Adi Shankaracharya-Nirvana Shatakam Lyrics in Sanskrit and English translation
Why Hinduism Stack Exchange recommends it
Hinduism Stack Exchange answerers link it when quoting or pointing to the Nirvana Shatakam as a source on the Self, Brahman and Vedantic non-identification with body and mind.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2019 to 2021.
What it is
A 7-minute video presenting Adi Shankaracharya's Nirvana Shatakam, a six-verse Advaita Vedanta hymn, with the Sanskrit lyrics alongside an English translation. The music is credited to Bhanu didi and the video comes from the Vichara channel.
What people said
Recommends user21300 · 2020-07 · Hinduism Stack Exchange · on “Verse Describing Potential of Soul and Human Body in Sanskrit?”
As someone already pointed, a hymn or verse or mantra motivating for someone might not work for another because of subjective difference. Anyways, some of the popular compositions of Vedanta and spirituality are: Nirvana Shatakam [this video] by Adi Shankaracharya मनो बुद्ध्यहंकारचित्तानि नाहम् न च श्रोत्र जिह्वे न च घ्राण नेत्रे न च व्योम भूमिर् न तेजो न वायु: चिदानन्द रूप: शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम् ॥१॥ I am not the mind, the intellect, the ego or the memory, I am not the ears, the skin, the nose or the eyes, I am not space, not earth, not fire, water or wind, I am the form of consciousness and bliss, I am the eternal Shiva... न मृत्युर् न शंका न मे जातिभेद: पिता नैव मे नैव माता न जन्म न बन्धुर् न मित्र
Recommends user22687 · 2021-06 · Hinduism Stack Exchange · on “Is there a solution to stop suffering?”
Suffering is unavoidable, diamond is formed only under pressure. Suffering can only stop after undergoing it as its past birth's karmas and is a payment that has to be paid in return of enjoying multiplicity in one Brahman. Human birth is difficult to obtain, better option is to try to realize Self, than suicide as Atma is immortal, you dont need a Purana to forbid from that. "BG 4.36: Even those who are considered the most immoral of all sinners can cross over this ocean of material existence by seating themselves in the boat of divine knowledge." [this video]
Cites user16530 · 2019-08 · Hinduism Stack Exchange · on “Can somebody be happy?”
In reality, there is no eternal happiness nor eternal misery in this universe. What is happiness? Whenever some things happen according to your temporary personal selfish interest(called ego) like getting money, beautiful wife, respect from society, disease free life etc., a person in ignorance call it happiness, while misery is reverse of it that is living in poverty, diseases, old age and early death. So, its clear happiness for a person(in ego) starts with a healthy birth but ends in misery with diseased oldage death, same thing happens for an ignorant animal as well. So, all the material things like body and ego and its associated things like women and gold were never eternal in first pl
Cites user20656 · 2020-05 · Hinduism Stack Exchange · on “What is the difference between Bramhan's witnessing and Jiva's perception ( act of seeing, hearing, thinking etc)?”
The words like Aatma, Brahman, Purusha, Kshetrgya are synonymous and have been used for centuries by different yogi sages for the witness/Self in Vedanta/Geeta as Hinduism is an open source religion where they keep on adding personal experiences of Brahman with different names. Nirguna Brahman could be better understood through Neti-Neti like in Nirvana Shatakam by Adi Shankaracharya [this video]