[Advaita-l] Tapas

[Sujal Upadhyay]

I got a quote about Tapas

Giving oblation to Him in each center, through the breath, is tapah. -
Paramshansa Hariharananda


OM

Sujal Upadhyay

"To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi

He who has faith has all
He who lacks faith, lacks all
It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Sujal Upadhyay <sujal.u at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pranams,
>
> As other members have given references from shruti-s and Shankara BhASya,
> we can say
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> 1. vAcyArtha: A process - nidhidhAsana, deep contemplation.
> 2. laxyArtha: Abide in Self, knowledge of Brahman.
>
> Tapas can be RAjasika, tAmasika or SAtvika. Here we have to take only
> SAttvik tapa, w.r.t BG 9.25
>
> यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।
> भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
>
> yānti dēvavratā dēvān pitṛnyānti pitṛvratāḥ.
> bhūtāni yānti bhūtējyā yānti madyājinō.pi mām..9.25..
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