{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/dast/dast03.htm","path":"hin/dast/dast03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/dast/dast03.htm","text":"Dakshinamurti Stotra, translated by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, [1920]\nI. SANKARACHARYA'S DAKSHINAMURTI STOTRA AND SURESVARACHARYA'S MANASOLLASA WITH COMMENTS\nINTRODUCTION\nPara. 1. Love of God and Guru, the keynote of all revealed religions\u20142. Man's highest end\u20143. Man's evolution as an individual\u20144. Necessity for Revelation\u20145. Devotion to Guru necessary\u20146\u20137. Karmakanda and its lesson\u20138. Upasana-kanda and its lessons\u20149. Jnana-kanda\u201410\u201311. Devotion and knowledge\u201412. Origin and growth of Philosophy\u201413. Rise of Materialism\u201414. Intellectual speculation, orthodox and heterodox\u201415. Orthodox methods of intellectual speculation\u201416. The Tarkika's tenets\u201417. The Sankhya Doctrine\u201418. Buddhistic Doctrine\u201419. Doctrine of the Arhats\u201420. Reaction against pure intellectual speculation\u201421. Right method of interpreting the Veda\u201422. The Mimamsa Doctrine\u201423. The Vedanta and its several schools\u201424\u201325. The Advaita Doctrine\u201426. Absolute unity of the Self and Brahman taught in the Upanishads\u201427. Distinction between Jiva and Isvara is due to Maya\u201428. Jiva is one with I\u2019svara\u201429. A\u2019tman, the material cause of the universe\u201430. A\u2019tman, the one Existence\u201431. Maya and Vidya\u201432. Maya defined\u201433. Yoga necessary for self-realisation\u201434\u201335. Substantial agreement among philosophers as to the essential nature of A\u2019tman and the unreality of the universe\u201436. Conclusion.\npp. xix\u2013lxxv.\nChapter I.\nA\u2019tman as the Ego\nFirst Stanza of the Hymn\u2014The purpose of the Hymn\u2014The fundamental questions\u2014The Universe exists in the Self The Universe shines by the light of the Self-Realisation of Non-duality\u2014A\u2019tman as I\u2019svara and Jiva\u2014I\u2019svara is the Self in all\u2014I\u2019svara's consciousness is one and self-luminous\u2014I\u2019svara's activity\u2014I\u2019svara and Jiva differentiated by Upadhi\u2014All differentiation due to Maya. pp. 1\u201316\nChapter II\nA\u2019tman as the First Cause\nSecond Stanza of the Hymn\u2014Vaiseshika's Atomic theory\u2014Vaiseshika's threefold cause\u2014The Sankhya Theory\u2014Refutation of the Atomic Theory\u2014The Theory of Illusion\u2014Intelligence and activity inhere only in the Sentient\u2014The Vaiseshika's categories\u2014The Sankhya's categories\u2014The twenty-four Principles of the Theistic Sankhya\u2014The twenty-four Principles of the Atheistic Sankhya\u2014The Thirty Principles of the Pauranikas\u2014The thirty-six Principles of S\u2019aivagama\u2014Vedic Doctrine of Maya\u2014I\u2019svara is not a mere efficient cause. pp. 17\u201352\nChapter III\nUnity of A\u2019tman\nThird Stanza of the Hymn\u2014Absolute unity of A\u2019tman\u2014Avidya, the cause of delusion\u2014The body separates\n[paragraph continues] Jiva from I\u2019svara\u2014Their unity taught in the S\u2019ruti \"That thou art\"\u2014The S\u2019ruti points to no sort of distinction between Jiva and I\u2019svara\u2014A\u2019tman identified with the body, etc, by ignorance\u2014A\u2019tman's manifestation in the five Kosas\u2014Jiva and I\u2019svara one in essence\u2014Realisation of A\u2019tman's unity leads to Liberation. pp. 53\u201373\nChapter IV\nA\u2019tman the one Existence and Light\nFourth Stanza of the Hymn\u2014Objection to the Vedic doctrine of the one Existence and Light\u2014External objects have no existence and light of their own\u2014I\u2019svara cognises and acts through Upadhi\u2014The organ of cognition\u2014Nadis, the vehicles of the sense-organs\u2014Jagrat state\u2014Svapna\u2014Sushupti\u2014A\u2019tman is ever Sat-Chit-A\u2019nanda\u2014I\u2019svara, the one Light and Existence\u2014I\u2019svara as the Ego. pp. 74\u201395\nChapter V\nFalse Personations of A\u2019tman\nFifth Stanza of the Hymn\u2014A\u2019tman identified with the physical body\u2014A\u2019tman identified with Prana\u2014A\u2019tman identified with sense-organs\u2014The body, etc., cannot be A\u2019tman\u2014Why the body is not A\u2019tman\u2014Why the sense-organs cannot be A\u2019tman\u2014Why Prana is not A\u2019tman\u2014Why Buddhi is not A\u2019tman\u2014Why the aggregate of the body, etc. is not A\u2019tman\u2014A\u2019tman is all-pervading\u2014The Illusion. pp. 96\u2013113\nChapter VI\nA\u2019tman the Eternal Existence\nSixth Stanza of the Hymn Buddhistic\u2014Nihilism (Sunyavada)\u2014Refutation of Nihilism\u2014Refutation of the doctrine of the five Skandhas\u2014Pratyabhijna is no illusion\u2014A\u2019tman's continuous existence, A\u2019tman's true nature. pp. 114\u2013130\nChapter VII\nA\u2019tman the Eternal Light\nSeventh Stanza of the Hymn\u2014Authority of Pratyabhijna questioned\u2014Pratyabhijnana explained as a proof of A\u2019tman's eternality\u2014Adhyasa or Illusion. pp. 131\u2013148\nChapter VIII\nMaya\nEighth Stanza of the Hymn\u2014What is Bondage, Liberation and Maya?\u2014All experience is a fiction\u2014Meaning of \"Mithya\"\u2014Truth taught through fiction\u2014Maya nullified by knowledge\u2014Maya defined\u2014Moksha is the eradication of Maya. pp. 149\u2013158\nChapter IX\nDevotion to I\u2019svara\nNinth Stanza of the Hymn Maya ceases by Devotion\u2014Devotion to Isvara in His visible forms Unity of Macrocosm and Microcosm\u2014Devotion to I\u2019svara\nin the Microcosm leads to unity with the Macrocosm\u2014Correspondences between Macrocosm and Microcosm, as to Earth, Water, Fire or Light, Air, A\u2019kasa, the Sun, the Moon and the Soul\u2014Samanaska-Yoga leads to the Amanaska\u2014The eight steps of Yoga: (1) Yama, (2) Niyama, (3) A\u2019sana, (4) Pranayama, (5) Pratyahara, (6) Dharana, (7) Dhyana, (8) Samadhi\u2014Yoga, necessary for steadiness of Manas and Prana\u2014Lambika-Yoga\u2014Signs of perfection in Yoga I\u2019svara's manifestation in Yoga\u2014Manifestation of Pranava in Yoga\u2014The Grace of God and Guru necessary. pp. 159\u2013179\nChapter X\nPerfection\nTenth Stanza of the Hymn\u2014The Highest end\u2014The Eight Siddhis\u2014Glory of the Divine Contemplation\u2014Love of God and Guru necessary for Wisdom. pp. 180\u2013189\nII. SURESVARCHARYA'S PRANAVA VARTIKA\nPurpose of the tract\u2014The Avyakrita\u2014the Sutra or Hiranyagarbha. The three aspects of manifested Brahman\u2014Visva and his unity with the Viraj\u2014Taijasa and his unity with the Hiranyagarbha\u2014Prajna and his unity with I\u2019svara\u2014The One Reality\u2014Contemplation of A\u2019tman by Pranava\u2014Jivan-mukti\u2014Conclusion. pp. 190\u2013209\nIII. DAKSHINAMURTI-UPANISHAD\npp. 210","title":"Dakshinamurti Stotra: Contents","type":"page"}