Part 5 of the New Book Serialization!
The dreamer asks the dream-Sage Vasishta about the planes of existence after death and about escape from all planes (kaivalya mokSha). He goes on to enquire as to how his own dream creation can be teaching him.
A series of posts, presenting a new translation and commentary by James Swartz on the Panchadasi. This was presented by James as a week-long course during July 2012 and was very well received.
This is Part 2 and contains the teaching on the pa~nchikaraNa (‘quintuplication’ of the elements), macrocosm and microcosm, pa~ncha kosha (five sheaths) and the ‘elimination’ of these.
Part 2 of the serialization of the presentation (compiled by R. B. Athreya from the lectures given by Swami Paramarthananda) of upadesha sAhasrI. This is the prakaraNa grantha which is agreed by most experts to have been written by Shankara himself and is an elaborate unfoldment of the essence of Advaita.
Subscribers to Advaita Vision are also offered special rates on the journal and on books published by Tattvaloka. See the full introduction and part 1 of the new series.
Part 4 of the New Book Serialization!
The dreamer and the dream-Sage Vasishta discuss what happens when the dream body and waking body die in the dream and waking world, respectively.
A series of posts, presenting a new translation and commentary by James Swartz on the Panchadasi. This was presented by James as a week-long course during July 2012 and was very well received. It will be posted in around 35 parts at the rate of one part every 2 – 3 weeks. I will be editing and commenting on the material as we go and James may provide additional commentary if time allows. So there may be scope for readers to provide feedback. Please email me via the ‘Contact Form’ if you do not understand anything and wish to seek clarification.
Read Part 1 of the Panchadasi.
Meeting the Mystery – NirmalaExtract – ‘Grace Is All There Is‘.
Note that the whole of Chapter 7 may also be downloaded from Nirmala’s website.
Committing suicide in the dream. The Sage asks the dreamer if he can drown himself, since he claims to know that it is only a dream.
Advaita Vision is proud to announce a new collaboration with this prestigious journal from Sringeri Sharada Peetham, one of the four centres established by Sri Adi Shankara in the 9th century. Its principal objective is to spread the traditions and values taught in the scriptures. The journal is issued monthly and showcases Vedic knowledge and wisdom, with articles written in simple style by well-known authors from India and overseas. It has a readership of over 100,000.
Initially, we will be serializing a presentation of upadesha sAhasrI. This is the prakaraNa grantha which is agreed by most experts to have been written by Shankara himself and is an elaborate unfoldment of the essence of Advaita. This presentation is compiled by R. B. Athreya from the lectures given by Swami Paramarthananda in Chennai.
Subscribers to Advaita Vision are also offered special rates on the journal and on books published by Tattvaloka. See the full introduction and part 1 of the new series.
Just a brief announcement.
My publisher asked me to write something for this website – Inspire Me Today – to promote my new book (Advaita Made Easy). The site is actually all about inspiring people with personal recommendations about how to be successful, happy, realize your (material) ambitions etc, so I didn’t really think it appropriate. But I wrote something anyway, pointing out that this sort of thing was never going to make you happy, whereas realizing the truth pointed out by Advaita would put you forever beyond such petty concerns! I didn’t expect them to want to publish it but they did!
It is a 500-word essay (the recommended limit) and it appeared on 27th July. Here is the permanent link to the article.
A chapter from Roy’s new book, entitled ‘Peace in Every Moment‘. The book is only available in electronic format at present and may be downloaded for free from Roy’s website.