Anand Utsav
It is out of sheer compassion that masters share their luminous presence with one and all, showering bliss, peace and wisdom. And this can be experienced by the one who opens his heart and let the presence pervade within, for in itself it secludes none. Darshan of beloved master is such a cascade that fills the heart with overwhelming love, inspires to tread the path with devotion and elevates one to the state of pure bliss. The featured single track ‘Darshan Diyan Maujaan’ celebrates this very gracious presence of the beloved master in the most beautiful way. It opens with the celebrative music ushering into mellifluous rendition by revered master Anandmurti Gurumaa singing the bliss of being in master’s presence - the presence that lifts the veil of ignorance and makes one experience the resplendent Self beyond the limits of body, mind, intellect, senses. Flow with this musical celebration and rejoice the master’s presence!
Beautifully composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya, enchantingly rendered by revered master Anandmurti Gurumaa, woven with the exquisite arrangement of music, this track brings you Shiva Panchakshara Stotra in the glory of Lord Shiva. Panchakshara literally means five syllables and here it refers to the sacred syllables, Na-Ma-Shi-Va-Ya, associated with the Shiva mantra Om Namah Shivaya. It has a deeper significance and profound interpretation to it. According to Yoga Vedanta tradition, the human body is made up of five elements and each of these syllables denotes its respective element. ‘Na’ consecrates Prithvi (the earth element), ‘Ma’ represents Jala (the water element), ‘Shi’ energizes Agni (the fire element), ‘Va’ vitalizes Vayu (the air element) and ‘Ya’ energizes Akasha (the space element). Thus chanting this powerful stotra with awareness energizes our bodily systems and bestows the experience of heightened calmness. Listen, chant along, enjoy this soothing stotra and experience the Shiva within!
Anandmurti Gurumaa
An awakened being, a
profound mystic and a contemporary master, Anandmurti Gurumaa is an exquisite synthesis of love and wisdom. Out
of sheer compassion she has been bestowing upon people the greatest gift ever viz. guiding them from dark
bondages of ignorance to the effulgence of liberating wisdom. Her pragmatic teachings are a great source of
guidance for innumerable people from all walks of life leading to the clarity of mind, facilitating harmonious
living and showing the way to rise above mundane lifestyle. She has extensively spoken on myriad subjects like
mind, meditation, emotions, health, indulgence, reality, God etc. and given erudite commentaries on numerous
scriptures including Srimad Bhagawad Gita, Sri Guru Gita, Gurbani to name a few. She has devised a vast array of
meditation methods to foster the growth of all those seeking to delve within, written several
books of wisdom and given remarkably in-depth eloquent discourses on numerous sages from diverse backgrounds –
then whether it is Buddha, Kabir or Rumi, Sikh Gurus, Sufi mystics or Zen masters, Meerabai, Sahajobai and the
list goes on. Her discourses, meditation retreats and workshops are held from time to time at different places
across the globe, open to every earnest seeker.
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A person who is wise learns from his mistakes but a fool never learns. He keeps on repeating the same mistake again and again and thus keeps suffering on account of his folly. While there is a chance that a sleeping person may be woken up but how to wake up a person who is in state of feigned sleep? Such is the state of ignorant ones. And such is the benevolence of great masters like Sri Adi Shankaracharya who continue to wake up the feign sleeping ignorant ones with their unique ways. Bhaja Govindam is one such awakening call, expressed in a beautiful poetic way, by Sri Adi Shankaracharya and profoundly explained by Sadgurudev Anandmurti Gurumaa. It is a timeless collection of thirty one enlightening shlokas imbued with the essence of Vedanta, supreme wisdom interspersed with the fragrance of devotion.
An interesting backdrop leads this poem. Once Sri Adi Shankaracharya passed by a Sanskrit scholar who was busy memorising the rules of Sanskrit grammar. He looked uneasy and tense. Observing the tension visible all over his face, Sri Adi Shankaracharya out of his sheer compassion responded in his most refined Sanskrit dialect and consequently a poem took shape. This spontaneous poem is aptly titled as Bhaja Govindam wherein Adi Shankaracharya conveys to the scholar that memorising rules will be of no use at the time of death. Thus he says, “O foolish man, sing the name of Govind”. This poem is appropriately applicable to our modern day to day living and offers well reasoned yet simple outlook towards life. The Bhaja Govindam is also aptly known as Moha Mudgara Stotra. Just as mudgal is used to beat the dirt out of clothes, similarly the Moha Mudgara Stotra is meant to ‘beat’ the ignorance out of us! For man is so attached to wealth, youth and prosperity, seldom does he realise that it all disappears in a flash at the time of death. The shlokas illustrate and reiterate that the only way possible to get out of this cycle of birth and death is to hold steadfast to the Divine Name. Here is an excellent opportunity to make every moment of life a blessing, to make every action of our lives divine. Contemplate upon these shlokas and assimilate into your heart the essence of Adi Shankaracharya’s Bhaja Govindam.
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