<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633</id><updated>2024-08-29T10:47:52.310+05:30</updated><category term="Bhagavad Gita"/><category term="Now &amp; Then"/><category term="Sri Sankaracharya"/><category term="Temples"/><category term="Vedas"/><category term="About India"/><category term="Aditya Hrudayam"/><category term="Advaita Ashrama"/><category term="Atma Jyoti Ashram"/><category term="Brahma Sutra"/><category term="Meditation"/><category term="Purusha Sooktham"/><category term="Ramayana"/><category term="Swami Vivekananda"/><category term="Tamil"/><category term="Vishnu Purana"/><title type='text'>Books on Hinduism</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-8276226605418697422</id><published>2014-01-07T11:47:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2014-01-07T11:47:34.429+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Purusha Sooktham"/><title type='text'>പുരുഷസൂക്തം - വേദബന്ധു വ്യാഖ്യാനം PDF</title><summary type="text">

പണ്ഡിത വേദബന്ധുശര്‍മ്മ വ്യാഖ്യാനം നിര്‍വഹിച്ച് മഹാത്മാഹംസരാജ വൈദിക ഗ്രന്ഥശാല, ആര്യസമാജം, തിരുവനന്തപുരം 1951 നവംബരറില്‍ പ്രകാശിപ്പിച്ച ‘പുരുഷസൂക്തം’ വിസ്തൃതമായ ഉപോദ്ഘാതവും മന്ത്രാര്‍ത്ഥവുമടങ്ങിയ ഒരു സ്വാധ്യായഗ്രന്ഥമാണ്. ദയാനന്ദ സരസ്വതിയുടെ അനുശാസനമാണ് ഇതിലെ ഉപോദ്ഘാതത്തിനു പ്രേരണ നല്‍കിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.



പാഠപരിചയവും പേരും, സൂക്തത്തിന്റെ പ്രാചീനത്വം, ഋഷി, ദേവത, ഛന്ദസും സ്വരവും, വിഷയം, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/8276226605418697422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2014/01/pdf.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8276226605418697422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8276226605418697422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2014/01/pdf.html' title='പുരുഷസൂക്തം - വേദബന്ധു വ്യാഖ്യാനം PDF'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16515124712362062986</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-1927687183012395472</id><published>2014-01-06T15:28:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2014-01-06T15:28:47.517+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Now &amp; Then"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Temples"/><title type='text'>Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar Temple</title><summary type="text">
Now &amp;amp; Then

For those who are interested in seeing our past, this is one of such treasures. The present structure was built during the Chola dynasty in the 9th century, while later expansions are attributed to Vijayanagar rulers of the Sangama Dynasty (1336–1485 CE), the Saluva Dynasty and the Tuluva Dynasty (1491–1570 CE).



Present




In 1890s


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Now &amp;amp; Then

For those who are interested in seeing our past, this is one of such treasures. This temple is believed to be built around 1200s. The picture taken in 1890 even has people in it. Their dress codes vouch for the authenticity of dates.

Now can you spot the differences please?


In 2000s




In 1890s


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Language: Hindi

Complete Works of Sri Sankaracharya 20 Volumes 1910 Edition published by Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam in 1910. It includes Sri Sankaracharya&#39;s major commentaries as well as his other works, as given in the list below.Volume 1. Brahmasutra-bhashyaVolume 2. Brahmasutra-bhashyaVolume 3. Brahmasutra-bhashyaVolume 4. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 1: Isa, Kena [2], Katha, PrasnaVolume 5</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/8297127208332686215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2013/11/complete-works-of-sri-sankaracharya-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8297127208332686215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8297127208332686215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2013/11/complete-works-of-sri-sankaracharya-in.html' title='Complete Works of Sri Sankaracharya in 20 Volumes 1910 Edition'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-9049414869228145138</id><published>2013-03-25T15:24:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2013-03-25T15:24:09.389+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Advaita Ashrama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Swami Vivekananda"/><title type='text'>Rajiv Malhotra - Vivekanandas ideas</title><summary type="text">

A ton thanks to karigar01 for providing this document at scribd


This post is not meant to share illegal download of copyrighted material, but for&amp;nbsp;enlightening&amp;nbsp;ideals which are known in name of a relegion - Hinduism.
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The Bhagavad Gita is undoubtedly the most widely known holy text of Hindus.

The context of the Gita is a conversation between Lord Krishna and the Pandava prince Arjuna taking place in the middle of the battlefield before the start of the Kurukshetra War with armies on both sides ready to battle. Responding to Arjuna&#39;s confusion and moral dilemma about fighting his own cousins who command a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/8129799549264758178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/bhagavad-gita-sanskrit.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8129799549264758178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8129799549264758178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/bhagavad-gita-sanskrit.html' title='Bhagavad Gita - Sanskrit'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-9149458125103413943</id><published>2011-12-13T11:43:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-13T11:43:13.235+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vishnu Purana"/><title type='text'>Vishnu Purana</title><summary type="text">
THE literature of the Hindus has now been cultivated for many years with singular diligence, and in&amp;nbsp;many of its branches with eminent success. There are some departments, however, which are yet&amp;nbsp;but partially and imperfectly investigated; and we are far from being in possession of that knowledge which the authentic writings of the Hindus alone can give us of their religion, mythology, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/9149458125103413943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/vishnu-purana.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/9149458125103413943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/9149458125103413943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/vishnu-purana.html' title='Vishnu Purana'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-1715134949280312720</id><published>2011-12-07T00:36:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-07T00:36:00.131+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Aditya Hrudayam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ramayana"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tamil"/><title type='text'>Adityahridayam in Tamil</title><summary type="text">This book is a word by word translation of Adityahridayam in Sanskrit to Tamil by Srinivasan Natesan.

Ādityahṛdayam (आदित्यहृदयम्, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ad̪ɪt̪jəhɾd̪əjʌm]), is a hymn associated with Aditya or the Sun God and was recited by the sage Agastya to Rama on the battlefield before fighting with Ravana. This historic hymn starts at the beginning of the duel between Rama and Ravana. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/1715134949280312720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/adityahridayam-in-tamil.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/1715134949280312720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/1715134949280312720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/adityahridayam-in-tamil.html' title='Adityahridayam in Tamil'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-3228847283469662232</id><published>2011-12-06T00:29:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-06T00:33:41.241+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bhagavad Gita"/><title type='text'>Bhagavad Gita</title><summary type="text">The Bhagavad Gita is undoubtedly the most widely known holy text of Hindus.

The context of the Gita is a conversation between Lord Krishna and the Pandava prince Arjuna taking place in the middle of the battlefield before the start of the Kurukshetra War with armies on both sides ready to battle. Responding to Arjuna&#39;s confusion and moral dilemma about fighting his own cousins who command a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/3228847283469662232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/bhagavad-gita.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/3228847283469662232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/3228847283469662232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/bhagavad-gita.html' title='Bhagavad Gita'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-7882899718660624353</id><published>2011-12-05T08:27:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-05T08:27:00.225+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="About India"/><title type='text'>India: What can it Teach Us?</title><summary type="text">
A Course of LecturesDELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGEINTRODUCTION

Professor Max Müller has been so long and widely known in the world of letters as to render any formal introduction unnecessary. He has been from his early youth an assiduous student of philology, justly regarding it as an important key to history and an invaluable auxiliary to intellectual progress. A glance at his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/7882899718660624353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/india-what-can-it-teach-us.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/7882899718660624353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/7882899718660624353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/india-what-can-it-teach-us.html' title='India: What can it Teach Us?'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-5029251393570107693</id><published>2011-12-04T22:46:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T22:46:00.131+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Brahma Sutra"/><title type='text'>Brahma Sutras</title><summary type="text">I prostrate myself be fore that Guru, the Existence, devoid of the&amp;nbsp;three Gunas, beyond comprehension, the witness of all mental functions, change less and pure, one and eternal, transcending the pairs&amp;nbsp;of opposites, expansive like the sky, reachable through the sentences&amp;nbsp;like ‘Thou art That’, the Mass of Absolute Wisdom.

He whom the Saivas worship as Siva; the Vedantins as the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/5029251393570107693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/brahma-sutras.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/5029251393570107693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/5029251393570107693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/brahma-sutras.html' title='Brahma Sutras'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-8337338938528496790</id><published>2011-12-04T21:05:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T21:05:00.207+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vedas"/><title type='text'>Vedas - Atharva Veda</title><summary type="text">There are four Vedas, which are believed to be told to human race by god himself. It is revealed in the form of sruti (which means as heard).

The Atharvaveda is the fourth Veda. Its status has occasionally been ambiguous, probably due to its use in sorcery and healing. However, it contains very old materials in early Vedic language. Manusmrti, which often speaks of the three Vedas, calling them </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/8337338938528496790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/vedas-atharva-veda.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8337338938528496790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/8337338938528496790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/vedas-atharva-veda.html' title='Vedas - Atharva Veda'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-2076930390683027179</id><published>2011-12-04T03:38:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T03:38:40.271+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vedas"/><title type='text'>Vedas - Rg Veda</title><summary type="text">Rig Veda is known as the oldest of Vedas.

This work is an attempt to bring within easy reach of all readers of English a&amp;nbsp;translation of the Hymns of the Rigveda which while aiming especially at close&amp;nbsp;fidelity to the letter and the spirit of the original, shall be as readable and intelligible&amp;nbsp;as the nature of the subject and other circumstances permit.

RigVeda has been chosen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/2076930390683027179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/vedas-rg-veda.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/2076930390683027179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/2076930390683027179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/vedas-rg-veda.html' title='Vedas - Rg Veda'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-349660196990997389</id><published>2011-12-04T02:38:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T02:38:47.628+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Atma Jyoti Ashram"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Meditation"/><title type='text'>Role of Sound in Medication</title><summary type="text">
From sound to silence
Why do we use sound in meditation? Why not use one of the other senses or faculties,&amp;nbsp;since touch, sight, taste, and smell must also possess increasingly subtler forms until they&amp;nbsp;reach the point of their emerging? It is true that these four faculties do have subtle forms, but&amp;nbsp;only sound reaches to the ultimate point of emergence.
The five senses correspond to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/349660196990997389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/role-of-sound-in-medication.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/349660196990997389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/349660196990997389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/role-of-sound-in-medication.html' title='Role of Sound in Medication'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201923013539086633.post-7790941186812047738</id><published>2011-12-04T02:15:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T02:59:19.799+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sri Sankaracharya"/><title type='text'>Viveka Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya</title><summary type="text">Vivekachudamani
I. I bow to Govinda, whose nature is Bliss Supreme, who is the Sadguru, who can be known only from the import of all Vedanta, and who is beyond the reach of speech and mind.

[Viveka means discrimination, Chuda is crest; and Mani jewel. Hence the title means &#39;Crest-jewel of discrimination&#39;. Just as the jewel on the crest of diadem is the most conspicuous ornament on a person&#39;s </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/feeds/7790941186812047738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/viveka-chudamani-of-sri-sankaracharya.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/7790941186812047738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6201923013539086633/posts/default/7790941186812047738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bookshinduism.blogspot.com/2011/12/viveka-chudamani-of-sri-sankaracharya.html' title='Viveka Chudamani of Sri Sankaracharya'/><author><name>Anantha Narayanan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01235733287809115092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>