fourth set of question and answer by shankara
Posted 3rd June 2008 at 10:27 PM by sunkan
Verse 16 - Meaning:
Q: What should one always think of (in his mind) throughout day and night ? (kahar nisam anu-cintya)
A: About the non-permanance of the worldly and materialistic life and certainly not about thoughts that give sexual excitement.
Q: What should be one's favorite duty in life ?
A: Being kind to all the suffering living beings and making friendship with the honest and holy men. (karuna - diineshu, saj-jana maitri ) [karuna-kindness; diina - suffering ones; maitri-friendhip]
Verse 17 - Meaning:
Q: What kind of people cannot be put in the right course of life even by force?
A: The habitual rowdy, the one who is always doubtful of everything, the irreversibly pessimistic and the ungrateful ones.
Verse 18 - Meaning:
Q: Who is a sadhu (a virtuous person) ? (kah sadhuh)
A: That one who is full of good character. (sad vrttah)
Q: Who is the most inferior man ?
A: That one who is of bad character.
Q: Who can conquer the entire world ?
A: That one who is truthful (satya) and patient (titiksaavata) .
Verse 19 - Meaning:
Q: Who is praised even by the celestial ones (the devas) ?
A: That one who is full of kindness and mercy. (dayaa-pradhaanaaya)
Q: What should cause fright in one ?
A: The sight (or even thought) of the forest of samsaara , if one is a man of chastened understanding.
Verse 20 - Meaning:
Q: To whom do all living beings submit and obey ?
A: To that one whose speak is truthful and full of mercy, and who has humility.
Q: Where should one establish oneself ?
A: In the path that is righteous and that yields benefits here and in the hereafter (during and after this worldly life).
Q: What should one always think of (in his mind) throughout day and night ? (kahar nisam anu-cintya)
A: About the non-permanance of the worldly and materialistic life and certainly not about thoughts that give sexual excitement.
Q: What should be one's favorite duty in life ?
A: Being kind to all the suffering living beings and making friendship with the honest and holy men. (karuna - diineshu, saj-jana maitri ) [karuna-kindness; diina - suffering ones; maitri-friendhip]
Verse 17 - Meaning:
Q: What kind of people cannot be put in the right course of life even by force?
A: The habitual rowdy, the one who is always doubtful of everything, the irreversibly pessimistic and the ungrateful ones.
Verse 18 - Meaning:
Q: Who is a sadhu (a virtuous person) ? (kah sadhuh)
A: That one who is full of good character. (sad vrttah)
Q: Who is the most inferior man ?
A: That one who is of bad character.
Q: Who can conquer the entire world ?
A: That one who is truthful (satya) and patient (titiksaavata) .
Verse 19 - Meaning:
Q: Who is praised even by the celestial ones (the devas) ?
A: That one who is full of kindness and mercy. (dayaa-pradhaanaaya)
Q: What should cause fright in one ?
A: The sight (or even thought) of the forest of samsaara , if one is a man of chastened understanding.
Verse 20 - Meaning:
Q: To whom do all living beings submit and obey ?
A: To that one whose speak is truthful and full of mercy, and who has humility.
Q: Where should one establish oneself ?
A: In the path that is righteous and that yields benefits here and in the hereafter (during and after this worldly life).
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My dear sundari
My dear sundari,
You are doing a great sevice.It is wonderful to read shri.sankaracaharya's words.But one has to ponder over each and every line that has been written and one's whole life is not enough to understand his one word.
I compliment you my friend for giving us these wonderful thoughts of a great sage.
love
mithila kannanPosted 21st July 2008 at 09:36 PM by mithila kannan
