The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary)
author: T.N. Ganapathy
edition: 2013, Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust
pages: 3832
ISBN-10: 1895383617
ISBN-13: 9781895383614
Topic: Shaivism
Instructions on the Essence
This chapter describes Instructions on the Essence located on page 147 in the English translation of the The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary) [also: Tirumantiram, Tirumandiram etc.]. This book by Siddha Tirumular (Thirumoolar) deals with Shaiva literature (such as the Agamas) and, being encyclopedic in form, also deals with topics such as spiritual wisdom, Yoga, Indian philosophy and Tantra. This is Chapter 1 part of "Tandiram (Thandhiram) 1"
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Instructions on the Essence” according to 236 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita [by Narayana Gosvami]
sarva-guhyatamam bhuyah shrinu me paramam vacah | ishto si me dridham iti tato vakshyami te hitam || 64 || sarva-guhyatamam–the most confidential of all instructions; bhuyah–again; shrinu–hear; me–My; paramam–supreme; vacah–instruction; ishtah–very dear; asi–you are; me–to Me; dridham–extremely; iti–knowing; tatah–therefore; vakshyami–I shall speak; te–for your; hitam–welfare. Again hear My supreme instruction, the most confidential of all knowledge....
Read full contents: Verse 18.64
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
And now Prajapati after having given a course of successively higher instructions as self as the body, as the self in dreams and as the self in deep dreamless sleep, and having found that the enquirer in each case could find out that this was not the ultimate truth about the self that he was seeking, ultimately gave him the ultimate and final instruction about the full truth about the self, and said “this body is the support of the deathless and the bodiless self....
Read full contents: Part 8 - The Atman doctrine
Kena Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary [by S. Sitarama Sastri]
Similarly, Indra, the lord of the Devas, not being able to comprehend the Brahman, at the first, second and third instructions, did, at the fourth, his natural faults having been removed, comprehend the very Brahman that he was first taught....
Read full contents: Verse 9
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[The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary): index]
[Foreword]
[Preface]