(12) Vivekachudamani | Verses 139-141 | Bengaluru | Tamil | 2025

Day 2 | 03 June 2025 12 Vivekachudamani (Tamil) |03 June 2025 Venue: Rama Mandira , East park road, between 8th cross and 10th cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003 Day 2 | 03 June 2025 Verses 139-141 अखण्डनित्याद्वयबोधशक्त्या स्फुरन्तमात्मानमनन्तवैभवम् । समावृणोत्यावृतिशक्तिरेषा तमोमयी राहुरिवार्कबिम्बम् ॥ १३९ ॥ तिरोभूते स्वात्मन्यमलतरतेजोवति पुमान् अनात्मानं मोहादहमिति शरीरं कलयति । ततः कामक्रोधप्रभृतिभिरमुं बन्धनगुणैः परं विक्षेपाख्या रजस उरुशक्तिर्व्यथयति ॥ १४0 ॥ महामोहग्राहग्रसनगलितात्मावगमनो धियो नानावस्थां स्वयमभिनयंस्तद्गुणतया । अपारे संसरे विषयविषपूरे जलनिधौ निमज्योन्मज्यायं भ्रमति कुमतिः कुत्सितगतिः ॥ १४१ ॥ Voice of Rishis Sri Ramanacharanatirtha (Nochur) Swami https://www.voiceofrishis.org Contents: 00:00 - Selected Slokas from Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta SaaraSangraham and Vivekachudamani 00:09:18 - Dhyana shloka 00:13:06 - Why listen to Vedanta? 00:15:16 - What is mumukshutva? 00:16:08 - Two qualities needed for a sadhaka 00:17:17 - T.P. Ramachandra Iyer’s observation of a SriLankan sadhu 00:20:07 - What is expected from a seeker? 00:21:38 - Swami Brahmananda’s simple reply to a seeker 00:22:19 - Self effort is only due to Kripa 00:24:15 - What qualifies one for Vedanta shravana? 00:26:25 - The peril of exploiting Jnana 00:27:43 - Swami Rama Tirtha’s interesting reply 00:29:49 - What aids the most in Atma vidya? 00:32:33 - The first steps towards firmly establishing the truth 00:34:15 - Avarana and Vikshepa 00:35:42 - Vivekachudamani Verse 139 00:36:32 - Deep sleep and Turiya 00:38:42 - Avarana and Vikshepa (continued) 00:43:15 - Sleep and dream elements 00:45:42 - Vivekachudamani Verse 140 00:46:40 - Misunderstanding one’s own real nature 00:49:37- The final prayer of Bhattathiri 00:50:08 - The cat in the dream stays alive in the waking 00:52:35 - Uncompromising attitude is necessary in searching the truth 00:53:25 - Spiritual Knowledge will never fail you 00:55:16 - The clutch of dream world 00:56:59 - ‘I’ - Jiva bhava, the basic error leads to fear - Ramana Bhagavan 01:00:16 - Vivekachudamani verse 141 01:02:46 - A crocodile’s grip 01:04:07 - Intertwined perplexity of maya and truth 01:09:06 - Anecdote - Sri Aurobindo and Buddha. 01:10:30 - What really exists , if ‘I’ thought is also an illusion?