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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Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Practice this meditation to heal from the deep-seated hurt, discontentment, judgement and blame towards oneself and others. Understand the nature of your thoughts and the correlation between the order of the manifest world and yourself.
Disclaimer: Please do not listen to this mediation while driving or operating machinery.
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
In this mantra, the Sadhaka (aspirant) takes a quantum leap and invokes Rudra in the form of the words of Vedas. He/she asks for this ultimate blessing of the knowledge -the knowledge which dismisses all notions of bondage and fear & blesses one with moksha (liberation).
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
In this episode, the person who was earlier afraid of Rudra, seeing him as the angry wielder of the arrows of karma phala (results of action) has matured in understanding and surrenders gracefully to the Lord (Ishvara). Listen to the full episode to understand the knowledge behind this transformation and learn the significance of 'Namah' in this exquisite prayer.
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
In this episode, we begin with the unfoldment of the 1st Anuvaka (section), where the invocatory verses are explained beautifully. The Lord is invoked as 'Rudra' -one who is the cause as well as the remover of all pains and sorrows. For this reason, Sri Rudram starts off from the standpoint of the one who is terrified of Rudra. Who is Rudra? What is the meaning of Bhagavan and what is my relation to this Bhagavan? What is Karma and what indeed are it's laws? Listen to understand all this and more!
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
An advanced guide to mantra-japa, repetition of the chant.
The conscious and regular practice of japa enables one to discover oneself as the consciousness, the sentient presence that pervades the chanter, the chant, and Isvara, the object of the chant. Understanding this one discovers oneself as whole.
Disclaimer: Please do not listen to this mediation while driving or operating machinery.
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
The Sri Rudram is one of the holiest chants in the Veda. It expounds a sophisticated understanding of God, Isvara as immanent and transcendental. All that is here in the universe is non-separate from its cause —Isvara. Everything that is present and everything that comes to light borrows its presence and sentience from Isvara. The air that we breathe, the sun that lights up the sky, the cool light of the moon, are all manifestations of Isvara. The entire universe is nothing but Isvara, but Isvara, being limitless, is not any one thing in the universe. Understanding Isvara in this manner, it is easy to see that Isvara pervades everything including one’s own body-mind-sense complex. One is never away from Isvara -in fact, one is Isvara. Listening to the meaning of this hymn reduces and eliminates the sense of alienation and disconnection that one feels from the Universe, from one’s fellow-beings, and from Isvara. This oneness is the essence of the vision of Vedanta, gaining which one is free from samsara manifest as sorrow and fear.