Post No. 11,395
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Kanchi Shankaracharya (1894-1994), popularly known as Paramaachaaryaa, stayed in Madras (Chennai) for over one year and lectured everyday.
Festival days – 8-Guru Nanak Jayanti, Chandra Graahana; 14- Children’s Day; 21, 28 Sangaabishekam to Lord Siva (Chanka= Conch shell); 23- Sri Sathya Sai Baba Birth day.
Full moon day/Purnima- 8; Full moon day/Amavasyai- New Moon-23; Ekadasi Fasting Days- 4 and 19
Auspicious Days- 11,14, 20,
November 1 Tuesday
We are incompetent to express in words the wonders of God. So, the praise of God will never become an exaggeration. A Guru also stands in the same position.
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November 2 Wednesday
Those who lived in the time of the great saints like Manickavavasagar and Andal were really blessed.
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November 3 Thursday
According to tradition , our Bhaaratadesa was originally divided into 56 kingdoms. The Bhagavata purana speaks of the Saptadveepas and of the Vedas having been current in all of them.
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November 4 Friday
It is your duty to treasure Vedic mantras in your heart and observe the prescribed anushtanas in a spirit of dedication to God. This will ensure individual and national prosperity and happiness, and also peace and goodwill on earth.
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November 5 Saturday
Veda is the basis of all knowledge. Vedic knowledge will ensure that people adhere to the path of righteousness.
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November 6 Sunday
The unique feature of India is that she has given an asylum to all the religions of the world. India has a place even for those who deny God.
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November 7 Monday
It has been enjoyed that a Sanyasi/ascetic should not remain in one place for any length of time. He has to be a wandering mendicant (parivraajaka)
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November 8 Tuesday
The founders of all religions have a common purpose, namely, to help the souls of the followers to find an eternal bliss and rest, i.e. salvation.
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November 9 Wednesday
I will suggest that , after having written a book on any saastra, its author should go to a scholar upholding a different view, obtain his criticisms and include them in the publication. That way, a healthy cooperative enterprise in scholarship will grow.
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November 10 Thursday
There is no Agni for the Sanyaasa aasrama. That is why they do not perform any Homa (sacrifice in fire).
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November 11 Friday
The best propagandist for Hindu religion is the Hindu who lives by its tenets. It is on account of such great men that our religion survives even today.
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November 12 Saturday
Another significant feature of our religion that it has no name, but at one time no other religion existed. When other religions came into existence, they were called by the names of their founders, to distinguish from the prevailing Vedic religion.
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November 13 Sunday
The maximum amount of right and ennobling pleasures will be vouchsafed to us if we surrender ourselves at the feet of God.
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November 14 Monday
Only the best and the purest should be offered to God and nothing should be enjoyed which is not offered to god.
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November 15 Tuesday
We have the rare privilege of being born as human beings and we desire to live happily in the world. Pain and sorrow, trials and tribulations, these provide the incentive to think about the course of our lives, about the causes of our griefs and the way to overcome them
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November 16 Wednesday
The strength of a religion does not lie in the numbers of those who practise it; but in the conduct of those who practise it.
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November 17 Thursday
The special feature of the Hindu religion is that there is no sanction in the sastras for proselytization. But other religions believe in conversion.
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November 18 Friday
There is evidence to show that the Vedic religion is the most ancient religion and was once current in most parts of the world.
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November 19 Saturday
Ours is a purely religion of the individual . When an individual perfects himself, his example will be emulated by others.
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November 20 Sunday
The true prayer is not for getting relief from suffering , but for keeping out evil thought from the mind and for making good thoughts always dwell there.
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November 21 Monday
If we purify ourselves through prayer, meditation, and other forms of discipline, enjoyed by our religion, Love, that is God, will dwell in our hearts and direct our deeds. That will give us the enlightenment to realise the oneness of the Seer and Seen.
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November 22 Tuesday
Living examples of such realised souls will help our religion to withstand all vicissitudes and promote universal welfare.
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November 23 Wednesday
Spiritual discipline is as rigorous as military discipline. If we really want to fulfil the purpose of our life, we must subject our lives to that discipline.
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November 24 Thursday
Who is Sri Sankara? He is lokasankarah; he makes for the welfare of the whole world. He is Siva Himself. Sivam means auspiciousness, what is propitious.
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November 25 Friday
Maunam is the attribute of a Muni. But the ordinary meaning of this word is silence. Our dharma sastras have prescribed the observance of Maunam on various occasions.
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November 26 Saturday
Maunam is an important method of worshipping God. Maunam in this context does not mean merely silence. It is also the process of keeping the mind free from all thoughts.
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November 27 Sunday
The Reformists condemn acharas without caring to understand their significance, purpose and effect. It is like condemning a language even before learning it.
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November 28 Monday
All the religions guide us towards salvation, the ultimate goal of life. In fundamentals like, devotion to God, speaking the truth and helping others, there is no difference between one and religion and another.
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November 29 Tuesday
We believe if a person faithfully follows the teachings of his religion, he will obtain salvation, which is the goal pointed out by all religions
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November 30 Wednesday
And so, in the craze for a false equality, let us not obliterate every difference. Do not twist the scriptures to suit your views. Understand it properly and act accordingly.
–subham—
Acharya’s Call
These quotations are taken from “Acharya’s Call”, Part Two containing his Madras Lectures between 1957 and 1959; B G Paul Company, 1968
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WHAT I HAVE LEARNT FROM MY FATHER V.SANTANAM, NEWS EDITOR, DINAMANI, MADURAI? HE WAS A GREAT COLLECTOR OF BOOKS. HE LEFT US NOTHING BUT 6000 BOOKS. NOW WE GET DEIVATHIN KURAL IN 7 VOLUMES IN TAMIL WITH KANCHI PARAMACHARYA’S (1894-1994) LECTURES. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF RA. GANAPATHY DID NOT DO THIS EXCELLENT JOB? NO WORRIES. MY FATHER COLLECTED ALL HIS TALKS PUBLISHED BY B G PAUL COMPANY AND KAMAKOTI PRADHISTANAM. BOTH IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH. WE ALL KNOW KALKI MAGAZINE ALSO PUBLISHED HIS TALKS EVERY WEEK. BUT I HAVE HIS FULL ENGLISH AND TAMIL LECTURES, THANKS TO MY FATHER. HE WAS A GREAT ENTHUSIAST IN PRESERVING BOOKS. LOT OF MONEY WAS SPENT IN BINDING THE BOOKS AND PUTTING WRAPPERS. HE WOULD SPEND HOURS IN DECORATING THE BOOKS; HE WAS ALSO VERY FOND OF WRITING THE TITLE OF THE BOOKS ON THE WRAPPER AND HIS SIGNATURE IN THE FIRST PAGE. MANY OF THE VOLUMES CONTAIN HIS HIGHLING MARKS ON THE PAGES. THAT SHOWED HE READ EVERY BIT OF IT. HERE IS ONE SUCH VOLUME.
Now I am also putting different coloured covers /wrapper for the books and writing the title.
–Subham–
Tags- Kanchi, Paramacharya, Quotations, Golden sayings, Acharya’s Call
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