Philosophy

Philosophy Jan 30, 2024

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 20)

2.  Universal self-hood (Atmaupamya): is the perfection of knowledge; its ripe fruit. Intellectual conviction is achieved via reflection upon the śāstras a...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Jan 23, 2024

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 19)

How can there be adharma for one established in the origin of dharma? For such a person, there is no other object or being than Brahma. Whence pāpa for him? The...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Jan 09, 2024

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 18)

A doubt here. "sarvadharmān parityajya" (having given up all dharmas), "māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja" (surrender unto Bhagavān alone) - is the instruction. Fine. What...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Jan 02, 2024

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 17)

There was a rich man I knew. When all members of his household were asleep, he would enter his room with a small lantern, open his iron safe, noiselessly remove...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Dec 26, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 16)

There is a set of rules for the riders on the merry-go-round. The rider should proceed in his path and not collide with those ahead of him and those who follow...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Dec 19, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 15)

Let us now look at a story. A story There was a wedding in our village in the house of the landlord Shamarao. Shamarao was wealthy and generous. His kin by ma...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Dec 12, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 14)

In the phrase, īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānām, īśvara is not to be taken as the same as the absolute aspect of Parabrahma. Īśvaratva is an aspect or a state of Parabrahm...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Dec 05, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 13)

The nature of aparigraha (non-acceptance of superfluous material wealth) is well described in the story of Uṣasti in the Chāndogyopaniṣad. Uṣasti was a brāhmaṇ...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 29, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 12)

asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ | naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati || BG 18.49 The word naiṣkarmya is used repeatedly in t...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 21, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 11)

Qualities like truth and purity are not the special property of brahmins. They are to be practised by others as well. Why did we specially mention them as brahm...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 14, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 10)

While bringing up a baby, is one who feeds milk superior and one who cleans the cradle is inferior? Is the person who rocks the cradle superior to the one who t...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 07, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 9)

In our times, the question of why is a brāhmaṇa given more importance has become more and more vociferous. The answer to that is in the description of the above...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi