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BHAJA GOVINDAM - 26. Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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==================================================== Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================================= Tuesday 28, May 2024. 05:30. Song - 26: A World Without Anger Lust & Greed ================================================================================= Chinmaya Mission:  Chinmaya Mission Dehradun organized a Jnana Yajna on "Navavidha Bhakti," based on the Sri Ramcharitmanas, and "Sri Tapovan Shatkam," conducted by Swami Deveshananda of Chinmaya Mission Vadodara.  Swami Deveshananda spoke lucidly, incorporating fitting examples from the scriptures.  He explained “Sri Tapovan Shatkam” and “Tapovan Stuti,” highlighting the nature, qualities, and actions of Swami Tapovan Maharaj.  The six slogas depict Tapovan Maharaj as the supreme reality, the consciousness pervading all.  Reflecting on these verses helps attain abidance in the Ultimate Truth. Lat...

BHAJA GOVINDAM - 25. Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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  ================================================================================= Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================================= Wednesday 24, Apr 2024. 05:30. Song - 25: Beyond All Sense of Difference  ================================================================================ Song - 25: Beyond All Sense of Difference  1 shatrau mitre putre bandhau = With your opponent, well-wisher, son or relative, 2 maa kuru yatnam vigraha- sandhau = strive not to be at strife or make friendship; 3 sarvasmin api pashy-aatmaanam = but see the oneself in everything and 4 sarvatra- utsrija bheda- ajnaanam. = everywhere; tear down all sense of difference. =============================================================================== Here we have a model to base all our human relationships in life. The whole verse suggests to us that they should be based on the underlying T...

BHAJA GOVINDAM - 24. Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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============================================================================== Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================================= Tuesday 12, Mat 2024. 05:30. Song - 24: Enquiry into the Self ================================================================================ Song - 24: The All-Pervading Reality  1 tvayi mayi cha-anyatra-iko vishnuh  =  In you, in me, and in all other places too, there is but one all-pervading Reality.  2  vyartham kupyasi mayyi- asahishnuh;  =  Being impatient, you are unnecessarily getting angry with me.  3  bhava samachittah sarvatra tvam  = Become even-minded – see Him everywhere  4  vaanchasy-achiraad-yadi vishnutvam.  = if you want soon the vision of the Lord.  =================================================================================== Self-enquiry reveals some astoundi...