Emotions

http://www.karnatik.com/c3348.shtml Song: raamacandram raajeevaaksham (note) rAmachandram rAjIvakSham raagam: shankaraabharaNam 29 dheera shankaraabharaNam mela Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S taaLam: catushra Eka Composer: Muttuswaami Dikshitar Language: Sanskrit rAmacandram rAjIvakSam shyAmaLAngam shAshvata kIrtim kOmaLahastam kOshalarAjam mAmaka hrtkamalAkaram mArutiyuktam dHimantam mAnita bhaktam shrImantam kaumAravaram guruguha mitram kAruNyanidhim dasharatha putram bhUmisutAbham bhUpati rUpam kOmala pallava pAdam mOdam kAmagurum sitArAmam kaustubhabhUSam vandEham If someone has the meaning please post it

http://www.karnatik.com/c1265.shtml Song: eppaDi paaDinarO eppaDi pADinarO raagam: karnaaTaka dEvagaandhaari 28 harikaambhOji janya Aa: S G3 M1 P N2 S Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S taaLam: aadi Composer: Suddhaananda Bhaarati Language: Tamil pallavi eppaDi pADinarO tiruvadiyAr appaDi pADa nAn Ashai koNDEn shivanE (eppaDi) anupallavi apparum sundararum ALuDai piLLaiyum aruL maNi vAcakarum poruLuNarnDu unnaiyE (eppaDi) caraNam gurumaNi shankararum arumai tAyumAnArum aruNagirinAtharum arutjyOti vaLLalum karuNaikkaDal perugi kAdalinAl urugi kanittamizh sollinAl inidunai anudinam (eppaDi) Meaning: pallavi: I desire to sing of you, oh Lord Shiva, as your devotees (aDiyaar) sang! anupallavi: As the saints Appar, Sundararar, Aaludaippillai and Manivaasagar (MaaNikkavaasagar, a great Tamil poet) sang of you with knowledge (also of the Truth of Brahman) and understanding. caraNam: As the great teacher Sankara (not a Tamil poet), dear Thaayumaanavar, Arunagirinathar and ArulJyoti Vallal (a reference t...

I wondered what it would be To worry about Him, His deeds His safety, His life Him I always thought all powerful All knowing, all Vishwan He is to protect me the helpless I was told that His Bhaktas the Azhwars worried for Him, Cared for Him, Waited for Him, For they feared His safety out of Love I wondered how, how this is possible How could one even in ultimate Love fear for the Lord Fear Him they can, but fear for(?) I could not believe, understand I wondered how In He walked today, in guise In His 80s slow and careful Held by His disciples Clad in saffron, a simple man I fell at His feet And He recognized me Asked about me and I was happy, joyed, in bliss Oh what luck, what Divine event My flight was delayed, so was His And He took me to His lounge Held my hands and laughed like He was a 2 year old Like my daughter carefree, lovely Wanting nothing, just joy And He said laughing That His sugar level qwent to 65 and He almost fainted Still laughing, still carefree Still holding my ha...

An interpretation or a critical analysis of a book is a series of logic based thought with respect to the “understanding of the given book in the light of the knowledge acquired or that already present”. Hence it is to be understood that the readers choice in interpreting or criticizing a book is subject to change depending on the circumstance and instance of “when” the book is read. What are the Vedas and why interpretation or critical analysis of the Vedas is useless!! “Vedas” is derived from “Vid”. “Vid” literally means “to know”. “Veda” means “knowledge”. The Vedas are a collection of fourteen books or parts and they are also called as “Chaturdasa Vidya”. The main purpose of the Vedas is to establish happiness or to remove sorrow by acquiring knowledge of the TRUTH. Hence the Vedas is also called as “Shoka Nivritti Shastra”. Every man searches for a means to stay happy. Happiness drove the rishis (ascetics) to seek the basis of happiness and we have what we call the Vedas – the e...

The interpretation of the Vedas is very difficult before coming to a full & complete understanding of the Vedas themselves. Hence it becomes necessary to learn it from a Guru – a jnani who has come to understand the Truth. What should be ones attitude while learning? It becomes a trade off to begin with for some. But it is necessary to have a full faith in the Vedas. How to come about to this stage? The wise have said that the first stage is to have an “Ishta Devata”- a personal God by the seeker and to devote himself to this Devata by “Naama Samkeertanam” – chanting the name of the Lord and by reading the stories of the Lord in the Puranas. The trust in the Lord should be equal to the trust that Arjuna has on his friend Sri Krishna. Life is always quoted as a roller coaster ride. Ups and Downs, joys and sorrow, thrills and fear. If the attitude of the person riding the roller coaster is of courage and cheerfulness, the working of the roller coaster known to him and there is a t...

The joy experienced by the child when he holds a toy can be understood by the child best. The mother watching the child “reflects” on the happiness and enjoys. If one analysis the happiness of both it will be seen that the child enjoys the toy “ignorant” of what it is and what the world is. The mother with all her experiences enjoys the happiness that the child is excited with a toy which has no value beyond a certain age. Hence by mere reflection and understanding of the use of the toy the mother enjoys the scene in front of her. When I read the interpretations of my Guru and I try to understand them, the acts which I perform everyday appear as a running movie which I enjoy like the mother watching her child with an understanding of what the child is doing. My own actions amuse me though I myself am doing them with these hands. As a child I play with the toys of daily life which we call necessities and also which hold no significance beyond their limited use. As a mother watching her...

As seen in the chart the unchanging Supreme Truth, the “Para Prakriti” is the Atman, The Lord and also termed as Sivatattva. The changing existence, the “As though” Supreme Truth, “Apara Prakriti” or Maya is the inherent strength of the Lord also known as the Shakti Tattva. The Shrishti – creation (used for now) of the Lord is said to be like that of the spider weaving its net. The spider “designs” the web using its “intelligence” and “makes” the web using its saliva. The intelligence and instrument of making and the material for the same is inherent in the spider itself. Similarly, the Lord, the EXISTENT (Sat) cause, is the intelligent cause, the instrumental cause and the material cause for the universe. He employs His inherent strength the Maya Shakti for “Shrishti” and “Pralaya”. Shrishti is “projection” NOT CREATION. It is called projection because it comes from Himself. Pralaya is “withdrawal” or “dissolution” NOT DESTRUCTION as the projection from Himself is withdrawn INTO Hi...

The method employed by one person to abstract from one perspective to another may not be appreciated or understood by another. Hence it is necessary to study under a Guru so that one does not get lost in irrational logic trying to disprove another perspective. This is a personal experience. There are just too many distractions and philosophies that exist in each realm of abstraction. One needs to keep in mind that this study is of the Vedas and the goal is that of the Vedas that is being pursued. One should not dream about being rich businessman while his duty is only to study. This is a waste of time and intellectual capacity. Concentration should be focused on the achievement of the Goal as much as the Goal itself. Necessity of a Guru: The study of the Vedas is also seen as a dry philosophy and confusing logic. This study has to be coupled with devotion and motivation and a constant prodding necessary to keep the goal in mind When each realm is being studied, one may come to feel...

Abstraction – A perspective: When solving a problem the method employed is a “decision made conditioned by the understanding in the light of the knowledge acquired”. Hence the emphasis here is “on the problem to be solved”. The focus is on the current moment, on an object external to the person solving the problem. Now, if the focus is shifted from the problem to be solved into the “conditioned understanding” of the problem, it is an abstraction. The shift in focus is from a “physical realm” external to the problem solver to an “emotional realm” that is inherent in the person himself. The understanding of the problem is termed as “emotional” because the problem solver brings into play his likes and dislikes in solving the given problem. This is one stage of abstraction. The second stage of abstraction is the shift in focus from the “emotional realm” to an “intellectual realm” which is the knowledge factor used by the person in understanding the problem. Abstraction and the Vedas: T...

Any problem given today to be solved involves three principles to reach a conclusion on how to carry on. Firstly, on reading the problem we try to think whether we have had a similar case in the past. If yes, we have “knowledge” of the case in another circumstance under different conditions. If no, then we refer other sources of to find out about the “knowledge” of a similar problem in the past. Now that we have the knowledge of a similar problem, we try to “understand” the given problem IN THE LIGHT OF the knowledge acquired. With THIS UNDERSTANDING we analyze the problem to be solved and we come to a conclusion on what is to be done. Hence the given problem is solved or is tried to be solved by coming to a “decision” [DECISION MAKING] CONDITIONED BY an UNDERSTANDING BASED ON PAST KNOWLEDGE. If the solution and the result obtained after solving the problem is desirable, then the approach has paid off. If the result is not fulfilled what went wrong? One can come up with hundreds of r...

Knowledge is a state of knowing. If I say this is a clock, I understand the purpose of the clock, viz., to know time. I apprehend the shape and function of the clock in recognizing its purpose and of course I know what time is!! The state of “not knowing” is ignorance. When I don’t know what the word “clock” means, when I don’t know the numeric display digitally or the movement of the 2 arms to represent time and I have no concept called time, I am fascinated by this wonder device an object of amusement which gives me a thrill in holding and possessing it. This is ignorance and its effect. This phenomenon is best seen when a child plays with a time piece. The Vedas use a simple example to illustrate the outcome of a state of mind in of a person in ignorance. A man was walking in the dark. He felt something dangling on his shoulders. Terror struck he ran from the place shouting “snake, snake”. On reaching the village he panted and between bated breaths he shouted “snake”. The people l...

Devotion and faith go hand in hand. Only when a person has faith in his friend will he be devoted to him. The opposite also is true and will be true. But to have a faith or devotion the knowledge that the person and his friends have been close and their past tested by either of them is necessary for their being devoted to each other. So the increase in knowledge, faith and devotion is gradual. Mere knowledge is of no use. When the rocket scientist has a full knowledge of the working of the rocket but not an equal amount of faith in its working, the rocket is a failure before it even takes off as no sensible pilot would be ready to travel in it. Mere faith is the same case. Knowledge and devotion are the two sides of the same coin. Even if one side is not stamped or the value of the coin is not known the coin is useless to the person. If the devotion and knowledge of the Lord and the seeker is not equal and is not one that is recognized in the mind of the seeker than the subtle Truth...

When reading a novel, the reader gets intimately attached to the sequence of events described in the book. The moods of the reader and his expectation of the outcome of the current scene read keeps varying in different degrees. At the end of the book reading his opinion on the book varies according to his intimate attachment or the memory of the varying sequential events. If the reader “likes” the book he “interprets” the events and personality of the characters and tries to imitate or recall the novel in his daily life. If he does not understand OR if he dislikes the story OR had something else in mind about how the events and characters should have been he makes a critical analysis of the book. An interpretation is a series of thought which is logic based analysis of the book events and characters, and how the mind of the interpreter is oriented in a positive sense. Until he picks up a new book to gain more knowledge and new “experiences” (of the characters in the book) he will be f...

The magic performed on stage has been called illusory or hypnosis. Something vanished into thin air, snakes flew, ropes stand etc. If this is to be termed illusion then the world we see today is an illusion too. Illusion is something that is not existent. But on further analysis it is to be noted that the intelligent cause the magician/performer knows the sequence of operation of this “illusion”. Not only do the audience perceive this “illusion” but also the magician himself. When the phenomena exhibited is perceived by one and all within the reach of vision, then the “illusion” seizes to be one and becomes and “existing” phenomena AT THAT INSTANT when it is perceived. What follows the event is only a sequence but this sequence is fully “known” to the performer of the “illusion”. Not only does he “know” the method but also he has practiced its performance at an earlier time until it was mastered. His knowledge on this act is complete. A person who studied “magic” under him studies it ...

The magician on stage is a very knowledgeable person. He can walk, talk, and behave like every person attending the show. But he possesses a rare gem which the audience is devoid of. That gem, is one of knowledge. The “illusion” which the magician creates should captivate and inspire the magician as much as the audience is captivated, if what he displays is really an “illusion”. But he remains unmoved by and careful, even after the display of his skills. What is happening? The magician is a possessor of the mast of knowledge. By manipulating the objects known to the audience and the extra knowledge on the working of the objects IN HIS HANDS, the magician works his trick and pulls off a so called illusion. The audience “ignorant” as they are of the “special” object the magician uses, are totally knocked off from their poise by a display of magnificence they term as “illusion” or “magic”. This is verily the “misapprehension due to the nonapprehansion of reality”.

The word “Guru” can be split into two – “Gu” and “Ru”. Gu means darkness or ignorance. Ru means removal or dispel. The person who helps in the dispelling of ignorance is called Guru. There are several fields of knowledge. Math ignorance is removed by math Guru. Science ignorance is removed by science Guru. The ignorance about “who I am” is cleared by The Guru. The person who teaches in order to remove the ignorance of what life is, who I am and what is death, what is knowledge and what is the source of happiness is the guru who teaches the Vedas. He becomes the embodiment of Vedas themselves as he has understood the Truth referred in the Vedas and hence he is a jnani- a knowledgeable person. The definition of the Atman is the most abstract and difficult riddle. If the guru says “I have read the Vedas and am trying to understand the Vedas. Let us all have faith in the Ishta Devata and continue the search”, he is no Guru. A Guru is one who has understood the meaning of the Atman as wel...

Oh Lord, the Primordial Cause You are the first teacher And also my sustainer Your feet I seek, save me Oh conqueror of Death Oh Intelligent One Take me Unto Thee Grant me my wish Let me study Your Truth Let me clear this ignorance Let me not be lost In the maze of Your Magnificence You are the Creator You are the Sustainer You are the Destroyer Lord You are That Atman You are Sat-Chit-Aananda Pray let me study unhindered Let there be happiness Grant me the knowledge of Moksha Oh Lord Sri Dakshinamurthy Om Shantih Shantih Shantih

Oh Krishna ! You dance on your Lotus Feet Your dance I've heard as Shiva As Krishna on the snake Kalinga With the Gopis, with Radha in Vrindavan Ignorant am I to not see your dance You still dance with heavenly Bliss I hear Oh Krishna you come to me in various forms To hold me to love me Yet I dont see you in my ignorance You play with me covering my eyes You hold me to your bosom Yet I dont see your dance Oh Lord, remove this veil Show thyself in Your glory With your Divine Conch and Flute Oh Lord play thy music Show me your Dance Let me behold the joy Oh Lord, where should I come Where should I run Nay you say, in my heart you say Show me the way Oh Lord, I lack the direction, I lack the knowledge To travel within to witness the Dance Show me the Way Oh Krishna I plead and beg to see this vision Stop this play, I know you enjoy Show me the Way