Sringeri Jagadguru on the Sambandham between Guru and Shishya (Telugu)

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Sringeri Jagadguru on the Sambandham between Guru and Shishya (Telugu):

JAGADGURU RECOGNIZES THE DEVOTION OF A CHENNUR RESIDENT

"The Jagadguru then described the reason why He decided to camp at Chennur.

I grant you all my wholesome blessings. The reason for my coming here is my beloved disciple, Sri Gattu Narahari Avadhaani. A devotee will have a sense of liberty with God. He will even quarrel with God. My disciple (Sri Narahari) too enjoys the same liberty and relationship with his teacher, as a devotee has with God. Sri Narahari has fought with Me to ensure this camp at Chennur! Initially, a Chennur camp was not on the agenda; not because I did not wish to, but because there seemed to be no proper time or opportunity. Sri Narahari Avadhaani came to Srisailam and asked me, “Swami, how can it be that you are not camping at Chennur? If you are not camping at Chennur, then I do not wish to stay in that place hereon!” I asked, “What is this? Why don’t you want to stay in Chennur just because I am not coming there?” He answered, “No, no, Swami. If you do not come to Chennur, I cannot stay there. You are not allowed to bypass Chennur! If you do not come to Chennur, I will lay in front of your car! Let your car go over me.” I said, “Oh my! What a thing to say! You shouldn’t speak like this. I will come to Chennur. I will definitely come.” Only then did he seemed to regain his lost life! Why this behaviour? Because a disciple has that liberty with the Guru! He can ask for anything he wants of his Guru and accomplish his goal. Is he being selfish? It is only so that people can have Darshan. By my coming to Chennur today, he has arranged for Darshan for thousands of people. He keeps following me, has Darshan and seeks blessings. But if the thousands who reside here have to get Guru’s darshan, it will happen only if Guru comes here. It is for this that he strived so hard and has brought the Guru here. So if the Guru has come to Chennur today, all the credit will go to your Sri Narahari. I am saying this to illustrate the kind of devotion a disciple should hold for his Guru. You are all so devoted. The minute you heard that the Guru is coming to your town, you have all come with great enthusiasm to welcome the Guru, get His darshan, hear His words and to witness the Puja He performs. I am extremely happy with all this. I convey my complete blessings to all of you. May God grace you and protect you always. May He wipe away all your troubles, grant you comfort, make you tread the path of Dharma and ever grace you. So praying thus, I convey to you my remembrance of Narayana and end this speech."

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fwa3547xX0

Copyright: Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Source: http://vijayayatra.sringeri.net/archiveyatra/chennur-december-29-30-2012/

Sringeri Jagadguru explains We should be Content with Our Wealth earned by Proper Means and Not Desire for Wealth of Others

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Sringeri Jagadguru explains We should be Content with Our Wealth earned by Proper Means and Not Desire for Wealth of Others (Telugu):

People even feel that Dharma cannot be given a high priority in this fast-paced 21st century. However, Dharma is unaffected by time. There can be no time when Asatya (lie) and Himsa (violence) can be classified as Dharma. Hence Dharma needs to be given its rightful place.

The third conduct laid down is that one must not desire the wealth of others. The Shastras say:

न्यायोपार्जितवित्तेन कर्तव्यं ह्यात्मरक्षणम्

– Sustain your livelihood by just means,

अन्यायेन अर्जितं वित्तम् अन्यायेन विनश्यति

– Wealth earned by unjust means is lost by unexpected means.

When one is not satisfied, one will never get peace. A man will initially wish for a Rupee. Upon getting it, he will wish for ten, thereafter a hundred, then a thousand, ten-thousand, a lakh, a crore and so on. There is no end for desire.

When one has no satisfaction, he is still classified as poor even if he is wealthy. If he has satisfaction (Trupti), he can be termed wealthy even if he is actually not.

Some give the excuse that they earn through unjust means to engage in charity or in noble activities such as constructing a temple. This is not necessary at all – you do not need to earn by unjust means. Such a temple need not be built at all. If you donate from what you have earned through rightful means, that charity is far bigger than performing an Ati Rudra Mahayaga or Sahasrachandi Mahayaga, or building a temple from money earned illegally.

One must not swerve from the path of Dharma just because one has to undergo suffering to upkeep Dharma.

Video: https://youtu.be/4T6wnLB1tzY

Copyright: Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Sources: http://vijayayatra.sringeri.net/archiveyatra/orvakallu-november-17-18-2012/
http://vijayayatra.sringeri.net/archiveyatra/chennur-december-29-30-2012/

Sringeri Jagadguru explains the meaning of Rama

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Sringeri Jagadguru explains the meaning of Rama (Kannada):

When we open our mouths to say RA, the papas (sins) inside us will go out.

When we close our mouths to say MA, the papas that went out will not go back inside.

The greatness of the name of Sri Rama is highlighted in a verse that when one opens the mouth to utter the syllable “ra”, our sins are pushed out through the mouth, while they are stopped from reentering when we utter the next syllable “ma” –

राशब्दोच्चाराणादेव मुखान्निर्यान्ति पातकाः ।

पुनः प्रवेशभीत्यात्र मकारस्तु कवाटवत् ॥

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddoeHXcUmlE

Copyright: Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Source for shoka: http://vijayayatra.sringeri.net/archiveyatra/pondicherry-june-13-14-2012/

Sringeri Jagadguru on the Kavita and Kalpana Shakti (Poetic Genius) of Bhagavadpada Adi Shankaracharya

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In this unique Upanyasam, Sringeri Jagadguru illustrates the Kavita and Kalpana Shakti (Poetic Genius) of Bhagavadpada Adi Shankaracharya with a quotation from Shiva Keshadi Padanta Stotram:

सम्म्रान्तायाः शिवायाः पतिविलयभिया सर्वलोकोपतापात्-
संविग्नस्यापि विष्णोः सरभसमुभयोर्वारणप्रेरणाभ्याम् ।
मध्ये त्रैशङ्कवीयामनुभवति दशां यत्र हालाहलोष्मा
सोऽयं सर्वापदां नः शमयतु निचयं नीलकण्ठस्य कण्ठः ॥२५॥

(a rough translation)

"Shri Shankara’s kavita shakti is simply indescribable. His stotraas like ‘Shivaananda lahari’, ‘Soundarya lahari’ and many others, are not mere descriptions, but are ingrained with amazing poetic imagination. A poet is extremely skilled in ascribing amazing imaginations to even small things. This Kalpana Shakti was abundantly present in Shri Shankara.

One such instance of Shri Shankara’s poetic skill can be found in his ‘Shiva Keshaadi Paadaanta Stotra’. Shiva is called Neelakantha. The poison taken by him, neither comes outside his mouth nor descends down to his stomach but rests in his throat only. Shankara ascribes a beautiful poetic imagination to this. Shri Shankara says:

सम्भ्रान्तायाः शिवायाः पतिविलयभिया सर्वलोकोपतापात्

संविग्नस्यापि विष्णोः सरभसमुभयोर्वारणप्रेरणाभ्याम्।

मध्ये त्रैशड्०कवीयामनुभवति दशां यत्र हालाहलोष्मा

सोयं सर्वापदां नः शमयतु निचयं नीलकण्ठस्य कण्ठः।।

As per the Puranas, Shri Paarvati resides in half portion of Shiva’s body. While, in certain other context, the Puraanas say that Shri Vishnu resides in the half portion of Shiva’s body. Thus, Parvati resided in one half of Shiv’s body while Vishnu resides in the other half. Considering this, Shri Shankara comes up with a beautiful poetic imagination.

The moment Shiva partook the poison, both Parvati and Vishnu were afraid for different reasons. Parvati feared that if the poison enters her husband’s stomach, it may cause him harm. A naarimani, a pativrata never wishes to see her husband in trouble, she always desires for his well-being. A pativrata’s mind abides by this principle. Shri Shankara superimposes this mind set of a Bhaaratiya Naarimani on Parvati. Thus, wishing that no harm must come to her husband, she is commanding the poison to move out from Shiva’s throat.

Vishnu, on the other hand, doesn’t have this fear. It is known to him that Shiva wont be harmed even if the poison is swallowed by him. However, he is afraid that if the poison comes out of Shiva’s mouth , the whole world will be turned into ashes. Thus, contrary to Parvati’s command, Vishnu is commanding the poison to descend down into Shiva’s stomach. Thus, says Shankara, the poison, unable to come out of Shiva’s mouth or descend down into his stomach, stays in his throat only! Such is the Kalpana Shakti of  Shankara which exceeds the kalpana shakti of great poests like Kalidasa, Shri Harsha, Magha, Bhavabhuti and others. Pithy verses such as this, can be found abundantly in Shankara’s poetic literature.

This verse is from Shankara’s ‘Shiva-Keshadi-Padanta stotra’. Shri Shankara has also composed ‘Vishnu Keshadi Padanta stotra’. Thus, he never perceived any difference between Shiva and Keshava. For this reason, Shri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrushima Bharati Mahaswamiji, in one of his stotras on Shankaracharya, describes Shri Shankara in the following manner:

विष्ण्वीशभेद-मतिवारण-पंचवक्त्र

( Sri Shankaracharya Padavalamba Stavah , 33rd verse)

Shri Shankara is a lion which slays the shiva-vishnu-bheda-buddhi personified elephant.

Shri Shankara had remarkable poetic skills. Such an enriched literature is not to be found anywhere else."

 
Video: https://youtu.be/0pAGzGo8nfc

Translation by Sri Nataraj Maneshinde

Copyright: Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Sringeri Jagadguru explains Adi Shankaracharya is Saakshaat Shankara (Shiva) Rupa

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Sringeri Jagadguru explains Adi Shankaracharya is Saakshaat Shankara (Shiva) Rupa (Kannada):

In the Anugraha Bhashanam during Sri Adi Shankaracharya Ashtottara-Shatanama-Parayana Yajna, Sringeri Jagadguru explained the Greatness of the 108 Names of Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Jagadguru mentioned that by reading the Shankara Vijaya and works of various other scholars about Shankaracharya, we all have been able to gain fair knowledge about Him. However, if a person, without having read the aforementioned granthas, attempts to understand the Shankaracharya Ashtothara Shathanamavali in the right perspective, he will be able to derive the same amount of knowledge that he would have obtained by reading the other works. These Ashtothara Naamas are therefore a repository of knowledge.

To start with, if we ponder over the first basic question of who exactly Shankaracharya is, the naama

साक्षाच्छङ्कररूपधृते नमः

(sākṣācchaṅkararūpadhr̥tē namaḥ) - 17

answers it. It says Shankaracharya is the very incarnation of Lord Parameshwara, the dweller of Kailasha.

Video: https://youtu.be/S_7TZX87ets

Copyright: Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Sri Adi Shankaracharya Ashtottara Shatanamavali:

http://www.sringeri.net/2013/05/12/stotra/guru/sri-adi-shankaracharya-ashtottara-shatanamavali.htm

Sringeri Guru Birudavali

Sringeri Guru Birudavali

Gajaananam Bhutha GaNaadhi Sevitham

गजाननं भूतगणादि सेवितं 

कपित्थ जम्बूफलसार भक्षितम्

 उमासुतं शोक विनाशकारणं 

नमामि विघ्नेश्वर पादपङ्कजम् 

Gajaananam Bhutha GaNaadhi Sevitham

Kapittha Jambu Phalasaara Bhakshitham

Uma Sutham Shoka Vinaasha KaaraNam

Namaami ViGneshwara Paadha Pankajam

He who has elephant face, who is worshipped by Bhutha ganam,

He who eats the essence of kapitha (wood apple,vilam pazham) and jambu fruits (Indian blackberry, naaval pazham), 

He who is the son of Uma and who allieviates the bad feelings in us. 

O! Lord Vigneshwara who is an embodiment of all the above, we offer our Namaskarams at your

Divine feet.