Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya

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Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya

1. The man who having with difficulties acquired a human births with a male body

and knowledge of the scriptures through delusion does not exert for liberation

commits suicide, for he destroys himself by clinging to unreal objects.

2. What greater fool is there than the man who having obtained a rare human

birth and a male body too, neglects to attain the goal of his life?

3. Vairagya is the desire to abandon all the transitory enjoyments from the

physical body up to Brahma, the creator, having already known their defects and

shortcomings from observation, hearing, etc.

4. Those fools who are tied to these sense objects by the thick cord of

attachment, so very difficult to be broken are forcibly carried along by the

messenger, their own Karma, to heaven, earth and hell.

5. The deer, elephant, moth, fish and black bee-these five meet with their

death, being bound to one or other of the five senses, viz., sound, etc.,

through attachment. What then of man who is bound by all the senses jointly.

6. In point of virulence sense-objects are more fatal than the poison of cobra

even. Poison kills one who drinks it, but sensuous objects can kill one who even

looks at them through the eye's.

7. He who is free from the terrible bondage of the hankering of the sense

objects so very difficult to get rid of is alone fit for liberation; none else

even though he is well versed in the six systems of philosophy.

8. Those seekers after liberation who are endowed with only an apparent

dispassion (Vairagya) and are endeavouring to cross the ocean of Samsara or

conditioned existence are seized by the stark of hankering; being caught by the

neck and forcibly dragged into the middle and drowned.

9. He who has slain the stark of desire with the sword of supreme or mature

dispassion, crosses the ocean of Samsara without obstacles.

10. Know that death rapidly overtakes that stupid man who treads along the

dreadful path of sensual pleasure; but whoever treads the right path under the

instruction of a Guru who looks after his spiritual welfare, also his own

reasoning attains his end-know this to be true.

11. If thou hast really an yearning for liberation, abandon sense-objects from a

good distance as if they were poison and always develop carefully the

nectar-like virtues of contentment, compassion, forgiveness, sincerity,

tranquillity and self-control.

12. Whoever passionately attends to the feeding of his own body which is an

object for jackals, fishes and vultures, to enjoy, and ignores what should

always be attempted viz., liberation from the bondage of ignorance without

beginning commits suicide thereby.

13. Whoever tries to realize the Self by nourishing his body is like one who

crosses a river by catching hold of a crocodile, thinking it to be a log of

wood.

14. For one desirous of liberation the infatuation over things like the body is

dire death. He who is free from such infatuation is alone fit for liberation.

15. Conquer the infatuation over the objects like the body, wife, children, and

so on. Having conquered it the sages attain that supreme state of Vishnu.

16. This gross body is to be condemned for it is made up of skin, flesh, blood,

arteries, veins, fat, marrow and bones and is filled with filth.

17. The physical body has got various restrictions regarding caste and order of

life. It is subject to various diseases. It is worshipped and honoured

sometimes. It is censured and insulted at other times.

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So very nice to read about this. Thank You for sharing it in the group.

Takes 10 min to read through this; takes immense time to understand and digest each point; is going to take a life-time of intense Practice to be able to live anywhere near what has been said.

Vairagya- So easy to pronounce- but the most difficult one to follow.

ThankYou Sir - atleast there is an awareness that such a thing exists.

meena--- On Tue, 22/9/09, yognat2001 <yognat2001 wrote:

yognat2001 <yognat2001 Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya Date: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009, 2:34 PM

Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya 1. The man who having with difficulties acquired a human births with a male body and knowledge of the scriptures through delusion does not exert for liberation commits suicide, for he destroys himself by clinging to unreal objects. 2. What greater fool is there than the man who having obtained a rare human birth and a male body too, neglects to attain the goal of his life? 3. Vairagya is the desire to abandon all the transitory enjoyments from the physical body up to Brahma, the creator, having already known their defects and shortcomings from observation, hearing, etc. 4. Those fools who are tied to these sense objects by the thick cord of attachment, so very difficult to be broken are forcibly carried along by the messenger, their own Karma, to heaven, earth and hell. 5. The deer, elephant, moth, fish and black bee-these five meet with their death, being bound to one or

other of the five senses, viz., sound, etc., through attachment. What then of man who is bound by all the senses jointly. 6. In point of virulence sense-objects are more fatal than the poison of cobra even. Poison kills one who drinks it, but sensuous objects can kill one who even looks at them through the eye's. 7. He who is free from the terrible bondage of the hankering of the sense objects so very difficult to get rid of is alone fit for liberation; none else even though he is well versed in the six systems of philosophy. 8. Those seekers after liberation who are endowed with only an apparent dispassion (Vairagya) and are endeavouring to cross the ocean of Samsara or conditioned existence are seized by the stark of hankering; being caught by the neck and forcibly dragged into the middle and drowned. 9. He who has slain the stark of desire with the sword of supreme or mature dispassion, crosses the ocean of Samsara without obstacles.

10. Know that death rapidly overtakes that stupid man who treads along the dreadful path of sensual pleasure; but whoever treads the right path under the instruction of a Guru who looks after his spiritual welfare, also his own reasoning attains his end-know this to be true. 11. If thou hast really an yearning for liberation, abandon sense-objects from a good distance as if they were poison and always develop carefully the nectar-like virtues of contentment, compassion, forgiveness, sincerity, tranquillity and self-control. 12. Whoever passionately attends to the feeding of his own body which is an object for jackals, fishes and vultures, to enjoy, and ignores what should always be attempted viz., liberation from the bondage of ignorance without beginning commits suicide thereby. 13. Whoever tries to realize the Self by nourishing his body is like one who crosses a river by catching hold of a crocodile, thinking it to be a log of wood.

14. For one desirous of liberation the infatuation over things like the body is dire death. He who is free from such infatuation is alone fit for liberation. 15. Conquer the infatuation over the objects like the body, wife, children, and so on. Having conquered it the sages attain that supreme state of Vishnu. 16. This gross body is to be condemned for it is made up of skin, flesh, blood, arteries, veins, fat, marrow and bones and is filled with filth. 17. The physical body has got various restrictions regarding caste and order of life. It is subject to various diseases. It is worshipped and honoured sometimes. It is censured and insulted at other times. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _

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dr sir told us on our recent visit, that wisdom was given by

the ancients, without thought for copyright.

this is surely such wisdom.

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--- On Tue, 22/9/09, yognat2001 <yognat2001 wrote:

yognat2001 <yognat2001 Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya Received: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009, 7:04 PM

Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya 1. The man who having with difficulties acquired a human births with a male body and knowledge of the scriptures through delusion does not exert for liberation commits suicide, for he destroys himself by clinging to unreal objects. 2. What greater fool is there than the man who having obtained a rare human birth and a male body too, neglects to attain the goal of his life? 3. Vairagya is the desire to abandon all the transitory enjoyments from the physical body up to Brahma, the creator, having already known their defects and shortcomings from observation, hearing, etc. 4. Those fools who are tied to these sense objects by the thick cord of attachment, so very difficult to be broken are forcibly carried along by the messenger, their own Karma, to heaven, earth and hell. 5. The deer, elephant, moth, fish and black bee-these five meet with their death, being bound to one or

other of the five senses, viz., sound, etc., through attachment. What then of man who is bound by all the senses jointly. 6. In point of virulence sense-objects are more fatal than the poison of cobra even. Poison kills one who drinks it, but sensuous objects can kill one who even looks at them through the eye's. 7. He who is free from the terrible bondage of the hankering of the sense objects so very difficult to get rid of is alone fit for liberation; none else even though he is well versed in the six systems of philosophy. 8. Those seekers after liberation who are endowed with only an apparent dispassion (Vairagya) and are endeavouring to cross the ocean of Samsara or conditioned existence are seized by the stark of hankering; being caught by the neck and forcibly dragged into the middle and drowned. 9. He who has slain the stark of desire with the sword of supreme or mature dispassion, crosses the ocean of Samsara without obstacles.

10. Know that death rapidly overtakes that stupid man who treads along the dreadful path of sensual pleasure; but whoever treads the right path under the instruction of a Guru who looks after his spiritual welfare, also his own reasoning attains his end-know this to be true. 11. If thou hast really an yearning for liberation, abandon sense-objects from a good distance as if they were poison and always develop carefully the nectar-like virtues of contentment, compassion, forgiveness, sincerity, tranquillity and self-control. 12. Whoever passionately attends to the feeding of his own body which is an object for jackals, fishes and vultures, to enjoy, and ignores what should always be attempted viz., liberation from the bondage of ignorance without beginning commits suicide thereby. 13. Whoever tries to realize the Self by nourishing his body is like one who crosses a river by catching hold of a crocodile, thinking it to be a log of wood.

14. For one desirous of liberation the infatuation over things like the body is dire death. He who is free from such infatuation is alone fit for liberation. 15. Conquer the infatuation over the objects like the body, wife, children, and so on. Having conquered it the sages attain that supreme state of Vishnu. 16. This gross body is to be condemned for it is made up of skin, flesh, blood, arteries, veins, fat, marrow and bones and is filled with filth. 17. The physical body has got various restrictions regarding caste and order of life. It is subject to various diseases. It is worshipped and honoured sometimes. It is censured and insulted at other times. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _

 

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Wonderful tenets and ...yet, so difficult to practice.dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan

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Dear Dr. Ananda,

 

Shirshastang Namaskar,

 

Selection of Sri Sankaracharya made an interesting reading, but i

have one doubt. I do not want to start a controversy so what is

meant by (male body)? Does it imply that females have no chance of

liberation in their body and have to incarnate again as a male only

to get final moksha or it just a figurative speech meaning both the

sexes?

 

Regards

Sudhakar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " yognat2001 " <yognat2001 wrote:

>

> Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya

> 1. The man who having with difficulties acquired a human births with a male

body and knowledge of the scriptures through delusion does not exert for

liberation commits suicide, for he destroys himself by clinging to unreal

objects.

> 2. What greater fool is there than the man who having obtained a rare human

birth and a male body too, neglects to attain the goal of his life?

> 3. Vairagya is the desire to abandon all the transitory enjoyments from the

physical body up to Brahma, the creator, having already known their defects and

shortcomings from observation, hearing, etc.

> 4. Those fools who are tied to these sense objects by the thick cord of

attachment, so very difficult to be broken are forcibly carried along by the

messenger, their own Karma, to heaven, earth and hell.

> 5. The deer, elephant, moth, fish and black bee-these five meet with their

death, being bound to one or other of the five senses, viz., sound, etc.,

through attachment. What then of man who is bound by all the senses jointly.

> 6. In point of virulence sense-objects are more fatal than the poison of cobra

even. Poison kills one who drinks it, but sensuous objects can kill one who even

looks at them through the eye's.

> 7. He who is free from the terrible bondage of the hankering of the sense

objects so very difficult to get rid of is alone fit for liberation; none else

even though he is well versed in the six systems of philosophy.

> 8. Those seekers after liberation who are endowed with only an apparent

dispassion (Vairagya) and are endeavouring to cross the ocean of Samsara or

conditioned existence are seized by the stark of hankering; being caught by the

neck and forcibly dragged into the middle and drowned.

> 9. He who has slain the stark of desire with the sword of supreme or mature

dispassion, crosses the ocean of Samsara without obstacles.

> 10. Know that death rapidly overtakes that stupid man who treads along the

dreadful path of sensual pleasure; but whoever treads the right path under the

instruction of a Guru who looks after his spiritual welfare, also his own

reasoning attains his end-know this to be true.

> 11. If thou hast really an yearning for liberation, abandon sense-objects from

a good distance as if they were poison and always develop carefully the

nectar-like virtues of contentment, compassion, forgiveness, sincerity,

tranquillity and self-control.

> 12. Whoever passionately attends to the feeding of his own body which is an

object for jackals, fishes and vultures, to enjoy, and ignores what should

always be attempted viz., liberation from the bondage of ignorance without

beginning commits suicide thereby.

> 13. Whoever tries to realize the Self by nourishing his body is like one who

crosses a river by catching hold of a crocodile, thinking it to be a log of

wood.

> 14. For one desirous of liberation the infatuation over things like the body

is dire death. He who is free from such infatuation is alone fit for liberation.

> 15. Conquer the infatuation over the objects like the body, wife, children,

and so on. Having conquered it the sages attain that supreme state of Vishnu.

> 16. This gross body is to be condemned for it is made up of skin, flesh,

blood, arteries, veins, fat, marrow and bones and is filled with filth.

> 17. The physical body has got various restrictions regarding caste and order

of life. It is subject to various diseases. It is worshipped and honoured

sometimes. It is censured and insulted at other times.

> ______

>

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that is a good question and i was waiting for it too!!i believe it is meant as a fig of speech for Sankara did have female disciplesthere is the slanted view in certain places about males and liberation but that is usually the result of taking things out of context

in ancient vedic india-women had the sacred thread and did the havans too and it was much later that due to other influences they were treated in a different wayOn Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM, SudhakarB <spbyoga9 wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Dr. Ananda,

 

Shirshastang Namaskar,

 

Selection of Sri Sankaracharya made an interesting reading, but i

have one doubt. I do not want to start a controversy so what is

meant by (male body)? Does it imply that females have no chance of

liberation in their body and have to incarnate again as a male only

to get final moksha or it just a figurative speech meaning both the

sexes?

 

Regards

Sudhakar

 

, " yognat2001 " <yognat2001 wrote:

>

> Selections From Viveka-Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya

> 1. The man who having with difficulties acquired a human births with a male body and knowledge of the scriptures through delusion does not exert for liberation commits suicide, for he destroys himself by clinging to unreal objects.

> 2. What greater fool is there than the man who having obtained a rare human birth and a male body too, neglects to attain the goal of his life?

> 3. Vairagya is the desire to abandon all the transitory enjoyments from the physical body up to Brahma, the creator, having already known their defects and shortcomings from observation, hearing, etc.

> 4. Those fools who are tied to these sense objects by the thick cord of attachment, so very difficult to be broken are forcibly carried along by the messenger, their own Karma, to heaven, earth and hell.

> 5. The deer, elephant, moth, fish and black bee-these five meet with their death, being bound to one or other of the five senses, viz., sound, etc., through attachment. What then of man who is bound by all the senses jointly.

> 6. In point of virulence sense-objects are more fatal than the poison of cobra even. Poison kills one who drinks it, but sensuous objects can kill one who even looks at them through the eye's.

> 7. He who is free from the terrible bondage of the hankering of the sense objects so very difficult to get rid of is alone fit for liberation; none else even though he is well versed in the six systems of philosophy.

> 8. Those seekers after liberation who are endowed with only an apparent dispassion (Vairagya) and are endeavouring to cross the ocean of Samsara or conditioned existence are seized by the stark of hankering; being caught by the neck and forcibly dragged into the middle and drowned.

> 9. He who has slain the stark of desire with the sword of supreme or mature dispassion, crosses the ocean of Samsara without obstacles.

> 10. Know that death rapidly overtakes that stupid man who treads along the dreadful path of sensual pleasure; but whoever treads the right path under the instruction of a Guru who looks after his spiritual welfare, also his own reasoning attains his end-know this to be true.

> 11. If thou hast really an yearning for liberation, abandon sense-objects from a good distance as if they were poison and always develop carefully the nectar-like virtues of contentment, compassion, forgiveness, sincerity, tranquillity and self-control.

> 12. Whoever passionately attends to the feeding of his own body which is an object for jackals, fishes and vultures, to enjoy, and ignores what should always be attempted viz., liberation from the bondage of ignorance without beginning commits suicide thereby.

> 13. Whoever tries to realize the Self by nourishing his body is like one who crosses a river by catching hold of a crocodile, thinking it to be a log of wood.

> 14. For one desirous of liberation the infatuation over things like the body is dire death. He who is free from such infatuation is alone fit for liberation.

> 15. Conquer the infatuation over the objects like the body, wife, children, and so on. Having conquered it the sages attain that supreme state of Vishnu.

> 16. This gross body is to be condemned for it is made up of skin, flesh, blood, arteries, veins, fat, marrow and bones and is filled with filth.

> 17. The physical body has got various restrictions regarding caste and order of life. It is subject to various diseases. It is worshipped and honoured sometimes. It is censured and insulted at other times.

> ______

>

 

 

 

 

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