29/03/2014

Meditation at dawn


प्रातः स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्वं
सच्चित्सुखं परमहंसगतिं तुरीय‍ं ।
यत-स्वप्न-जागर-सुषुप्तमवैति नित्यं
तद्ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं न च भूतसङ्घः ॥

pratah smarami hridi samsphuradatmatatvam
sacchitsukham paramahamsagatim turiyam |
yat-svapna-jagara-sushuptamavaiti nityam
tadbrahma nishkalamaham na cha bhutasanghah ||

At dawn, I meditate within my heart on the self-effulgent Atman, the existence-knowledge-bliss Absolute, the goal of the greatest ascetics, the transcendent and the eternal, who is beyond the states of waking, dream and sleep. I am verily that indivisible Brahman, and not the combination of material elements. -  Sri Sankaracharya: Pratah-smarana Stotra, 1



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