Kanchi Maha-Swamigal's Discourses on Advaita Saadhanaa (KDAS-56)

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advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote:

> When we manufacture a cracker we pack tightly a lot of explosive

material inside, wrap it up by decorative paper, and make it

attractive from outside. All this is done for the final purpose of

lighting up the wick and explode it so that nothing remains of that

cracker. Here also the ego inside has to be exploded so that nothing

remains. In Tamil one word for cracker is 'vANam'. The vANaM' (that

is the ego) is elaborately prepared through a sAdhanA for the final

purpose of exploding it and making it 'NirvANa!

 

 

Namaste Prof. ji,

 

Thanks for the entire series. They are so inspiring. How nicely the

Mahaswamiji has conveyed the idea that what is meticulously earned is

only for being spent selflessly later ! And look at the term that is

used for this in the shastra: sAdhana-chatuShTaya-sampatti. Sampatti

is wealth. Again inside it is the shamAdi-ShaTka-sampatti. It is this

wealth that has to be accumulated in abundance. Here is a nice verse

from the Sarvadarshana-sangrahaH:

 

Bhakti-lakShmI-samRR^IddhAnAm kim-anyad-upyAchitam

etayA vA daridrANAm kim-anyad-apayAchitam

 

(For those who are steeped in devotion, what other 'wealth' is there to

crave for? For those who are utterly impoverished in respect of

this 'wealth', what other poverty is there to be got rid of?)

 

Saint Purandaradaasa sang: nAneke baDavano....O SrInAtha, the Lord of

ShrIH, when You are there as my refuge, how can i be devoid of wealth?

 

Pranams,

subbu

Om Tat Sat