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adi_shankara

  1. Living is witnessing ... every dancing moment dying..
  2. Faith sustains Faith strengthens Faith succeeds
  3. @SrBachchan two names for the Supreme One - Ananya and Adviteeya - names we always wanted for our girls - blessed instead with 3 boys! Best!
  4. @juniorbachchan Ananya - which means unique - also Adviteeya - both also signifying the Supreme One! Best!
  5. ParAcha kAmAn anuyanti BAlAh Te mrtyor yAnti vitatasya pAshAm Reckless they, pursuing external joys, Ensnared unto Death's pervasive lure!
  6. Brahma Eva Aham Samah ShAntah SatChitAnanda LakshaNah Na Aham Deho Hi Asat RUpo Jnanam Iti Uchyate Buddhau.
  7. Araa Iva rathanAbhau KAlA yasminpratishtitA Tam vedyam purusham Veda yathA mA vo mrtyuh parivyathA iti. Prasna Up.
  8. Here in now in this body itself is found established the Eternal One, from whom alone is born Time.
  9. Ihaiva antah sHareere Somya sa pUrUsho yasminnatAH shodashakAlAh prabhavanti : Prasna Up.
  10. sarvabhutastham AtmAnam sarvabhutAni cha Atmani sampashyan Brahma paramam yAti nAnyena hetUnA - Kaiv Up.
  11. Yas Tejasi ThiShthansTejasontarah Yam tejo na Veda yasya tejah shareeram yas tejontaro yamayati esha ta atma antaryama amrtah. BrUp
  12. Know the Supreme Alone to be the life-force, speech, and mind. He is the Truth- O gentle soul - to be Reflected upon and Realized.
  13. tad etad aksharam brahma sa prANas tad u vAk manah, tad etat satyam, tad amrtam, tad veddhavyam, saumya, viddhi. Mund. Up.
  14. Brahmaveda Brahmaiva bhavati Mund.Up
  15. That Glorious Self, free from sorrow, is realized herein by him whose senses are rendered serene, and mind desireless.
  16. Tam akratuh pashyati veetashoko dhAtuprasAdAt mahimAnam Atmanah. Katha Up
  17. ahamasmi prathamajA Rtasya pUrvaM devebhyo amRtasya nAbhiH (T.Up) I am the 1st-born,Antecedent to even the Gods,the Omphalos of Immortality!
  18. shraddhA-bhakti-dhyAna-yogAd-avaihi (Kaivalya Up.) - Know It by faith-devotion-concentration
  19. AtmA Jnanamayah Punyah Deho Maamsamayo Ashuchih Tayor Aikyam Prapashyanti Kim Ajnanamatah Param - Aparoksha Anubhuti Verse 19
  20. yatO vA imAni BUtAni jAyantE| yEna jAtAni jIvantI| yatprayantyabhisamvisanti|tadvijijnasasva| tad brahmEti|| Taitt Up. Bhrgu Valli