Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Dear Family, Namaste! The Sadhana Panchakam was composed by Sri Sankaracharya in AD 700. These five verses contain 40 instructions for a spiritual seeker. Swamiji said that there is plenty of material in just these five verses to keep us going for a while. Google it and you get 782 hits. Quite popular! Here are the first eight from the first verse: 1. Always Study words of wisdom 2. With all your capacity act in accordance and perform discipline of these words 3. Following the systems of worship they enumerate, make the worship of the Supreme Lord 4. Don't allow your consciousness to contemplate adverse desires. 5. Wipe all the dross of sin from your mind. 6. Search for the faults in the pleasures of the world 7. Search your own soul for true knowledge 8. Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to your home. The first three remind me of "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate them. Swamiji, a couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh = Deep inside and Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit deeply inside you. Incorporate them into the way you live your life. We must regularly study words of wisdom. Make a routine which incorporates such study. The next four say turn your mind away from the world and its temptations and go inside and discover your soul. Most difficult for me. In fact the easiest way to achieve this, I think, is to hang out with wise people who know how to go inside quickly even when living in the world. The last instruction says give up your attachments to your home. Not leave your home. Looks like Sri Sankaracharya was speaking to people wo lived in a home and had a family. Your thoughts and comments are welcome - please write so that our collective understanding increases! We can explore meanings of specific sanskrit words also! with love and prayers srini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Namaste Srini and all, Thanks again for suggesting this great Father's day sankalpa. Reading the Sadhana Panchakam reminded me of the "Desiderata" - http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm <http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm> Both give a set of instructions for composing one's mind with tranquility. Each time I read the Sadhana Panchakam, something new appeals to me. Today it was the line "take refuge in the great words of wisdom" Here are some of the great words of wisdom repeatedly drilled into me by our beloved Swamiji and have become my refuge in an increasingly ever changing world . Swamiji told me to look at any situation, at work,home or anywhere else with the attitude of "What value can I bring to this situation? How can I be of help ?" Simple concept - from "what is there for me", to "what can I do to be of help" THANK YOU SWAMIJI! Dear friends, what great words of wisdom do you take refuge in? What lines from the Sadhana Panchakam speak to you today ? Please do post and share. Jai Shiva Nanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 namaste dear Srini, namaste to all my dear members of the Devi Mandir group, here is another contribution to the Sadhana Panchakam, which i found in the Ashtavakra Gita of the Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati as an attachment. with humble pranams, varunah --- srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu > wrote: > Dear Family, > > Namaste! > > The Sadhana Panchakam was composed by Sri > Sankaracharya in AD 700. > These five verses contain 40 instructions for a > spiritual seeker. > Swamiji said that there is plenty of material in > just these five > verses to keep us going for a while. > > Google it and you get 782 hits. Quite popular! > > Here are the first eight from the first verse: > > 1. Always Study words of wisdom > 2. With all your capacity act in accordance and > perform discipline of > these words > 3. Following the systems of worship they enumerate, > make the worship > of the Supreme Lord > 4. Don't allow your consciousness to contemplate > adverse desires. > 5. Wipe all the dross of sin from your mind. > 6. Search for the faults in the pleasures of the > world > 7. Search your own soul for true knowledge > 8. Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to > your home. > > The first three remind me of > "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is > to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate > them. Swamiji, a > couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh > = Deep inside and > Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit > deeply inside > you. Incorporate them into the way you live your > life. > > We must regularly study words of wisdom. Make a > routine which > incorporates such study. > > The next four say turn your mind away from the world > and its > temptations and go inside and discover your soul. > > Most difficult for me. In fact the easiest way to > achieve this, I > think, is to hang out with wise people who know how > to go inside > quickly even when living in the world. > > The last instruction says give up your attachments > to your home. Not > leave your home. Looks like Sri Sankaracharya was > speaking to people > wo lived in a home and had a family. > > Your thoughts and comments are welcome - please > write so that our > collective understanding increases! > > We can explore meanings of specific sanskrit words > also! > > with love and prayers > srini > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Namaste dear Bruno, Your quote from Ahstavakra´s wisdom gives the clue to transcending dualiy, I thank you for that. Vishnu Gysels Bruno Brunner <devacarya > To: Subject: Re: [www.ShreeMaa.org] Sadhana Panchakam Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:57:34 -0700 (PDT) >namaste dear Srini, >namaste to all my dear members of the Devi Mandir >group, > >here is another contribution to the Sadhana Panchakam, >which i >found in the Ashtavakra Gita of the Advaita Ashrama, >Mayavati >as an attachment. > >with humble pranams, varunah > > > >--- srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu > wrote: > > > Dear Family, > > > > Namaste! > > > > The Sadhana Panchakam was composed by Sri > > Sankaracharya in AD 700. > > These five verses contain 40 instructions for a > > spiritual seeker. > > Swamiji said that there is plenty of material in > > just these five > > verses to keep us going for a while. > > > > Google it and you get 782 hits. Quite popular! > > > > Here are the first eight from the first verse: > > > > 1. Always Study words of wisdom > > 2. With all your capacity act in accordance and > > perform discipline of > > these words > > 3. Following the systems of worship they enumerate, > > make the worship > > of the Supreme Lord > > 4. Don't allow your consciousness to contemplate > > adverse desires. > > 5. Wipe all the dross of sin from your mind. > > 6. Search for the faults in the pleasures of the > > world > > 7. Search your own soul for true knowledge > > 8. Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to > > your home. > > > > The first three remind me of > > "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is > > to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate > > them. Swamiji, a > > couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh > > = Deep inside and > > Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit > > deeply inside > > you. Incorporate them into the way you live your > > life. > > > > We must regularly study words of wisdom. Make a > > routine which > > incorporates such study. > > > > The next four say turn your mind away from the world > > and its > > temptations and go inside and discover your soul. > > > > Most difficult for me. In fact the easiest way to > > achieve this, I > > think, is to hang out with wise people who know how > > to go inside > > quickly even when living in the world. > > > > The last instruction says give up your attachments > > to your home. Not > > leave your home. Looks like Sri Sankaracharya was > > speaking to people > > wo lived in a home and had a family. > > > > Your thoughts and comments are welcome - please > > write so that our > > collective understanding increases! > > > > We can explore meanings of specific sanskrit words > > also! > > > > with love and prayers > > srini > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 , "Nanda" <chandimaakijai wrote: > Dear friends, what great words of wisdom do you take refuge in? What > lines from the Sadhana Panchakam speak to you today ? Please do post and share. I read both writings. I realize that translations through the ages and languages contrive many different sentiments, and are subject to the filter of the human mind. The specific sadhana panchakam I read seems rather harsh and forboding (http://www.astrojyoti.com/SadhanaPanchakam.htm), while the Desiderata you posted, Nanda, seems more peaceful and loving. More like a resounding "DON'T" vs. "DO". In the spirit of Father's Day, which do you think a child is more willing to follow? I know I spent far more time in the indiscretion of youth checking out something I was specifically told not to do than I did following direction...spiritual or otherwise In both writngs, I take to heart, essentially - be indifferent. Translation - stay balanced. And - in everything - moderation... I teach learning disabled teens whose aggression and volatile behaviors have gotten them thrown out of their mainstream schools. Not an easy crowd. let me tell you. Somewhere I read that when faced with extreme adversity, immediately shift to inner silence and ask God to show (me) the reflection of what He loves in that person. Without exception, I am given divine guidance to diffuse some incredibly difficult situations. The difficulty is in staying totally aware each and every second of the day...living a life in checks and balances is very arduous sometimes... my, how I ramble on... sal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Dear List, Has anyone heard of anyone interepeting the mission of Christ as an Incarnation of the Paramapurusha? Thanks! Ken Shaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Dear Srini, Thanks for this group sankalpa. If I initially get lost in the forty instructions of the sadhana panchakam and everything they imply, it's helpful for me that two of them are designated as things to do "very quickly." Maybe at first I at least can be attentive to those. 1. "Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to your home." 2. (Jumping ahead to the second verse) "Very quickly renounce the fruits of you labors." These two instructions which Shankaracarya advises us to do "very quickly" both have to do with renunciation. Maybe these renunciation instructions are singled out to help us begin to focus, to make our consciousness slim and trim and fit for ever-expanding sadhana. Could someone please say which Sanskrit word is translated as "Supreme Lord" in the first verse? Thanks all. - Alan , "srini_sadhu" <srini_sadhu wrote: > > Dear Family, > > Namaste! > > The Sadhana Panchakam was composed by Sri Sankaracharya in AD 700. > These five verses contain 40 instructions for a spiritual seeker. > Swamiji said that there is plenty of material in just these five > verses to keep us going for a while. > > Google it and you get 782 hits. Quite popular! > > Here are the first eight from the first verse: > > 1. Always Study words of wisdom > 2. With all your capacity act in accordance and perform discipline of > these words > 3. Following the systems of worship they enumerate, make the worship > of the Supreme Lord > 4. Don't allow your consciousness to contemplate adverse desires. > 5. Wipe all the dross of sin from your mind. > 6. Search for the faults in the pleasures of the world > 7. Search your own soul for true knowledge > 8. Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to your home. > > The first three remind me of "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is > to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate them. Swamiji, a > couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh = Deep inside and > Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit deeply inside > you. Incorporate them into the way you live your life. > > We must regularly study words of wisdom. Make a routine which > incorporates such study. > > The next four say turn your mind away from the world and its > temptations and go inside and discover your soul. > > Most difficult for me. In fact the easiest way to achieve this, I > think, is to hang out with wise people who know how to go inside > quickly even when living in the world. > > The last instruction says give up your attachments to your home. Not > leave your home. Looks like Sri Sankaracharya was speaking to people > wo lived in a home and had a family. > > Your thoughts and comments are welcome - please write so that our > collective understanding increases! > > We can explore meanings of specific sanskrit words also! > > with love and prayers > srini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Dear Alan, Namaste! In the second line, you break up tenesasya, into tena and isasya(pronounced eeshasya). When combined these words become tenesasya. Isha is the Supreme Lord. Tena is referering to "these words" from the previous clause, and translates into "they", I think. Vidhi is system of worship. Tenesasya vidhiyatam: Following the systems of worship they enumerate, make the worship of the Lord. I hope this helps. My sanskrit is rudimentary, so others can correct me. Love srini , "xiaqi250" <xiaqi250 wrote: > > Dear Srini, > > Thanks for this group sankalpa. > > If I initially get lost in the forty instructions of the > sadhana panchakam and everything they imply, it's helpful > for me that two of them are designated as things to do > "very quickly." Maybe at first I at least can be > attentive to those. > > 1. "Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to your home." > 2. (Jumping ahead to the second verse) "Very quickly renounce > the fruits of you labors." > > These two instructions which Shankaracarya advises us to do > "very quickly" both have to do with renunciation. Maybe these > renunciation instructions are singled out to help us begin to > focus, to make our consciousness slim and trim and fit for > ever-expanding sadhana. > > Could someone please say which Sanskrit word is translated as > "Supreme Lord" in the first verse? > > Thanks all. > > - Alan > > > , "srini_sadhu" <srini_sadhu@> wrote: > > > > Dear Family, > > > > Namaste! > > > > The Sadhana Panchakam was composed by Sri Sankaracharya in AD 700. > > These five verses contain 40 instructions for a spiritual seeker. > > Swamiji said that there is plenty of material in just these five > > verses to keep us going for a while. > > > > Google it and you get 782 hits. Quite popular! > > > > Here are the first eight from the first verse: > > > > 1. Always Study words of wisdom > > 2. With all your capacity act in accordance and perform discipline of > > these words > > 3. Following the systems of worship they enumerate, make the worship > > of the Supreme Lord > > 4. Don't allow your consciousness to contemplate adverse desires. > > 5. Wipe all the dross of sin from your mind. > > 6. Search for the faults in the pleasures of the world > > 7. Search your own soul for true knowledge > > 8. Very quickly try to renounce the attachments to your home. > > > > The first three remind me of "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is > > to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate them. Swamiji, a > > couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh = Deep inside and > > Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit deeply inside > > you. Incorporate them into the way you live your life. > > > > We must regularly study words of wisdom. Make a routine which > > incorporates such study. > > > > The next four say turn your mind away from the world and its > > temptations and go inside and discover your soul. > > > > Most difficult for me. In fact the easiest way to achieve this, I > > think, is to hang out with wise people who know how to go inside > > quickly even when living in the world. > > > > The last instruction says give up your attachments to your home. Not > > leave your home. Looks like Sri Sankaracharya was speaking to people > > wo lived in a home and had a family. > > > > Your thoughts and comments are welcome - please write so that our > > collective understanding increases! > > > > We can explore meanings of specific sanskrit words also! > > > > with love and prayers > > srini > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 Dear Nandaji The great words of wisdom I take refuge is the advice of Maa about sadhana (3 times day). Her advice is like this panchakam and it will help us about that Sriniji said: " The first three remind me of "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate them. Swamiji, a couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh = Deep inside and Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit deeply inside you. Incorporate them into the way you live your life." Dear all new members, Excuse me my Bad English, ok? With love Kalachandra - Brasil Nanda <chandimaakijai > escreveu: Namaste Srini and all, Thanks again for suggesting this great Father's day sankalpa. Reading the Sadhana Panchakam reminded me of the "Desiderata" - http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm Both give a set of instructions for composing one's mind with tranquility. Each time I read the Sadhana Panchakam, something new appeals to me. Today it was the line "take refuge in the great words of wisdom" Here are some of the great words of wisdom repeatedly drilled into me by our beloved Swamiji and have become my refuge in an increasingly ever changing world . Swamiji told me to look at any situation, at work,home or anywhere else with the attitude of "What value can I bring to this situation? How can I be of help ?" Simple concept - from "what is there for me", to "what can I do to be of help" THANK YOU SWAMIJI! Dear friends, what great words of wisdom do you take refuge in? What lines from the Sadhana Panchakam speak to you today ? Please do post and share. Jai Shiva Nanda Fale com seus amigos de graça com o novo Messenger http://br.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 dearest Kalachandra, love is clearly understood in any language...I am very humbly grateful to share at your table... peace, sal. , Kala Chandra <kalachandra2003 wrote: > > Dear Nandaji > > The great words of wisdom I take refuge is the advice of Maa about sadhana (3 times day). Her advice is like this panchakam and it will help us about that > Sriniji said: > " The first three remind me of "Sravana-Manana-Nidhidhyasana. Sravana is to hear (the wise words), Manana is to contemplate them. Swamiji, a > couple of days ago, broke nidhidhyasan into Nidhidh = Deep inside and > Asan = sit. So Nidhidhyasan means make the words sit deeply inside > you. Incorporate them into the way you live your life." > Dear all new members, Excuse me my Bad English, ok? > With love Kalachandra - Brasil > > > > Nanda <chandimaakijai escreveu: > Namaste Srini and all, > Thanks again for suggesting this great Father's day sankalpa. > Reading the Sadhana Panchakam reminded me of the "Desiderata" - http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm > Both give a set of instructions for composing one's mind with tranquility. Each time I read the Sadhana Panchakam, something new appeals to me. Today it was the line "take refuge in the great words of wisdom" > Here are some of the great words of wisdom repeatedly drilled into me by our beloved Swamiji and have become my refuge in an increasingly ever changing world . > Swamiji told me to look at any situation, at work,home or anywhere else with the attitude of "What value can I bring to this situation? How can I be of help ?" > Simple concept - from "what is there for me", to "what can I do to be of help" > THANK YOU SWAMIJI! > Dear friends, what great words of wisdom do you take refuge in? What lines from the Sadhana Panchakam speak to you today ? Please do post and share. > Jai Shiva > Nanda > > > > > > > > > > Fale com seus amigos de graça com o novo Messenger > http://br.messenger./ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 Dear Srini, The Sadhana Panchakam reminds me of the atha brahmadi sapa vimocanam in the Chandi. They are both purifying steps in the path of self realization. Many thanks to all for the really wonderful explanations offered for the text. Kalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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