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It is impossible to express the nature of
this supreme and absolute ideal of love
in human language. Even the highest flight
of human imagination is incapable ofcomprehending it in all its infinite perfection
and beauty. Nevertheless, the followers of
the religion of love, in its higher as well as its
lower forms, in all countries, have all along
had to use the inadequate human language
to comprehend and to define their own ideal
of love. Nay more, human love itself, in all
its varied forms has been made to typify this
inexpressible divine love.
Some of the great writers on Para-Bhakti
have tried to understand and experience
this divine love in so many different ways.
The lowest form in which this love is
apprehended is what they call the peaceful
the Shanta. When a man worships God
without the fire of love in him, without
its madness in his brain, when his love is
just the calm commonplace love, a little
higher than mere forms and ceremonies andsymbols, but not at all characterised by the
madness of intensely active love, it is said
to be Shanta.
The next higher type is that of Dasya, i.e.
servantship; it comes when a man thinks he
THE ROAD TO WISDOM
is the servant of the Lord. The attachment
of the faithful servant unto the master is
his ideal.
The next type of love is Sakhya,friendshipThou art our beloved friend.
Just as a man opens his heart to his friend
and knows that the friend will never chide
him for his faults but will always try to help
him, just as there is the idea of equality
between him and his friend, so equal love
flows in and out between the worshipper
and his friendly God. God is viewed here as
our playmate.The next is what is known as Vatsalya,
loving God not as our Father but as our Child.
This may look peculiar, but it is a discipline
to enable us to detach all ideas of power
from the concept of God. The idea of power
brings with it awe. There should be no awe
in love. To conceive God as mighty, majestic,
and glorious, as the Lord of the universe, or
as the God of gods, the lover says he does
not care. It is to avoid this association with
God of the fear-creating sense of power that
he worships God as his own child.
From The Complete Works of Swami
Vivekananda, 3.93.
Swami Vivekananda on
Divine Love I
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September 2012
Amrita Kalasha
A monthly journal o the Ramakrishna Order
started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896
Prabuddhabharatao AwAkened IndIA
raditional Wisdom
Tis MonthEditorial: Te Essence of Life
Eternal WordsSwami Adbhutananda
Swami Vivekananda:Revolutionizing PhilosophyDr Ravindra K S Choudhary
Acharya Shankaras Role
in Spreading Human ValuesDr V Vasanthakumari
Alaya-vijnana: Storehouse ConsciousnessDr Amartya Kumar Bhattacharya
What is Beautiful inthe Sundara-kanda?
Surabhi Rathi
Overview of Vivekanandas alent for MusicSwami Sandarshanananda
Educational Philosophy ofSwami Vivekananda
Mohit Puri and Dr Pardeep Kumar
Svarajya Siddhih:Attaining Self-dominion
Gangadharendra Saraswati
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Traditional Wisdom
l lhuKtJhuK v{tu YM mwrJtugtu cnwtt ragbtl& >ylgv{tuu dr;ht ltr; yKegtlT ;gobKwv{btKt;T >>T S r dqu kw w k b rr
r; r ug vru. W ug b w bmdd w , r urr g w rgrd , r bd rgum, bg ubr v m qu.
(Katha Upanishad, .2.8)
tutg tutk blmtu bltu g=T Jtatu n Jtak m W v{tKg v{tK& >aGwMtGwhr;bwg teht& v{ugtbtjtufUt=b];t CJr; >>S Er r, Md md, S , L , d E , rr g , rgvg u (r -d w ) d rug
wrd, bm mmr.(Kena Upanishad, .2)
Rgk v]r:Je mJuoMtk Cq;tltk btw ygi v]r:gi mJtorK Cq;trl btw gatgbgtk
v]r:gtk ;ustubgtu~b];bg& MwUM& gatgbgtbk Ntheh;ustubgtu~b];bg&MwUM& ygbuJ m gtu~gbtbt R=bb];bT R=k c{ R=k mJobT >>T r (k) bg, d bg r (k) r. T g mmr bg w r, d g,mmr, rr bg bd, ( ur) r bu S. T(S-kwdg) ( m ) mmr; (udrg u) Brm; (kwdg Brm) ( m bmg) .
(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 2.5.)
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This MonTh
Hukd, ug g ug, dd kgTe Essence of Life rug dvur.
Sr Rkr uqud Sw Adu-d w rud u
g. H vr -d Sw Sddd Sat Katha, ud Udd O, r r-d Eg SwSrvdvd, A
Mr, Vd S Sur Cr-ni. We publih excerpt o thee Eternal Words.
Dr Rvdr K S Cudr
Dr P-oophy, Vinob Bhve Uni-
verity, Hrzribg, revel Swami Vivekananda:Revolutionizing Philoso-phy Swj kw,ug mr, g rbud wrd .
Dr V Vkumr, A Prr, SrSkrr Uvr Skr, P-nur, Kerl, write on the importnce oAcharyaShankaras Role in Spreading Human Values.
Alaya-vijnana: Storehouse Consciousness g dr Vjvd M Budd. Dr ArKur Br Dr Ad M, Bg Egrg d
S Uvr, Sur, w w du dr d w u
r.
Sur R, rrr Dr Hu d S
S, Id Iu g, Mu,cpture inWhat is Beauti-ful in the Sundara-kandaHu ur r-r d ur k Rm, C Id.
Sw Vvkd w d u- d ug.Sw Sdr-
d, r Rkr MVd, Dgr, r Overview ofVivekanandas Talent for Music.
I udg Educational Phil-osophy of SwamiVivekananda, MPur d Dr PrdKur rrSwj du r r .
I x Svarajya Siddhih:Attaining Self-dominion gur Ggdrdr Srw,
K Kk P, K-ur, r d rv -rg xd.
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The Essence of Life
hat is the essence ? T rfd u r-
d, Ar Skr Prashnottara Ratna-malika. Hukd ,rug r, r, rrr, wr, r-g, kwdg, d dv,
b rfg , r -u r uu. A dvurv b w uu, bu vbroken the mentl nd phyicl bubble clled iol- w ug w wr . Hu r wwr vr dm, grr g-, mr m, d r- d -dd w uvr. T Budd dr pratityasam-utpada, -dd rg
pychologicl nd phyicl phenomen contitut-g dvdu x r rdd dmutully condition ech other. Ti doctrine lodrb w g bg m-r. Smr veil u rom dicovering the eence . Swm Vvkd, w rvuzd ud , : Tr mukdr w rgr d, d d kw
wr rgr [m rm]. Smr, w
ru bu r ur .Mny people ll over the world clim tht the
ru udrd d dvr ur -ence doe not preent itel. But they re wrong,or opportunity er opportunity come to echd vr r vr mm . I r r kk-g d dr ur d d-vrd. TKatha Upanishad: Shreyas,
urr, d preyas, urb, -proch mn. Te mn o intelligence hving con-drd r w. T gone elect theshreyas in preerence to thepreyas; -g preyas r k grw d r ( bd d
o orth). Achry Shnkr, in hi commentry mr, b ru -r m, ug r rmxd.Our dicernment i fwed due to our deire, nd
w k r r, w rrqu. Swmj : I m m Indi, bullock re ued tht go round nd round grd -d. Tr k bu-k k. T v wd rrud-g rm k, d d w
o trw. Te bullock i blindolded in uch wy k rwrd, d rit neck to get t the trw; It never ctche therw, bu g rud d rud gg , d dg, grd u . Ithe me wy you nd I who re born lve to n-ur, m d w, wv d dr, rw g w rw, r r,d r gg rug umrb rud
v wu bg w w k.T g d, d g, d d u
ug Sddr, u gdmind, the Buddh, the very exitence o beingppered to be ull o uering nd miery. Indinrg d r gr r-
rd , u Budd ur gcnnot be wrong, neither did he nor the philoo-r Id , wd
W
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how lie could be conquered nd mde beutiul.P v rd w r -
d r wrd.Bu d rr-
tion rom omeone who ee the ruth. We hveb mkg mk kg urg r gd d uu, u rrg wvr ru rv rd-ing uering. Swmiji y: Prcticl men tell u,D br ur d bu u rg d . Lv r; vr d wrd dd, u k . W u gug , v
hypocriticl, lying lie, lie o continuou rud,vrg r b w u . G putting ptch er ptch, until everything i lot,d u r m wrk. T w d r . T r d w wrk w vr m rg. R-g bg w rmdu d
w r g, w ur v,nd htred, n intene htred, or thi ptchingu , uudd dgu r rud d. I rud d r- ur urg d mr.
Lkg dr pratityasamutpadar dr g w d r truly beutiul, becue it h been mde inhbit-ble or lie by lie itel. Ech lie i linked with llr v g urrud , r-g r d . Fr rr r v rud -
grd r r vv d u r r . T
vriou lie orm hve lo tken the vilble m-teril nd chemicl ound in nture to cr iteld . T r u u-u uvr , wvr, dr. TTaittiriya Upanishad: Raso vai sah; H[Brm] vr ur j. T U-hd urther explin tht one become hppy by
mg w ur j. Windeed will inhle nd who will exhle i thi Bli r ur (w r). T O dd v .
A kg j r vr r, u r rud u-kd. I g xr j b, wud m d d r. Ourur j d , urg dr. Our wrg k u rgu r d wrd drdu.
When our mind become clered rom the delu- g d vru rm w d
xr , uu, d ug-, u satyam-shivam-sundaram, ru-gd-u r r r .O w xr rasa w, xrrasa in everything. Such peron become bo-u uu, gd, d uu, d
whole world i ttrcted to uch one. All o thtperon ction nd word nd every movementbm buu. O w m r u
r dvr w , bu
g m rdd d r-min only the eence o lie, God. In the Rm-
Hum, rug vur d dvdervice, obtined the Rm-rasayana, the eence R. O kd Hu wdy o the ortnight it w, Brother, id Hnu-, I d kw g d wk, r rg, r r. I k Rm . Sr Rmkr,
whoe piritul experience went wy beyond theVd d Vd, : I vrg Rm Hm. I w rmmbr Gd ur
joyul, our medittion, pryer, worhip, ervice,d gg w b u j. Sr Rmkr bhajanananda, j wr,u u w r vishayananda, wrdj, w rm urg, d d u brahmananda, j Brm. P
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Eternal WordsSwami Adbhutananda
Compiled by Swami Siddhananda, translated by Swami Sarvadevananda
It is impossible r wrd r rd Sr Rkr, d-m md. A mg
gr Crr g r, wve oer glimpe o the immeurble power , ru qu
r d jw qu m, w udrd d ur r gr v ru- g w d kg
w wr mudd b Mr u.N dr w k u r r r. , r; r, dr, dvr, r,r -wrkr. Y d, ur r. I dv w
qu rg. Ar d-g r, Mr dhimel to hi piritul children nd intimte de-
votee the ullet expreion o ech one ownuqu ru d.
Rvrd Lu Mrj, Sw Adu-d, w Mr d-
v. T Mr ud : I m bgg. Bu dv Lu w ur r.
Fr r, md ru ru fw-g r , d rg wv rur rud, r u d-, u xr rug ru vg rg rud m wrd m.
A kw Swm Adbudr w r r Cr dr Br. H w
Rkur, d k Lu. Tug Cu k , reched the upreme gol by obtining the com-
pny o the Mter. It w dicult to lern bout r d. I dgud k u. H wud r g: D k
u . T u. k d d gu Mr d Swj [Sw Vvk-d]. T w gv u . B , u
w ur b bd.Fr ukw rg r
w Er d d-rd dg f. Fr rug r g ur dudd .
Wr drd, w kw. Bu, r br g rfd wrd ru, w gm r-r d u. Tug vr k m r r dd mmr,
wrd gv u r r w d, r g w Mr, bd w gudd d rmd.C fwr d rgr? I rgr r-
v ur. I m mr, rdr wrd w udrd r r
r Sw Adud xr r-r, ru, -d dd-tion to ruth, otherworldly devotion to hi guru,uwrvg , r v rGd, uwvrg d, d-qurgr rugg, qu ,g-mdd u g, vr ru
prctice, rre piritul ttinment, nd extror-dinry el-crice to promote the welre o ll.
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On Sri Ramakrishna and His DisciplesMk Mr d Swmj ur d dg rwrd. T H Mr Sr TkurMhhkti, upreme Power. All dev re con-
d w . T H Mr rw d d . C r b mr dubbout it? Where ele will you nd uch n idel?T Sk g w
w r w. Evrgi the lil o the Iht, Choen Idel, or they re wrd-r. W udrd ?T w rd -v .
I lwy looked upon the Holy Mother myw mr. T H Mr ru ur wMotherwht doubt cn there be bout it? OurTkur w ur vr w r, ur . Id r r r wrr. I w g wm, ju m d rm r r d r. I wud d sadhan-bhajan, ru r d wr, d I wud . I dg dI w dd mg r m, Mr
wud vru rk rg kd d . W I dd g
wud d , wud rr m x brg m bk.
Tkur kd Yg [Sw Ygd] k ru rd Mr K room every dy. Yogin thought: Aer ll i idd d, brm r. Wr
wud kr g? H
gv u r u g ruit prd. Te moment thi thought roe inYg md, Mr d m: T br-m k rd r ravidya, wv; r u .T Yg rru, kg: Wv I d? I ug dud ;
w r u kd u rg rd.
Mr ud k Rk Mrj[Swm Brmd] d m bg r m.H d: T d bd b bggg
very pure. One dy Rkhl Mhrj nd I went to
beg our ood. A we were leving the Mter toldu: Some my verblly bue you. Some will bleu. Sm w gv u m. Yu ud -cept everything. At the outet, omeone who wu begging ched u nd exclimed: Such trongd u bd u r bggg m?Cn you not work or your ood? Rkhl Mh-rj w rightened. I id: Te Mter h lredyd u bu . W r u rd? Ar
, d kd u: M d, w mr u g? W d u k? Arw d r vrg, bm , gvu rupee coin, nd, while looking t Sury Nr-
yn [un god], bleed u prouely ying: Ttr w u r wdrg u Gdm ur, u , gr dr. M r gvrice, coin, nd other thing. We brought ll theething to the Mter; he ked u: How did your
ggg g? W d vrg. Hrg wrd d Mr drd: S k rr. Yu , r - w Sur Nr d . Od I w urg rm vr d. Sud-d rd d d: T diee o your hed. You hve connection withSur Nr. Sg , . T I d Hrd: O, g , wr dd m g?
Hrd w r g r rurgnd ying: I couldnt nd him. Ten the M-r d: A r dv d.
Te Mter ked Swmiji nd Bhvnth tok. I w Sud. T Mr d w-g m, vr . Ju w dkg d vr w gg d , Bu [rvg u] rd.T Mr d : N w. I r
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g , u rwrd. T Bu gr d . Swj w kg:S m d v b kd; w dd v m ? W mr! T M-
r d: H Bu. Hw g d. W gd krm rrmd ud g w u ? Yu r ur. Hw w u w ? TSwmj ud udrd w Mr dorbidden him, nd then we undertood wht im b . A mo one dhn it i not good to mix, et, or dor g w ju d vr. I
dr ru md. T Mr udto oberve trict rule bout ll thee thing ndwud wr u bu m.
Swj d Mr v-r. W mr I ? H m guru, mr. Swj udrd w w.
W d I kw r udrd tht I hll pek o him? He brought Swmiji to
rg mg, d gv m wr d . Bu , Swmj ud
pek bout him. I tell you thi, certin cn be: w w u m w r rd u, w ur w gr.
S Mrj [Sw Rkr-d] ud du r u w r rm wud b d w -dur. Evr d g r r. Durg r Guru Sr wd. T b qu ru wr urd
r rg, d k m. Pud : T u v uvrd w
u mohur, gd . Orw, wcn they mke uch exubernt oering? ShhiMrj ug w w ud r Mr. D d g w rr-g uj; , w dg r wrkm. H ud u: D wrr bu
ur d.
Swj ud d g. KMrj [Sw Add] wud -m md, mm ud. H wud vr- rur w d rd rm
Mr. Hw m g w d md-, j, dv gg, d mu!T Mr wud w d
g g. Hw ud rd d j v m? O w vr bud .H ud : Durg d k rggunpowder into rife brrel [you cn tu your- ], d g vr . T Mr kd
Ygd: W d u g? Hrd: O ud w-w r d ud chacchari, dr vgburr. Hrg Mr d: Yu d rv r. Yu g u. I w b b u u w mu. Ygd
wud rv Mr b d d rur m g.
Ju du d ru guru, du d ru d. A guru k
Mr rr. H ud : B gr u w b. A m, u b k r. Hw mu grr
u b? H d gr m. H m- d u: D mrr. Yu w b b udrd dr, d r r, udo not get mrried. He w ectionte to thoe
w d ru ; d w r m, wud d m.
A Brgr M w wr -gr w Sur Mr m . ImmdSwmj urrd r. Sur Mr d:W d u rk u r ? TMr kd rg u ur
rv. T w I m gvg m u.W d u k rw? S w gSureh Mitr w nd how much love he bore orhi brother diciple! Ti i rrely een. Swmiji
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ued to y: Ti Mth nd ll tht you ee here, du Sur Mr .
Brr Bu w ur. H w tyagi, rur, w w-dud, d d
gr . H ud v K w Yg d d d. Od, g gd-qu rj K,Bu w gg bg m bu m d w m. Yg w d-g d d dd Bu, g:H! W u bm du? T r-rmd vr ur K.
T Mr rud u d grd. Y,
w dd u w wd g m-k! Hw w u udrd ? W w time or hi moke, i omeone lit mtch, hewould rebuke him, ying: Cooking i going on;bring re rom there. Why re you o lzy? Withu z, g drm? A z r- w vr ru. Swj ud : O w z , w x g, w k r b rg m wr wrd, w k bg bu wr
ud w r wrk du m ru! H! I m ru ?
I ud ru r bg r, m r Cu wudv vd ru rd. Our Mr
w vr r. O d w xr u-gr. H d R-dd r: O, R- mr! S w u v ur u. I
m vr ugr. Rm-dd mr rd:Brr--w, r g r x
panta-bhat, rice oked in wter, nd onion. TeMr w gr ur. Yu v d g w wrd.H w r wrg Gd panta-bhatd !
Gr G d: T Mr wrd gr d g. Hd w
gr m w I w ug, I wud vw wrd w r .
[Fr r wr Sr Mrj,Swm Srdd.] I m gg r m
ru k rd u r Udbodhan. BGd gr ur d r gd m r rr. A d r
g, gr I g rz gr Mr d r u. Yu rrvg H Mr. T dd mr gr ru. I ru mkg udo thi. Sri Krihn id: By whom I get my workdone. Ti i hi compion. Your body i bleed.
A Dkwr Mr d m bu und Shhi Mhrj: Shhi nd Shrt hve theirr, mr, d brr. T k g;
yet they re retle or God-reliztion. Te M-ter lo told me mny more thing bout you two.I w u bu w w m. Yur m brr , u r m brr m: d rg .
I w vr r u w M d Mr rd -
r. T r w rd w Mter w till living, by Rm Dtt nd SurehMr. T dv d g Dk-wr Sud. T Mr rd kgbout the vtr, the tithi, upiciou time, ndd r br. T dv wr k-g m: W w tithi ur br? TMter colded them, ying: Wht i the ue org ? T d: T d d
brg ur rg m P-gu [ dd Frur d Mr]. H d m: T r w brd hould be oered new good-qulity clothing ndhould be ed tty etble. A cptive nkehed ud b rd d. O ud r m d. Rm D dSur Mr xmd: W w rrg. I d udrd
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two hundred people would emble. Wonderulmu wud b rrmdkr, dvg, ru , dpadavali, r g drg Sr Kr . Swj
g g u r grg. Avr d w drud r. I nturl tht there hould be joy during hi birth-dy celebrtion. I m reveling thi to you tody.Dont orget it. Te tmic nture utomtic- v w bm ggd r-g , dg , d gg gr.
O r Pr ovidya, knowledge. Kli, Durg, Sit, nd otheru gdd r mbdm vidya. T r Sv. Tr v, rd,
or nger in them. Teir eternl wih i to help llg rwrd. T Mr ud Rdd ju, wd Kr r, bu S dd v ud.S wud d vr Rm.
Hrk r . Tdu r r md d j -. L wd ggg r
Swami Adbhutananda
(? 1920)
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d, rrg v d u w kd . T dd vrgood. Te perection tht the Mter ttined tDkhinewr w exceptionlly rre. Te dhu
d [Bg] ub r .T Mr ud Pur md-
tted ll night. In the dytime he would lie under wrr. P ug w , bu
w mdg.T guru d I r . I
nd on becue you hve doubt. I my body hd bm , r wud v b d
o nyone. Wht cn I do? All thi trouble comew k bd. Hd Vvkd vd,wud w v wrr bu g?
Dr Durgr wud rrv k g [ Dkwr] d u: OHrd! Hrd! T Mr wud Hrd: O dr. Hrd wud dr. T dr wud x M-r rm d d dr wu g g wrd. Mrvr, ud Hrd:
G r! Mg, wud [r] gv mg. dr kw w kd Mr.
T Mr ud : I kg .
I cold you o much becue you re my veryw. I u d udrd, u w ur.I g dr is. A I g ? H dg u. Yu u w
Mr g. Orw, w w uudrd?
Dd w rz Mr w Gd m-? I w d, ud w v rvd rd r ? W ud k ur r. W d wrr , w wr rr x. I ud g Cu wd . Gg r, m md wud bmdrd d md u; g I wud rur
Mr Dkwr.T Bg d Or d
Mrbu Gurg Dv [Sr C] vr. S w gr r! Ad
w d u , r wrd -d! W r Pr-dv r ? O w
w ur dv rg udrdg.Lbr r Mr d. I v
r dr: vr br I m g rr d k Vvkd. I ddundertnd thi beore. He did o much or me,
m I ud m. Bu dd md
g. Rrg w, wr I . w I xr ?Sur I wr . Ju d M-r v v Vvkd. S, I d rg d. I w vr ju. I dd rr d. Durg d I wud dw bk Gg, d g Bu Pr. T Vvkd-b [brr] w w, d mmd m rk dw. Tr w r u.
Fr g I dd d . d I g u . T w d
w rvr.Nwd Mr rd
rud. W j wud v dVvkd-b b v. I d kd m:W u rg M d ?Brr Vvkd rd: T M r u r r . A g r r
ugr. I d r v urr, w rg gr gd. B gr r w k dd g M. Nw I
wvr d ru. Ar rurg rAmr kd m: Wr dd u ? Yu
wr vg k drr. I d: U Mukr-j Bu Pr d . Swj dU Bbu ru.
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O r w ru M vr- wud v g u ur k morning to meditte. All would be wkened by rgg b. O d I wk u mr-
ing nd, tking my cloth nd towel on my houl-dr, rd v. Sg Swj kd:Wr r u gg? I d: Yu v rom Englnd. How mny new rule will you in-fict on u? I will not be ble to obey them. I mymd k b rug wbm brbd? T d wme. I you hve ttined uch tte, tht i good.By the Mter grce there will be ome rrnge-
ment or little ood or me in Clcutt. Under-dg d Swj d: Yud g w. T ru r r u.T r w; ru r r g-ting them permnently etblihed in one mood.T I d: O! T w u r g .
I, ju r g u d djp, omeone bet nd cure other, wht kind g ? Swj d M-r dr: I wud b br r u md. Swmj d gr, bu r rr d, v w rud. I r udr rzg u,r wud b r m. Tr w r udr g.
Swj kd S Mrj: S, du v m ? S Mrj d: Y, Iv u vr mu. Swmj d: W u dw I ? T g. Brg kd rd
r rr Cr r r-rk, d brg rud v k w oce re jut cloing nd mny people re wlk-g r. Tug w rdx brm, v k r- S Mrj rug rd.1 AAmbzr M, w S Mrj md
w brbd Mr uj, Swmj ud-d d : Yu u g Mdr. H
w d. H dd g rrie objection o ny ort. Being monk Shhidd v mk K. Su w d v r brr d.
I vr gr, Mrwould tell u: Dont touch him. He h touched uu. A uu ug uu, d rbm w vrm b gr.
When I would eel ditied nd wnt to go vru , Tkur wud udrd m g d : H! Wrwud u g vg d rd
Dkwr? D mk ur md r.D u kw w u du u wv gg d u g u? Bu rm m m Tkur wud : G, v Cu. I
wud g Cu r w d d rur[ Dkwr]. I dd k Cu r.
Wr ud I g u rd I dw g w Mr? T d grce o the guru. Tere never roe uch doubt d , W ud I -mnd? Ti too i indeed the grce o the guru.
Swmi Bhkrnnd [o Khi] id: Dontrom bout nywhere. You will not get nythingb wdrg. I w w Yg d r grd. Sg ur ug gBkrd w vr d, d u,d dd u . H d: Gd w bgru u, wu du. S
d u . L r
urg: I w ur [Kdr-Bdr, Jg, Dwrk, dRmehwrm]. Tere were no rilrod in thoed. Yu udrd gr rd.Ev r mu wdrg I dd g -g. T d urg rd. T,g grd, I d ru: -r I wud rz Gd r d wuddrop. Be tht it my, I hve now ttined ome
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bli. king t in hi hnd, he trted tellingu torie while wlking with u. At tht time the
wr mg w gg . H w vr. H kd u: W gg r? I
d: Yu r Nr. T r wrgu. T d w m, md d: W d u !
T Mr d w rd. Sudd w u, u Dk-wr, d rurd, wg . N dgm Hrd rd g ud r m. TMr rurd, g: I v m r -g r u. Hrd rr d d:
W d uk I v! U, wr dd ug ? Tr wr r vr du rd rd r u r. T Mrreplied: When the tte o paramahamsa i t-d, u g . Wr w b xd w r.
T Mr ud gr v d b-d madhukari, ggg r dru. H ud ur d u rd d dv.
W Mr vd K d Vrd-v w Mur, r ug um m dg r. Sg Mur d-g u Mr d: W urmother-in-lw [Rni Rmni] object? MthurBbu rd: S rg g.I v mud r .
Mur kd Mr: Fr, wkrm v I d I wud b rbr?
Fr r I w d mu gd wrk I . T Mr d: T r vrvr d rwd.
Mur Bu guru d :I ur C Id w w
you lwy, et with you, nd do everything withu? Lr, w d Mr, vrg d w guru
wrd. Hw gr wr m guru
! I mz w dru r r, wrone be houeholder or monk. But the corch-g wrd d m mk u-
dr rg vrg d.T Mr ud : W dd u rrg? W ud u r? Im r; u v m gr, r g er. But it i bd to mrry nd become cptivted.
Te Mter hd neither money nor grden.W kd grd rmd r t hi eet? Word cnnot expre how hppy Mr wud b g Hr
m. O d w bm brbd g Hr . Arwrd d-vrd w g m. T x-d: Sr, w r u dg? W r
u dg ? H rd: A! Yu d Hr w u r! C I u ?
T w dbr Mr durg m r w rg. Ar gr, gm Dkwr,
cme to ee Swmiji with Yogin Mhrj ther.In the coure o convertion Swmiji id: Whydd u v Mr? T gm r-
d: H d I w u Mr dr.H [Yg Mrj r] d: W. Hrz. D g m. L g du the Pnchvti. We ended up going to the dhu Pv. I d , b gd r-u, g gr du, g
dr. Nw I d rgr , u w ug wrd, I ud rv dr.
(To be continued)
Reference
. A rthdx brahmaa wld t idr itprpr t walk thrgh th trt at h ahour carrying bread that had not been preparedb brahmaas.
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hilosophy is a bol u -rr. I v udg d
udrdg ud ur knowledge, truth, nd exitence. Other brnche kwdg g r
u, u g kgg r grd. P rdr d qu own premie to clriy it inight nd rticulte md rrvg u. P-
phy requently chnge it coure by criticizing itindequcie nd inconitencie in it erlier or-mu, mm dg w vur qu w dr. Wvr rvu k , vb vv
rdicl hi in the very ide o philoophy itel.1Te tudy o the ix orthodox ytem nd the
urdx Id wrrvd r du u.S dv Sw Vvkd r b wdrd r Id - , Vd. Trwd r rg du Swmj r- d rr ur, u-
, d ur .
Swamiji as a Philosopher
Swmj rgrdd b m r Id r, rrr, -
udrrvgd, ru , r-rrr S Dr, ,
r, d . I dr d vrk Swj dv
g r rg, -rm, r, d g.
W rg rud d -mon people Swmiji did not do o in the mnner rd dm rr bu rr
n inpired philoopher. He mde dicult philo- d vb m m u r. Swj, w vg r d md d rd b, ju gr rdr ug, bu wk . Udrgthee theoreticl nd prcticl ccomplihmentr Swmj md rugu wrk.
Being tudent o philoophy, nd immenely, Swj w wr d r ud . Fr r g r drv m w dv m udrdg brdug ud uur d rg.S, w d Swj dru g kwdg, Er d Wr, -
d r, r d , bu - Wr . H w wr
r -u dgr, gvg m, rb fg rv d r-v u. Mrvr, rqur gr bv uv m ug bv wu udrdg g dgm. Nr dd w d-grm o ruth, no mtter how clever: he wnted ru (bd.).
Swami Vivekananda:Revolutionizing PhilosophyDr Ravindra K S Choudhary
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Swj d r w d r rd g rvg . Bu w kd rvu wb u vg u rbm ?
T rur g wrd r d r w r u d rmb. H m wdm ud r bu kwg ru ur S. O r d, ur r - rvu w rd g d r. Swj -drd rvu ur dmdg. H brv: Tr w
g d g, r v Eur, ug gr kr wrd, rd r grwg. T v ud u r u um d ur v . I g u r r w ur v . Tu, Swmjd rvu g ud low, peceul, nd r-reching, rther thn vio-
uv. Hum d ruggg rrm, bu r rhve been only occionl celi. Swmiji id:Tu r wrd r gr r mw ug, r m (bd.). Tqu ur r r w r
d um dr d? ISwmj vw, u ud b -dwd w r rr ur.
Spiritual Values P u vu ru vu d r qu-. Swj rg rvd: ru -
phy hould be the mother o piritul ction, theountin-hed o cretive energy, the highet ndnoblet timulu to will. Humnity i in need oru wkg qur mrm dit mierie. Spiritul wkening inevitbly ledone to el-reliztion. Such gol i not o much
r u uru uur r, g r r. Swmj w d r u, w
w prevlent in Wetern philoophic trdition.
T r r -u rd k r r d k r . Ardg Swj, vr -rd; r w gd,become inpired. An intellectul, hertle mnvr bm rd m (.43).
Where there i hert, there i power to bringbout peceul revolution. Swmiji knew well
tht there cnnot be ny revolution unle there rd . O rr r-r grud r rvu d gud rug rr . Swmj w - rd bu um rdm dr g, wd r - r r ud g dgm. H wd mk ru r. Skg r
piritulity he id: Now, when we tudy met-, w m kw wrd , ru, mr, m, d wrd rg r r. I ,bu rm dr v. W
u k ur bd, u rg u r d, d w u k ur- md, u w rg bd. Tr g, u r; u
r r r dr u md r r (2.3).
Universal Appeal T kd - w w u v uvr uk. Iud b b ug vrg
d r w r v u-vr brrd. Su v, rdg Swmj, ud b rm rd ru ur umkd d
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dv dvdu, r dg um u u. T uvri not mtter o convenience or people t lrgend not ploy o ew to gin the upport o the
me. Ti i robutly ounded upon the Vedn- r u dvr. B uvrSwmj m r , mr -ernce. He thereore wnted n ll-incluive Ad-
v fur vr wrd.H d: I u brr, vrg g , k r rm bm -ru vr uvr rd . Evrg u
be criced, i necery, or tht one entiment,universality. Rmmbr , uvrr -, rw rd rrm.
Philosophy Linked to Actuality T wrd d rg lie o ctivity nd ervice to humnkind. We mut
perorm our dutie in ccordnce with the vrying
circumtnce in which we re plced. Humn lie r wrkg uwvrg w r du d wu g wk.Our ud ugymntic, nor hould it be n rty-cry piritu-. I mu b m-tivte u to work nd not to cre or the reult, tohelp peron nd never think tht he or he ought b gru. Lv, ru, d u r
not merely morl gure o peech, but they ormur g d, u uch mniettion o power
(.32). I Swmj vw,wrk d rv
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r u r grw u,which led to the gol o Sel-reliztion. He wrr u rvg (.20).
Emzg r mr mg,Sr Nvd m qu d:
T d, ug mr wrd, d rr-rv d vrg. Mru u v r-gm. T m d ,but it cn never be n ctul mniettion o thewr, md. L ru w ur, prove the beginning o mentl nd morl diin-gr. I b rrd d rrd,
b , b u dvur r r rz d d d.
T rr, r Swmj, not jut n intellectul dventure, but dhn.Hence, he oen viewed it prt o jnn yog, kwdg, vd V-d rd. Ad u g -gr w kr g, ,d bk g, dv. Swmjud buu:
Although mn h not tudied ingle ytem , ug d bv Gd, d vr bvd, ug rd v w , wr gd rug wr rd gv u d r r, rrvd w rgu
w m rug rr d -r rug kwdg; d u d r, wrkr, d dv, , bg -bg.
Krm yog, in Swmiji view, i the ttiningthrough unelh work o tht reedom which i g u ur (.0). T g w r ru r w
rgu bvr, bu w u- wrkr ur vr mr-. T w mmr, d
w u mr (bd.), d Swmj.
T ugg ur ur-u r -r; rw wudmu bg d rb mmr. Atrue philoopher i one who, like Swmi Vivek-nnd, mintin hrmony mong knowledge,dv, d .
Ar Skr d:
A rur dd udrgrud rqur(r xr) m ru, x-
cvtion, the removl o tone nd other uchthing lying bove it nd (nlly) grping, butvr m u b bg (mr) d ub m, rr ru S,
which i hidden by my nd it eect, i to bed rug ru kwr Br, wd rf, d- d r, bu rug rvrdrgum.1 P
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Ashrama, 1), .4. Te Complete Works o Swami Vivekananda,
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Advaita Ashrama, 5), 1.9. Complete Works, 1.6.
0. Vivekacmai of r akarcrya, 3.
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he ealiest eposition vu r-grdg u du d g ud Rg Vd, d x r-
ur. Vd d k Yatra vivabhavaty-eka-ndam; w uvr
d g r,1 r grd r k Sa gacchadhva savadadhva sa vo mannsi jnatm; mb,pek together, let your mind be o one ccord,r d d gu r u vu. T rdu dv w ur vd w r rg d mrm vr wrd. I ru ukd d
wonderul nd importnt cientic progre, but
m u v b dzzd b : -g, w k u w r ru
vlue. We hve orgotten tht the ecret o lie i r uvg ur r .
d r dmrd vrwr r w u g dur b brk du b umgrd. T w u dd ur rur drud, r-
g urdd vr r.T g ukd k vr r; vr drr qu d r dr, dgrd-, d kg . W v b b uz um dvm u ur ru ugr d d, rug -dd dv. Su rgr d u vr xr wrd
u rug d w urr wrd. I r u v mg rbm.
Prompted by love o truth nd humn welreAr Skr m dvd
u g dkw Adv Vdw k - r S d r .M k Adv Vd dr d -u, bu r wrg; um v rd - -dr x. T - uvr d u u d rv r r ru,r r w . Our grwg
g mr, wvr mu w mb dwd w qu, u du b bu ru vu bd A. T r du role o Achry Shnkr, the gret Advit phil-r g ur ce, rdgru vu v r-rm vr d bg um.
The Goal of LifeA ru r urjudd d r-v w d, wrvr r.Ar Skr m ug udto be mot congenil nd cceptble to the mod-r d. H g, uv, u,d r u g vr x-d r. T u -
, g d b Skr, u
T
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g ukd. Wu g r-r qud w Skr dr rgu g r uvr, u ud udrd
rv r wrd. I Brahma Sutra Bhashya, r : Sarvavyavahrmeva prg-brahmtmat-vijntsatyatvopapatt; u dgor Vedic obervnce re logicl (nd vlid) prior rz d S dBrm. H rmd u r-r d ud b ud r dg gd: Kimanujeu iatamam. Sva-para-hitya udyata
janma; w dr r ubeing? Lie dedicted or one nd other wel-re. Ti goodne will led u beyond thi lie r.
Hu ug - gr mr umkd d d-r dg, du, d rg. I r vu u g, k r, d k rw vg u r. Ard-g Skr, manuyatvam, u;mumukutvam, dr k; d
mahpurua-samraya, w vruu, r r qu du .Avidy-k-kr, gr-dr-,d r d k
rdr u g. H du dr- w vd gr, r dr, dmk r. Skr ri nothing higher or tronger thn righteoune,
w ru u .Du , w
put premium on time, mny people re retlend diturbed. Ti retlene i refected in be-hviour nd mnner tht re bruque nd imp-
tient. Ti imptience led to elhne nd the um vu. Su r rmw Skr gg. Ardg , d d bv rm. A umbg du w kd u-rg d uv rd w gd.
Skr gv r ,Ahis v-manakyai primtr-prapanam, svtmavat-sarvabhteu kyenamanas gir; m bg rmfg r vg bg, bu r-grdg g ug, wrd,
River Periyar, Kalady, in which Acharya Shankara, as a young boy, took sannyasa
photoby
Mt
Srir
aM
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d dd. A mru r urd vby celetil being. Swmi Viveknnd y: Weoen tlk o right nd jutice, but we nd tht in wrd rg d ju r mr bb k.
Tere re two thing which guide the conduct om: mg d mr. T xr mg invribly the exercie o elhne. All men nd
wm r mk m wvr wrr dvg v. Mr v ; b gd, w v b mru. Ev ju- d rg ud d mr. Skr ur uu vru r rr d wrd: Dna priyavk sahita
jna a-garva kamnvita aurya vitta-tyga-sameta durlabam-etat chaturbhadram;chrity long with weet word, knowledge withhumility, courge with ptience, nd welth withru, ur uu g rrd . H r wmr umu w bu vr u r r r j r r gvg rdrv . T qu gr r-
wr bd w bud.
I wrk Skr rd m-portnce o theat sampatti, ix treure: curb-g md rm bj, rrg rg rm r bj, rg rrd, dur, r,nd ith. Tee ix treure re lo the crdinl
vru . U qur x -u, wr, grd, rd, du, d
ju . O w
grd bm b drmg b-tween good nd evil, nd one who lck dicrim- drd.
Another importnt vlue i tht o trightor-wrd. Skr : Anukap day saivaprokt vednta-vedibhi. Karaatritayaveka-rpatvakrat mat; kd-, kwr Vd d Vd. I rd ug,
xr, d rvd d--d du.
W kw r md bgr vur, r g wr d
r ur d , r-gg v r d. Hr w ud r-r wrd Skr, w gd rr ud w vru-u d w d k vur [r -].1 T r dr u r r r rr (22). H : Kilaghuty mlam. Prkta-purueu yc; wi the cue o ignominy? Currying the vour o
urgr (32).O w w dv w nd exercie control over the ene cn be vedrm m. Ardg Skr, - w kd: xr d r. Ex-r d b u rd wr. Ir , r ur, -d rv gr-. Wr r r ur, mr xr g. I
prctice o continence nd other virtue tht the bm urd.
Higher Values
M d r g, u runble to ttin it gol; they ollow the n o g bm , bu enjoy the reedom tht emnte rom prctiingrj g. Skr w
r dwd w m g g. T j rdm. Or wlck ptience re overpowered by obtcle; theydr bu k wrd v br wd:Kamvatmva hi yoga-siddhi svrjyalakm-sukha-bhoga-siddhi. Kamvihn nipatantivighnairvatairhat paracay iva drumt.11
O w dwd w kw w ur w r wr
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rvr d w dur rr r. Ev ug Skr dvsaguopsan, wr r Gd, d k kwdg:Dhyna-pj-dika loke draaryeva karotiya. Pramrthika-dh-hna sa dabhcraucyate; w d d wr w , k gr kwdg[nd] he i clled by the wie otenttiou (6).Ardg Skr, kwdg muu qu r .T Bgvdg : Api ced-asi ppebhyasarvebhya ppa-kt-tama, sarva jna-plavenaiva vjina santariyasi; v u b
the wort inner mong ll inner, till you willr vr wkd w r Kwdg .1
Tug w r r rr urdg, w ud r vd kg -k. S mmd kwg bu gurddudr v r u r deth: marat ki lyam. Pracchanna yat
kta ppam;w k d?
T d r.1 M ,with nothing better to do, engge in goip, typ- vvg d r rdr r uru. Skr dv g g-g u r u d wg d
rg . A g r vrindulge in uch behviour. A peron rel ern-g kwdg, w, rg,m, d . Grd dr mrr. I vr du v gdnme in ociety; o er chieving good nme, ud r .
Skr rd u ud-rd du. A r ud
lwy trive or the good o the diciple nd loud b dwd w wr drm-. Ardg m, rg rmd wr d r d rkalpavka, w gr w wm udr d; u rg ur bb d r gr d.
Shnkr how cler pth to ucce in lie.H rd r u u.
Evening prayer at Ramakrishna
Advaita Ashrama, Kalady
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We hould honour holy people nd lo repectthe dvice o the wie nd the elderly who knowthe eence o dhrm. Te merit o one good r ur . O -
dwd w ru um gr vin lie, where the proud nd rrognt re ub-j dw. T r w k ru, ukd, d rgu du b w ur w r vg. A r- w rv d dr
vruu b dd wrru . Kasya kriy saphal. Ya
puna cravn ia; whoe ction i ruitul?O w gd du d rd (50).Shnkr doe not dvocte inction or the or-kg .
I udg rr dvdu u -
r. T r d saskra, ur-. Skr x: Saskro hi nma
saskryasya gudhnena v syd dopanayenav; ur vd r rug
dd m qu r rmv m d-.1 Trr,saskra r ur,develop, mould, educte, nd prepre peron tod r r du vr g . I in the cquiition o ll other necery qulitie.
I r rdr ur r , dvdu d v,
g r dvm ug. I r v udm-
tl eductionl pln to produce ucient num-r u gd rr, w r rd, ru, d mr d .I mdr g wr mr-tnce o thee eentil vlue to led proper lie
wud rdu w gr rbz. L u rmmbr grUd r: Yuv syt-sdhu yuv-dhyyaka, iho ddhiho balia tasyeya
pthiv sarv vittasya pr syt sa eko mnuananda; u r ug m r , gd, rd, xdu,mot trongly built, nd mot energetic. Suppoe
r r r d w w.Ti will be one unit o humn joy.1 In hi com-mr mr, Skr u j k rg rd
w u gr, dr, d (.370). T kw r uvg ur r , w d u b. P
References. Mahanarayana Upanishad, 14, inMahnryaa
Upaniad, trans. Swami Vimalananda (Madras:Ramakrisha Math, 1), .
2. Rig Veda, 1.11., i Te Hymns of the gveda,trans. Ralph H Grifth (Delhi: Motilal Banar-sidass, 16), 651.
. Aharya Shakara mmtary BrahmaSutra, .1.1, i Brahma Stra Bhya oakarcrya, tra. Swami Gambhiraada(Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, 11), 33.
4. Achara hakara, Prashnottara Ratnamalika,5; traslatio b the athor.
. ee Achara hakara, Vivekachudamani, 3.. Acharya Shankara, Sarvavedanta Siddhantasara
Samgraha, 111; traslatio b the athor.7. Te Complete Works o Swami Vivekananda,
vl (Caltta: Advaita Ahrama, 1, 1;, 1), 1.5.
8. Prashnottara Ratnamalika, 5.9. Sarvavedanta Siddhantasara Samgraha, 11.
0. eePrashnottara Ratnamalika, 1 ad .
. Sarvavedanta Siddhantasara Samgraha, 13.2. Bhagavadgita, .36, i Bhagavadgt, tra.Swami Gambhiraada (Klkata: AdvaitaAshrama, 6), .
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Sutra, 1.1., i Brahma Stra Bhya oakarcrya, 3.
. aittiriya Upanishad, ..1, iEight Upaniads, vols, tras. wami Gambhiraada (Kolkata:Advaita Ashrama, ), 1.36.
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ConsciousnessDr Amartya Kumar Bhattacharya
hat e thin, e o. Our mddrm ur r. T r-
icle del with the denition o peron-lity ccording to Buddhim. Buddh y: I ybhikkus v . Hvg ug, rug bd, , d md.1 TYgr r Vjvd M
Buddhim del with humn peronlity in gretd. Ygr, w d g Samdhinirmochana Sutra (d ur ce),
w rg rmud b Ar Ag dVudu. T Samdhinirmochana Sutra x Ygr . TLankavatara Sutra (ur ur ce) -r vr r x . TMahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
drd r. Tr r ur Buddm bu urr r: Mdk, w d-r shunya, ; Vjvd, d ubjective idelim; Sutrntik, repreenttion-; d, Vbk, r.
Buddhas Teachings ofAnatmataBudd, w g d-tioned exitence nd the lw o univerl chnge,d rug dr anatmata, rnairatmya, x rm Amud b g d w rmgrrm bd bd. T Skr wrd Am,the Pli word Att, nd the Chinee word Shen S. T Budd wd, gd
photoby
biyaS
Chatterjee
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xr, Am ud v d mdv , , v dur-g d. Furr, ur Am ru ahamkara, gm, d
m mud g. I m u-d , nairatmya f,w xr f rdr b r.
I ur r r, Srv Jv, Budd : Tr ur, ugg, urd, d u-dd. I r wr , w ur, ugg, urd, d ud-
d, r ud b rm wi born, chnging, creted, nd conditioned. Butince there i n unborn, unchnging, uncreted,nd unconditioned, there i n ecpe rom wht r, gg, rd, d dd.W wrd Budd d para-martha-satya, um ru, w rv.A r Budd m bhava-trishna, dr r x, kd dr k u ud. T x
r dd dru: r d, r d,d vijnana, r u, ju r w, x, d r. T -d dvdu x d-v w u rk u. I
Dhammapada it i id: Sarva dharma anatma; r -. T S u rd r b u-
broken trem o concioune. It mut be kept md Budd ud r, d rmr r v urgum bg. H r u-v qu u wr dr r d, wr urvv d, wr wrd r -nite, eternl or non-eternl, re clled the gretdrm qu.
Ardg Budd, g r m xm rm w g.T bvu rm rd rd Fur Nb ru ud
Budd DharmachakrapravartanaSutra. T r b ru wrd u urg; rd b urg. A gm urg. A g, Budd rd, r ubj g d d (35).A r m rvr w.
W g dr, d r r g, rg u
erie o cue nd eect. Everything i in tteo becoming omething ele the very next mo-. A w rd r v. Tr w d w m. Tg g vr m.Evrg rg u r -tor, tht i, ll thing come into exitence theru r vru u. Tw pratitya-samutpada, dd rg-tion, i centrl to Buddhim. For exmple, nger r , wu u. SwVvkd gr drb rdd rg:
Ti body i the nme o one continuou trem rvr w r ddg -r , d vr mm mr bgrw b k rvr u fw-ing, vt me o wter lwy chnging plce;
m, w k u w g g, d rvr. Wd w rvr? Evr mm wr chnging, the hore i chnging, every moment vrm gg, w rvr? I r g.S w d. T gr KkVijnn Vd doctrine, mot dicult to under-tnd, but mot rigorouly nd logiclly workedu Budd .
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Alaya-vijnana
Frm g vw r pancha-skanda,v ggrg: rupa, vedana,samjna,samskara,
nd vijnana, ll o which re identied anatma,-S, Budd AnatmalakshanaSutra. Te rt i rupa, orm, nd the lt our regrzd nama, . Vedana, , wrd rupa r rvd b rg v rg d d r d x r ; - d samjna, r, udgudrdg d mg; ur d
samskara, r-d r d gr-d r xr; vijnana, u, w r.
I Ygr, g, alaya-vijnanar, d u rdud. Td kd r -ur u, d j, wr b mr r xr u-, r u d r u.O du qu d dr : w ubj r
w bj m? x Vjvd ubj rm kshanika, momentry, concioune nd within rm r burd mkr
xr. A rur mm mkr come to the urce o concioune,r w ru r vur-
b, d mur, , dv mmd r. T u -idered in it pect o being torehoue or ub-ru u d alaya-vijnana.T wr Am r, w dr ugg bu rm uuchnging tte. Hencethi chool i lo clled Crvd r Vjrvd
. T udm Yg-r xrd r-ition tht theparinishpanna svabhava, perected-ur, rzd w r r
rug r r parikalpitasvabhava, -gined or illuory el-nture, nd develop into d rv.
Alaya-vijnana contin ll the impreion opt ction nd uture potentilitie. It give rieto thought, deire, nd ttchment, which bindu to the ctitiou externl world. It i the bi oour peronlity. It i lo clled the mula-vijnana, -u r w wr
d r rg.Alaya-vijnana bed o only ttchment nd uering but it lo tathagatagarbha, Budd-rx,rug w r bm Budd.Trr, r r Budd-k u d Budd-dhatu, vr bg. T dr bw gd bg d dudd ormer h mnieted hi or her Buddh-dhatu,
w r . Tu, brd kg,
Budd-dhatu rg w w r Bud-d. T Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra Budd-dhatu vrg, ur,d bu. T wrk d rmr w dr Budd-ur, w - g. I x d:T w I [Budd] k bu urg [drm, mg, wdm, d mr-
embrcing utr] nd y tht they re the thing b ddd u. Drm Drm,mening i ying tht the thgt i Eternld Ugg, Wdm kwg being hve Buddh-Nture (Buddht), grp-g mg m bg w vrd M ur.
T N Egd P d r-u g, w g u
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u Budd-dhatu, r g-dhatu, r. A Ygr r g r, r d-
v Budd-dhatu rug rr-
te prctice o medittion nd become Buddh.Te gol o lie i to dicover thi relity, which i b r.Avidya, gr,i the cue o ll uering, whether pt, preent,r uur; gm dr gr rever. For n verge individul the ummtion o d r, w r fux, rvd mr I. Tempiricl I i ephemerl nd impermnent, nd
samvriti-satya, v ru wrdsamvrita r vrd. T satya-dvaya, w gr ru, wrsamvriti-satya dparamartha-satya m Buddm. TMaha-
yana Sutralankara, wr b Ar Ag, pudgala, r, x pragyapti,deigntion; thi isamvriti-satya, but not in dra-vya, ubtnce. Achry Ang led i ollowedthroughout thi rticle, where thesamvriti-satya
mr r drd -x anatmata r nairatmya.
Nirvana is Supreme Bliss
O Hu- -u Z M Budd dvd C d wdrd E ArM-u -, r b ur gr- C Z r. M-u kd ,
W r u r rg w u rd rur u r kg r? Wtreure?, hi interlocutor ked. M-tu replied,T w qug rg w.1M-u d uwrvg rg mr I u ju rg mm.O r , w kd, W mening o Bodhidhrm coming rom Indi?,M-u rd w Z wr, W
g ur kg r mm? (Ibd.).
One rect mentlly becue one i conciouo omething. Mentl rection re o two type:
rvg d vr. I vd vrru urg, d rvg ru urg b drd bj.Tu, u, wvr r duhkha, urg. T rwd g Budd-g, wrr Vishuddhimagga, P Pur, dw br urg.kg d r Ar Ngrju, ur duhkha r; r
rom omething ele nd lo decy into extinc-. Duhkha -drg; x-ence nd chrcter re ttributble to ctor thtd rg d ubqu rrm-. Cg x d dg u exitence, duhkha lck ny trce o permnence.I d duhkha ksvabhava, d rrzd bnihsvabhava, b S-nture. Te uthor i, thereore, led to ormulte r duhkhameva shunyam, ur-
g m. Bu duhkha mr, ur xd Skr u:Duhkhameva anityam evam shunyam, urg d m. T r duhkham w g duhkha d brd rm d u. Tr-r, w rd wrd gd rv qu ur d rmmbrg Budd-dhatu u.
Te cpcity to tred the pth to nirvn i l-redy in u, we jut hve to ue it. It i proce ouvrg Budd-dhatu. T mr urmd dd, mr ugd w r.Erg dm d bodhi, g-, d rv. I Dharmachakra-pravartana Sutra Budd rv uj gr, d, d, d,d d. I r wrd, rv d
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u d ; rd dd. Budd nirvanamparamam sukham; nirvn i upreme bli. Nir-v apratitya-samutpanna d asamskrita,
udd.I rg Lanka-vatara Sutra, M x d wthe Yogchr chool, nirvn i decribed theg vrg . Nrv vbolute nd i lo nitya, without beginning ndend. Nirvn men tte o mukti, reedom, orvimukti, bolute reedom. Nirvn lo denote, ru, d , . A r
rv mk, br. Nrv o bolute perection. Sriputr, the mou hi-r d Budd, drb rv x dr, rd, d u. I gug rv xr dg w R. Nrv qud w bodhi d paramartha-satya.Nrv mm xrd gv gv, u urg, rvg, vr, d r. T d
ru u. I Skr v g r xrd gv gv, k wrd arogya, w rur r , r wrd amrita,
w m mmr. Furr, mm-ic prove, the negtive o negtive i lwy poi-tive. Nirvn i reeing oneel rom the chin o le ene o individulity. Nirvn i tte onon-dulity,advaita oradvaya; tte where the
parikalpita svabhava, I, d x. Exrd dr, rv brrm u r d-
vdu rm w.Egd r r bu m
x r b w x-r wrd d rdu r. Ir md k m d fkr. N-m wrd bg d
wrd r g, udg I d m, rr g-d d. T g gd
d d ud d-
d f wrd vrg their phyicl nd mentl world. Tey hve rienbv r rvu m mkr. T r
virtuou, lwy cheerul, hppy, nd optimitic.T rd g wrvr g. T r
w d d d vrg r gd wrd. P
Notes and References
. S Hamilt,Identity and Experience (L-do: Lzac Orietal, 16), 1.
2. Khuddaka Nikaya, Udaa, .1; tralatib the athor.
. Dhammapada, ..4. atischadra Chatterjee ad Dhiredramoha
Datta, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy(Calctta: Uiversit of Calctta, 1), 13.
. Te Complete Works o Swami Vivekananda, vl (Caltta: Advaita Ahrama, 1, 1;. 1). 3. .
. S AnIntroduction to Indian Philosophy ,15.
7. T trm Bddha-dhatuo-hsing r o-xingi Chiwa almt rtaily id iChina. TeLankavatara Sutra speaks oalaya-vijnana a th am a th tathagatagarbha.Bddha-dhatu i a rtabt a tryagr-tralati it Sakrit f th ri-gial Chiese eqivalet. Bddha-dhatu mab idrd a vry gd xampl f a Sa-skrit word recetl coied b traslatig from
its Chiese eqivalet.8. S TeEncyclopedia o Eastern Philosophy and
Religion, eds I Fischer-Schreiber, S Schuhmacher,ad G Woerer (Lodo: Rider, 1), 13.
9. Te Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, tra.Ksh Yamamota, ed. Dr o Page (E-book,), ; available at .
0. Dale S Wright,Philosophical Meditations on ZenBuddhism (Cambridge: Cambridge Uiversit,), 15.
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lasiasas Ramcharitmanas r-nowned or it uperb entiment o devotion.For centurie the religiou lie o million h
centred on thi cripture. It i long poetic g oBgv Sr Rm, r Vu r Yug, d ur ug. I
r mk ur rur mg
common people, even more thn Vlmiki Rm-. I d Avd, vrur Nr Id, d fvur mmrdilect. It yntcticl orm i o rhyming coupletd doha, choupayi, chanda,dsoratha. Bx d d g r- g rdr d r. Iv r: B-kd, Ad-kd,Ar-kd, Kkd-kd, Sudr-kd, Lk-kd, d Ur-kd.ug Ur-kd d r rur x, kd gu dud rr r d - dur ud b mm-dd w m r.
Te h ection i the Sundr-knd, beuti-ul ection,nd i lo ound the h ection oVlmiki Rmyn nd VyAdhyatma Rama-
yana. I mm bvd r
Sudr-kd ur d d u r gv krm.Te theme o thi rticle i to undertnd why thiection i o nmed nd wht it philoophicl im-
r. T r k w m r; ud vr w b xud Av-kd, d w r r S. Bu ru kwdg d vu rr
undertood cn chnge one peronlity. It i wellknown tht morlity nd truthulne mke per-on beutiul; the oppoite o them mke or ugli-, wvr d ur ud m b.
Hanuman Meets Rama
Hu, urr R,
r r d rr.T r ur Hur w xuv rv R rugthe cptive Sit rom Rvn in Lnk. Hnumni not ble to recognize Rm when they rt meet mu Rmuk. Hum b Su-grv, kg, d u w Rm d Lk- r d w d ur hve, they re climbing towrd Sugriv hiding
plce. When Rm introduce himel, Hnumn
rgr g w b rgz-ing hi eternl mter nd needed n introduction.A vg vr xr gu: I r
, I du-wd d dudd, rvr r d gr, d u , m BdLord, riend o the humble, orgot me.1 Ti puredv Hum ru uvd r dur-g Hu g w S. Tug -v Rv kgdm S, w g w
dw , mk r d. S brbd g, w Rm bj rd: Yur , Hu,
wm w gurd r b d d g; rcontempltion o you i the gte; her eye xed onr r r; rug w dr, , r f w? (465).
Durg jur Kkd, R vrwmd w rrw k mm r
T
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whoe wie h been bducted. He eek help, nd rm mk d br, ru S.Aug R gr r wrrr d
r, vrg ru d d-
g Rv, gv Hu g- rg w mg r S, kw Hum ud g Lk d d u S
wru. Sr Rkr : N , m, rgz Ir Gd.Auming humn body, the Incrntion ll vic-m d, ugr, r, d u g,k rdr mr. Rm w r S.
W r uu Sudr-
kd? I rv g ruto Hnumn by Rm. Among mny other chr-r r Ramcharitmanas, Hnumn tht piritul reliztion dwn. ruth uu d uusatyam-shivam-sundaramd w dw r, rr d k r ruu,uu, d uu. Gd drorm, nd He port in dierent wy. He port Ivr, dv, m, d uvr. I vrg H dd r um rm, Ir, v d dv(257). Hnumn vlorou ervice, complete ur-rdr, dv, d kwdg md m r r ru.
Hum w kw r wr drg dv. Irg, b qu- r ggd Kkd-kd.A bgg dgu
r g w R w dv ur d dv-. T w Jmbv rmd-g Hum gg wr: T kg r urd wrd Hu,L, O g Hu, w d u r- , u w r vru? Yu r S Wd d rg ur r, ru g, dr d
ru wdm. W udrkg r wrd, m rd, du r u -m? I rv Rm ur uv dw u r. Hrg
word, he grew to the ize o mountin. Teeword not only revive Hnumn memory o hiwr d u rd ur wr r r I Dv,Choen Deity, Rm. Ti unique chrcteritic,dr, b dv.
Hum, w m m ur rrg jwd, rvd m w, d, jumd u d w d b
Idr udr g . S-, Hu ugg w u-jugd g, r wr r g, Gd r w.
Ardg Hanuman Chalisa, Hu-mn poee the bility to betow theashtha sid-dhi, g urur wr, d nava nidhi, w. Yu gr g g siddhi d nidhi;
power hve been conerred upon you by Mother
Jnki. You poe the Rm-rasayana (eence oRm), u w w rm Rgu dd-d rv. T gsiddhi ranima, r-ducing one body to the ize o n tom; laghima,g wg; mahima, xdg d z;garima, g x-rm v;prapti: vg urrd ;prakamya, rzg wvr dr; ishitva, g bu rd; d
vashitva, wr ubjug ur. T nidhi rparakaya pravesha, b r r bd, v dd ; hadi vidya, bgmmu ugr r r r g m;kadividya, g ud xr dd; vayu-gamana siddhi, wrv rug r; madalasa vidya, r bd z;kanakadhara siddhi, rmu r;prakya d, drg u
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wmb, v brr wm;surya vijnana,rr u rrug du u r; d mrita-
sanjivani vidya, brgg dd r .
Hnumn poee the Rm-rasayana.Rasa m mg, m w r ju, ,, xr, qu, fvur, ,tte, nd o on, but the principl one i tht [theCrr] vrrasa, ur j, r g w
j. I r dr fuo ethicl ethetic nd ethetic ethic in the rel r r. Hu siddhi
d nidhi r S, w rd R,nd Hnumn lo poee the Rm-rasayana.Rm ur wrd, d S ro him. Everything in the world, een nd uneen, md Rm d S. I dv wrd! SrRmkr : I Rm g. Yur g r, bu I Rm vr u. T r bu wrd,d Hum d bd bu.
Ethics and AestheticsTr u wbu d mr r uur. T Grkr P ud r kalon, which ttrct the oul to ner thing, beore thedvm rm r r W-r . I dgud r
vu rv r r. T Grkrkalon kai agathon rr r r
gd d buu r b gd d uu wr d d
wr d (24).Bu, v Mdd Ag, w kd
with divinity, metphyic, nd theology. UmbertoE k w upulchrum, decorumd,u r gdaptum, honestumduring the medievl time did k r d w rgu,
r, , d r vu. CGrrg r dtructure o culturewhere rt, olklore, nd re-ligion minglere brely ditinguihble. Te ig-
nicnce o rt in religion w well recognized. It r vu d gd dv rur w -ing object, lie, nd the world. A cler ditinctionbw gd d buu rgin the eighteenth century. Alexnder Bumgrtenu rm r bu, bu w d-r rm gd r u.1
T vrg d bw -
d , r, r I-u K. Hwvr, v r r g w d rgrdg u r.11 I xudg uj Kr d rr - rug u, w r r-rd r . Kgg xrrdr g u-
vr. T k brv rmd u
pecil ignicnce o ethetic, or wht i more kw rg w g object good work o rt i complete expre-, rdg Wg.1 I - vw, g w with dtime; eensub specie aeternitatis, under the pect r (bd). T mr r r-
veling, through their perection, thi univerl- bj. I wrd K:
T rdu r, r g dgr r w vw, r , r, bu uur wr rdud ound preprtory eduction in wht re clled ur -d [sic], ru, -u u g, d, uvr g ,d other, the culty o being ble to communicte
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uvr m -rr, -ug ju bg ro mnkind, in contrditinction to the nrrow wr m.1
Jut Knt contribution i ignicnt in thehitory o philoophy nd ethetic, o i the rele-v Wg vw bu ,, d r gr. Tr r-g . Fr x, Wg rmrk r m r, k :It i cler tht ethic cnnot be put into word, rd. E d r d m.1 Ardg Wg,
rr u udrd-ing o ethic nd ethetic, long with the role og b gu b.Reltive good or beuty i mundne nd limited;u gd r u, , r
rzd rv vu.Hwvr, wg rrk rw g
on the iue or ome detiled nlyi: Te worko rt i the object eensub specie aeternitatis; nd gd wrd sub specie aeter-nitatis. T w r d.1 w k w rd rg r wrd: -nection between work o rt nd good lie ndw j d wrd. Wg: Nw I m gg u rm E g wdr , w -clude wht I believe to be the mot eentil prt w gr d A.1 Obj
r -r wrd, d vrg the compoite world i ctul. But, their percep-tion i choen by limited mundne interet. Tii dimetriclly oppoite to thesub specie aeterni-tatis view o object nd the world. In the context Sudr-kd, Hum d
w d vw; vw d with d m. T gv m rvud d rg rr
xrrdr . Y, wrd dr-edne keep him grounded in humble devotion.
Hanumans Beauty
Te purpoe o humn lie i to ttin n ethicl-ethetic unity by rt minimizing our mierie,w r rm dr d vr. Pur -r d w fd g. W r rug Hu-mn exemplry conduct. Te moving portryl wg u Sudr-kd. I r -g Ramcharitmanas. Ag d g
Lrd ug r m u, bu w rd v wud r. Tu d Lrd rd d.1Hu rgd ur dv. R
r Hu r u ,but Hnumn remin helplely t Rm eet:Liten Hnumn, id Rm, no god or mnr g vr b br wrd b u br m u. Wrv I d u rur? W I k
, I m ub k u . U r-f m , I v m u I vr r u. Ag d g the protector o the god gzed on Hnumn, d w r d w dquvrd w m (bd.).
R r Hu ddrg . rd r, w Gd, g rwrd r
dv. Bu, kwdgg r rwr. T r Sudr-kd bu bg Gd b-g r uwvrg dv. W Gdgr qur ur w r d. Hu r R
r d w vur d dv: WHu rd w Lrd d d gzd d d g w dg,
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xrd r j vr bd d rg u dv-tion, ve me, ve me, O Bleed Lord (ibid.).Ovrwd w dv Hu d
not wnt to orego the helter o the Lord lotu d ur: Trahi, trahi; v m, v m.Hum rurd r, vg xbd
vlour nd widom, croed the ocen, brved llb, d bur Lk. I r r d wr, trahi, trahi.
W d Hu r d w d r u r R r? Hu -hviour ignie the invere reltionhip between
ru d . Hum min erving Rm ugget tht he i not botheredbout mundne lie. However, devotee who hnot yet trncended the need o the body know
Gd u r. T Bgvdgdr: T r w, g -dr r d dv, wr vrwr, r m, w r vr d (), I rrg r urg w k d
preerving wht they hve.1 A devotee, by bn-dg mr w, ubjug g, Vb dv urrdr R. V w ud rr
Hanumanby R D DeSoto
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Rv w rr d u Rvu du d kd urrdr R. Ad w kw r Rv d r dg Vb dv. T
G : O w dudd gk u: I m dr (3.27).Hnumn i not under ny egoitic deluion
kg w: I v d mb d Rm rg m brvr. A ur wr d -
v d g uegoless, d trahi, trahi ur dbuu ru. Tahamkara, g,
antahkarana, r-ru, ud gr xr d- w Brm. Durg r r mgKkd, Hu u ud R, u R dd r ;now wht conront Hnumn devotion i hi
vru dd d R r. Bu Hu-m rm vd b ru R dv w, d Rm i the ource o cretion. Ti egolene
Hu gr qu. T rw ug dgu Sudr-knd. Rm embrce Hnumn, tke him by d, d k m:
Hu, w ud u rv bur Rv rgd Lk, mimpregnble ortre? When Hnumn ound Lrd gru, rd wrd gur md: A mk gr vur
kg bu rm br r. T I ud v b b cro the ocen, burn the golden city, ly thedm d w ashoka grvw du ur g, Rgu; w rg m w, m Lrd.Ng, Lrd, u wenjoy your vour; through your might mererd ur bur u r b- . B d O Lrd, gr m
ug dv, w ur g b.1
Gd ur u, d Hum m dd w Gd,
Hu dd uu. T Sudr-kd. P
References
. ulasidasa, Shri Ramacharitamanasa, trans. R CPrasad (Delhi: Motilal Baarsidass, 1), 6.
2. M, Gospel o Sri Ramakrishna, tra. SwamiNikhilaada (Chai: Ramakriha Math,), 355.
. Shri Ramacharitamanasa, .4. laidaa, Hanuman Chalisa, 16; tralati
b the athor.. aittiriya Upanishad, ..1.. Gospel, 63.7. ee Bejami R ilghma, Wittgenstein, Ethics
and Aesthetics: Te View fom Eternity (NwYork: Suny, 11), .
8. S Umbrt E, Art and Beauty in the Mid-dle Ages, tras. Hgh Bredi (New Have: YaleUiversit, 16), 15.
9. See Clement Greenberg, Te Plight o Culture,
i Art and Culture: Critical Essays (Maah-setts: Beaco, 161), 3.
0. S Alxadr Bamgart, Re lections onPoetry, tras. Karl Aschebreer ad WilliamB Holther (Berkele: Uiversit of Califoria,15), .
. ee Immael Kat, Te Critique of Judgement,tras. J C Meredith (Oxford: Claredo, 15),1.
2. L Wittgenstein,Notebooks 19141916, trans. G EM Ascombe, eds G H Vo Wright ad G E M
Ascombe (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1), 3.. Critique of Judgement, 13.4. L Wittgestei, ractatus Logico-Philosophicus,
trans. D F Pears and B F Mc Guinness (London:Rotledge,11), 1.
. Notebooks 19141916, 3.. L Wittgti, I: A Ltr Ethi, Te
Philosophical Review, /1 (Jaar 165), .7. Shri Ramacharitamanasa, 66.8. Bhagavadgita, ..9. Shri Ramacharitamanasa, 6.
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Msic has playe mjr r rm Id rgu uurd ru r .
Mu rvd vr Id d,nd clicl muic, which w neglected or cen-ur, d dg rgr rv ud-ence in Indi nd the ret o the world. Tere re
two principl tyle o clicl muic prevlent inId: Hdu Nr, d Cr Su. Frm mr r mm ur, w dvrgd grdu rm r-teenth century. Biclly, two trditionl wy ogg r urr Hdu u: dru-
d d k. Drud mrv drnd excluively Indin, evolving rom the root othe Sm Ved. Khyl, on the other hnd, i rel-v w d mb drud dmuicl prctice o Arbi nd Peri. It i the re-ult o experiment conducted by ome muicind ug durg Mug rd.T xrm Hdu mu d r dvm Cr mu, buru vr mu, wr Hdu r Mum,
wr qu mrd b m. mr - u d g r rgru d-, w w rgd r gr
gr, rug rd parampara, rd-, guru-shishya,guru-d.
Music of Devotees
Drud r r dhruva-pada,g xd wrd r xd ; v d mj, rqurg mu m g. Org, m drud gr wr r-dent devotee o God; they ng primrily or hi
love. I they ng in public t ll, it w beore thetemple deitie who they viewed living. Other-
w, rrrd g u, ur-g u r r Gd rug r mu. rd Gd gr rugmu w r ur.
o uch muicin every note i the xed et o
rur ubdr gd r gdd. T d b b rdu m r rz gd r gdd d bm bdd u. W r rzd their rel orm, they believed, the ultimte Relityr Gd gd d gdd d.T mr g mr, mrGod i pleed, nd eventully their deired mukti,ru m, gurd. T ruinger o khyl re no exception; they too ing to
Gd. O m mg wrd k,one i mentl imge. In order to cpture God, it
were, devoted inger o clicl muic iduoulyu qu k r mdum rsur, , d , m b.
I drud w k, ur ud d g ru-ment. Apprently drone intrument, tnpuru k r rr mu
r gg d. I k uwg , wvg mr.T g dru drud k-wj, w vd v d gd G w Lrd Sv dd r uvr r rm. T -kwj u d -red pt. In khyl, the tbl i the ccompnyingdrumthe tbl w produced lter by plitting
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kwj dd. W ru-m r bg d gr d rdgto the cience nd dicipline o muic, long with d d w v vk
m rg, rd ud r-rd dr ubm wrd.T wrd rg r wrd rang,
mg ur ur ur, wg rm ur ur d ,rgg u vr d ubeing. In n eort to repreent tht evolved eel-g rug mu, rg d b mrv- u dvdu rug
rrgd rur ruur ud d. O Vvkd w k r r r w C-g b Mr J B L, d w gr
bu w d b d d lightly quizzicl expreion.1 Aer the concert,
w kd w jd u, dtht it w beutiul. On being preed he replied:
Fr, I d udrd w rgr m rgrm w b rd Surd vg. Yu Id, u d dw. T u r -time i very dierent, nd tht or the evening ilo o pecil chrcter. So I hould think thtw ud u ur r rernoon would not ound hrmoniou to you g. T r g m rg me i the lck o overtone in the muic nd thegrr rv bw . m rit h hole in it like tht good Swi cheee yougv m! (.56)
Music in Vivekanandas Calcutta
w uu rd u ur Cu: wthe gore mily o Jornko, nd the other theDtt mily o Simuli; both ettled in the me
. T r rr w kw,u r r kw. A m Bg w vbr w dru-
d, dmr, k, umr, bj, d kr vru gr rdmu rm D d r NrId durg rg Bdur S rud765. Mu wr urd r-g r Cu, Srr, Cu-
ur [Cur], Murdbd, Hg, d vru r uur d rur r. T Cu wr d -
wrd drud. T fu Vuurgr, mu , w wru Bg m, w Jdu BJdu- Br (84083)w gr x. K d urgd ur g Bg w
Pakhawaj and tanpura used by Swamiji
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Nwb Wjd A m d d Mbruz Cu, r bg d-d Br r Lukw 858. Durg rd r w
vrwr r r mgHindu nd Mulim muicin, t timev g gr. rvd Hdu mu ubm d r, vg rm r rm.
Viveknnd younger brother tellu r d dmmrd mu r gr-
tion, nd they knew well tht their grndtherDurgprd Dtt nd ther Vihwnth Dttwr gd v d ur u. B d r rgunder the tutelge o prominent techer. Hence,it w norm in the mily tht they hould hveadda, u , w -d u vr Surd d Sud.Ti indeed provided Nrendrnth Vivek-d w kw r-m d ru durg d -b ur d ud r mu; rdgu r d rv gud m rrdu wvr d rdd brbd rr. Nb, rm rdd u r k, rg u rd ud-d. H ug rr BudrD wr: Nrdr d gr r
u. H rd r r r w rd u.
Tt i how Nrendrnth hd hi undmen-tl leon in muic rom hi therVihwnthd r dr kd mu rmud, r u, wrvr j
ug r k , Nr d rId. I rrdd Vw d d Lukw, D, Lr, Rj, Idr,
Rur, d Bur r . Tdd Nrdr u -d r Rur g ur- d u r r, ddgm ud mu w udvddmd d udr r r. Lr d dd gud r r r u Ar D, Surdr D, BUd, Ud Ad K, d r C-u, wm rmr w d bhi cloe reltive. Beni Utd, or Beni Gupt, w d Amd K. W gr r d Nrdr vd ru dhrupadiya, drud gr;
v w d, g, wru, d rm-g, gd dhrupadiya ud v.
I rg bm r- v u u ru-m mu w. H qurd k
kwj, b, rj, d r. Tug r kw w r r -trument were, it cn be preumed tht he mutv rd u Br Sj, w w d - u bm mk. T mu Br Sj wr g d dkwdgbrumb, d grmg kwj d b rm K G d
The Esraj
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in erj rom Jgnnth Mihr. He ued to prc-tie or hour in ecluion in mll room on ther fr mr grdmr u.
Musician and Musicologist
T ug Nrdr w wd r-d xrrdr gr d vdu x rrm urbmood, nd hi ene osur, tl, nd laya, time rgd g dg. H gv r v urgr Br Sj, rd, d rv.H v rrd
ur dhrupadiya rgu dr Br Sj. I u dr, dNv-Vrdv d wr b rkS, urd g Bg-v Sr Rkr, w w d g ud. I dr g dhrupad-anga r Jgr Ad-d vd Sr Rkr. Eugzg Sr Rkr ud r Nr g d qu w.
Dvdr gr w d wud v Nrdr g m. H ud m m qu- w g uDvdr rvd. Tu, Nrdrvd r gr m rm vr u. Bd, d rd r- w Rdr, Dvdr. H g Rdr g r
d udd m m Rdr w
r w d Nrdr g. A wr drud, Nrdr ud g m Swm Hrd, M, Bju Bwr, Nk G, d r m .
I r w, Nrdr mur mug. I 887, w-r,
rk rug k SangitaKalpataru, Bg, -urd w V-vr Bk. Bk xr
prece o the publiction tht mot o it mter-
w rrd b -ur Bbu Nr-dr D, bu Nrdr w b u ru rr. ru, Nrdr w -gd ur dr. Fr, r d w udd d w d-
r d jb ur mr dugr brr. Sd, g bd -gd g w m rv w
wd ur gr r rr,rwg u u. Trd, burg dr ru wrd dk u r rz Gd d r. F, d ru k kg brr d -gether nd o leding budding montic orgn-z, ud w w d b guru who hd jut ped wy. Amzingly, midu vrd dr durb, md rmrk-b rgr wrg bk d rrg mur rg x. Bk w w Nrdr u ruwrg r r, d d ddd little le to be completed. Anyone who h gonerug wrk kw w w dxrud r Nrdr d w , rg v d ru- u w qu xr. I
br Irdu vru d r v d ru I-d u r dud w r kw-dg d g. T jr r kd Sg Sgr dvnd inpirtionl ong compoed in vriou ln-gug Id. I dx kbgr rm rvdd bu mr g.
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I bk Nrdr mr dthe cience nd rt o Indin clicl muic withuuu kwdg d g. H w rg mu urvv drud
d kr. Bu r v gg ug kr r w, w w m m, d d g rgrg drud mr . A r x mir-murchana, d,
u d r r-dr Id u w wk vira-rasa, heroic mood. He pprecite the com- Bg r Br Sj
nd ugget tht the lnguge hould be ppliedmr r rg mu Bengl. He trnlted Gita Govindam o Jidevrm Skr Bg.
Spiritual Urge Expressed
Bu m ur Vvkd w bm fmb mu. Mu m w uu m rugggu; w mg d r
ru urg, w w b udrd b ru r Sr Rkr. H dv- gg wud mmd d guru d; r r x r ggr b mrd m. Fr , B-r B rd, 4 Ju 885, gv bj Sr Rmkr d r ur u d md,
mnieting the ign o the bli o God love llover hi phyique. Sri Rmkrihn hd once id Vvkd: H w dw r (touch-ing his heart), k k, wr, dthen, preding Hi hood, quietly hold Himeld d ur u. T rd ug wr u ud dv m, w mu r - d k
g ru. Sr R-krihn w n mphibin, it were, who couldwim in the bli o the trncendentl Relity inmd w d x mm xu, w
n equl ee, in temporl tmophere with or-dr .Nrdr rrd drud r
Grdr G rd w.G Mk, gr k-
wj r Bg, md m b g w u Mk - k Nrdr xmur sur, , d laya. Tr r -
u md r b -ing pkhwj mny time. During hi wnderingd m wr rmd d d w ud g. I Bgur u M Cwdur, ud gr wr vd vg, vr wm wr ud.
Bvg u wud d r , I dd rrg ur
r gu. Swj g wu g w r r k rg. Awu x wr rd rg ugr d r d d !N mvd rm r ug gghome. Kilhbbu, who w ccompnying theSwm [ b?] g, w rd gv u , r gr d bm d d . Su uruwr I v vr d, r d Ix g.
Evd, u w Vvkd . Ev w W wud u rk dubj w d d, ug gugd wr rg Wr r, v d g w dv - wr dr d rrg. Vvkd
w vr w Wr u ;
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durg Mr gu Mrj, w rdud dAur mu w wm d du- Eur mu. A wr mzd
Swm kwdg Wr mu (.323).Ar bg Rmkr M 897 Vvkd rd r-m mr. H drd mu r u r. Dv- gg d g rd m rr rd u d r d r Rmkr Ordr. H gv r d
m choutala u, md bkwj, ur, kj, d gg , ug dhrupada-anga durg vr. Bg-ning in vilambit laya the hymn end in the drutalaya, xudg r m mu uudw v Gd. Aug vr dr- Sr Rkr, vr rg u g Sr Rkr dv rr r Gd. Sm g r rin non-dulitic content, they were compoed r xrgnirvikalpa md. Frxm, N Sur N J d EkruAru N Br wr, rdg SwAdd, w g Vvkdd g d. I - r g drv r: D Srv N N.
Tr r w bk, m: shra-
vana, g gr Gd;smarana,rrg Gd; kirtana, gg dv- d g; padasevana, rv;archana, ru wr; vandana, ;dasya, uvg rv ud; sakhya,ud rd; datmanivedana, urr-drg . O , kr ud u rg uvr . Vvk-d md mr rv, g
u r w x rg qu-itie osahitya, lyric;shruti, pitch; rg, pttern ; laya, ; , g; d bha-vana, md, w grv
wrd Gd. H md d d v-r r g, w, g w SangitaKalpataru, hould be ource o in-depth tudy.Sru rr ud rv r rru bu Vvkd, w ud rb rd Hrd, vrd guru M , mdr m.
T Vvkd w ddd rg- drud ur v-
d mu dvur. H gvr drud u w wr-r Nd Brm, Brm dd wrd O. Fwg r u wd rd ud d w O. H, ud u -g g: Mu g r d, w udrd, g wr.S pada, , dhruva, u, dhruva-pada, b r Gdr mk.
Na vidya sangitat parah.N kwdg urr mu. P
References
. Marie Loise Brke, Swami Vivekananda in theWest: New Discoveries, 6 vols (Calcutta: AdvaitaAshrama, 1), 1.1556.
2. Bhupendranath Datta, Swami Vivekananda: Pa-
triot Prophet(Calctta: Nababharat, 13), .. His Easter ad Wester Disciples, Te Life ofSwami Vivekananda, vl (Klkata: AdvaitaAshrama, ), 1.5.
4. M, Gospel o Sri Ramakrishna, tra. SwamiNikhilaada (Chai: Ramakriha Math,), 6.
. Life of Swami Vivekananda, 1.5.. Te Complete Works o Swami Vivekananda,
vl (Caltta: Advaita Ahrama, 1, 1;, 1), 5.15.
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o amii chastity is vrud r grw uur dvz. M vz
wr grdu drd du z k -r r vg rd r- v r d u dv-m. A u md r d r r d dr. I r r urrd u. C gvtremendou power to the mind nd the body. SriRmkr ud manush, r,need to be man-hush, wre o peronl dignity:H w ru u- b wkd. Fwg Mr,Swmj mz d du-, rg, ud b m-mkg.Lmg vr rvg m du- : W r w rg u ud. W u g u u-d w r d? T d d rg mk m grw (bd.).
I rdr r d du
d , d vw ukd which the exiting ytem i bed need to be re-contructed. A humn being i not imply com-
bd d md bu Am, w uvrd rg d xrg v r d r. Ad vw u g d u-mnkind wek nd prone to elhne nd other d . Tr du
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d du g ru d , w md r drd gruru , d qu r dd
potentil remin undicovered. Only when wi-d, , rg, u, vg -r r r, d r vru r dvdi peron trnormed into true humn being.
A urdd x kwdgwu wd d wr -rd w dr d r-ddu ur dgr. A Swj -rv: I uurd w ru udrd v d-
vrd, d r wv d v gd d. Ar w v rd; d vr r , wr r , dr v wd, d w , rugg, dd rugg (.44). I rdr ur uv dvm, Swmj rg r-ommend the doption o piritul culture, nd
k u rg r du.Bu b rg d m rurrg; rg m m ru rr r vr rg. I rdr wrw v du ub rd ru, d dg. T w u r d dr g v. I gv rg
T
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d brd uk. Dug r- m mr Swmj brv:Wht i ment by morlity? Mking the ubjectrg b ug Abu, -
nite nture cee to hve control over u (2.37).Crr-udg ud Swj du, d rr-r, w u tody eductionl ytem. A peron i wht hithought hve mde him or her. Explining thi w : E ug -mer blow on the lump o iron which our bodier, uurg u w w w
(7.20). T w d u wm du ug mn-mking, chrcter-building ide. Swmiji vrg r k dd v r d. Ev
w uwrd r, rgug wrk ur. A r- rr drmd b um mr. W rg umbr r gr, r
b. T bm wru r, rrr u rd . T wthrough the cquiition nd repetition o deir-b b rr b rmdd.T w, gd r d,ru u dv rr. I , r grr tht o didctic teching. Swmiji y: Word,even thought, contribute only one-third o the
fu kg r, ,w-rd (2.4). H, rr, dr r d r b k bz-g r rdu v -fu u. Exur xrr d, rur r, d
w urruu r rculturlly-pproved vlue to the young re crit- rr-budg.
Crr-udg du ud w dr bw r d ur. Tud u v kr vu ru. T r du
vrzd uv gr w-bg u. I ur, Swj x-
r dr: Wud Gd wr ud r mdallelement o philoophy, myticim, emotion, nd wrk wr qu r u! T d, m d r m (2.388). Ad w x du
u dgd rdu u wu g. Irg, nesco rrd Learning to Be d du- b g d: T , -u, d gr dvdu rddenition o the undmentl im o eduction.
Education and the Needy
Up to here we hve dicued eduction primrily
in the context o the ection o ociety tht lredyb rm . Swmj, wvr, w gurd d d wk, rur Id, d w r I-d dr w ug u r rb-lem through eduction. He rgue tht ntion idvnced to the extent tht eduction nd culturer m. U r urm ru- bd vr bd,
r. H du ur , w v rvd r du- x r, m rwrdnd li them through eduction nd other men.I , w r d, xr: I r qu ur, r mu b qu r r grror ome nd or ome lethe weker hould begv mr rg (7.39).
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T rd r r the reponibility rom eductionl intitution,r, d u ur,
rur . Y, ,
du rd rd jr udrrvgd . A d r vm mur, ug d,d vrrwdd ug, rd kdvg ru rd bociety. Swmiji y: So long the million livein hunger nd ignornce, I hold every mn tri-r w, vg b dud r x,
d m (5.58).
Swmj kd rmthe me, whether through lerning, welth, orr, wk w . Trr,r u rgr Id rru gv dug d r-rg r dvdu, g w r-g ru dv -r du vu. O udrd rown hitoricl itution, they cn work out theirw v. Furrr, r g-r
progre n individul development o culture i b urgd. Twmi w prticulrly
worried bout the deg-rd wm Id. H w u dud, r -v m
w w uduture genertion nd d ur. I Swjdu r Id, u w d rvd g rr.
A g r-d du-tion i tht it prepre individul or new type rgg . Swj vd rd w u
g w kwdg, , wrk, dr d r rubdd; qu r du r vg g. T rg du, gurd Cu Id, Swmj drm. H d u-rrud du r rd dd m ur. Ad ur Id w v r uur
ru d wr m du, du r wk d udrrvgd w. P
References
7. M, Te Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, tras. wamiNikhilaada (Chai: Ramakriha Math,), 51.
8. Complete Works, .15.9. Edgar Far,Learning to Be (Pari:unesco,
1), 156.
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drivingthei
rown
Change,byMCKaySavage/FliCKr
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Obection: W r -tion? When peron her the entencebring the pot, the thought I hve been
d rg , r r d d r. S r r Vd, aprva, vb wr -v .
R: N, . Gr rperormed becue o deire or intention to per-
rm . T r du wkd kwdg; r: iasdhanat-jnam, kwdg j gw drd ru d; dktisdhyata-jnam, kwdg bj b bd b um r. I -bd v dr w Vd -ju r vg w kwdg. Trr, u rbu
dierent mening to the proce o ction. Even iu dr mg rbud r-, w r vg rg r ru d rrm Vd ru.
Tr Vd r kVvj. I Vd w d ju:Vivajit yajeta; Vvj r ud b
rrd. Hwvr, ru rrgu md r. Wu ru, r v r-
r r. W d J g: Ekav codanaikatvt; r ru -w rm ; ju . Tmg Vd ju d bmm d ud ru ju. H r, V-vj r, w d rdu wrdsvargakma, dru g v. Hw-vr, w rbu ru Vd
Svarajya Siddhih:Attaining Self-dominion
Gangadharendra SaraswatiTranslated from Sanskrit and annotated by Swami Narasimhananda
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ju, w k .Arug r ru Vd -
ju w k ur. T urd J ur: Sa svarga syt
sarvvn pratyaviiatvt; tht one reult would bev qu drb r (4.3.5).Trr, d r
k Vvj, wr ru xrd, r rr d v.Hr w r r w -rbu mg. A, w bmwr ru ur r rz Brm, dr rrm d, d
bm b rrmg . Sm-r, r rvd r rrg b rg r, b d.I iasdhanat-jnam dktisdhyata-jnam g w; grd b . I md b Mmm-k r d r gdetroyed produce reult in the orm o ttin-m v mu r, w ud r- rdu r daprva, vb
wr, ju k dr, d brug buby Vedic injunction in the opttive mood li. By rgu gv v rv r d b r, rdu- aprva b d.
Ev w wr rdu aprva, d r rv x dr rr . T g r vg mmd mr d -
r gr mr rm m.Smr w rv kg d k. T r gr kg r r d rwrd r u rthe ervnt. Here lo the reult o ction o theervnt do not occur immeditely er the ctionbut lter. However, there i no neceity to intro-duaprva. Smr, r d r-duaprva Vd ju.
Bhvan: Creative EnergyMmmk v bhvan, r-tive energy.Bhvan men prticulr ctivity bhvayit, rduv g, w -
duv r vur g gr rdu w bg, , .Bhvan w :
bdi bhvan, vrb rv rg, drthbhvan, u rv rg.
L u k x. Yj-d rdr Dvd rg w.On hering thi order, n inclintion to do n c-tion tht would reult in bringing the cow, rie
Dvd d. H k r rg w. T d kd rm w dr rv, rm Yjd d Dvd. Yjd
w v brg w. T v wg -tion to rie i the bhvan here nd i clled thebd bhvan. O r d, Dvd r rdr d w brgg w b ud. T dr
w bg brug bhvan r d d rth bhvan.
I Vd ju bdbhvan Vd giving the injunction. But there i no peron who , Vd r apaurueya,not originted rom peron, nd hence the Mi-mmk d Vdju rd v d .
Ug g dd w g d aprva, w d bd bhvan rdg Vd .
Tu, we nd tht iasdhanat-jnam ndktisdhyata-jnam quh ech other. Alo, thev d li d ur wkd kwdg, d w rv uucontrdiction here. Te opttive mood conormto experience nd to the connection between the
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root word nd it mening. Similrly, ction liker r d rug u -r, d m .Te lmenttion o Mimmk clling Vednt
dr md Vd g bu d- u u d.B rgu, gru w
ddg wrd wrd u mahvkya, gr Vd v wr d r, r dd.Furr, r r md md Ved like thepacgni vidy, o the ChhandogyaUpanishad, rug w r bud b
the cycle o trnmigrtion viulize relee romthi cycle. Since thi kind o medittion i poibled d b Vd, r wr Br, w gbutsat, bolute exitence. Such n interprettionw d rrr vkyabhedadoa. Trrr ur w b rr - vg g d r r d
w d r r r rbud .o void thi error Vednt rerin rom holding
Brm b wrd. I r, wrg Brm b jv w budb rmgr d um -ud brd d d gd. I
jut like the mixing o copper nd mercury ledingto combintion ppering like gold. However, cup mde o uch combintion cnnot be ued or ur drkg, mrur . IKena Upanishad d: Kw
b Brm, d w wr bj. B Vd m b- wrd bj bg Brm b ru rud, d rrr rg u rru rdu wrd Vd b ruk ur.
Prasankhyna: Continuo