Adisankara Dhyana

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Dear members,

 

Once in a year, comes these wonderful moments of remembering our beloved sadguru

and acharya ie., Vaishakha Shuddha Panchami which happens to be Adisankara

Jayanti which falls tomorrow.

 

It is generally a good practice to do the parayana of Sankara Vijaya, perform

Bhashya Shanti etc. as per one's capability and availability of time. Or else,

one can recite the Guru Parampara Stotra, Dakshinamurthy Stotra and

Totakashtakam.

 

In earlier days, saints were reverentially addressed as *Bhagavan* and *pAda* as

a mark of respect. For eg., bhATTa-pAda, gauDa-pAda, govinda-pAda,

abhinavagupta-pAda etc.

 

So, our acharya sankara was also lovingly and respectfully addressed as

*bhagavAn* and *pAda* by the then scholars. So, as a mark of respect, both the

addresses *bhagavAn* & *pAda* have become

*bhagavatpAda*. And thus the name stuck. Rest of the adjectives like *at the

feet of bhagavAn* etc. were poetically coined.

 

Given below is a dhyana sloka of Adisankara Bhagavatpada which depicts his

wonderful form holding Brahmasutra Bhashya in his left hand, right hand

depicting *chinmudra* displaying the advaita tattva of atma & paramatma, holds

danda and kamandala, seated in padmasana posture, with his disciples, forehead

besmeared with sacred ashes, neck adorned with rudrakshamala

 

 

ADI SANKARA DHYANA

 

bhAShyam vAmakarE nidhAya aparE chinmudrayA bOdhitam

prAkkunDI varadanDashiShyasahitam padmA(a)(a)sanastham prabhum

phAlE bhasma dharam sudhAkaranibham rudrA(a)kShahArAn gaLE

shrImat sankarapUjyapAdamanisham dhyAyAmyaham sadgurum //

 

with regards,

sriram

 

bhava shankara desika me sharaNam......