Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam

Sādhana-Catuṣṭayam (Śama)

The third qualification called Samadi Shatka Sampatti is a pack of six qualifications, the first qualification Śama is explained in this episode.

Sādhana-Catuṣṭayam (Mumukṣutvam)

In this episode, Swaminiji expounds on one of the most important qualification Mumukṣutvam- a desire for freedom from saṃsāra, for the study of Vedanta Shastra.

Sādhana-Catuṣṭayam (Vairāgya)

Continuing with the fourfold qualification, sādhana-catuṣṭayam required for gaining self-knowledge, this episode expounds on the meaning and importance of vairāgya.

Sādhana-Catuṣṭayam (Vivēka)

In this series Swaminiji will be expounding on the fourfold qualification, sādhana-catuṣṭayam required for gaining self-knowledge. This episode talks about the need for Vivēka - discernment between what is real (nitya) and unreal (anitya).

Dakshinamurthy Stotram 14

This last verse is the phala sruti. It has been made clear that Lord Dakshinamurti is the truth of everything, the manifested and the manifest is one and the same and this takes a form of Sarvātmābhāva whichi s the hallmark of a Jnani. Lord Dakishinamurti is the last frontier of duality that resolves into Sarvātmābhāva.

Dakshinamurthy Stotram 13

The one who sees the world as cause and effect is the same 'I' that shines in and through all the states. The logic that the 'I' never comes to an end is in keeping with the Śruti, which says there is no difference between Īśvara and jiva other than añjanaṃ. When it is removed the person sees everything as one. The purpose of the teaching therefore, is the removal of removal of añjanaṃ or añjanaṃ nivṛtiḥ.

Dakshinamurthy Stotram 12

The teaching pedagogy of anvayavyatireka, invariable concomitance is talked about in verse 7. The invariable being the constant, unchanging aham, 'I' alone which makes all the variables come to light. The knowledge of which is taught by the compassionate Lord Dakṣiṇāmūrti.

Dakshinamurthy Stotram 11

This knowledge in the form of Lord Dakṣiṇāmūrti frees one from all limiting and disempowering notions and contentions. That light which is all knowledge, that Ātmā cognized in the mind 'as though' comes under the spell of maya.This covering is expounded on beautifully and all contentions are dismissed.

Dakshinamurthy Stotram 10

Mantra 4 talks about jñāpti svarūpa, that undifferentiated consciousness which is the indweller of this body-mind -sense complex which obtains as "I", and is Lord Dakṣiṇāmūrti himself. Mantra 5, gets into the finer points of the different schools of philosophies for deeper clarity.
 
 
 
 
 

Dakshinamurthy Stotram 9

That sphuraṇaṃ, consciousness manifests as the whole world, lending its sentiency to all, making the insentient (asat) appear sentient (sat). To understand this, Swaminiji explains the manifest chaitanya in three ways as the adhiṣṭhāna-chaitanya, vrtti-gata-chaitanya, and sākṣī-gata-chaitanya. The truth of the chaitanya, being non-dually one.