Some Kannada discourses online

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

In the Srimadbhagavatam there occurs the Narasimhavatara, the story

of the incarnation of Lord Mahavishnu as the Man-lion. The episode

is also popularly known as Prahladacharitra. Prahlada, the devotee

par excellence, gives a definition of the stages of Bhakti, devotion:

 

ShravaNam kIrtanam ViShNoH smaraNam pAdasevanam |

archanam vandanam dAsyam sakhyam Atmanivedanam || 25 of ch.5, canto

7||

 

This is the context in which the above verse occurs

(22) Hiranyakas'ipu said. 'Now tell me Prahlâda my son, now you're so

well taught, something nice about all that you, o love of my life,

have been learning all this time from your teachers.'

(23-24) S'rî Prahlâda said: 'Hearing, singing, remembering Vishnu,

attending to the feet, offering worship and prayers, becoming a

servant, being a friend and to surrender one's soul are of all people

offering the nine ways making up the bhakti that should be performed

unto the Supreme Lord of Vishnu; the complete of that I consider the

topmost of learning.'

(25) Hearing his son saying this told Hiranyakas'ipu, with lips

trembling of anger, thereupon the son of the guru [that was

Prahlâda's teacher] the following: (26) 'You degraded brahmin! What

is this, are you siding with the enemy so mischievously teaching this

nonsense, not taking proper care of my boy, you fool! (27) Really,

there are a lot of dishonest people in this world, who, cheating

friends dress up for appearances; in the course of time can one of

them observe the sin manifesting itself like a disease does with

people living wrong.

 

Now, in a discourse, the word ' Atmanivedanam' which means 'to

surrender one's soul', was expounded in a different way. The

compound word was split as 'Atmani vedanam' to give the meaning:

Realizing the Lord in one's own Self. This novel way of expounding

the word appealed to me being very Advaitic in nature. The exposition

was done by a well-known scholar Sri Bannanje Govindacharya. The

exposition, in Kannada, is very interesting, bringing out many subtle

points pertaining to Indian culture, human psychology, greatness of

poetry, etc. He is a great scholar in Sanskrit. As it is very

enjoyable and beneficial, I am providing the links here for those

Kannada-knowing members who are interested. One can listen one

discourse per day.

 

 

 

Narasimhavatara (by Sri Bannanje Govindacharya) (six discourses)

http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.jsp?id=579

 

Again, the Valmiki Ramayana is expounded by the same speaker with

special reference to the facets of Sri Hanuman's character. This is

also an excellent exposition, in Kannada. He brings out the various

aspects of human psychology in a very telling manner.

 

Valmikiramayana (Sundarakandadalli Anjaneya) by Sri Bannanje

Govindacharya (twelve discourses)

 

http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.jsp?id=580

 

 

The Manku timmana kagga is a great work in Kannada by Sri

D.V.Gundappa. It is a work on man's ultimate goal, Moksha. He lays

down in beautiful poetry the ways of the world, how man reacts to

them, how man ought to conduct himself and strive for Realization.

The exposition by Swami Brahmananda of Chinmaya Mission, Bangalore,

is very popular. I enjoyed listening to these recently online

(although for the third time):

 

Mankutimmanakagga (expounded by Swami Brahmananda in ten discourses)

http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.jsp?id=58

 

 

Although all of the above are in Kannada, I thought I will draw the

attention of the Kannada-knowing members to these. It would benefit

all the members here if anyone presents on this List some of the very

nice points from the above discourses.

 

Pranams,

subbu

[Guest guest]

Namaste Subbu,

 

Thanks for your links on kannada discourse on line.

 

I have been only listening to Swami Paramarthananda lectures online in

English on Bhagavad Gita and The bhashyam on Mandukya Upanishad.

The link is

 

www.yogamalika.org.

 

Since I live in Chennai listening to a Kannada talks are a remote

possibility.

 

I have heard tha Bannanje's lectures are very very good.

 

Well now I can listen to them

 

The only book I have read is Sri Ramayanada Mahaprasangagalu by Ks

Narayana Acharaya which gives a different perception to some of the

episodes in Ramayana.

 

Thanking you once again

 

om namo narayanaya.

 

Lakshmi Muthuswamy

[Guest guest]

Namastey Subbu'ravarey,

 

MankuThimmanaKagga is really well narrated. And this

nobel novel needs to be listened daily. Thanks for

sending this. Hope all the Kannada knowing members

will utilise this.

 

-santhosh sharma

(Tatvamasi - Look at others as yourself)