Download or read book Narada Bhakti Sutra written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bhakti is a very special attitude. It is a rare kind of lifestyle. It requires tremendous guts, large-heartedness and purity of vision. Narada was an adventurer from long ago, who exemplified the qualities of a Bhakta. We have heard the famous quote – Beauty lies in the eyes of the Beholder. This is what Narada lived. To him each and every one was divine, so he extended his hand to the cruelest sinner and to the most benevolent king. He went out of his way to have a dialogue with serpents and goblins - braving harsh mountains and rough weathers - demons and despots, commoners, officers, soldiers, saints and children. Narada exuded such warmth and caring, he brought such innocence and spontaneity in his wake, that he not only infused his surroundings with vitality, but also imparted a measure of grace. This is the story of the values he lived, that an ancient sage penned down. It has come down to us as priceless nuggets evoking awe and inspiration. It has the charm of taking us on a journey to freedom. For the students of Sanskrit grammar, copious notes giving the case of each word have been clearly listed.
Download or read book Sanskrit Sandhi Handbook written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2019-09-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sanskrit Alphabet consists of Vowels, Semivowels, Nasals, Row class Consonants, Sibilants, Aspirate, and the Ayogavahas, new unseen sounds that result only during Talking and Chanting. In Speech what comes naturally is called Sandhi. As one speaks fluently, there is a merging of sounds of some of the Adjacent Words. A slight change in spelling is noticed accordingly while Speaking, the same when Written down is called Sandhi. Reading aloud an Avagraha and Visarga properly is what makes the language beautiful and lends power and grace to both the Speaker and the Listener. This book covers all major Sandhis, namely Svarana Dirgha, Guna, Vriddhi, Yan, Ayav, Jashtvam, Chartvam, Visarga, Anusvara, and many specific Sandhis used only during word-formation from the Roots. It explicitly mentions the correct Ashtadhyayi Sutra of Panini and lucidly explains the background process. A chapter on Vedic Sandhis covers the sounds known as Ayogavahas in some detail. A useful and complete book for the novice, the amateur or the Scholar.
Download or read book Sri Yantra Bhavana Upanishad written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2023-06-21 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sri Yantra Bhavana Upanishad is attributed to the Atharvaveda. It is a later Upanishad that illuminates the Bhavana or Deeper Emotions connected to the Sri Yantra, the body of the Mother Divine, and also the body of Divine Yogic Union of Purusha and Prakriti. It expounds the innermost intense feelings of the Soul, its basic desire, and ways and means to connect and unite with the ultimate consciousness. What is a Sri Yantra? A healing mandala diagram made by 4 Upward Apex Triangles and 5 Downward Apex Triangles, properly intertwined to represent • the cosmic forces in creation, and • the principles of duality, harmony, and divinity. The 9 Basic Triangles create a total of 43 Triangles due to the overlapping, which are grouped (shaded) as 14 + 10 + 10 + 8 + 1 = 43. Apart from these Triangles, • there is a central Dot (Bindu) • there are three Circles with 8 and 16 petals encircling the Triangles • there are four Gates encircling the entire Mandala, composed of three lines. Sanskrit Seed Sounds (bija mantra) like ॐ Om, are potent healing and nourishing energies. Sound is an energy. Pleasing sounds (meditative music, blessings) have excellent effects on one's behavior, attitude, and long-term all round success in life. An aesthetically made Mandala can become vastly superior when infused with Seed Sounds. Bhavana Upanishad Verse 8 क्रियाशक्तिᳲ पीठम् । कुण्डलिनी ज्ञानशक्तिᳲ गृहम् । इच्छाशक्तिर्महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी । ज्ञाता होता ज्ञानमग्निः ज्ञेयꣳ हविः । ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयानामभेदभावनꣳ श्रीचक्रपूजनम् ॥ ८ ॥ kriyā-śaktiᳲ pīṭham । kuṇḍalinī jñāna-śaktiᳲ gṛham । icchā-śaktirmahātripurasundarī । jñātā hotā jñānamagniḥ jñeyaꣳ haviḥ । jñātṛ-jñāna-jñeyānāmabhedabhāvanaꣳ śrī-cakra-pūjanam ॥ क्रियाशक्तिः पीठम् । कुण्डलिनी ज्ञानशक्तिः गृहम् । इच्छाशक्तिः महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी । ज्ञाता होता ज्ञानम् अग्निः ज्ञेयम् हविः । ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयानाम् अभेदभावनम् श्रीचक्रपूजनम् ॥ क्रिया-शक्तिः m1/1 action-propelling energy पीठम् n2/1 foundation (is) । कुण्डलिनी f1/1 Kundalini energy ज्ञान-शक्तिः m1/1 wisdom-infused energy गृहम् n2/1 home (brings one) । इच्छा-शक्तिः m1/1 intent (positive) महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी f1/1 the beautiful majestic goddess ruling over the 3 worlds (leads to) । ज्ञाता m1/1 knower होता m1/1 worshipper ज्ञानम् n1/1 knowledge अग्निः m1/1 fire-ritual ज्ञेयम् n1/1 known हविः n1/1 oblation । ज्ञातृ-ज्ञान-ज्ञेयानाम् n6/3 of the knower knowledge and object known अभेद-भावनम् n1/1 undifferentiated emotion श्री-चक्र-पूजनम् n1/1 Sri Chakra Worship (is) ॥ ________________________________________ हविः from हविस् । This verse is the defining verse of Bhavana Upanishad. It is the crux of the Sri Yantra. Beautifully it states that a sense of devotion, gratefulness, and offering one’s love is true worship. ---------- Contains Full Color Plates
Download or read book Life is an Adventure I written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure Adventure is in our genes. To express it is the soul’s call, the heart’s need, and the only way to satisfy the intellect. Take out time for it when you are young. Do not let this life pass by without one. Applause Applause kindles the life within, and when it comes from the Master, it grants a success that cannot be erased nor side-lined. When once you can please him, know that he has taken your responsibility, and your life will never be the same again. Blossoms Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Flowers still the racing mind; their fresh fragrance can awaken the Divine. Make a habit to plant a sapling and watch it blossom to the fullness of Life. That in turn shall nurture your own Beauty. Birth Birth is an event that cannot be remembered, yet it is the most important event in one’s life. Once in a while remember your birth and honor your family, the nurses and other people involved and your birthplace.
Download or read book Painfree Guiltfree Fearfree written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sing freely. Sing from your Soul. Sing whenever you want. Offer all to the Divine and experience PLENTIFUL GRACEFUL FREEDOM.
Download or read book Bhagavad Gita Applied Wisdom written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the 700 verses of the Gita is capable of delivering, of winning, of giving the direct and full answer. Just as a smartphone has tons of apps, all different, all unique yet wholly complete by themselves. Just as a wardrobe has so many clothes and shoes, all different, yet each befitting. Just as you have facebook friends and contacts, each unique yet capable. Just as Guruji answers someone's query in Satsang. It is a specific question. It is a specific answer. Yet it weaves its magic on all. Satisfies many. Each of Sri Sri’s answers "as if" meant for one enlightens one and all. So it is with the Gita. The verses are weaved together by a magician. They are placed by a divine hand. The verses are interspersed and knitted and dyed and woven. Are made up of cottons and silks, nylons and polyester, wool and acrylic, and every yarn under the sun. The weaving is so deft, smooth, and soft, so cozy, nice and comfortable; that one may miss the hues shades nuances emotions events and truths. But one cannot miss the impact! So one may ask; Who is the Gita for? Who benefits? How benefits? The Bhagavad Gita is spoken by the Lord. Who doth the Lord address? The entire creation of course. He addresses every single man woman and child. He addresses every single plant herb and tree. Every piece of matter animate or inanimate. Every ray of energy, no matter whether it is in the visible spectrum or beyond. The Gita is about Life. It is about Dinacharya. About Ritucharya. About what to do when. How to live, how to LOVE. How to be well. How to plan and how to act. What to think and what to speak. About what qualities to nourish. What goals to achieve. About how to meet deadlines and targets. It applies not only to mankind. It also applies to machines and electronics. It applies also to the Natural Laws and to the life-forms we know and do not know. It is a complete textbook. A finely detailed user manual to strengthen one's MIND. Nourish the SOUL. And of course the Gita doth Flex the BODY. The Bhagavad Gita is a FRIEND. सर्वधर्मान् परित्यज्य , माम् एकं शरणं व्रज । अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यः , मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥ १८.६६ sarvadharmān parityajya , mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja । ahaṁ tvā sarvapāpebhyaḥ , mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ॥ 18.66 18.66 Do not dither, be not scattered nor fickle; collect your wits and pull yourself together, and come straight and sure to the divine. To the sacred and pure in your vicinity. To the saint in your village. Pour your heart out; surely help is yours, guidance is yours, support is yours and victory is yours. Original Verses in Sanskrit split at each quarter for chanting aloud. With a Latin Transliteration of each verse in English. And the Gist in English using contemporary aims, desires, language and style.
Download or read book Life is an Adventure of Beauty n Grace written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A friend once asked me to say something. I told him that Light and Absence of Light are construed as desirable or undesirable depending on one’s current state. Both are powered by the same Brahman, both are willed by Him alone. Such words are galore in the scriptures and soften the heart. However the scriptures also go on to say that troubled times are the result of one’s own making, faulty living, and being a willing slave to the shad vikaras. This is what I couldn’t tell him. However know that we all have 400 years of life, then we merge into Brahman and become one with the Divine. At the end of 400 years it doesn’t matter how we played our role, if we were good actors or if we were plain dumb. Hope a few can tune the thoughts expounded here and make them theirs, not in thought but in action. These are from a life well-lived, graciously shared, and richly blessed. In fact it is the story of most humans. The story of a sojourn to planet earth. Om Svasti
Download or read book Vishnu Sahasranama for Chanting written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all love to chant and the 1000 names of Lord Vishnu are the ultimate stotram to -relieve fatigue, -cure illness and -feel strengthened. This book attempts to make the chanting easy, enjoyable, and proper by suitably placed hyphens between the long Sanskrit words. That makes each letter and syllable clearly visible. Apart from Original verses in Devanagari, -a Latin transliteration, -an Alphabetical Index, as well as -Sequential names make it a useful guide for Home, Temple and Gurukul. ------------------------ oṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇur vaṣaṭkāro bhūta–bhavya–bhavat prabhuḥ । bhūta–kṛd–bhūta–bhṛd–bhāvo bhūtātmā bhūta–bhāvanaḥ ॥ 1॥ ॐ विश्वं विष्णुर् वषट्कारो भूत–भव्य–भवत् प्रभुः । भूत–कृद्–भूत–भृद्–भावो भूतात्मा भूत–भावनः ॥ १॥
Download or read book 84 Yoga Asanas Fitness Postures written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient scriptures talk about 84 Asanas. These are the various body postures that help address the 12 x 7 = 84 combinations of the Zodiac-Chakra matrix. The best Yoga classes in the world today teach these 84 postures, and it makes sense to learn in depth about them. The famous Sanskrit saying यत् पिण्डे तत् ब्रह्माण्डे as is the body so is the cosmos, throws some light on the 12 x 7 equation. Our body mirrors the cosmos. We know there are 12 zodiac signs in the sky. Also we know there are 7 physical planets in Vedic astrology (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn). The Upanishads teach us that these 7 planets are basically our components (soul, mind, intellect, physique, temper, parents/well-wisher/Guru, and social protocol). Blossoming to our fullest capabilities is the aim of Yoga. That is precisely the aim of this book too. हठ means Determined. Focused. Committed. Come what may, Let’s do it. Yoga योग means Union with the Supreme. Integrated in Thought Emotion Speech. Then Life becomes a joy. ---------------------------------------- Gives full color plates for all the commonly taught and practiced Yoga Asanas, with detailed step-by-step Technique for each posture.
Download or read book Narada Bhakti Sutra written by Swami Chinmayananda and published by Chinmaya Mission. This book was released on 1990 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text of Bhakti Sutra in Sanskrit; word-by-word meaning, translation, commentary and introd. in English.
Download or read book Bhaja Govindam of Adi Shankaracharya written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2020-04-26 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bhaja Govindam is the Smallest, Simplest, Sweetest Upanishad-like work penned by the great Master Adi Shankaracharya himself. In soul-stirring poetry, Sankara expounds the wisdom of attaining peace and nirvana. A beautiful work of the highest literary order that is sung in many Indian homes. मूढ जहीहि धनागमतृष्णाम् कुरु सद्बुद्धिमं मनसि वितृष्णाम् । यल्लभसे निजकर्मोपात्तम् वित्तं तेन विनोदय चित्तं ॥ २ ॥ mūḍha jahīhi dhanāgamatṛṣṇām kuru sadbuddhimaṃ manasi vitṛṣṇām । yallabhase nijakarmopāttam vittaṃ tena vinodaya cittaṃ ॥ 2 ॥ 02. O Young Man! Wealth shall surely pull you magnetically with tremendous force, weave out of its spell by pragmatic reasoning. The Special technique of escaping its tentacles gets revealed by honest hard work that naturally stems the inflow of intoxicating tendencies. Direct your peaceful moments gained by the strength of your sincere efforts in remembering the great Lord. Your mind shall surely feel that cooling sweetness of contentment. ------------------------------------ For the Sanskrit Enthusiast, - Each verse is in Original Devanagari with a Latin Transliteration. - Padachheda - Word boundary and Vibhakti - Case is listed. - Carefully chosen dictionary meaning of each word is given so that the earnest seeker can grasp the beauty and depth in the language.
Download or read book India s Past written by Arthur Anthony Macdonell and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sanskrit Alphabet written by Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal and published by Devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashram. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanskrit has been revived with the advancement in technology and the incorporation of fonts, keyboard character maps, and Samskrita Bharati. This book gives the complete Alphabet, consisting of Vowels and Consonants, Semivowels, Sibilants and the Aspirate. Special attention is paid to the Vedic letter for "da" found in the RigVeda, and the Vedic nasals formed by euphonic combination known as Ayogavahas. The Vedic Accents namely Udata, Anudata and Svarita are also explained. Reading of Avagraha, Ayogavaha, Visarga and Anusvara is given in detail. Computer typesetting, Unicodes, Keyboard Character maps and relevant Fonts are mentioned. A useful and complete book for the novice, the amateur or the Scholar.
Download or read book All about Hinduism written by Swami Sivananda and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion written by Prem Prakash and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • The first translation of this great but little-known path of spiritual devotion written for the modern Western audience. • An insightful commentary aimed at making the path of love immediately accessible to Westerners. • A life-affirming and relationship-positive path of yoga. • Written in the spirit of the kirtans (ecstatic songs and dances) of Narada, sensitively translated by Prem Prakash. Bhakti Yoga, the path of devotion, is considered one of the primary paths for spiritual realization in yogic tradition. Its representative, Narada, is the embodiment of the enlightened sage who travels the universe spreading his sacred teachings. Unlike Jnana Yoga, the Yoga of Wisdom, the bhakti acolyte does not discriminate against material phenomena--for him, all phenomena are aspects of God. Within the context of Ananda, blissful love, the temporal is realized as the reflection of the eternal, and the soul is realized as the expression of God.
Download or read book Essence of the Upanishads written by Eknath Easwaran and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essence of the Upanishads - A Key to Indian Spirituality (Revised edition of Dialogue with Death, with new series preface and introduction - 19 new pages from transcripts of Easwaran's talks) Easwaran shows how the Katha Upanishad can help us understand our lives today Easwaran takes one of India's classic wisdom texts, the Katha Upanishad, and explains how it embraces all the key ideas of Indian spirituality within the context of a powerful mythic quest - the story of a young hero who ventures into the land of death in search of immortality. Illustrating the insights of the Katha through analogies and everyday examples, Easwaran shows how these ancient teachings help us gain a deeper understanding of our world and ourselves today.
Download or read book The Essence of Vedanta written by Brian Hodgkinson and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All students of philosophy will relate to the concepts of selfhood, nature, karma and liberation. Here are views and answers to the most important questions. How is self identified? What are the causes and effects in nature? Are our actions determined? What is freedom for a human being? What happens after death? The Essence of Vedanta examines issues of existential philosophy from the viewpoint of the Veda, the most ancient and sacred of Indian scriptures, and also outlines the work of Sankara, the early medieval master of Vedanta's dominant form, Advaita. The foundation of all Vedic teaching lies in the universal truth that human nature reflects God (Brahman), who exists in every living thing. An individual needs no salvation therefore, because he or she is never lost, but merely living in ignorance of his or her true nature. Brian Hodgkinson offers readers insight into, and discussion of, the fundamental questions of the Vedic system concerning self-realization, such as knowledge versus ignorance, the self, consciousness, free will, nature, time, the mind, language, law and society. His fascinating appraisal reveals the profound nature of the Veda and its practices. With its tolerance of other faiths, and ultimately uplifting spiritual message, it is a discipline that chimes with our 21st century needs and preoccupations.
