Some of us struggle to correct ourselves, struggle so hard, but mostly do not...
Knowledge can be embarrassing.. even torture..Usually we act like idiots.. that is so natural..And at first we do not know that.. because we have no knowledge.As we gain knowledge we start looking...
View ArticleHe is time..
He is time..श्री भगवानुवाच कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः।ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः।।11.32।।He said in Bagavat GitaI am the time.. the...
View Articlewe need not blame anyone. It is God who wills our good and bad
.It is His will that Covid should strike humans at this juncture.You know king Pareekshit lived in a closed fortified residence surrounded by ocean in order to prevent the entry of the venomous snake...
View Articleeverything ..good or bad.. lives or exists and leaves after it had had its...
One thing that is forgotten here is that everything ..good or bad.. lives or exists and leaves after it had had its lifetime.. or active span of existence.After all life has been there on this earth...
View ArticleWe knock at the door of good also called God many times
We chant His names ,and repeat or recall nice things we have done at least in part or would love to do and make attempts to do good because we know we have serious mental reservations and drags that...
View Articlesacredness of the holy place of worship actually lies in the mind of the pilgrim
गंगादितीर्थेषु वसन्ति मत्स्याःदेवालये पक्षिगणाश्च नित्यम् ।ते ज्ञानहीना न फलं लभन्तेतीर्थानि देवायतनानि भावः ॥gaṃgāditīrtheṣu vasanti matsyāḥdevālaye pakṣigaṇāśca nityam ।te jñānahīnā na phalaṃ...
View ArticleGayatri in fact is a chandas or metre, which is given the status of a Goddess...
Gayatri in fact is a chandas or metre, which is given the status of a Goddess Symbolically.. her facets are Savitri, Sarasvathi, and so on . Regarding depicting of the chandas or metre and the Savitru...
View Article108 gayatri for praata sandhya ..morning, 32 for madhyahnikam..the noon and...
Regarding Sandhyavandhanam and Gayatri, I made a post in some Brahmin Group where it landed up absolutely quiet like a fire cracker which has the great fortune of living under water just for a week.. I...
View ArticleOnly a person with knowledge and class can understand the merits or objects...
जानाति मन्दरगिरिर्जलधेर्महत्वं लङ्केश्वरोऽपि गुरुतां रजताचलस्य ।विद्वज्जनस्य वचसो महिमानमुच्चै र्विद्याविवेकचतुरा विबुधाविदन्ति -सुभाषितसुरद्रुमःjānāti mandaragirirjaladhermahatvaṃ laṅkeśvaro'pi...
View Articlethe dissenter has to clearly state that the dissent is based on his personal...
If one claims that His name is so and so one can understand it.. It is his exclusive right to have his name the way he wants.. Even here, if for social, legal purposes and for identification if he...
View Articlegrahana tarpanam and one Sankrama Tarpanam on the same day separately
there was a sort of argument as to performing two tharpanams.. one grahana tarpanam and one Sankrama Tarpanam on the same day separately.The actual position is as follows.Grahanam is a punyakalam.. a...
View ArticleFor one who understands this, there can be no schisms, no sectarian fights..
Hindus and Hinduism may seem to canvass the worship of multitude of Gods..Scriptures may state that there are thirty three crores or more of deities to be worshiped..And perhaps the followers who are...
View Articlesigns of a person engaged in yogic activities
अलौल्यमारोग्यमनिष्ठुरत्वं गन्धः शुभो मूत्रपुरीषमल्पम्।कान्तिः प्रसादः स्वरसौम्यता च योगप्रवृत्तेः प्रथमं हि चिह्नम्॥शार्ङ्गधरपद्धतीalaulyamārogyamaniṣṭhuratvaṁ gandhaḥ śubho mūtrapurīṣamalpam|kāntiḥ...
View ArticleI have that lurking diffidence always.. diffidence about my own quality..and...
I have that lurking diffidence always.. diffidence about my own quality..and depth.The ultimate success of a communication or message is to be guaged by the impact it makes on others..Every human being...
View ArticleIt is the aachaaram for a particular region if such traditions are in use for...
यस्मिन् देशे य आचारः पारंपर्यक्रमागतः। श्रुतिस्मृत्यविरोधेन सदाचार स उच्यते॥संस्कारमञ्जर्याम्॥yasmin deśe ya ācāraḥ pāraṁparyakramāgataḥ| śrutismṛtyavirodhena sadācāra sa ucyate||saṁskāramañjaryām||The...
View ArticleWe see such lucky fathers too
धिक् तस्य जन्म यः पित्रा लोके विज्ञायते नरः।यत् पुत्रात् ख्यातिमभ्येति तस्य जन्म सुजन्मनः॥मार्कण्डेयपुराणे ९-१०१dhik tasya janma yaḥ pitrā loke vijñāyate naraḥ|yat putrāt khyātimabhyeti tasya janma...
View Articledo you have matches
I am reminded of the experience of a boyhood friend, years ago. I am quoting from period almost fifty years ago...As a boy it was his passion to visit the cinema theatres for the very first show a new...
View ArticleYou are the source and reservoir of all valuable things.
A vedic prayer to earth..-------------------------------अश्वक्रान्ते रथक्रान्ते विष्णुक्रान्ते वसुन्धरे।शिरसा धारयिष्यामि रक्षस्व मां पदे पदे॥१-३७भूमिर्धेनुर्धरणी लोकधारिणी।उद्धृतासि वराहेण कृष्णेन...
View Articleour connection with this mother Earth.. is for ever..
A mind full of earthly thoughts on the Earth's Day..--------------------------------------------------------------We have to respect, not only respect, we have to revere, love.. our mother earth..She...
View Articlequalities cannot be turned into rudeness and cruelty just because they happen...
काकैः सहविवृद्धस्य कोकिलस्य कला गिरः।खलसङ्गेऽपि नैष्ठुर्यं कल्याणप्रकृतेः कुतः॥महसुभाषितसङ्ग्रहं ९३२७kākaiḥ sahaviavṛddhasya kokilasya kalā giraḥ|khalasaṅge'pi naiṣṭhuryaṁ kalyāṇaprakṛteḥ...
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