04 Manisha Panchakam Verse 4
2508, 2012

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
2508, 2012

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
2508, 2012

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
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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
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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
2308, 2012

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?

01 Manisha Panchakam Verse 1
2308, 2012

01 Manisha Panchakam Verse 1

(Read in TAMIL) First Verse जाग्रत्स्वप्न सुषुत्पिषु स्फुटतरा या संविदुज्जृम्भते या ब्रह्मादि पिपीलिकान्त तनुषु प्रोता जगत्साक्षिणी, सैवाहं न च दृश्य वस्त्विति दृढ प्रज्ञापि यस्यास्तिचे च्चण्डालोस्तु स तु द्विजोस्तु गुरुरित्येषा मनीषा मम || 1|| jaagratswapna sushuptishu sphutataraa yaa sam vidujjrimbhatae yaa brahmaadi pipeelika anta thanushu prothaa jagat saakshinee, saiva aham na cha drisya vastwiti drudha prajnaapi yasya asti chaet chandaalostu sa tu dwijosthu gurur ityaeshaa maneeshaa mama. (1) Meaning The indwelling

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