VERSE 25

ACCEPTANCE BASED UPON THE PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURES AND

THE TEACHINGS OF GURU IS SRADHA OR FAITH.

VERSE 26

TO ESTABLISH THE INTELLECT ALWAYS UPON THE PURE BRAHMAN IS CALLED

SAMADHANA OR SELF SURRENDER.

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VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE 17

PEOPLE WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO SEEK ATMAN SHOULD DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN REAL AND UNREAL
AND THEIR MIND SHOULD BE CALM AND POSSESS ALLIED VIRTUES.THEY SHOULD HAVE LONGING FOR
LIBERATION.
VERSE 18

THE SAGES HAVE SPOKEN FOUR MEANS OF ATTAINMENT OF BRAHMAN.

VERSE 19

1.DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN REAL AND UNREAL(ETERNAL NON ETERNAL).
2.RENUNCIATION OF ENJOYMENT OF FRUITS OF OUR WORK EITHER IN THIS WORLD OR IN HEAVEN.
3.SIX TREASURE OF VIRTUE -TO BE CALM AND IN A BLISSFUL STATE.
4.INTENSE LONGING FOR LIBERATION.

VERSE 20

THE UNCHANGEABLE BELIEF THAT BRAHMAN IS REAL AND UNIVERSE UNREAL IS DISCRIMINATION.

VERSE 21

RENUNCIATION(VAIRAGYA) IS THE DESIRE TO GIVE UP WORLDLY PLEASURES WHICH WE GET FROM
OUR ORGANS AND FACULTIES.WE CAN DISCARD THEM WITH THE HELP OF OBSERVATION AND INSTRUCTIONS OF LEARNED PEOPLE.

VERSE 22

TO DETACH THE MIND FROM WORLDLY PLEASURES KNOWING THAT IT IS A HINDRANCE TO GET
LIBERATED AND FIX THE MIND IN BRAHMAN IS CALLED -SAMA- OR CALMNESS.

VERSE 23

DETACH SENSE ORGANS(ORGANS OF PERCEPTION AND ACTION)FROM WORLDLY PLEASURES AND FIX
THEM IN BRAHMAN IS CALLED DAMA-OR SELF CONTROL.UPARATHY -- IS THE STATE OF MIND WHICH
IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
VERSE 24

ENDURING ALL SORROWS WITHOUT COMPLAINTS OR REACTION IS CALLED TITIKSHA OR FORBEARENCE.

VERSE SIXTEEN


THE PERSON WHO IS FIT FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF ATMAN SHOULD BE

INTELLIGENT,LEARNED AND SHOULD HAVE THE SKILL FOR OVERCOMING

DOUBTS BY THE EXERCISE OF REASON.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE FIFTEEN

THEREFORE THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO KNOW ATMAN SHOULD APPROACH

A GURU WHO IS COMPASSIONATE.THE GURU SHOULD BE AN OCEAN OF LOVE.

THE SEEKER SHOULD PRACTISE DISCRIMINATION WITH THE HELP OF HIS

COMPASSIONATE GURU.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE TWELVE

ONE WHO MISTOOK A ROPE AS A SNAKE GET AFRAID AND THE FEAR CAUSE

PAIN.BUT THE DISCRIMINATION SHOWS THE REALITY THAT IT IS NOT A SNAKE

BUT A ROPE .

LIKE THAT WE GET CLARITY OUT OF REALIZING OUR ACTUAL SELF (ATHMAN).

VERSE THIRTEEN

SUCCESS OF ATTAINING REALIZATION DEPENDS ON A QUALIFIED ASPIRANT.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE HELPS FOR ATTAINMENT

OF BRAHMAN.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE ELEVEN

KARMA WHICH BRINGS FAILURE BRINGS UNHAPPINESS.IF ONE IS NOT AFFECTED

BY THE FAILURE OF KARMA --IT IS GOOD FOR PURIFICATION OF MIND.

DISCRIMINATION IS THE ONLY WAY FOR REALIZATION.IT CANNOT BE ATTAINED

BY TEN MILLION ACTS.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE NINE

LIFE IS LIKE A SEA.THE WAVES OF BIRTH AND DEATH , HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS

OCCUR ALL THE TIME.THROUGH DISCRIMINATION AND DEVOTION A SEEKER CAN

RESCUE HIS OWN SOUL WHICH IS IMMERSED IN WAST WATERS OF WORLDLINESS.

VERSE TEN

THE WISE PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS THINK OF --ATMAN-- AND TRY TO GIVE UP

ALL WORLDLY ACTIVITIES.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE SEVEN

IMMORTALITY CANNOT BE ATTAINED WITH MONEY.THE MEANS AND END TO ATTAIN

MONEY SHOULD BE ON THE RIGHT PATH.

VERSE EIGHT

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ATTAIN LIBERATION SHOULD WORK HARD FOR IT.THEY ARE

VERY MUCH ATTACHED TO THEIR WORLDLY LIFE--TO THEIR HOUSE,RELATIONSHIPS,EMOTIONS ETC.IT IS REALLY HARD TO RENOUNCE THESE

THINGS.SO THEY SHOULD APPROACH A NOBLE TEACHER , WHO IS DETACHED FROM WORLDLY PLEASURES.

consult inn: MANGO PICKLE

consult inn: MANGO PICKLE

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE FIVE

IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET HUMAN LIFE.THOSE WHO CANNOT GET LIBERATION

WITH THIS HUMAN BODY IS ACTUALLY A FOOL.

VERSE SIX

PEOPLE CAN LEARN SCRIPTURES.THEY CAN PERFORM RITUALS,DO THEIR DUTIES-EVEN IF THEY DO THESE THINGS FOR YEARS AND YEARS THEY CANNOT
ATTAIN LIBERATION.THE KNOWLEDGE OF IDENTITY WITH THE SOUL IS THE

ULTIMATE REALISATION.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VERSE THREE

Only by the grace of god we get the human birth, longing for Moksha(liberation)

and the association of a learned soul.

VERSE FOUR

The human being -who is blessed with the knowledge of ATMA should try for

liberation -- otherwise it is suicidal.

VIVEKACHUDAMANI

VIVEKACHUDAMANI by sri SHANKARACHARYA-THE CREST JEWEL OF DISCRIMINATION- having 580 verses narrates the dialogue between a guru and sishya.
These verses tells us that our soul is one with the universal soul --and how to attain freedom
from the day to day affairs.

VERSE 1

I bow before govinda (guru), the perfect teacher who is always in blissful state.Without a guru
we cannot attain liberation---TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF ATHMA.

VERSE 2

It is really difficult to get human form of life.To discriminate between atman and non athman-
and to know athman is liberation.To be one with athman (your own self) is liberation.It takes
hundreds of well lived lives to become a true seeker.