Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam
The Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam is a non-profit institution dedicated to the study of Vedanta and Sanskrit. Vedanta is the knowledge of the self as limitless, whole and free of sorrow and fear. Visit our website www.arshavg.org for more information on classes and retreats. Check out our youtube channel: youtube.com/user/Svatmavidyananda
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Monday Feb 26, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
The vidya that reduces the samsāra ocean to but a notion here is called Bhūmā vidya. It is described as Brahman -the cause of the manifest universe and as the truth of oneself which is free of name, form, attributes and any adjectives.
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Bhūmā - a new word is introduced in this episode. A synonym to Ātma, the meaning of bhūmā is explained in this verses as sukha -infinite happiness born not of viṣayānanda but of Brahmānanda. The similarities and crucial difference between sleep and mokṣa is also explained.
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
The same level of happiness enjoyed by manuṣya to hiraṇyagarbha is enjoyed by a brahmanistha who is akāmahata - not not hijacked by desires. Sankaracharya points out that as vairagya increases akāmahata also increases which leads to Brahmānanda (ananda of the Self).
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Free from being enslaved to the happiness derived from the objects of desire, a jñānī is ever contented being established in his/her svarūpa.