Shiv Sutra

What is the root cause of unhappiness? Why strength is necessary for liberation? Why ego can not reflect on itself?

Even when you want to worship Shiva, you only worship him with his eyes half-closed, deeply absorbed in meditation. You do not want to look at the tāṇḍava mudra (dance of destruction form) of Shiva. Yes, there are a few temples, there are some infrequent references, but largely you do…

प्रश्नकर्ता: शिवमय होना क्या है?

आचार्य प्रशांत: बहुत मुस्कुरा रहे हो बेटा! यही होता है शिवमय होना। पूछ रहे हैं कि “शिवमय होना क्या होता है?” यही है, सोमस्त हो जाओ। सोम जानते हो न क्या होता है, क्या होता है? ख़ुमार; सोमस्त हो जाओ, यही होता है शिवमय होना।…

प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, आपको सुनने से पहले मैं एक भजन सुनता था उसमें बोलते थे कि "सिर से तेरी बहती गंगा, काम मेरा हो जाता चंगा, नाम तेरा जब लेता।" तो भजन सुनते-सुनते मुझे लगता था कि मैं महादेव के कुछ नज़दीक हो गया हूँ और अब मेरा काम चंगा…

प्रश्नकर्ता: शिवलिंग क्या है? इसकी पूजा क्यों की जाती है?

आचार्य प्रशांत: लिंग का जो आध्यात्मिक अर्थ है वो प्रतीक और प्रमाण दोनों होता है। लिंग माने प्रतीक और लिंग माने प्रमाण और इन्हीं दोनों अर्थों के कारण शिवलिंग पूजनीय होता है। एक अर्थ में शिवलिंग द्योतक होता है निराकार…

प्रश्नकर्ता: नमस्कार आचार्य जी, अन्यथा समाज में अगर कोई अंधविश्वास फैलता है तो वो जान तो नहीं लेता, आंतरिक रूप से मार देता है पर किसी का शरीर तो नहीं हरता। अगर कोरोना वायरस से उठ रही इस वैश्विक महामारी के समय में कोई अंधविश्वास फैल रहा है तो वो…

आचार्य प्रशांत (आचार्य): तुलसीदास उल्लेख करते हैं एक स्थान पर, वहीं से प्रश्नकर्ता ने ये सवाल रखा है: उल्लेख ये है कि ब्रह्मा जी पार्वती जी से शिकायत कर रहे हैं कि शिव आगा-पीछा देखे बिना, विचारे बिना, दान करते रहते हैं। इतना दान दे देते हैं कि उनके पास…

प्रश्नकर्ता (प्र): शिव और शंकर में क्या अंतर है?

आचार्य प्रशांत (आचार्य): आम जनमानस में, आम मन में तो ये एक ही हैं—शिव बोलो कि शंकर बोलो कि भोलेनाथ बोलो कि कैलाशपति बोलो। सहस्त्रों नाम हैं। इनको आप एक ही कह देते हैं। पर अध्यात्म की दुनिया में बाकी सारे…

अचार्य प्रशांत: वास्तव में जब शिव और शक्ति का निरूपण किया जाता है चित्रों में तो बड़े भ्रामक तरीके से किया जाता है। यूँ दिखा दिया जाता है—आपने अर्धनारीश्वर की मुद्राएँ देखी होंगी कि आधे शिव हैं और आधी शक्ति। यह बात बचकानी है। शक्ति ही शक्ति हैं, शिव कहीं…

अपने पर्व पर मुझे जन्म दिया लगा मुझे मैं कृतकृत्य हुआ

पर जैसे-जैसे समझ बढ़ी वैसे-वैसे प्रश्न उठा जो जगत तुमसे ही छल करता उसमें मुझे भेजा क्यों भला

जिस संसार में दुर्पयुक्त होता तुम्हारा ही निशान है उस संसार में बोलो फिर मेरा क्या स्थान है?

हे अचिन्त्य!

देखो…

प्रश्नकर्ता (प्र): नमस्कार अचार्य जी, आज महाशिवरात्रि है तो महादेव के बारे में कुछ बता दीजिए कि कैसे उनसे हमारी सभ्यता जुड़ी हुई है और कैसे हम मानवों के लिए वे भगवान हैं? किस तरह से वे हमारे लिए उपयोगी हैं? हमें इस तरह से बता दीजिए कि आज ही…

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तभेदे तुर्याभोग्सम्भवः। (1.7)

Knowing what looks like, as the difference between the three states of consciousness, one finds himself located in the joy of the fourth.

This is a little technical, so we will have to…

This is state of consciousness (pointing towards the whole surroundings). This is Jagrati; the…

Acharya Prashant: Shiv Sutras are the basic, canonical aphorisms of Advait. They come from a ninth century sage called Vasugupt from Kashmir. Very brief, very secant, they contain everything that there is to the understanding of non-duality. The first sutra says:

Chaitanyam aatma

Consciousness is the Self.

If we go…

“अविवेको मायासौषुप्तम्”

(Unconsciousness and lack of self-awareness create the illusion of deep sleep)

~Shiva Sutra (1.10)

Acharya Prashant: Tenth Sutra, “अविवेको मायासौषुप्तम्” – Unconsciousness and lack of self-awareness create the illusion of deep sleep. That which we called as ‘deep sleep’ is the final…

The source and the manifestation-the progeny

and the material, the body

and the actions of the body-the kala,

are all one.

Shiv Sutra(1.3)

Acharya Prashant: The source and the manifestation-the progeny and the material, the body and the actions of the body-the kala, are all one.

The ‘source’ refers to…

“Knowledge is Bondage“

~Shiv Sutra(1.2)

Acharya Prashant: Second sutra says, “Knowledge is bondage.” To know too much is hell!

Listener 1: Ignorance is bliss!

A.P: Ignorance does not exist; only knowledge exists. Great knowledge is called ignorance. When you know a lot, then you are called ignorant. There is nothing…

ज्ञानाधिष्ठानं मातृका

Translation: The basis, the foundation, the substratum of consciousness, which is knowledge, is the mother, the origin.

~ Shiva Sutra: (1.4)

Acharya Prashant: Atman is the mother of mind.

Awareness is the mother of consciousness.

The Source is the Atman.

The manifestation is Prakriti.

Prakriti — this existence,…

प्रयत्न साधक:

~ शिव सूत्र

प्रश्नकर्ता: सर, प्रयत्न क्या और साधक कौन?

आचार्य प्रशांत: “प्रयत्न साधकः”

यत्न में हम सब उद्यत रहते हैं। हमारे सारे यत्न भूलने से उपजते हैं। विस्मृत कर देते हैं कि हम हैं कौन, क्या हमारा स्वभाव है और क्या हमें उपलब्ध ही है। ज्यों ये…

Acharya Prashant says:\n“If you wouldn’t call this foeticide, then what would you call it? When an unborn child is killed in the womb, you consider it wrong—you call it a sin, a crime. But what do you call the way we are killing ourselves from within? Not allowing the self to manifest is suicide.”\n

ग्रेटर नोएडा। जीबीयू में आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में पहुंचे आचार्य प्रशांत ने कहा कि महाशिवरात्रि केवल अनुष्ठान का पर्व नहीं, बल्कि यह मनुष्य को अपने भीतर झांकने के लिए प्रेरित करती है। उन्होंने कहा कि शिव को केवल मूर्ति या रूप में सीमित कर देना उनकी व्यापकता को संकुचित करना…

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Questioner(Q): What is the process of clarity? Is it just listening with immersion and no resistance? What is Truth? How we decide it?

Acharya Prashant (AP): Listening without effort, plus if there is Truth in what you hear, there is change and transformation, and that Truth becomes the master. We…

अध्यात्म की रोशनी जीवन के हर क्षेत्र पर पड़ती है, तो राजनीति पर भी पड़ेगी ही पड़ेगी। ऐसा कुछ नहीं है कि आध्यात्मिक आदमी राजनीति के प्रति अंधा हो जाता है। बल्कि हक़ीक़त तो यह है कि राजनीति को आध्यात्मिक लोगों की बहुत सख़्त ज़रूरत है, क्योंकि राजनेता ताक़त की ऐसी गद्दियों पर बैठते हैं, जहाँ से वो आपके जीवन को बहुत तरीके से प्रभावित करते हैं। राजनेता अगर आध्यात्मिक नहीं है, तो देश रसातल में जाएगा। राजनीति त्यागनी नहीं है, सही राजनीति करनी है।https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles/raajneeti-mein-adhyatm-kyon-zaroori-1_795988a15

How did the Buddha look then? Who is the Buddha? Let’s try to understand with the story of Gautama Buddha, The ‘Shakya Muni Buddha’ as we call him. So, who was he? Let’s look at his central characteristics. One, someone who is well versed in the knowledge of his time. Buddha had deep scriptural knowledge. He was born in a Hindu Kshatriya family, he was a prince and ever since his childhood he was quite talented. So, one thing about him is that he was quite well-read. Second thing is, he was deeply interested in knowing the depths of life. He did not want to remain merely at the superficial levels, so he would observe a lot, he would think a lot. https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles/todays-buddha-1_4d1b6bf

"I am fully in support of learning in all ways from everywhere and everybody but I am not at all in support of foolishness and hypocrisy. Get the difference please. I am absolutely in support of learning from wherever it is possible to learn but I am not at all in support of using the various avenues to learn to not to learn."

The woman is simpler, more innocent. I would dare to say the woman is simple and innocent just as animals are, because woman, just like animals, is biology-driven. She is emotional, and her emotions do not really arise from understanding, not even from intellect. Her emotions arise from her body, from her biological conditioning, from her hormones.

अब देखिएगा, क्या हो रहा है। कोई कृतज्ञ कब अनुभव करेगा? जब पहले उसकी हालत ख़राब हो और कोई बचाए। आपके भीतर अभी यह इच्छा शेष है कि आप कृतज्ञ अनुभव करती रहें और कृतज्ञता अनुभव करने के लिए ज़रूरी है कि कुछ गड़बड़ हो और फिर उस गड़बड़ से आप उबार ली जाएँ। तो फिर आप कृतज्ञ अनुभव करेंगी कि, अरे, मेरा सौभाग्य कि मुझे किसी ने बचा लिया।

Now, mind is movement, right? Why does the mind move at all? The mind wants to reach somewhere. Where does the mind want to reach? Is that place within the mind? The mind wants to reach somewhere. Every thought, every action, every motivation, every emotion rides on a desire, is…

श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्पर: संयतेन्द्रिय: | ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति || ४, ३९ || जितेन्द्रिय, साधनापरायण और श्रद्धावान मनुष्य ज्ञान को प्राप्त होता है तथा ज्ञान को प्राप्त होकर वह बिना विलम्ब के तत्काल ही भगवत्प्राप्तिरूप शान्ति को प्राप्त हो जाता है। —श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता, अध्याय ४, श्लोक ३९प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी,…

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\n\n29 अप्रैल से 1 मई, 2022 तक आयोजित हुए वेदांत महोत्सव के एक प्रतिभागी की प्रेरणास्पद कहानी\n\nमेरा नाम राकेश कुमार है। मैं कानपुर नगर से हूँ। पिछले चार माह से मैं हर…

When does one finish being a student? When the resistance to being a student is finished.

Who is the teacher? The teacher is the most obedient and voluntary of all students. The teacher is not a non-student; the teacher is the first student, the best student, the most voluntary student.…

Hurt is not automatic. Somewhere there is an admission from you that you are hurt, and that you would be hurt, and that you would call yourself as hurt. Don’t call yourself as hurt, and see what happens.

Hurt is not an obligation. Hurt is a choice. Insecurity, fear, temptations—none…

Let nobody say that he or she is making the right choices in life because she does not know. We all know. We prefer to suppress the inner knowledge. It’s an inner conspiracy against ourselves, just because we want to continue enjoying certain privileges in life—certain physical privileges, material privileges,…

When you don’t operate from a spiritual center, then you operate from an emotional center. These emotions are causing this climate change. You are so emotional about that next foreign holiday, right? That is carbon intensive. You are so emotional about having a good, nice nest of your own—that is…

Man has the capacity to choose, and man must take responsibility of how he is living his life, what he has turned the Earth into.

In fact, I feel impelled to say this: When I was in the process of quitting my corporate career and moving to teaching, I was…

Emotions, they can do whatever they want to do. It doesn’t matter how I am feeling. What matters is what I must do.

Ask yourself: Had you not been feeling this way or that way, what would have you done? And you will get a very good answer.

When you…

Pay attention to all your thoughts, emotions, actions. Something unknown is waiting there for you. Most people know nothing about themselves.

If you are angry, it tells you that there is something within you that is resisting the world now. Why is it resisting the world? Go into it. Try…

“Why are women so emotional? If we are saying that it is okay for a man to be emotional, there is an implicit assumption that men are not emotional but women are.”

Both are. It’s just that both express their emotionality in different ways. Inner urges, latent tendencies in women…

Man wants progress, and progress means an ascension, an elevation. It is as if man wants to be elevated to some high sky. That’s what you say, right? “I am rising up, I am progressing.” What is the intention of this tendency to keep progressing? The intention is to progress…

“Enjoy the moment! Go with the flow!” What is that flow? Where is it coming from? Why should I go with it? Why don’t you just pause and ask, which flow are we talking of?

The tsunamis are coming to take you away, and the great master is teaching you:…

We all have arguments in favor of our weaknesses, no?

“What do I do? I am just a kid.”

“What do I do? I don’t have the right background.”

“What do I do? I am just twenty years old.”

“What do I do? Nobody helps me.”

“What do I do?…

There is a kind of entrepreneurship that says, start the company, see which sectors are hot and booming, and when you reach a certain stage after n rounds of funding, sell it off and add a few more zeroes to your personal bank balance. That’s one kind of entrepreneurship. It…

The shopkeeper’s business is to sell his goods, and that’s what most gurus of today are: they have to sell their goods. When that is what you want to do, how can you afford to antagonize a big chunk of the population? And you would never, never do that if…

The situation of Krishna reflects the situation of every real teacher. You have to pull up the one lying in dirt and make him fight the highest battle. You don’t merely have to polish and shine an already existing ornament in gold; the task of the teacher is to take…

Channelize your desire. You must know what you are really hungry for. Your central and primary desire is not sex. Sex may appear overpowering, tempting, but that is really not what you ultimately want. Figure out what you really must have, and then sex will be assigned automatically, inwardly, its…

“Why do you want to follow their science? We will follow our science!” This kind of thing too you are hearing these days, no? This science and that science, as if there are multiple sciences all opposed to each other. Spiritual sciences! What kind of foolishness is this? Pandit-ji is…