Mananam

222 ॥ अद्वैत पञ्चरत्नम् ॥ ॥ advaita pañcaratnam ॥ nāhaṃ deho nendriyāṇyantaraṅgo nāhaṅkāraḥ prāṇavargo na buddhiḥ । dārāpatyakṣetravittādidūraḥ sākṣī nityaḥ pratyagātmā śivo'ham ॥ 1 ॥ Meaning : I am not the body, nor the senses, nor the mind, nor the ego, nor the group of vital breaths nor prana, nor the intellect. I am the one who is far away from wife, children, farm, house etc. I am verily that Shiva who is witnessing directly, who is eternal and is the innermost Self. Reflection: By carrying out contemplation with sraddha, distinguishing between Atman (Self) and Anaatman (Non-Self – body, senses, mind, ego, prana, buddhi) cognize the Pratyagaatman (Self-luminous Self – pulsating as “I” “I” across all acts of cognition) Do not get deluded by the false notions like - "I’m Eashwar Thiagarajan"; "This body is myself”; “I’m different than him or her or this or that”; “I like this, so I want to be near it; or I hate this, so I need to be awa...

Essence of Svetasvatara Upanisad ~ Durga Pancharatnam by Sri Mahaperiyavaa.  Introduction śravaṇāyāpi bahubhiryō na labhyaḥ Not many have listened to Brahma Vidya. śrṛṇvantō.pi bahavō yaṅ na vidyuḥ . …..(and) which many do not understand even while listening, āścaryō vaktā kuśalōsya labdha The expounder is wonderful and the receiver is wonderful aścaryō jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ ৷৷ 1.2.7 ৷৷ – Katha Upanisad. wonderful is he who knows (about Brahman) under the instruction of an AcArya. Katha Upanisad expressed a strong sentiment that Brahma Vidya or Atma Vidya has not been paid attention to or listened to by most of us. As Sri Adi Sankara has categorically stated, by the word Upanisad is not meant book or text, it’s primary meaning is Brahma Vidya. As the Sruti in the last line above  says – aścaryō jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ - Sri Mahaperiyavaa as the Paramacharya has blessed us with Brahma Vidya Sravanam in the form of Durga Pancharathnam, as this St...