TWO VERY SCHOLARLY TALKS ON KALIDASA’S WORKS
Here is a collection of two talks delivered in Kannada by a very senior VyakaraNa scholar, Vidwan S.T.Nagaraj on the ‘KumArasambhavam’ and the ‘Raghuvamsha’. Even though it is in Kannada, anyone who...
View ArticleKATHOPANISHAT ARTICLE SERIES – PART 25
The above article is uploaded at this location: http://www.advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—25.ashx regards subbu
View ArticleNO NON-ADVAITIC VEDANTA PRIOR TO SHANKARA
NO NON-ADVAITIC VEDANTA PRIOR TO SHANKARA In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.1.20 bhashyam Shankaracharya makes a very far reaching statement: // sarvopaniShatsu hi vijnAnAtmanaH...
View ArticleA RARE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN VEDANTA PARIBHASHA, ETC.
Namaste Here is a unique opportunity for Bangaloreans to learn three important texts in the medium of Kannada: 1. Vedanta ParisbhAshA: A work discussing fundamental topics of importance pertaining to...
View ArticleTRIMURTI TATTVAM IN THE PRASHNOPANISHAT
In the Prashnopanishat 2.9 we read: इन्द्रस्त्वं प्राण तेजसा रुद्रोऽसि परिरक्षिता । त्वमन्तरिक्षे चरसि सूर्यस्त्वं ज्योतिषां पतिः ॥९ ॥ 9 Indra thou art, O Prana and Rudra, too, in prowess. Thou art...
View Article‘adhyAropa – apavAda’ in the PrashnopaniShat
Namaste In the sixth chapter of the Prashnopanishat the first mantra is about ‘where does the entity with 16 kalA-s reside?’ The second mantra is in reply: ‘Here alone, in this body, does the puruSha...
View ArticleWHY ADHYAROPA – APAVADA IN VEDANTA?
Namaste It would be useful to know why at all the Upanishad should resort to the method of adhyAropa – apavAda. Shankara says in the BhAShyam for the mantra 6.2 herein: //ihaiva antaHsahrIre...
View ArticleMEET ON ADVAITA VEDANTA IN BANGALORE: MAY 7 – 9 2013
There is coming up a three day meet to discuss several concepts based on the Brahmasutra / upanishad and the Bh.Gita bhAShyam of Sri Shankaracharya in Bangalore on the 7, 8 and 9 of May, 2013. The...
View ArticleKATHOPANISHAT ARTICLE SERIES – PART 27
The Part 27 of the article series on the Kathopanishat based on Shankaracharya’s bhashyam is available here for reading: http://www.advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—27.ashx
View ArticleKathopanishat Article Series: Part 28
The Part 28 of the article series on the Kathopanishat is available here for reading: http://www.advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—28.ashx regards subrahmanian.v
View ArticleMYSORE SRI SHIVARAMA SASTRY’S COMPOSITIONS
A mahAtmA by name Mysore Sri Shivarama Sastry lived over a hundred years ago in Mysore. He was initially employed in the Mysore Palace. Owing to strong dispassion he renounced householder’s life and...
View ArticleKATHOPANISHAT ARTICLE SERIES – PART 29
The Part 29 of the series on the Kathopanishat is available here for reading: http://advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—29.ashx subrahmanian.v
View ArticleshAnkara BhAShya pArAyaNa sattram
Namaste The Yedathore Yoganandeswara Saraswati MaTha, K.R.Nagar, Karnataka, is organizing, for the third time in succession, a meet where scholars, sAdhaka-s and students come together to do a...
View Article‘ISHWAROHAM’ AND ‘ISHWARABHAAVAH’
In the 16th chapter of the BG. we have these words: ‘Ishwaro’ham aham bhogI siddho’ham balavAn sukhI 16.14॥ ‘I am the lord’, I am the enjoyer, endowed with power/strength and am happy.’ This kind of...
View Articlekathopanishat article series – part 31
The latest article in the series is available here for reading: http://advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—31.ashx
View ArticleKATHOPANISHAT ARTICLE SERIES – PART 32
Here is the Part 32 of the article series on the Kathopanishat: http://www.advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—32.ashx
View ArticleKATHOPANISHAT ARTICLE SERIES – PART 33
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View ArticleRESPONSE TO SRI VIDYAMANYA TIRTHA’S OBSERVATIONS
Namaste In the URL given below one can download a write up consisting of responses to some observations made by (late) Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha, of the Madhva following. The write up is in English with...
View ArticleKATHOPANISHAT ARTICLE SERIES – PART 35
The concluding part of the above series is available for reading here: http://advaita-academy.org/Articles/kaThopaniShad-Series-Part—35.ashx
View Article‘dvA suparNA..’ A NEW BOOK IN SANSKRIT
A new book, published for the first time, by the Purnaprajna Samshodhana Mandiram, Bangalore, discusses the purport of the mantra ‘dvA suparNA..’ occurring in the MundakopaniShat. The author...
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