Jīvana-dharma-yoga

Philosophy Oct 06, 2020

Jīvana-dharma-yoga: Introduction

[On the occasion of D V Gundappa’s forty-fifth death anniversary, Prekshaa is delighted to publish the first episode of a new series – a modern English translat...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Feb 09, 2021

Contemplation and Reasoning

Manana There is an element of truth that escapes words and can be discerned only through inner experience. That is the secret. Contemplation via considered ref...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Oct 10, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 5)

The summary is this. Daiva is hidden, a secret. It comes suddenly and unexpectedly, and cannot be grasped by the logic of causality. The word in Saṃskṛta is “āk...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Oct 17, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 6)

Let us look at Śrī Rāmānujācārya’s commentary for the above sūtra. The interpretations of the three schools of Vedanta differ from one another only in parts whe...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Oct 24, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 7)

There are three types of pleasure as well. yat-tadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme’mṛtopamam । tat-sukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasādajam ॥ BG 18.37...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Oct 31, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 8)

Impurities comprise impressions carried over from many lives, or natural temperaments — different tastes, wavering wants and infatuations, etc. Thus, the uncons...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 07, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 9)

In our times, the question of why is a brāhmaṇa given more importance has become more and more vociferous. The answer to that is in the description of the above...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 14, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 10)

While bringing up a baby, is one who feeds milk superior and one who cleans the cradle is inferior? Is the person who rocks the cradle superior to the one who t...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 21, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 11)

Qualities like truth and purity are not the special property of brahmins. They are to be practised by others as well. Why did we specially mention them as brahm...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Nov 29, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 12)

asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ | naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati || BG 18.49 The word naiṣkarmya is used repeatedly in t...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Dec 05, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 13)

The nature of aparigraha (non-acceptance of superfluous material wealth) is well described in the story of Uṣasti in the Chāndogyopaniṣad. Uṣasti was a brāhmaṇ...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Philosophy Dec 12, 2023

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 14)

In the phrase, īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānām, īśvara is not to be taken as the same as the absolute aspect of Parabrahma. Īśvaratva is an aspect or a state of Parabrahm...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi