Śaṅkaradāsa

Hindu • Sanātana Dharma • Advaita Vedānta Darśana • Jñāna, Karma, Bhakti • ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः । - (ब्रह्मज्ञानावलीमाला, 20)

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Conversation between Caṇḍāla and Ādi Śaṅkarācārya - Part 1 - A Thread (1/16)

This can be found in Śāṅkara Digvijaya (biography of Ādi Śaṅkara) written by Mādhavācārya (Vidyāraṇya Svāmi).

Ādi Śāṅkara replied to the Caṇḍāla in five verses called the ‘Manīṣa Pañcakam’.

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Śhubha Mahā-Śhivarātri! 🙏🏻

Shiva is Consciousness beyond name and form. Shiva is the source of all dualities, such as: joy and sorrow, spirituality and materialism, knowledge and ignorance.

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Correction to the post: 2.16 instead of 2.17** (a typing error during the making of the graphic). Apologies 🙏🏻

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The real does not appear. What appears is not real. The philosophical foundation of the Bhagavad Gītā. (भगवद गीता की दार्शनिक नीव)

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https://t.co/RdH5hGE6wZ

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@Atmaprajnananda Dhanyavāda for finding us at last!

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Brahma-Nirvāna, is not merely the absolute extinction of personal identity, but is the recognition of that Infinite Being within, ever blazing forth in all our joyous and sorrowful experiences.

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https://t.co/BQ3WMUypZW

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When we dream, there is no external light of the Sun, moon, stars or electrical lights, yet the light of Awareness enables us to dream. This inner light also reveals to us the complete darkness of deep sleep.

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Importance of Internal Renunciation over External Renunciation: [Staff and water-bowl—the insignia of a Sannyasin. Mere outward giving up is nothing; they must have no place in the mind.

Heart’s knot—to bind as it were the Chit or Absolute Knowledge to the inert body.]

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देहस्य मोक्षो नो मोक्षो न दण्डस्य कमण्डलोः ।
अविद्याहृदयग्रन्थिमोक्षो मोक्षो यतस्ततः ||

For the giving up of the body is not Liberation, nor that of the staff and the water- bowl; but Liberation consists in the destruction of the heart’s knot which is Ignorance.

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- Vivekachūdāmani, 558

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Leave everything aside today and watch this film made on 36th Shankaracharya of Shringeri Matha.

What a wonderful life and his dedication towards Sanatana Dharma.

Link: https://t.co/2AayFURMVM

Short clip from the film:

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Shubh Holi!
Prahlāda teaches us that our Śraddhā (reasoned belief) will guide us through our challenges, even if we are alone in our journey 🙏🏼
Holi is celebrated by throwing colours on each other, so all of us become mosaics of the different colours life has to offer 🌈

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Oh Great Lord Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha,
Who dwells in the hearts of great sages like Prahlāda, Nārada, Parāśara, Pundarīka and Vyāsa, Who loves his devotees and is the wish giving tree, That protects them, and so, Please give me the protection of your hands.

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Śubha Holi 🕉 🎨

Prahlādanāradaparāśarapuṇḍarīka-vyāsādibhāgavatapuṅgavahṛnnivāsa।
bhaktānuraktaparipālanapārijāta lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dēhi karāvalambam ॥ 16 ॥

- Ādi Śankarāchārya’s Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha Karāvalmba Stotram

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Because of the realisation of the partless Brahman generated by the Mahāvākya, Brahman is absolutely pure (untainted). I remain as the one auspicious self free from all attributes.

— Adi Shankarāchārya’s Dashashloki (pe known as Nirvāna Dashakam)

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न साङ्ख्यं न शैवं न तत्पाञ्चरात्रं
न जैनं न मीमांसकादेर्मतं वा ।
विशिष्टानुभूत्या विशुद्धात्मकत्वात्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥

Neither the Sankhya view, nor the Shaiva, nor the Pañcharātra, nor the Jaina nor the Mimamsaka view, etc., are tenable.