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We need to function to the best of our ability to fulfill the responsibilities of the roles undertaken by us. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0409.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0409.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:38:14 +0530 Most people do not attempt to eliminate the possibility of suffering altogether. They remain contented in dealing with situations in such a way, that the present problem is solved. They do not attempt to eliminate the root cause of all problems. Human intelligence has the potential to bring about Joyful Living, wherein there is no suffering. We need to use our intelligence to its full potential and eliminate suffering completely. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0408.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0408.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:37:36 +0530 Animals are not as intelligent as human beings are. Human beings use their intelligence and control the environment to their liking. Animals have limited capability to do this. Even among human beings, those who are more intelligent have higher potential than others do. The level of intelligence determines the economic development, which gives us higher level of comforts. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0407.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0407.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:37:12 +0530 Wise people know that the Atman is neither the doer nor the enjoyer. The imaginary ego is the doer and the enjoyer. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0406.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0406.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:36:58 +0530 Atman is immeasurable since it is beyond perception. It is beyond the reach of the mind. Atman cannot be experienced. Our mind can only comprehend the Atman as an entity that is beyond comprehension. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0405.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0405.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:36:42 +0530 We can perceive only that which has name and form. Name and forms are illusions and the underlying reality is the Atman, we are the observer. Just as light can be seen only as a reflection on some object and not directly, Atman can be experienced only with a name and form. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0404.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0404.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:36:27 +0530 Enquiry is more important than experience. Sometimes, enquiry will show the reality while the experience will show just the opposite as in the case of sun moving across the morning sky. On enquiry, if we find that the reality is different from our experience, we need to accept the result of the enquiry and not hold on to our experience. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0403.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0403.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:36:05 +0530 The conscious entity is Atman. It can also be called as consciousness, awareness, Brahman or by any other word since it is beyond names and forms. The word Brahman is used when we refer to the entity that supports the whole universe and the word Atman is used when we refer to the same entity in the context of supporting our individual body/mind complex. Although space is one indivisible entity, we refer to the space within a pot as pot-space. Pot-space is like Atman and space is like Brahman. There is no difference between pot-space and space. Similarly, there is no difference between Atman and Brahman. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0402.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0402.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:35:46 +0530 People assumed that sun, moon and other planets are revolving around the earth, based on their experience. Experiences do not lead to knowledge all the time. Even when some one (Copernicus) proposes that earth is not the center of the universe after detailed observation and calculation, people did not believe it. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0401.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit04/gitalesson0401.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:35:23 +0530 Arjuna is an expert in many fields. However, he, like most of us, does not have the knowledge with respect to himself. Since he has not learnt formally about himself, he is similar to a child. Most human beings have self-awareness but they do not have self-knowledge. Only when we gain self-knowledge, we become wise and grow out of the childishness that is displayed in all our dealings with the world. http://www.celextel.org/mantrasandrituals/upakarmaprayogasamaveda2010.html http://www.celextel.org/mantrasandrituals/upakarmaprayogasamaveda2010.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:43:41 +0530 Upakarma Prayoga - Sama Veda [2010] http://www.celextel.org/mantrasandrituals/avaniavittamyajurvedi2010.html http://www.celextel.org/mantrasandrituals/avaniavittamyajurvedi2010.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:41:52 +0530 Avani Avittam - Yajur Vedi [2010] http://www.celextel.org/mantrasandrituals/avaniavittamrigvedi2010.html http://www.celextel.org/mantrasandrituals/avaniavittamrigvedi2010.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:41:38 +0530 Avani Avittam - Rig Vedi [2010] http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/mangalamjayamangalam.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/mangalamjayamangalam.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:24:01 +0530 Let there be good. Victory to the wish that all should be good. Let there be good. Wishes for that good to be daily there. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/guruvaipaninthiuduvom.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/guruvaipaninthiuduvom.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:22:43 +0530 Let us bow before the Guru. Always let us bow before the Jagat Guru. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/kaarmukhilvannam.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/kaarmukhilvannam.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:23:00 +0530 Oh Lord Narayana, to those who see your colour of a black cloud, is there ever birth and death. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/karpagavallininporpaadangal.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/karpagavallininporpaadangal.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:23:18 +0530 Oh Karpagavalli, I have caught your golden feet. Oh God Mother, grant me salvation. Oh Goddess, who is in the tall pretty temple of Mylapore which has lot of sculptures and is appreciated by very many people. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/karunanidhiyeganapathiye.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/karunanidhiyeganapathiye.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:23:35 +0530 Oh Ganapathi, the treasure of mercy, give me the boon of eternal wisdom which ebbs with the taste of music. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/saintthyagaraja/evarunnaru.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/saintthyagaraja/evarunnaru.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:39:44 +0530 To him who with concentration of mind meditates on you, You stabilize the mind and take away the mental confusion and make him fully determined and show the way, Oh God, praised by Thyagaraja. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/saintthyagaraja/endhukoneemanasu.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/saintthyagaraja/endhukoneemanasu.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:39:27 +0530 Oh Rama, without attachments do not ignore me like this. Oh God who looks after those surrendering to you, Oh God who is most divine, I have faith in your Tharaka name, I have been requesting you as one who lives in Thyagaraja's heart and day and night I have entreated you as my only heaven. Still your mind does not melt. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gopalakrishnabharathi/mathadellamporuppen.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gopalakrishnabharathi/mathadellamporuppen.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:21:08 +0530 I would tolerate every thing else, I would grant them salvation. I would not tolerate if you trouble my devotee. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gopalakrishnabharathi/namakkinibhayamethu.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gopalakrishnabharathi/namakkinibhayamethu.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:17:47 +0530 From now on where is fear for us, when the Nataraja of Chidambaram is there. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gopalakrishnabharathi/thiuvadisharanam.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gopalakrishnabharathi/thiuvadisharanam.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:17:24 +0530 Oh Lord of the golden temple, do not push me again in the pit of rebirth and make me suffer. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gnbalasubramanyam/unaduadiyegathiendru.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/gnbalasubramanyam/unaduadiyegathiendru.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:16:21 +0530 I reached you thinking that your feet is my only support, Mother don't you know this truth, Oh Goddess of the whole world. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/shyamashastri/paramugamyenamma.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/shyamashastri/paramugamyenamma.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:16:48 +0530 Oh Goddess divine, Oh Goddess who cleans every one, Oh Goddess Bhavani, Oh Mother, in this world, I only believed you. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/shyamashastri/devimeenanethri.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/shyamashastri/devimeenanethri.html Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:17:05 +0530 Goddess with fish like eyes, come to protect me, please come, to protect me. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/sundaramurthimukhyaprana.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/sundaramurthimukhyaprana.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:58:31 +0530 The pretty Lord Hanuman came to our house, hearing the name of Rama, Hanuman came to our house. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/manmadanthai.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/manmadanthai.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:59:52 +0530 Mangalam to the husband of Goddess earth and Lakshmi, mangalam to him, who came as fish tortoise and another animal and to him who came later as a colorful boar, mangalam to Narasimha, who showers mercy on his devotees. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/dhyanametharume.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/dhyanametharume.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:59:33 +0530 Oh lord Rama, meditating about you would give wonderfully great joy. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/saintthyagaraja/chakkanirajamargamu.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/saintthyagaraja/chakkanirajamargamu.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:58:54 +0530 When there is a pretty royal highway, why travel in narrow streets, oh mind. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/chinnachinapaadamvaithu.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/chinnachinapaadamvaithu.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:59:18 +0530 Oh Kanna, please come step by step with your little feet. Oh Black coloured one, please come, come, come. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/babaranga.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/babaranga.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:36:30 +0530 Come, Come Ranga, who sleeps on a snake, who is pretty, shows mercy and is sung about. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/azhagaazhagaendruazhaithu.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/azhagaazhagaendruazhaithu.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:37:27 +0530 I came with folded hands calling, Oh Handsome one, Oh Handsome one, Oh God, who lives in Azhagar Koil. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/ayyanazhagan.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/ambujamkrishna/ayyanazhagan.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:37:06 +0530 Oh friend, I have started loving the Lord, who is pretty and king of the garden and mountain. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/anthakaradhootharige.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/purandaradasa/anthakaradhootharige.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:36:46 +0530 The messengers of god of death do not have any pity. Oh mind, so leave out thoughts and think about Lord Hari. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/aduvumcholluval.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/tamilkrithisother/aduvumcholluval.html Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:35:21 +0530 This is a padam. It is mainly used as a back ground music for a dance performance.The entire song is by a jealous woman whose friend is married by God Muthukumaraswamy of Vaitheeswaran koil. Unlike other songs, this is not a prayer. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/malayalamkrithis/ininamakkoru.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/malayalamkrithis/ininamakkoru.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:21:20 +0530 Oh mind, now we do not have any worries, it is now only joy forever. http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/swathithirunal/aliveniyenducheyvu.html http://www.celextel.org/carnaticmusickrithis/swathithirunal/aliveniyenducheyvu.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:17:57 +0530 Padmanabha with pretty eyes has not come even now. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit03/gitalesson0303.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit03/gitalesson0303.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:50:18 +0530 Surrendering does not mean that we become a slave to the teacher for the rest of our lives. It means, while the teacher is teaching, we listen without wondering if he is right. We should not do filtered listening, or in other words listen to only what we want to hear and reject what is not acceptable. http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit03/gitalesson0302.html http://www.celextel.org/lessonsonvedanta/bhagavadgitaa/gitaunit03/gitalesson0302.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:50:04 +0530 If one carefully observes the history and scrutinizes the personal lives of great achievers, it is possible to realize that it is impossible to solve the basic issue of feeling the discontentment or sense of incompleteness without external help.