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Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 4)
Philosophy May 16, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 4)

The object that is water, is H2O for a chemist, and ambrosia for a thirsty man. The satiating and refreshing potential imperceptible in hydrogen and oxygen was...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 3)
Philosophy May 09, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 3)

Thus, the Parabrahma is conducting the activities of the universe in three forms — prakṛti, jīva and Īśvara. yāvatsaṃjāyate kiñcit sattvaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 2)
Philosophy May 02, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 2)

How is Brahma? sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tat sarvatokṣi-śiro-mukham । sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati ॥ BG 13.14 “Its limbs are everywhere, as...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
भगवत्पादमाहात्म्यम्
Philosophy Apr 24, 2023

भगवत्पादमाहात्म्यम्

अवस्थात्रयम् इह खलु सप्राणैः सर्वैरपि जाग्रत्-स्वप्न-सुषुप्तिसञ्ज्ञाः तिस्रोऽवस्थाः प्रत्यहम् अनुभूयन्ते। जाग्रति स्वप्ने च यो भेदः सुतराम् अनुभूयते स सुषुप्तौ...

Shashi Kiran B N
Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 1)
Philosophy Apr 18, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 1)

Introduction ekam-evādvayam-arūpaṃ brahmam-avyayam-akriyaṃ svīkarisi nijabhogakèṃdu śarīra-vividha-sahasramaṃ । prākṛtāsvādyagaḻa madhuviṃ tannane tāṃ mare...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
Ch. 12 Yoga of the steps of Bhakti (part 3)
Philosophy Apr 11, 2023

Ch. 12 Yoga of the steps of Bhakti (part 3)

Śrī Kanakadāsa, the great mystic, said this - Ṣaḍurasadannakè nalidāḍuva jihvè । kaḍurucigoṃbuva ruciguṇa ninadayya ॥ (Yours is the tongue that enjoys fo...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮ-ಕ್ಷಾತ್ತ್ರಸಮಾಹಾರ - ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರಣ್ಯ
Philosophy Apr 10, 2023

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮ-ಕ್ಷಾತ್ತ್ರಸಮಾಹಾರ - ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರಣ್ಯ

ಭಾರತೀಯ ಪರಂಪರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮ-ಕ್ಷಾತ್ತ್ರಗಳ ಸಮಾಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬಹುಕಾಲದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾಶಸ್ತ್ಯವಿದೆ. ವೇದಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಇದರ ಮಹತ್ತ್ವದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವವುಂಟು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಚಿತವಾದ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಷಾತ್ತ್ರಗಳನ್ನ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Ch. 12 Yoga of the steps of Bhakti (part 2)
Philosophy Apr 04, 2023

Ch. 12 Yoga of the steps of Bhakti (part 2)

Well, then, is this path — performing one’s duties with the sole purpose of pleasing Bhagavān — an easy journey? Śrīkṛṣṇa himself was uncertain about it. Bhagav...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
Ch. 12 Yoga of the steps of Bhakti (part 1)
Philosophy Mar 28, 2023

Ch. 12 Yoga of the steps of Bhakti (part 1)

Introduction dhyānābhyāsa-vaśīkṛtena manasā tannirguṇaṃ niṣkriyaṃ jyotiḥ kiñcana yogino yadi paraṃ paśyanti paśyantu te । asmākaṃ tu tadeva locana-camatkār...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
Ch. 11 Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form (part 3)
Philosophy Mar 21, 2023

Ch. 11 Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form (part 3)

Śrī Kṛṣna was satisfied with this entreaty; Arjuna had been put on the path; his internal transformation was complete. Bhagavān felt certain that Arjuna was rea...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
Ch. 11 Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form (part 2)
Philosophy Mar 14, 2023

Ch. 11 Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form (part 2)

Here, by “divine eyes” we do not need to imagine a pair of extra-physical eyes with their own eyeballs and eyelids. It is enough to think that Bhagavān endowed...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi