Invocation - 2004

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Namaste,

 

As the year 2003 draws to a close, and the New Year 2004 is

ushered in, let us chant these invocatory verses for our inspiration:

 

|| sampradaaya paramparaa shlokaani ||

Invocatory Verses of the Tradition and Lineage

 

OM namo brahmaadibhyo brahmavidyaasampradaayakartR^ibhyo

va.nshaR^iShibhyo mahadbhyo namo gurubhyaH |

 

OM Salutations to Brahma and others who established the tradition of

Spiritual Knowledge, and also to the great Sages and Teachers.

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OM naaraayaNaM padmabhava.n vasiShThaM

shakti.n cha tatputra paraashara.n cha |

vyaasa.n shuka.n gauDapadaM mahaantaM

govinda yogiindramathaasya shiShyam.h ||

shriisha~Nkaraachaaryamathaasya padma\-

paada.n cha hastaamalaka.n cha shiShyam.h |

ta.n toTaka.n vaartikakaaramanyaan\-

asmadguruunsantatamaanato.asmi ||

 

OM Continuous prostrations to the tradition of Advaita Teachers

beginning with Narayana, Brahma,

(the lotus-born), Vasishta, Shakti, his son Parashara, Vyasa,

Shuka, the great Gaudapada,

his disciple Govind – a king among yogis, Sri

Shankaracharya

and his disciples – Padmapada,

Hastamalaka, Totaka, and the Sureshvara – the commentator.

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OM sadaashivasamaarambhaa.n sha~Nkaraachaarya madhyamaam.h |

asmadaachaaryaparyantaa.n vande guruparamparaam.h ||

 

OM I prostrate to the lineage of teachers starting from Lord Shiva

who is ever auspicious and with Bhagavaan Shankara in the middle and

all the way up to my own teacher.

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shrutismR^itipuraaNaanaamaalaya.n karuNaalayam.h |

namaami bhagavatpaada.n sha~Nkara.n lokasha~Nkaram.h ||

 

My humble prostrations to Shree Shankara Bhagavat paada who is the

very abode (for the study) of the Veda-s, the Bhagavad Geeta and

PuraaNa-s and who is the very source of compassion and auspiciousness

for the world.

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sha~Nkara.n sha~Nkaraachaarya.n keshavaM baadaraayaNam.h |

suutrabhaaSyakR^itau vande bhagavantau punaH punaH ||

 

I salute again and again Bhagavan Badarayana and Shankaracharya who

are authors of Brahmasutra and Brahmasutra Bhashya.

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iishvaro gururaatmeti muurtibhedavibhaagine |

vyomavadvyaaptadehaaya dakShiNaamuurtaye namaH ||

 

I salute Lord Dakshinamurty who is infinite as the space and manifest

as

Ishvara, Guru, and Jivatma.

 

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For an illuminating dialogue on Shankara Sampradaya

(Tradition), please study the one between Kanchi Paramacharya and

Prof. Nakamura, at URL:

 

http://www.advaita-

vedanta.org/series/shankara_sampradaya/sankara_sampradayam_top.htm

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder