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
The Effort required to control the Five Senses
This chapter describes The Effort required to control the Five Senses located on page 2221 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 32 part of "Tandiram (Thandhiram) 7"
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Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) [by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat]
Then with the kindling of the flames of the sensuous pleasures, the sticks of dry wood in the form of the fancies get ablaze while smoke in the form of craving, goes out of the five receptacles in the form of the five senses of the knowledge, leaving them clean and shining. Then they (sacrificers) recite the great hymn “I am the Brahman” and offer plentifully into the fire of sense-enjoyment, in the receptacle (in the form) of the heart, the oblations in the form of sense-objects.”...
Read full contents: Verse 4.26
Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) [by George Thibaut]
Taste and smell thus being taken in combination, we have the required number of five, and we thus explain the five-people as the sense-organs which throw light on their objects, together with the internal organ, i. e. mind....
Read full contents: Sutra 1.4.13
The Bhagavata Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
or five senses plus the inner sense—the mind) the sage, should renounce trifling pleasures of senses, enjoying thereby the great bliss within his Self. While contemplating on me, the sage should carry on his pilgrimage on the earth. 24. He should travel over the earth full of sacred lands, holy rivers, mountains, forests and hermitages, entering cities, villages, cowherd settlements and caravansaries just for begging alms. 25....
Read full contents: Chapter 18 - Duties of Hermits (Vanaprastha) and Sannyasins
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[The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary): index]
[Foreword]
[Preface]