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[This schedule will likely change as it progresses. Kindly note all updates.]
Friday, June 28, 2013
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* These sessions are optional. It is recommended you take advantage, and attend them.
Upadea Sram
guvNdnm! Guruvandanam
uitSm&itpura[anam! Aaly< k[alym!, nmaim gvTpad< zr< laekzrm!. 1.
rutismtipurnm laya karulayam, nammi bhagavatpda akara lokaakaram 1
I salute akarabhagavatpda, the abode of ruti (Vedas), smti (Gt, etc.), and puras (epics like the
Bhgavatam, etc.), the repository of compassion, the one who bestows happiness on the world.
zr< zracay kezv< badray[m!, sUa:yk&taE vNde gvNtaE pun> pun>. 2.
akara akarcrya keava bdaryaam, strabhyaktau vande bhagavantau puna puna 2
I salute, again and again, akarcrya who is Lord iva, and Bdaryaa who is Lord Viu, the
venerable ones who wrote the aphorisms (Brahmastras) and the commentaries (bhyam to the
Brahmastras and the Upaniads).
$Zvrae guraTmeit mUitRedivaigne, Vyaemvd!VyaPtdehay di][amUtRye nm>. 3.
varo gururtmeti mrtibhedavibhgine, vyomavadvyptadehya dakimrtaye nama 3
Salutations to Lord Dakimrti, who is all-pervasive like space, but who appears (as though) divided
as Lord, Teacher, and Self.
gukarSTvNxkarae vE karStivtRk>, ANxkarinraeixTvad! guirTyixIyte. 4.
gukrastvandhakro vai rukrastannivartaka, andhakranirodhitvd gururityabhidhyate 4
The letter gu stands for darkness (of ignorance), and ru represents its destruction. A guru is so called
because he destroys the darkness (of ignorance).
sdaizvsmarMa< zracayRmXymam! , ASmdacayRpyRNta< vNde guprMpram!. 5.
sadivasamrambh akarcryamadhyamm, asmadcryaparyant vande guruparamparm 5
I salute the lineage of teachers, beginning with iva, the Lord, (linked by) akarcrya in the middle,
and extending down to my own teacher.
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Upadea Sram
1.
obtained;
ultimate, limitless;
karma action;
prpyate is
kim is it;
param
jadam is inert
The result of an action is obtained by the laws of the Lord. How can the action, which is
inert, be limitless?
2.
ktimahodadhau patanakraam
phalamavata gatinirodhakam
na
cittaodhakam that
Upadea Sram
4.
kyavmanakryamuttamam
pjana japacintana kramt
-
(kryam);
kramt respectively
The physical, oral and mental actions, viz. ritualistic worship, chanting and meditation
(on Him), are all most beneficial in that order.
5.
jagata adhyuktasevanam
aamrtibhddevapjanam
jagata of the world; - -
accompanied with (yukta) the attitude (dh) that it is the Lord (a);
aa-
uttamastvaduccamandata
cittaja japadhynamuttamam
uttamastavt compared to the loud singing (stavt) of the Lord (uttama);
ucca-mandata chanting aloud (ucca) with low tone (murmuring) (mandata);
Compared to the loud singing of His praise, repeating His name aloud, (repeating) in a
murmur or meditation in the form of mental (silent) chanting is better (in that order).
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Upadea Sram
7.
) jyadhray (samam) (is like, samam) the flow (dhray) of ghee (clarified
butter, jya);
-
srotas samam like (samam) the flow of water (in a river, srotas);
bhedabhvant sohamityasau
bhvanbhid pvan mat
bhedabhvant better than the attitude of duality;
(aham);
(bhvan);
iti thus;
asau this;
paavani is purifying;
sa aham He (sa) am I
Instead of meditating with an attitude of duality (I am different from the Lord), the nondual vision He am I is purifying this is the view (of the ruti).
9.
bhvanyasadbhvasusthiti
bhvanbald bhaktiruttam
bhvanyasadbhvasusthiti abidance in ones self (sadbhvasusthiti)
free from the duality (of seer and seen, bhvanya);
(balt) of (repeated) contemplation (of He am I) (bhvan);
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Upadea Sram
10.
mind;
vyurodhanllyate mana
jlapakivadrodhasdhanam
lyate is
cittavyavacitkriyyut
khayordvay aktimlak
cittavyava the mind (citta) and the breathing (functions of pra) (vyava);
citkriyyut are endowed (yut) respectively with the ability of knowledge
(cit) and activity (kriy);
(khayo);
The mind and the pra are endowed with the ability to know and to act, respectively.
These two are like the two branches stemming from one power (my).
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Upadea Sram
13.
layavinane ubhayarodhane
layagatam punarbhavati no mtam
layavinane
absorption
(laya)
and
destruction
puna again;
(vinanam);
There are two forms of control (of the mind): laya, absorption and vina, destruction. The
mind that has attained absorption is born again, but definitely not the mind that is dead.
14.
prabandhanllnamnasam
ekacintannnametyada
lnamnasam
cintant by
nam eti gains (eti)
The mind that has gained an absorption by control of breathing is destroyed once and
for all by contemplating on the One Nondual Self.
15.
naamnasotkayogina
ktyamasti ki svasthiti yata
-
asti ki is
has attained
For that exalted yog, whose mind is lost (totally resolved), and who has attained his
own nature, is there anything to be done? (There does not remain anything to be done
for him.)
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16.
dyavrita cittamtmana
cittvadarana tattvadaranam
tmana ones;
17.
mnasa tu kim what is the nature (tu ki) of the mind (mnasam);
mrgae kte when enquiry (mrgae) is carried out, undertaken (kte);
mnasam mind (mnasam) is indeed (eva) not (na) (there);
na eva
18.
vttayastvaha vttimrit
vttayo mano viddhyaha mana
vttaya thought-forms;
tu but;
viddhi know;
mana mind
Mind is thought-forms and the thought-forms are but dependent upon the I-thought,
ego. So know the mind to be the ego. (So enquiry into the mind is the same as enquiry
into the I-thought.)
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Upadea Sram
19.
ayam this;
ayi O! (seeker);
bhavati arises;
patati drops;
cinvata
aham the I-
O seeker! For the one who enquires thus, Where from does this I arise?, the I-notion
drops. This is self-enquiry.
20.
ahami nabhjyahamahantay
sphurati ht svaya paramaprasat
sphurati shines;
ht the Self;
svayam by
When the ego (I-notion) is destroyed, the limitless, full, existence that is Self shines by
Itself as I, I, (I is self-shining).
21.
idamahampadbhikhyamanvaham
ahamilnakepyalayasattay
idam this;
--
of destruction-free Existence
Even when the ego is resolved daily (in sleep) there remains the I in the form of
destruction-free Existence; this awareness I is the implied meaning of the word I (the
content of the ego).
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22.
vigrahendriyapradhtama
nhamekasattajjaam hyasat
-
- -
organ(s) (indriya), the physiological functions (pra), the mind (dh), ignorance (tama);
na aham I (aham) am not (na);
(sat) (I am);
hi asat therefore
23.
sattvabhsik citkvavetar
sattay hi ciccittay hyaham
hi verily;
- - -
aham is I (existence)
Where is another awareness to illumine the existence (I)? Awareness is in the form of
existence (I) and I (existence) is in the form of Awareness. (The two are not different.)
24.
ajvayorveadhbhid
veadhbhid
the division (bhid) (exists) due to the reality given (dh) to the costume (vea);
satsvabhvata from the standpoint of the essential nature (svabhvata) which is (sat);
vastu kevalam Truth (vastu) is only one (kevalam)
Due to the reality given to the costume (updh), there is the notion of division between
the Lord and the jva. But from the standpoint of the essential nature which is sat, the
Truth is only one.
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25.
veahnata svtmadaranam
adarana svtmarpata
veahnata by removal of (hnata) costume (vea);
appreciation (daranam) of ones own Self (svtma);
svtmadaranam
26.
tmasasthiti svtmadaranam
tmanirdvaydtmanihat
tmanirdvayt
The vision of ones own Self is the well-abiding (of the mind) in the Self. Because of the
nonduality of the Self, there is the natural (effortless) abidance in the Self.
27.
jnavarjitjnahnacit
jnamasti ki jtumantaram
jnavarjit free from knowledge (of objects);
from ignorance (ajnahna) awareness (cit);
ajnahna-cit free
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28.
ki svarpamitytmadarane
avyaybhavpracitsukham
ki svarpam iti what (kim) is the essential nature (of the Self) (svarpam) thus
(iti);
(avyaya) unborn (abhava) ever full (pra) conscious (cit) happiness (sukham)
(With the enquiry) What is the essential nature (of myself)? when there is knowledge
of the Self, there is Awareness (Self) that is happiness, ever full, (being) unborn and
never waning.
29.
liberation (mukti);
tu indeed;
vindati
ahamapetaka nijavibhnakam
O tat sat
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O atha pacadaodhyya
Igvanuvac,
rbhagavn uvca
^XvRml
U mx>zaomTw< arVyym!,
adhacordhva praststasya kh
guapravddh viayapravl
adhaca mlnyanusantatni
karmnubandhni manuyaloke
na rpam asyeha tathopalabhyate
nnto na cdirna ca sampratih
avattham ena suvirhamla
asagaastrea dhena chittv
tata pada tat parimrgitavya
yasmin gat na nivartanti bhya
tam eva cdya purua prapadye
yata pravtti prast pur
nirmnamoh jitasagado
adhytmanity vinivttakm
dvandvairvimukt sukhadukhasajai
gacchantyamh padam avyaya tat
na tad bhsayate srya na ako na pvaka
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