥...
View ArticleThe Advaitin’s Shanti Mantra – Shvetashvatara Up. and a glimple of the Shiva...
Here is a Shanti Mantra that Advaitins chant as part of their daily study of Vedanta:This one is from the Shvetashvatara Upanishad:यो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वंयो वै वेदांश्च प्रहिणोति तस्मै ।तं ह देवं...
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New Book: “108 Facets of the Inimitable Guru”
NEW BOOK (English)“108 Facets of the Inimitable Guru”This book is a lucid exposition on the 108 nāmas constituting the sacred aṣṭottara-śata-nāmāvalī of HH Jagadguru Śrī Abhinava Vidyātīrtha...
View ArticleEtymology for ‘Vishnu’– Shankara in the VSN Bhashya
For the word ‘Vishnu’ occurring in the Vishnu Sahasra Nama as the very second name, Shankara gives this grammatical derivation: वेवेष्टि व्याप्नोतीति विष्णुः विषव्याप्त्यभिधायिनो नुक्प्रत्ययान्तस्य...
View ArticleLatest Kannada article by Sri G.R.Patil on the Akshobhya – Vidyaranya ‘Debate’
This is regarding a supposed debate between Sri Akshobhya Tirtha (first generation disciple of Madhvacharya) and Sri Vidyaranya, the towering Advaitin. ಶ್ರೀ ಸೋಸಲೆ-ವ್ಯಾಸರಾಯ ಮಠದ ಇಂದಿನ ಪೀಠಾಧಿಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ...
View Articleಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಪರ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಸ್ವರೂಪ – An article in Kannada on Lord Subrahmanya
Pl. access the article here: Click to access f-skanda-is-brahman-kan.pdf Om Tat Sat
View Article‘Subrahmanya is Para Brahman’– article in English
Namaste Here is an article in English on the topic of ‘Subrahmanya, Skanda, is Para Brahman’. There are many texts cited in this article to substantiate the point. The article is available here for...
View ArticleSkanda’s 108 names in Skanda Purana – with Kannada translation
ಸ್ಕಂದ ಪುರಾಣದ ಮಾಹೇಶ್ವರ ಖಂಡದ 2ನೆ ಭಾಗದ 29ನೆ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರರು ಸ್ಕಂದನನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು ಮಾಡಿದ ಅಷ್ಟೋತ್ತರ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಸ್ತುತಿ.ಕನ್ನಡ ಅನುವಾದದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯ:...
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Shankaracharya of Sringeri (A pictorial book in English, in comic style) –...
Pranams at the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Bharathi Theertha Mahaswamiji, Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham, on the holy occasion of His 71st Vardhanti. Shankaracharya of...
View Articleಎಲ್ಲ ಭೇದಗಳನಿಲ್ಲವಾಗಿಸಬಲ್ಲ ಮಂತ್ರ An article in Kannada on ‘Difference and...
ಎಲ್ಲ ಭೇದಗಳನಿಲ್ಲವಾಗಿಸಬಲ್ಲ ಮಂತ್ರ‘ಭೇದ ಮತ್ತು ಅಭೇದ’ ಗಳ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಉಪನಿಷತ್ತುಗಳ ಆಧಾರದ ಒಂದು ಲೇಖನ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದೆ. ತತ್ತ್ವಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸುಗಳು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕಾದ ಅನೇಕ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹವಿದು....
View ArticleAn article in Kannada on the Mahavakya in the Antaryami Brahmana of the...
ಅಂತರ್ಯಾಮಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾವಾಕ್ಯಬೃಹದಾರಣ್ಯಕ ಉಪನಿಷತ್ತಿನ ಅಂತರ್ಯಾಮಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಜಡಗಳನ್ನೂ ನಿಯಮಿಸುವ ಚೈತನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಅಂತರ್ಯಾಮೀ ಎಂದೂ ಆ ಅಂತರ್ಯಾಮಿಯನ್ನು ಜೀವನ ನಿಜ ಸ್ವರೂಪ ಎಂದೂ ಉಪದಿಷ್ಟವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಒಂದು...
View ArticleLectures on Brahma Sutra Bhashya – Kannada
ಸುಲಲಿತವಾದ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಅರ್ಥ ವಾಗುವ ಹಾಗೆ, ಶಂಕರರ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕೃತಿಯಾದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಸೂತ್ರಭಾಷ್ಯ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಗಳು. ಸುಮಾರು ೧೧೦ ಘಂಟೆಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಗಳು ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಕೊಂಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ...
View ArticleThe Bhagavatam correspondence with Shankara’s declaration
In the Brahmasutra Bhashya, soon after the SamanvayadhikaraNa bhashyam, Shankara summarizes the purport of that adhikaranam thus (in the introduction to the very next adhikaraNam):एवं...
View ArticleDid Shankara establish the Six sects ?
Here is the English version of the article (which was originally composed in Kannada): https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/shankara-shanmata-eng.pdf Om
View ArticleIs Advaita a Framework?
An article that discusses the view that Advaita is a framework and also that Advaita is the very Reality: Click to access is-advaita-a-framework.pdf Om
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A novel analogy for Vyavaharika – Paramarthika realities
A boy of 18 years writes:// Here is a small analogy that had come up in my mind with regards to the different states of reality-With respect to us,when we are on land, there appear to be many seas and...
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Rendering the Complete works of Shankaracharya in Malayalam
This is a mega initiative of publishing the Complete Works of Adishankara in Malayalam. Pl. read the English booklet and also share the material in other groups. Here are two booklets, one in...
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