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An auspicious beginning is something which a human minds requirement inorder to pursue something and to stay for a length of time to its completion.

This staying power is a grace or blessing.

we have to earn this grace , an occasion like navaratri and especially the Vijayadashami day is an opportunity to express our gratitude and invoke the blessings of the sakthi in the form of Saraswati matha, all knowledge and power to protect and bless. May everyone be a recipient of this grace so that their mind gets prepared for the knowledge which makes them see the fullness in oneself.

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The problem of being limited and the desire to seek freedom from this limitations is mumuksha. There fore Moksha ( freedom from samsara) is for oneself only. It cannot be imposed. The self is already free and there fore Knowing the self exactly as it is will be an achievement of the already achieved.

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Lord Shiva as a teacher of BrahmaVidya is seated under a banyan tree. Most absorbing form of the Lord makes mind abide in the very fullness of the self. The teacher is glorified to make one see the depth of the teaching.

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The yoga of attitudes, Bhahavan Sri Krishna gave the vision of karmayoga to Arjuna because a prepared mind can get the knowledge and method of preparing the mind requires yoga buddhi to live a life of karmayoga. Bringing an attitudinal change is impossible without understanding,so let use try to see what it is all about.

The central idea is beautiful: Karma-yoga is both a way of living and a means of preparing the mind for Self-knowledge. The attitudinal change it requires cannot be sustained by mere instruction; it must arise from understanding.

The Yoga of Attitudes — Karma-yoga

Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa unfolded the vision of Karma-yoga to Arjuna because a prepared mind is receptive to Self-knowledge. And preparing the mind requires a change in attitude—a shift in how we understand and respond to life.

Karma-yoga is not merely about what we do, but the attitude with which we act. Through *yoga-buddhi*, we learn to act with responsibility, offer our actions to Īśvara, and receive their results with *prasāda-buddhi*.

But an attitudinal change cannot be sustained by mere instruction; it must come from understanding. So, let us explore what Karma-yoga really means, how it works, and how we can live it in our everyday lives.

**The purpose is not merely to change our actions, but to cultivate a mind that is ready to understand the truth of ourselves.**

ॐ तत् सत् 🙏

A subtle but important point from the Bhagavad Gītā: Karma-yoga does not itself produce mokṣa; it prepares the mind for the knowledge that removes self-ignorance.

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when we look into the realities of the world as a whole its existence need to have a reality or substratum on which every thing exists. what keeps changing require a changeless base. Just as a pot, if it is made of clay then clay happens to be the 'satyam' and pot is 'mithya'

Actually the individual self is the total and if I can dicover the truth about oneself then that self being my reality, I am free. the limitations of what is not 'I' doestn't hold any reality. This is vedanta which is the only 'pramana' for it. Being a means of knowledge vedanta doesn't contradict any other pramana.

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# vosion of Bhagavad Gita

# Upanishads

Vedānta is not a philosophy that changes your life; it is a vision that corrects your understanding of yourself.

I am not a limited individual trying to complete myself through the world.

I am the complete, limitless Awareness in whose presence the individual, the world, and Īśvara are known.

In a little more detail:

1. What is the problem? — Ignorance (अविद्या)

I take myself to be the body–mind–person and therefore experience myself as limited, incomplete and dependent.

2. What does Vedānta do? — It gives a means of knowledge (प्रमाण)

The Upaniṣads, unfolded by a competent teacher, reveal what cannot be discovered merely by experience:

तत्त्वमसि — तत् त्वम् असि

You are That.

3. What is discovered? — I am Brahman

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि

I am Brahman—the limitless reality.

This is not becoming Brahman. I was never anything other than Brahman. The discovery is only the removal of the mistaken identification.

4. What about the world? — Mithyā (मिथ्या)

The world is not dismissed as nonexistent. It is dependent reality—dependent upon Brahman, just as a wave is dependent upon water.

5. What happens to life? — The circumstances need not change. The vision changes.

Pleasure and pain, gain and loss, success and failure continue to belong to the changing order. But their capacity to define me is understood differently.

So, in one sentence:

Vedānta is the knowledge that I am the limitless Self, and that the entire universe of changing names and forms is mithyā, dependent on that Self.

Or, even more compactly:

“Nothing has to become different; I have to see what is already true.”

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Chanting of 12th Chapter

Bhagwan Shree Krishna's Birthday

Best wishes on the this day of Onam 2026

Three things are very rare in this world to accomplish. Birth as a human being, there after the maturity to seek the ultimate goal of life the "moksha" the self knowledge and a teacher (Guru) to bless by giving the vision of Vedanta the self knowledge. It doesn't happen always.Blessed are they who got these three things in life. Today being the Pradosha day let there be the blessings of Lord Parameswara for every one and for those who come to listen to this in particular.

mahashivaratri ( महाशिवरात्री )

Have a clear vision about success in life so that no regret about the past or worries of the future. The present becomes live and available for life to manifest to its maximum possibilities. Bhagavan Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita made Arjuna to stand up to the task in front of Him. If Arjuna could resolve his confusion it is the blessings of Bhagavans teachings only.No other miracle can do that. There fore it is the greatest miracle.. when you understand something it is nothing but a miracle. Because there are people who cannot see what you already see. The Gayatri mantra japa is also for invoking Isvaras grace to have that brilliance which can give us the capability to know and to retain what we already knew. The mantra is known to reveal the ultimate truth for which we may look in to the Gayatri mantra much more deeply at another time. We may use this mantra as a prayer for blessings and brilliance.. . . . . . . Swami Nijatriptananda https://anchor.fm/nija3pta/message

chant with devotion to the Lord Parameswara in the form of the Guru Sri Dakshinamurthy and be a recipient of blessings for the pursuit of moksha. no doubts in the mind will remain

om namo bhagavate Dakshinamurthaye mahyam shriyam medhaam prajnaam prayachha swaha.

Lord krishnas teaching is very clear and makes it clear again that Dharma has a role to play in ones life. It prepares the person but never becomes a barrier on our way to reach the ultimate goal of moksha. One can discover the inner freedom through a mind which is ready to recieve the knowledge.

Sri Krishna to Arjuna 3rd chapter 22nd verse. न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यम् . . . . .

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All our actions "karma" can become an offering to the Lord. This is a healthy attitude to take to action even in difficult situations. What is to be done is done cheerfully.

नागेन्द्र हाराय...

Om NamahShivaya "Japa" on MahaShivaratri day.

iswara's presence is seen through the order which is the manifested universe. iswara is non-seperate from the creation.Hence the presence of iswara is immediately percieved by this vision. One becomes relaxed as a result.

One has to learn to stay with the vision for a length of time in the process of understanding the self being the whole.

आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन । सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः ॥

Asti,bhati,priyam,rupam,nama chetysmsapanchakam. Adyatrayam brahma rupam jagat rupam tatho dvayam.

Shantimantras and Sri Dakshinamurthy mantra

NavagrahaStotra

SriRudram 8th anuvaka

yes, thats it.it happens to be so...either you discover it or you remain a seeker for ever.Because unfulfilled will be the end result of all our pursuits in life if we miss to recognise this fact regarding the self.

In continuation to the "Take care -Part1 " .Here it is the "Take care -Part2".

Take care my dear. . . ..this is not a technique or a trick but a reality to be understood by everyone and it will make one relaxed, as you slowly pick up the clarity in your vision that your life is not out of order.

ashtottara sahasra nama(1008 mantras)of SahasraNama(SriDakshinamurty) . https://youtu.be/RiHA976bdVA

The 108 names(mantras) of Bhagavan SriDakshinamurty also known as SriDakshinamurty AshtottaraSataNamavali.Listen and learn to chant these 108 mantras . The mantras first letter begin with the moolamantra letters in order.Very beautiful to chant and visualize the Lord in the form of Guru to become the recipient of all blessings. https://youtu.be/UCwB43XGLiE

Every one is trying to see that they have achieved their highest potential in their life.But if one is not content with oneself then it is certain that he/she is settling for something less in their life.Life is meaningful if you are fulfilled.Otherwise the search will continue to get that completeness in your life.You are the whole and you can not miss it for want of that knowledge.So discovering yourself becomes a pursuit in itself.What is missing in life is nothing but this knowledge alone.Inspite of every other accomplishments people find themself incomplete,unsatisfied,insecure and unhappy. The problem is you and the solution cannot be out side you.The solution is you.The search is futile if it is not well directed to reach the ultimate goal of life.....Listen...Swami Nijatriptananda Saraswati.

"KaupinaPanchakam" these are the verses by Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada, bringing out the beauty of the inner vision and the fulfillment which happens only by the well assertained self knowledge. Happiness is the very nature of self and hence one has to find it in oneself.Listen to the verses here and play the video to Find the brief explanation to these verses here at this link:- https://youtu.be/l9CoabAFLLA

SriRudram chanting on MahaShivaratri day. Other suktas and shanti mantras mantrapushpam etc.with ashtottarasata namavali of Bhagavan Sri Medha Dakshinamurthy. om Tat Sat

ॐ नम:शिवाय OmNamah Shivaya ॐ नम:शिवाय OmNamah Shivaya ॐ नम:शिवाय OmNamah Shivaya

om namah shivaya This mantra is repeated being alert and paying attention to the japa.One can do it without much effort where ever one is. https://youtube.com/channel/UCbZxlscFX5kNBRtx-Rz7Eiw

These six verses Atma satkam also known as Nirvana satkam is verses which are very nice for the one who wants to contemplate on the subject matter of vedanta which is oneself (Atma). Mind will abide in the true nature of your pure Self while negating what is not intrinsic to your nature. Shiva the auspeciousness manifested is your nature intrinsically everything else is just incidental to you.There fore it says Shivoham shivoham at the end of this each verse.Just close your eyes gently while enjoying the meaningful verses and you will be contemplative naturally.

Margabandhu stotram is presented with a tune variation.The Lord Parameswara who is also known as Mahadeva the Lord of all Lords and He is our friend on our way in this journey of life.Let the Lords presence be our strength to move forward in the right direction. This tune came to my mind and so it is presented here as it occured.Enjoy the stotram.

It is the need of the human mind to have a fresh begining for them to feel good to move ahead.

Have you ever thought of a right answer for a wrong question? Well , the only right answer for a wrong question is to make the person understand the question itself is wrong..!! So now think of it. . . Bhakti is relating to god with devotion and self knowledge is for ones own satisfaction. Then why should anyone teach?. No reason to teach. It is all up to the student to seek the knowledge.Guru is beyond any comparison because he/she doesn't see any problem but still has the compassion to teach the student to make them see the problem doesn't exists. Yes ,it looks contradictory but that is how it is. Until you understand the whole thing looks mystical.But in reality it is just an awakening to the truth.

what is God?,where is God?,How is God? and Who is God? etc..etc.. are the questions generally asked by people. Because they have already concluded that God is not Here.So they put God safely somewhere else in a place and within time.These are the concepts which originates from erroneous perception of the reality. To see the reality we need to know and to know anything we need a means of knowedge. We will find it here. As a seeker one must have that intellectual honesty to reshuffle ones own thinking and has got to expose to the Vedantic teachings. For that to happen one need not be a philosopher, poiet or a thinker. Just have an intense desire to know the truth about oneself. So the pursuit of self knowledge must be the predominant thing. Other things are performed for ones own growth and this attitude makes everything in life meaningful. https://anchor.fm/nija3pta/message

One can give up the resistence to facts only in the recognition of the presence of "iswara" in the form of this one vast order that pervades everything and obtained as this moment.

You have a choice with reference to karma but not with the results. Your actions as an offering to the lord will be the right attitude to Manage "raga" and "dvesha". which is possible if one has got the vision of karma yoga.The yoga of attitudes. The results of your "karma" will be Prasada and hence no failure in life. This is all ones own attitudes which comes out of the basic understanding about iswara

Karma yoga is to be understood as the yoga of attitudes.

dhanyoham is the word we use in sanskrit to express our gratitude. When we feel "Thank you" is not enough it is beyond words to express it. Just as we have no exact translation for "Thank you" the usage of the expression of "dhanyoham" is beyond any translation in to another language. simply we have to say "dhanyoham" . to send message click below:- https://anchor.fm/nija3pta/message

The list has 20 qualities in number they are not to be seen as seperate and essentially even if one can attain one quality the other things will come as they are inter connected.We will see the last few qualities said by Bhagavan Sri Krishna in that context. Here the Bhakti,vivikta desa sevitvam,Arathirjana samsathi,Adyatmajnana nityatvam and Tatvajnanartha darsanam are seen. OmTatSat

arjavam,acharyopasanam,saucham,Atmavinigraha,indriyartheshu vairagyam, Anahamkara,janma mrityu jara vyadi dukha dosha anudarsanam,Asakti,Anabhishvangah putra dara gruhadishu, Samachitvatvam ishta anishta upapattishu, these qualities are briefly described to have some clarity regarding the prepared mind which can expose to vedanta to attain self knowledge. Few more things are in the list which is going to come next. It is a process of knowing hence no attempt to leapfrog here will work. Stay with the vision and grow gradually till one gains absolute clarity.

Amanitvadi qualities are essential for the pursuit of self knowledge. One cannot objectify the very subject.So here the method of knowing is unlike any other knowledge. The only saving grace is that the self evident self doesn't required to be objectified to know its reality and to be identified with it as ones swarupa.

We have Mantras to Invoke the blessings of the Lord. Saraswati the goddess of knowledge is the deity invoked through this mantra. Knowledge is not separate from prosperity and wealth etc. So the mantra has "beejaksharas" ( various aspects of the power of the Lord is coded and it becomes complete mantra for the required benifit of chanting it ) To do it continuously is "akhanda nama japa" .

Contemplation is preceded by Sravanam and mananam. In this song which happens to be in sanskrit the vision of vedanta and the method of gaining it are presented . Bhavaye . . . . . paramatmanam....bhavabhaya duram...

9 days are dedicated for puja and generally known as navarathri puja which will culminate in the celebration of vijaya dasami on the 10th day. The day is very much selected for initiating children to the world of knowledge. Everything is looked up on as the manifestation of the "Shakti".Three aspects of the same power is viewed as ichha shakti, kriya shakti and jnana shakti. The capacity to discern and choose and the power to exercise our choice also the power of knowledge to make an appropriate choice is the basis for the success of any undertaking. This is attained through recognising the shakti which is universal and resides in the form of Durga,Lakshmy and Saraswati. So these are visualized the power of Iswara who is non seperate from it. Like the fire and its power to burn are non seperate.so too the Parameswara and the Shakti. Shakti is prakrti which is the manifested world. It has 3 gunas and the these gunas are inherent in the creation. This is Otherwise known as Maya which is behind the creation.Because Iswaras swarupa doesn't change inspite of the creation being what it is. The detailed discussion will bring out the truth behind the creation but here briefly we recognise the presence of three powers which is Bhagavans Shakti only therefore not seperate from Bhagavan but from the stand point of creation we have to look at it severally for our own understanding. These things will be seen in detail during study of vedanta.....OmTatSat