this Mantra has changed the way I look at life there is an interesting story about the origin of this chant I will explain towards the end of the video these lines are from a powerful yogic chant called Nirvana shatakam now when I say powerful what do I mean to find out we had a chance to test the effects of the child's vibrations caused it a human brain in the man's Institute of cognitive Sciences in Bangalore PhD researchers saket observed that the Mantra creates gamma oscillations in the brain so what you can see here right now these are all the gamma oscillations The High Frequency oscillations so now our cars stop chanting you can see The Disappearance of the gum oscillations this is third differences you can see a detailed video on This research is available on our YouTube channel do check it out it was quite fascinating to see what's the chance due to the brain on a scientific level but as for me on an experiential level immediately after just a three minutes chant When I close my eyes I feel so much more centered with my inner self a lot more balanced and clear it makes me wonder how just a few words when uttered correctly create such a meditative experience I barely understand the full meaning of the Sanskrit words being chanted still just the sound created a blissful experience so it was natural for me to be curious about the composer of these chats and it was none other than jagat Guru Adi shankaracharya born in a Brahmin family in holiday in Kerala in the 8th Century it is said that when he was just two years old he was able to speak and write Sanskrit very well he remembered All The Vedas Vedas and when he turned 12 he left his home and became a monk even though he though he had gathered disciples and traveled throughout the country to spread spiritual knowledge it is said that in those days shankaracharya used to simply walk into Villages and call for a debate with the most intellectual person of the cow his logic and Clarity was so precise no matter what question was thrown to him his lovely language his science logic and his balanced Expressions always put shankara on The Winning Side sometimes these debates went on for hours and sometimes days and one of the debates with the famous scholar Mandana Mishra the debate went on for months thousands of Scholars gathered every day to watch and learn at the end of a long period Mandana Mishra was almost ready to accept defeat when his wife declared that in order to defeat a man in debate the opponent should also defeat his wife that's when she entered a debate and posed a question based on sexuality as a celebrate mom she was well aware that shankara would not know about this topic and yes she was right it is said that shankaracharya temporarily left his physical body and explored the details of the question in another body and reverted back to the lady with answers to her question and as always one little bit in a short lifespan of just 32 years shankara established many temples which are vibrating with strong energies even today he also set up four pitas on Vedic schools in different corners of Bharat one of the first ones he set up was the SRI saradapitam in shankari Karnataka we had a chance to visit this beautiful Temple foreign [Music] which was established over a thousand years ago is a must visit in Srinagar it is said that SRI shankaracharya lived in the temple and renewed The Vedic wisdom he energized the Shiva linga which is in the main part of the temple and is said to have attained higher knowledge we also had the chance to visit this powerful Temple and we spent some time here if you ever go to Kashmir do make it a point to visit once and him I'm here at the shankaracharya temple that you see which has a gopura and then we came down to the place where shankaracharya actually meditated he was here for a while and he meditated in this beautiful place which has a small opening which is like a cave so the inside of the cave is quite cool and quite energetic and we offered Guru Puja which is a composition of shankaracharya and then we also sang Nirvana shatakam one more composition and it is also said that shankaracharya composed soundarya one of his compositions it was composed here having accomplished the mission of showing the path of welfare to humankind for all times to come ADI shankaracharya goes to kedarnath and is last seen here as a mark of tribute to his wisdom and his tireless efforts to raise human consciousness even after more than a thousand years people still benefit from his work and are ever grateful to his contributions to humanity personally I got more interested in the life of shankaracharya Only After experiencing the benefits of the Nirvana shatakam chat Legend says when ADI shankaracharya was asked by someone who are you this great scholar instead of wasting his time trying to explain who he is he simply recited the powerful verses of Nirvana shatakam which conveys who he is not and finally arriving in a state of Eternal consciousness foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] we are doing a high altitude Trek this year to explore the beauty of Kashmir and also visit the shankara temple if you wish to join and experience this with us and do some powerful yogic practices designed by satguru you can register for the Trek by using the links below foreign