Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Kumbhabhisheka at Goddess Sharada temple, Sringeri Math, Girinagar

 

April 13, 2007

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Jagadguru worshipping Goddess Sharada at Girinagar

The Jagadguru performed the Kumbhabhisheka at the Sringeri Shankara Math in Girinagar on 12th April 2007. The Girinagar branch of the Peetham was founded about a decade ago with the installation of Goddess Sharada temple on 24th February 1995. After the Brahma Kalasa abhisheka, the Jagadguru blessed the gathering with an Anugraha Bhashana stressing the importance of Jnana. The Lord has said in the Bhagavad Gita “nahi jnaanena sadrusham pavitram iha vidyate” – There exists nothing as pure and exalted as knowledge.

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Jagadguru performs Kumbhabhisheka at Girinagar Shankara Math temple

If we pose the question “What must be achieved in one’s life?”, the answer could be many – wealth, authority, fame etc. However there could be no better answer to this question than “It is knowledge that must be achieved”. Accumulation of wealth, attainment of power and fame only lead to sorrow, because even after accumulation, one has to strive to safeguard the wealth or position. Only knowledge will result in the fulfilment of one’s life.

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  • Just as in this body, the embodied one passes through boyhood, youth, and old age, so does one pass into another body. With reference to this (birth, aging and death), the wise man is not disturbed. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • An object continues to be dear as long as one derives pleasure from it and it is detested for the duration that it causes pain. The same object cannot be always liked or disliked. Sometimes, that which is not dear may become dear. Moreover, that which was loveable can turn unpleasant. The Atma, towards which affection never wanes, is always the most beloved. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Shatashloki
  • Blessings are the monopoly of God and we must all pray for his gracious blessings. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • It is pitiful that when many of us are asked, “who are you?”, The first thought that arises is “I am a Keralite”, or “I am a Punjabi”, etc. The thought that should immediately stem is “I am an Indian”. If people first feel that they are Indians and only then think of divisions, the nation will have great prosperity and the divisive forces will not be operative as they are today. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • Instead of using the tongue for speaking futile issues, use it to chant the names of God. God shall then guide you along the right and beneficial path. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names