STHULA-SUKSHMA-KARANA SARIRAS (Sarira-Traya) After stating that Atman is other than the three “bodies” and the five sheaths and that it is the witness of the three states of Consciousness, the teacher next proceeds to explain in detail, what each of these terms means. 10.1 STHULA SARIRA 10.1 स्थूलशरीरं किम्? What is Sthula Sarira (the gross…

स्थूल-सूक्ष्म-कारण शरीर (शरीर-त्रय) यह स्पष्ट करने के बाद कि आत्मा तीनों शरीरों और पाँच कोशों से भिन्न है तथा यह चेतना के तीन अवस्थाओं की साक्षी है, अब प्रत्येक शब्द का विस्तार से अर्थ को समझते हैं। 10.1 स्थूल शरीर 10.1 स्थूलशरीरं किम्? स्थूल शरीर क्या है?10.2 पञ्चीकृतपञ्चमहाभूतैः कृतं सत्कर्मजन्यं सुखदुःखादिभोगायतनं शरीरं, अस्ति जायते वर्धते…

Ātmatattvaviveka (Enquiry into Truth) Enquiry (Viveka) into the Truth (Tattva). 8. तत्त्वविवेकः कः? What is Tattva Viveka? 8.1 आत्मा सत्यं तदन्यत् सर्वं मिथ्येति । Atman (आत्मा) alone is real. All things other than that are unreal”. This firm conviction is called Tattva Viveka. Truth is defined as that which remains unchanged in the three periods…

आत्मतत्त्वविवेक (सत्य का विवेचन ) सत्य (तत्त्व) का विचार (विवेक) क्या है और यह क्यों आवश्यक है। 8. तत्त्वविवेकः कः? तत्त्वविवेक क्या है? 8.2 आत्मा सत्यं, तदन्यत् सर्वं मिथ्येतिअर्थात् — आत्मा ही केवल सत्य है, उसके अतिरिक्त जो कुछ भी है, वह सब मिथ्या है।इस अटल, दृढ़ निश्चय को ही तत्त्वविवेक कहा जाता है। सत्य…

हम सिद्ध ब्लॉग को फिर से शुरू कर रहे हैं, इस बार एक नए दृष्टिकोण के साथ। ब्लॉग के माध्यम से, हम मुख्य रूप से अपने शास्त्रों का अन्वेषण कर उन पर चर्चा करेंगे।प्रारंभ में, हम ‘आदि शंकराचार्य जी’ की एक गूढ़ रचना — तत्त्वबोधः को ले रहे हैं। आने वाले 9–10 हफ़्तों में हम…

We are relaunching the SIDH blog, this time with a new focus. Through this blog, we will primarily explore and discuss Sanatan Shastras. To begin, we are taking up one of the profound works of Adi Shankaracharya — Tattva Bodha. Over the next 9–10 weeks, we aim to complete this text together. We invite all…

Hindu Philosophy Obeisance to Sri Kapila Muni, the founder of the Sankhya system of philosophy, the son of Brahma, the Avatara of Vishnu. The word ‘Sankhya’ means ‘number’. The system gives an enumeration of the principles of the universe, twenty-five in number. Hence the name is quite appropriate. The term ‘Sankhya’ is used in the…

This is the 18th verse from The Bhagavad Gita from Chapter IV, the commentary is given Sri Swami Sivananda कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः। स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥१८॥ He who seeth inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a Yogi and performer of all…

सनातन का अर्थ है “Eternal and Perennial Truth”— शाश्वत और  सतत सत्य। कृष्णमूर्ति के शब्दों में, यह “What Is” है। It is a given. You can’t do anything about it. इसलिए इसमें तर्क नहीं है। यह तो बस है। जैसा है, वैसा है। इसे पहचानना होता है। समझने जैसा कुछ नहीं है। सिर्फ देखना होता…

Q&A with Sri Ramana Maharshi (Master) Is there any way of adoring the Supreme which is all, except by abiding firmly as that! Disciple: Master! What is the means to gain the state of eternal bliss, ever devoid of misery? Master: Apart from the statement in the Veda that wherever there is body there is misery, this is…

J. Krishnamurti IT BEGAN TO rain gently enough, but suddenly it was as though the heavens had opened and there was a deluge. In the street the water was almost knee-deep, and it was well over the pavement. There was not a flutter among the leaves, and they too were silent in their surprise. A…

J. Krishnamurti Questioner: I have read a great deal of philosophy, psychology, religion and politics, all of which to a greater or lesser degree are concerned with human relationships. I have also read your books which all deal with thought and ideas, and somehow I’m fed up with it all. I have swum in an…