Sri Kanchi Maha Periva – Namaskarams

கருணையுன் விழிகள்வழியும் கலைகளுன் மொழியால்விரியும் வறுமையுன் வரவிலொழியும் வள்ளலேவழி நமஸ்காரம்! நின்றதோ சிவஸ்வரூபம் நீள்விழி அருட்பிரவாகம் குன்றதோ குணப்ரஹாஸம் குருபராபத நமஸ்காரம்!

Ealing Sri Kanaka Durga

Ealing Sri Kanaka Durga

இலண்டன் ஈலிங் நகரில் அருள் பாலிக்கும் ஸ்ரீ கனகதுர்க்கை அன்னை வழிபாடு. பனித்திவலை பகலெதிரில் நிலைக்குமோ தீப்பொறியை – பஞ்செதிர் கொள்ளல் எளிதோ எனவாதிட்டு, நம் பிணியை அறுக்கும் அன்னையின் அருளை வேண்டுவோம்.

04 Manisha Panchakam Verse 4

04 Manisha Panchakam Verse 4

Is the ‘I’ consciousness applicable only to human-beings? Or is it true for all life-forms? Besides independent of the ‘I-consciousness’, the instruments such as the mind and the organs of perceptions are also seem to have their own local intelligence.

01 Manisha Panchakam Context

01 Manisha Panchakam Context

The Stranger, who was confronting Adi Sankara and his entourage in the narrow street of Varanasi, raises his questions when he was scornfully asked to get away from the path. His questions unearthed profound thoughts of Sankara in the form of Manisha Panchakam.

01 Introduction  Manisha Panchakam

01 Introduction Manisha Panchakam

Adi Sankara’s ‘Manisha Panchakam’ refers to the conclusive wisdom or determinate knowledge asserted in five verses. What is Sankara’s assertion as his determinate knowledge? What is such conclusive wisdom?

Nirvana Shatakam

Nirvana Shatakam

When Adi Sankara was a young child, he approached Guru Govindapaada for seeking guidance. When he was asked to introduce himself, the young Sankara offered in six verses the true nature of the Self.

03 Manisha Panchakam Verse 3

03 Manisha Panchakam Verse 3

Adi Sankara, after explaining the identification and the unification of Jeevaatman and Ishvara in the first two verses, gives the instruction on the method by which such superior wisdom can be obtained and upon achieving, the need for unwavering commitment to that wisdom and to realize the ultimate benefit in this third verse.

02 Manisha Panchakam – Verse 2

02 Manisha Panchakam – Verse 2

In this second verse, the Paramaatman is analyzed and as it represents everything in the worlds, the experiences of the world are taken as the subject of analysis. It starts with the assumption that worlds are created by Ishvara. Why is this assumption valid?