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Aligning Actions with Inner Nature

When Something Feels Effortless and Something Else Drains You Have you noticed how some things just flow when you do them? You sit down to work, and before you know it, two hours have passed, and you still feel fresh....

Sankara Bhashya-Part 4

Sense organs and sense objects Verse 14: Bhashyam: That by which something is measured – sound etc. is Matra. Beginning with the sense of hearing, the sense of touch – when they join well with sound and feeling, the experiences...

The Final Word of the Gita

The Final Word of the Gita: Why Chapter 18 Still Speaks to Us Today Think about it – how often do we find ourselves at crossroads, wondering if we’re doing the right thing? Whether it’s about quitting a job, chasing...

Shankara Bhashyam-Part 3

Wisdom and Ignorance The actual commentary of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita by Bhagavan Sri Sankaracharya begins with chapter 2, Verse 11: Shri Bhagavan said: You are worrying about Bhishma, Drona and others who need not be worried about as they...

Finding cosmos within chaos

The chaos of modern living Life is a flux, almost all the time. There is stress and tension, hustle and bustle, deadlines to meet, choices to make, decisions to take. If we slip for a few seconds, we have...

Shankara Bhashyam-Part 2

Purify mind with action. Realise the Self Here furthermore, beginning from ‘Drishtwa tu Pandavaneekam,’ up to the statement ‘Na Yotsya Iti Govindam Uktwa Tushnim Babhuva Ha’ , the text has highlighted the grief and delusion of beings. The grief and...

Shankara Bhashyam-Part 1

The Bhashyam for the Srimad Bhagavad Gita begins with a prayer to Bhagavan Sriman Narayana who is beyond the manifested creation. From the unmanifest, he created this egg. From this egg came all these worlds, the seven oceans and this...

Chinmaya Mission Pledge

I learnt the Pledge way back when I was in lower kindergarten at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Allapuzha. Within a year I had also been enrolled into Balvihar, where too the Pledge was taught to me. This time in Malayalam.In both places,...

Panchadashi: A Prakarana Grantha

In continuation of the ‘Story of Vidyaranya’ in our previous issue, we bring you this section on‘ Prakarana Granthas’ as an introduction to the Panchadasi. Both these are unpublished so far. Since they were written carefully by Pujya Gurudev himself,...

Story of Vidyaranya

Among the treasures housed in the Chinmaya Archives in Mumbai is this manuscript prepared by Pujya Gurudev, with the seeming intention of publishing a commentary on the Panchadasi by Swami Vidyaranya. The introduction about Swami Vidyaranya is typed,with corrections in...

Two Verses from the Panchadashi

These two verses are from the beginning of the tenth chapter of the Pañcadaśī, titled ‘Nāṭaka Dīpaḥ’. The entire explanation, as well as the word meanings and footnotes, was handwritten by Pujya Gurudev in the manuscript, which is now preserved...

The Life and Journey of Sri Adi Shankaracharya

Sri Adi Shankaracharya is a prodigy and an exceptional Master. He is a saint, philosopher, poet, commentator, rejuvenator and social reformer. Adi Shankara was born at Melpazhur Mana, now renamed as Adi Sankara Nilayam by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda. His...