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‘Prune the head to fit the cap’
Shri Gurubhyo Namah In this short Kannada video by the Pontiff of the Uttaradi Mutt (Madhwa) (see the video here https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/1O51QmLADUE ) has given this analogy: A...
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Shivagita (of Padmapurana) cited by Saivacharya Sripati Pandita
The Shiva gita, a discourse on Vedanta between Shiva and Sri Rama, said to be in the Padmapurana but not available there in the present times, is cited, naming it, by Sripati Panditacharya of the...
View ArticleIf I am not the body, how can I validate the world?
If I am not the body, how can I validate the world? Madhva admits that the ‘I am the body’ idea is illusory and birth and death are also illusory: श्रीमद्भागवततात्पर्यनिर्णयःसप्तविंशोऽध्यायःतृतीयः...
View ArticleHanuman is the 11th Rudra – Says Purandara dasa
In this composition ‘Swami Mukhyapprana..’, Dasaru addresses Hanuman as ‘Ekadashiya Rudra’ (11th Rudra). Svami mukya prana ninna ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಪ್ರಾಣ SWAMY MUJHYAPRANA ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಪ್ರಾಣ, ನಿನ್ನ ಮರೆವರ ಗಂಟಲ...
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Devotion to any Devata results in moksha: Akrura in Bhagavatam
In the Bhagavatam there is a stuti by Akrura. There he says: those who worship other deities are actually worshiping You alone. They will also ultimately attain You alone just like all rivers attain...
View ArticleThere are many Advaita concepts in the Vishnudharma Purana
विष्णुधर्मः https://sa.wikisource.org/s/1wi7 अद्वैतं परमार्थो हि (०९६-०१९) द्वैतं तद्भेद उच्यते (०९६-०१९) Advaita is Paramartha Tattva (Absolute Reality), Dvaita (Duality) is not Paramartha. The above...
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‘Soham’ contemplation in Narasimha Upapurana
In this chapter it is said that the Supreme Lord should be contemplated upon with the feeling ‘That I am’:...
View ArticleAll Dvijas, Shaivas, Vaishnavas are indeed Shaktas – Devi...
देवीभागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ११/अध्यायः २१https://sa.wikisource.org/s/hsx Addressing Gayatri as the ‘Mother of Veda’ in this chapter, the Devi Bhagavatam concludes that all Gayatri worshipers are indeed...
View ArticleIt was Harihara Murti that did all the slaying in the Mahabharata battle –...
In this chapter Bhima’s grandson Barbarika recounts a wonderful scene he had witnessed: स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः १ (माहेश्वरखण्डः)/कौमारिकाखण्डः/अध्यायः ६६ https://sa.wikisource.org/s/gxj Yudhishthira says...
View Article‘Other schools pointers to Vedanta’
A compilation from the book ‘Sridakshinamurthistotram Vol.1 authored by Ved Sri D.S.Subbaramaiya, published by the Sringeri Sharada Peetham. This compilation has 14 pages.The schools cited here are:...
View ArticleGENERATING RELISH FOR SELF-KNOWLEDGE
SrIgurubhyo namaH‘Not a single moment man remains doing nothing’ says Bhagavan Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita 3.5. The Gita 3.4 teaches man’s true nature is ‘naiShkarmyam‘ – the Self which is...
View ArticleAdvaitic Hanuman Kavacha given by Rama in The Narada purana
An Interesting Stuti of Hanuman in The Narada purana. Verse 29-30 are especially of Advaitic flavor. The ‘Kavacha’ can be read devoutly as a parayanam and prarthana. नारदपुराणम्- पूर्वार्धः/अध्यायः...
View ArticleIn 3 Puranas Veda Vyasa identifies the ‘Rudra’ of the Shvetashvatara Upanishad
The Shvetashvatara Upanishad says:‘यो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वं यो वै वेदांश्च प्रहिणोति तस्मै । तꣳ ह देवमात्मबुद्धिप्रकाशं मुमुक्षुर्वै शरणमहं प्रपद्ये’ (श्वे. उ. ६ । १८) I, a Vedantic aspirant, take...
View Article‘Experiencing God’– Maharajshri Swami Akhandananda Saraswati of Vrindavana
Here is a 7 page article in English on the ‘Sadhana’ of Maharajshri Swami Akhandananda Saraswati of Vrindavana penned by Sri G.Kameshwar Swami Akhandananda Saraswati (1911-1987) was a venerated sage...
View ArticleObjection and reply to a particular tenet of Advaita
Click to access eng-version-objection-and-reply-to-dashashloki-7.pdf The above is a six page article in English on the topic: Shankaracharya’s Dashashloki verse 7. In Advaita since bondage and...
View Article‘Dvaa suparnaa’ in the Rudra hridaya upanishad
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/rudrahridaya.html The popular Mundaka mantra is available in the above Upanishad, teaching the Advaitic identity: द्वौ सुपर्णौ शरीरेऽस्मिञ्जीवेशाख्यौ सह...
View ArticleMBTN verse vimarsha Kannada
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View ArticleIs Advaita same as Buddhism? A Kannada article
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View ArticleVedanta contrasted with Buddhism – SSS
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View Article‘Difference/multiplicity’ is an illusion – Srimad Bhagavatam
Shri Krishna, while preaching the spiritual philosophy to Uddhava, says, ‘Variety is an illusion, from which the aparokshajnani comes out’: श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ११/अध्यायः ११...
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