The Advaitic Teaching by the Supreme Self in the Form of Kapila in Srimad...
श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ३/अध्यायः २८ https://sa.wikisource.org/s/e6h भूतेन्द्रियान्तःकरणात् प्रधानात् जीवसंज्ञितात् । आत्मा तथा पृथग्द्रष्टा भगवान् ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः ॥ ४१ ॥ The five elements, their...
View ArticleBrahman alone is called Agni, Narayana, Indra, etc. – Kurma Purana
कूर्मपुराणम्-उत्तरभागः/षड्चत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः https://sa.wikisource.org/s/43o गीयते सर्वशक्त्यात्मा शूलपाणिर्महेश्वरः । एनमेके वदन्त्यग्निं नारायणमथापरे । इन्द्रमेके परे प्राणं ब्रह्माणमपरे जगुः ।...
View ArticleTrimurtis devoted to each other
A very interesting Anecdote pertaining to Trimuti Abheda from Skanda Purana describing how All the Three Trimutis are devoted to each other and do not go beyond one another. ~ स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः १...
View ArticleShiva gita: Moksha – Not going to any place
The Shiva Gita (which was part of the Padma Purana, as per a few sources) has a lengthy discourse, between Shiva and Rama on moksha shaastra, like the Bhagavadgita. The Shiva gita, a discourse on...
View ArticleThe apparent ‘Eternality’ of Vaikuntha, etc. lokas – as per Shankara,...
In the Advaita tradition the Absolute Reality is of Nirguna Brahman alone and all other concepts are only relatively real. Here are some inputs from the Advaitic and other texts on the topic. Download...
View ArticleSkanda purana – Advaita is the ultimate purport of all doctrines
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/brahmagiitaaskanda.html स्मृतीनां च पुराणानां भारतस्य तथैव च ।वेदानुसारिविद्यानामन्यासामास्तिकोत्तमाः ॥ ६८॥ शैवागमानां सर्वेषां विष्णुप्रोक्तागमस्य च...
View ArticleBrahma jnana dispels dvaita bhrama – Bhagavatam
श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः १/अध्यायः १५https://sa.wikisource.org/s/e2b विशोको ब्रह्मसम्पत्त्या संछिन्नद्वैतसंशयः ।लीनप्रकृतिनैर्गुण्यादलिंगत्वादसम्भवः ॥३१॥“Free from sorrow through the attainment of...
View ArticleURLs of Four Language Articles on ‘Mithyatva of Jiva-Jagat in Bhagavatam’
URLs of Four Language Articles on ‘Mithyatva of Jiva-Jagat in Bhagavatam’ श्रीमद्भागवते चिदचितोः (चेतनाचेतनयोः = जीवजगतोः) मिथ्यात्वनिरूपणम् The Bhagavatam is replete with statements for: Brahman...
View ArticleEveryone is a ‘Jagadguru’ by default !!
There is a popular verse on the etymology of the word ‘Guru’: Here is a reference from the Advaya taaraka upanishad. This verse is there in the Guru Gita too: गुशब्दस्त्वन्धकारः स्यात्...
View ArticleThe Māyāvāda of Vedavyāsa
That the created world is illusory is the default fundamental theme of the Vedanta. The Bhagavatam is a repository of instances that demonstrate this phenomenon. Here is one such instance where the...
View Article‘All names/words/sounds refer to Brahman, so too all forms’– PDF English
Here is a 10-page article on the topic *All names/words/sounds refer to Brahman,so too all forms.* Citations from the Bhagavatam and many Upanishads along with passages from Shankara Bhashya, Vartika,...
View Article‘Jīvo Brahmaiva’ eminently endorsed in the Bhagavad Gita
In the 15th chapter of the Bh.Gita we have this verse: उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥ १० ॥ 15.10 Persons who are diversely deluded do not...
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