A small treatise on Vedanta 1. AUM. . The VIRAT is said to be the sum total of all the quintuplicated[1] five elements and their effects. This is called the gross body of the Atman (soul). W... Read more
Worship of the Attributeless Spirit Translated by Swami Yogananda Sarasvati The disciple said: 1. In the indivisible Satchidananda whose nature is only unconditioned, and which is also... Read more
15 Namosthu Kanthyai kamalekshanayai, Namosthu bhoothyai bhuvanaprasoothyai, Namosthu devadhibhir archithayai, Namosthu nandhathmaja vallabhayai. Salutations to her who is light living in Lo... Read more
8 Ishta visishtamathayopi yaya dhayardhra, Dhrishtya thravishta papadam sulabham labhanthe, Hrishtim prahrushta kamlodhara deepthirishtam, Pushtim krishishta mama pushkravishtaraya. To her d... Read more
Translated by P. R. Ramachander Introduction Adi Sankara was possibly one of the great saints of his time.He was born in a poor Brahmin family in Kerala. After brahmopadesa, as is usual duri... Read more
Praanayamam prathyaaharam, Nithyaa nithya viveka vichaaram, Jaapyasametha samadhi vidhaanam, Kurvavadhaanam mahadhava dhaanam. Control your senses, you fool, Withdraw from all your wants, Tr... Read more
You get joy, Of meditation or passion, Or you get joy, In solitude or in company, But All these are but impermanent. Try to make your mind one, With Para Brahmam, That is the only permanent... Read more
Vayasi gathe ka kama vikara, Shushke neere ka kaasaara, Nashte dravye ka parivaara, Gnathe tathwe ka samasaara. Why this passion, when one totters with age, Why the search for water in the... Read more
Translated by P. R. Ramachander Charpata Panjarika Stotra (The eighteen gems of wisdom) Bhaja Govindam, Bhaja Govindam, Govindam Bhaja Mooda Mathe, Samprapthe sannihithe kale, Nahi nahi raks... Read more
51. The self-abiding Jivan Mukta, relinquishing all his attachments to the illusory external happiness and satisfied with the bliss derived from the Atman, shines inwardly like a lamp place... Read more
