Sri Sankara Jayanthi Mananam - April 2020 - Sraddha, Bhakti, DhyAna Yoga as per Sri Sankara Vaani
Meeting Swami Paramārthānandaji - July 14th, 2025, 5 PM at Swamiji’s Abhirāmapuram Dwelling, Chennai.
After the initial introduction and remembering/thanking Sangeetha (my undergraduate friend and student of Swamiji), who sought an appointment for me to meet Swamiji, and profusely acknowledging Swamiji’s grace in granting us the time, I proceeded to begin speaking along the following lines, seeking Swamiji’s guidance. 1. On Deepening Nididhyāsanam in G ṛ hastha Āśrama I started off saying that if śrava ṇ am is “advitīya vastu tātparya avadhāra ṇ am” , mananam is “advitīya vastu anāvarta anucintanam” , and nididhyāsanam is “advitīya svasvarūpa vastu anāvarta anusandhānam” . How can one go deeper into nididhyāsanam, especially while living in the g ṛ hastha āśrama, where constant svasvarūpa-anusandhānam is the goal, but vikṣepas keep showing up in the form of vikalpas ? Swamiji smilingly acknowledged my framing and said mananam is reflecting upon the tattvam based on the yuktis learnt from the teacher. Then nididhyāsanam is mananam that happens continuously, even...
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