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Vande Guru Paramparam - Day 04 -Lecture on Jagadguru Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal

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4:47- 15:03 MINUTES Prayer & Adi Shankaracharya Ashtotram 15:04- 32:19 MINUTES Highlights the Greatness of Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal (34th Jagadguru) - A Jeevanmukta who lived and showed how Sadashiva Bramhendral lived in the 16th Century! Discusses the uniqueness in the birth of both 33rd Acharyal and the 34th & how both the Acharyals reached the Peetham and elaborates the purvashrama days of the 34th Jagadguru. How did Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal become the 34th Peethadipati? 32:20- 38:18 MINUTES Proceeds to discuss the contributions of Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal. How between 1928-1931, world misunderstood Him and how Acharyal proved what a Jeevanmukta was! Cites an illustration comparing Acharyal with Sadashiva Bramhendral. Quotes from the Anugraha Bhashanam of Mahasannidanam – Why the Yogapattam “Vidhusekhara Bharati” was given to Sannidanam. 38:19-54:54 MINUTES Narrates episodes from the lives of two devotees with Acharyal and elaborates how these incidents form life lessons/teachings for the present generation. a) How from being an atheist, the person turns to become the closest and dearest sishya of Acharyal. b) What happens to a sishya who is an evolved soul but a struggling soul and needs the Divine Help of a Guru and in the context of the episode, explains the importance of “Maanasika puja” [Prayer in the mind] 54:55- 1:19:16 MINUTES Narrates the third most important episode & gives a brief prelude. What are the two major causes for decline in faith in Vedas and how the misconception that Vedas are meant for a particular community, is clarified through this episode. 1:19:17-1:46:46 MINUTES Narrates the next episode relating to the importance of bhajans as a form of prayer and whether chanting the name of the Lord (Nama japam) alone would enable a person to attain Liberation (Moksha)?. Cites two stories to explain how a mother and a child should interact in today’s world and elaborates through the episodes how important it is for a mother to tell stories from ithihasas, puranas and the like to children in order to instil bhakti at an young age. Elaborates how God acts as a catalyst in different yugas. 1:46:47-2:05:08 MINUTES Concludes by narrating how each of the Acharyals from Vidraranya Mahaswmigal to Nrisimha Bharati Mahaswamigal, Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Mahaswamigal and Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal attained “VIDEHA MUKTI”. Source Books:- Works of T.K.Balasubramaniam, Srikanta Shastrigal, Bhashya Swamigal and Jnanananda Bharati Swamigal

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