Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Fulfill the purpose of Human birth


 

Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji camped for about three weeks in the Hyderabad area during His 2012 Vijaya Yatra.

In this Anugraha Bhashanam, the Jagadguru said that every Astika knows that this human birth, that is difficult to obtain, must be used properly. How must we live our lives? What will bring about our Shreyas? Our Shastras give detailed answers for these questions.

However, not everyone can study the Shastras to know the answers to these questions. Hence, Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada has given us the fundamental tenets of Vedanta succinctly in His works. For instance, we have to ever remember the following words of Sri Bhagavatpada:

त्यक्त्वा ममाहमिति बन्धकरे पदे द्वे
मानावमानसदृशाः समदर्शिनश्च।
कर्तारमन्यमवगम्य तदर्पितानि
कुर्वन्ति कर्मपरिपाकफलानि धन्याः॥

tyaktvā mamāhamiti bandhakare pade dve
mānāvamānasadṛśāḥ samadarśinaśca;
kartāramanyamavagamya tadarpitāni
kurvanti karmaparipākaphalāni dhanyāḥ.

 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names