On the occasion of Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti (2nd May 2025) ADI SHANKARA : India’s Great Spiritual General

Shankara is not an individual but an institution. Mastery over the four Vedas by his eighth year and all shastras by age 12, the Advaitic rendition of the Brahmasutras, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita by his sixteenth year – these were accomplishments impossible for an ordinary mortal.

For whom should one perform Til-tarpan (A rite of offering sesame seeds and water) and how to do it ?

The sesame seeds can absorb sattvikata and eliminate the Raja-Tama components in a higher proportion. When a seeker performs Til-tarpan, the black covering around the subtle bodies reduces, and their sattvikata increases depending upon the bhav of the seeker.