[Chaturamnaya] [advaitin] Jagadguru Speaks: Curb Craving, Cultivate Contentment

[sunil bhattacharjya]

Dear friends,

Can I post an inquiry? I was given to understand  that Dakshinamnaya math,
established by Adi Shankara,  was originally in Shimoga in Karnataka.
However, about seven hundred (700) years ago, there was an attack by the
muslim army.  That is why a branch math in a more secure place*:* Srngeri
was established, with the liberal help of the local king. The old Shimoga
math still stands today, in Shimoga.  I had the good fortune of visiting
both the Shimoga math and the Tunga-Shringeri math. If anybody has more
historical details, will he like to share that with us?

Secondly, the river passing by Shimoga math was called Bhdra-Tunga, in the
Mahabharata times, as the Mahabharata does mention 'Bhadra-tuga' river'.
Does anybody have any information as to when the name of the river was
changed to 'Tunga-Bhadra?

Kind regards,
Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM 'S Jayanarayanan' via advaitin <
advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:

> (Around the beginning of the month, a nugget of Wisdom from the Jagadguru
> may be posted
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> The srutis that expound our sanatana dharma show man the
> path of sreyas. Next in importance to the srutis are the smritis,
> itihasas and puranas. There are a number of useful precepts and
> morals that man has to know through them.
>
> One of them is curbing excess desires. “An avaricious man
> with endless desires comes to ruin” is the message often
> conveyed either directly or indirectly through many
> illustrations and anecdotes in our scriptures.
>
> Man can never be happy by submitting himself to the
> demands of his throbbing desires. As the fields of sense
> gratification and desires are inexhaustible, fulfilling each of
> them and then attaining satisfaction is impossible.
>
> A desire fulfilled gives rise to a host of new ones. Thus, a
> man will always be tormented by the insatiable list, and
> peace would elude him till the end. Our scriptures advise
> thus:
>
> या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्जीर्यतो या न जीर्यते |
> तां तृष्णां दुःखनिवहां शर्मकामो द्रुतं त्यजेत्‌ |
>
> The wise man seeking peace should give up, at the earliest,
> those desires which a dissolute person would find it hard to
> abandon, and those which do not abate even in the face of
> infirmity and thus become insatiable by their very nature.
> It is the essence of prudence to understand the traps in
> the form of desires before one succumbs to them.
> May everyone understand this well and lead a peaceful
> and purposeful life.
>
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