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The ‘Bhāratamanjari’ of Kshemendra
http://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kshemendra/index.html Kshemendra (c. 990 – c. 1070 CE) was a Kashmirian poet of the 11th century, writing in Sanskrit. Born into an old, cultured, and affluent...
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Upanishad Article Series in Advaita Academy
The latest parts of the Upanishad article series are available for reading in the following URLs: http://advaita-academy.org/Articles/The-muNDakopanishad—Part-13.ashx...
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Shānkara gīta saurabha – repeat telecast
This was a week-long live program in Bangalore where noted names in the field of classical music, both Carnatic and Hindustani, rendered compositions of Shankaracharya as whole concerts. That was...
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‘VĀSUDEVA MANANAM’– KANNADA WEEKLY STUDY GROUP, BENGALURU
There is a recently published book (by the Sringeri Peeṭham) titled ‘Vāsudeva mananam’ of Sri Vāsudeva Yati (priced Rs.50) with the Sanskrit text in Kannada script and a Kannada...
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WHO IS THE ‘UTTAMA PURUṢA’ ?
The term ‘Purushottama’ is very familiar for those who are versed in the Bhagavadgita. It occurs in the famous 15th chapter, verily called by that name therein. From the concluding verses and the...
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SHIVA-VISHNU ABHEDA IN THE KAIVALYOPANISHAT
Śiva-Viśṇu abheda in the Kaivalya Upaniṣad In the Kaivalya Upaniṣad there is this mantra: स ब्रह्मा स शिवः सेन्द्रः सोऽक्षरः परमः स्वराट् . स एव विष्णुः स प्राणः स कालोऽग्निः स चन्द्रमाः .. ८.. [He is...
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‘Aham ātmā Guḍākeśa….’
‘Aham Ātmā Guḍākeśa…’ (‘I am the Self, O, Arjuna..’) In the 10th chapter of the Bhagavadgitā there is an enumeration of a sample of the vibhūti-s, glories, of Brahman. Shankara, while introducing this...
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’Tad-viṣṇoḥ paramam padam’
The following material is taken up for responding: http://narayanastra.blogspot.in/2012/01/saguna-brahman-and-krama-mukti-in_51.html //There is no conflict whatsoever with Shankara’s explanation in...
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THE ‘MADHU VIDYĀ’– THE NIRGUṆA BRAHMAN
In the following URL the blogger makes a yet another desperate attempt to promote his pet theory of ‘for Shankara the saguna brahman is Vishnu':...
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MADHUSUDANA SARASWATI MISREPRESENTED
Madhusudana Saraswati misrepresented In the ‘Advaita Siddhi’ of Sri Madhusūdana Saraswati [Pariccheda 2, p.745 of the Edition published by MM Ananthakrishna Shastry] is stated: //etena...
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DOUBLE STANDARDS OF SOME ‘VAISHNAVAS’
Double standards of some ‘Vaishnavas’ In the following blog some indecent remarks about the Kanchi Paramāchārya are found for which responses are given by me:...
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TURIYA SHIVA OF THE KAIVALYOPANISHAT
Turīya Śiva of the Kaivalyopaniṣat We have these mantras in the Kaivalyopaniṣat: हृत्पुण्डरीकं विरजं विशुद्धं विचिन्त्य मध्ये विशदं विशोकम् । अचिन्त्यमव्यक्तमनन्तरूपं शिवं प्रशान्तममृतं ब्रह्मयोनिम्...
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‘Nārāyaṇa’ and ‘Vāsudeva’ denote the Nirguṇa Brahman
The names ‘Nārāyaṇa’ and ‘Vāsudeva’ denote the Nirguṇa Brahman The above topic is discussed in the sequel in the light of Shankara’s bhāṣyas with Sureshwara’s vārtika, Anandagiri’s gloss and Sāyana’s...
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UPANISHAD ARTICLE SERIES – FEBRUARY 2015
The latest parts of the two ongoing upanishad article series are available here: http://advaita-academy.org/Articles/The-Prashnopanishat—Part-4.ashx...
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MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE JAGADVYĀPĀRĀDHIKARAṆAM, ETC.
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE JAGADVYĀPĀRĀDHIKARAṆAM, ETC. In the following blog the blogger has given expression to his complete misunderstanding of the Advaita darśana. The endeavor in this article is to...
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WAS MADHUSŪDANA SARASWATI A BIGOT?
Was Sri Madhusudana Saraswati a Bigot? Sri Madhusūdana Saraswati (MS), the famed author of the Advaita Siddhi, the Gūḍhārtha dīpikā (GD) and several other works is very well known to be an ardent...
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UPANISHAD ARTICLE SERIES – MARCH 2015
The latest parts of the above series are available for reading here: http://advaita-academy.org/Articles/The-muNDakopaniShat—Part-15.ashx...
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THE FOE OF BONDAGE
The Foe of Bondage In the verses recited as a prelude to the Bhagavad Gita is this verse: अद्वैतामृतवर्षिणीं भगवतीमष्टादशाध्यायिनीं अम्ब त्वामनुसन्दधामि भगवद्गीते भवद्वेषिणीम् ॥ १॥ O Mother...
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AN ETYMOLOGY FOR THE NAME ‘RUDRA’?
An Etymology for the name ‘Rudra’? The blogger, in this blog http://narayanastra.blogspot.in/2012/03/keshi-suktam-and-sharabha-narasimha.html which is written with the sole purpose of vilifying Lord...
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A TRIBUTE TO THE AUTHOR(S) OF THE ‘ADVAITASIDDHI’
HH Sringeri Jagadguru Siri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswaminaḥ’s tribute to Sri Madhusudana Saraswati, the author of the Advaita siddhi and its commentator Brahmananda Saraswati for their monumental work in...
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