on the date if birth as per English calendar
There were vehement comments about my post on celebration of birthdays .. on the date if birth as per English calendar.Some quoted from astrological texts too.My responseഇതിനേക്കാൾ അധികം ഞാൻ...
View Articledifference between Iyer and Iyyangar
Some friend asked me to clarify the essential difference between Iyer and Iyyangar..He was of the view that Iyengars were essentially Vaishnavites and Iyers were Shaivaite..My reply to his query is...
View Articleeach person has to find his own mode of detoxification.
Understanding and realizing the pantheistic existence of supreme power in all that is great, is something which has to be achieved by the individual destroying avidya etc.. and apart from theories,...
View ArticleThe lord or Paramatma is an impartial Witness and the Jeevatma is a witness,...
The lord or Paramatma is an impartial Witness and the Jeevatma is a witness, who gets mildly ruffled by any deed, good or bad done by the subject body driven or propelled by its vagaries of Karma.....
View ArticleGuru is not the earthly body we just imagine.
My view on the question whether the omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence of the Guru or Preceptor should be tested since the Guru is equated to God with those qualities."I would ask a question. Is...
View ArticleAll we can do seems to be that we can try to minimize the aberrations
Someone is asking whether our positive progress in life will be proportional to the good actions we engage ourselves in.It is a tricky query.My view on it is"The arithmetic is not confined to one...
View Articleaccommodations and adjustments are eternal sources of turmoil
Every movement, every action, except involuntary and instinctive protective movements, made by a human being can be impelled by two driving forces..One, the inherent pleasure that one would derive for...
View ArticleIn state without a king nothing can be said or considered as belonging to any...
नाराजके जनपदे स्वकं भवति कस्यचित्।मत्स्या इव नरा नित्यं भक्षयन्ति परस्परम्॥वाल्मिकिरामयणे अयोध्याकाण्डे॥२-६७-९nārājake janapade svakaṁ bhavati kasyacit|matsyā iva narā nityaṁ bhakṣayanti...
View ArticleDoes God take away our sins ? Not at all.
Does God take away our sins ? Not at all...नादत्ते कस्यचित् पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः।अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्ताः॥गीता ५-१५nādatte kasyacit pāpam na caiva sukṛtam vibhuḥ|ajñānenāvṛtam...
View ArticleExploitation through sweet words and suggestions is so common around here
A very respected and knowledgeable senior friend asked for my suggestions regarding acceptance of friends in Social media..I thought I can share my note for consideration of a wider audience...
View ArticleHumble pranams to the Bagavatpaada..
नमामि भगवत्पाद शङ्करं.. Humble pranams to the Bagavatpaada..Phenomena are just there..They are neither born, nor do they depart.They just appear, they just manifest or visible to others, when the time...
View Articleit is not right to just harp on such sacrifices.. and feel mercenary
My friend says that Sacrifice in human relations is great but it is not right to just harp on such sacrifices.. and feel mercenary.. Agreed..But there is another side to the storyIn fact it is equally...
View ArticleThe braying of a donkey with sincerity can be sweeter than the formal blowing...
A brilliant mind is necessary for all transactions in life..and that includes communication too..either speaking or writing. or any mode including fine arts..Mastery over the structure and symphony of...
View ArticleNothing, for example is either truth on untruth for a person who is either...
Every statement gains the sheen of truth only with reference to context and situations which are capable of evaluation by the senses.. Nothing, for example is either truth on untruth for a person who...
View Articlethe clash between stark realism and conscience and morality
the clash between stark realism and conscience and morality..it is a perennial nagging issue in our thoughts and the triggers for our actions...Even Shankara could not throw away the love for his...
View ArticleLife and a buffet dinner have so much in common
Life and a buffet dinner have so much in common..The world consists of people, objects and situations of many kinds, even as the large variety of food items offered in a buffet.We have to choose our...
View Articleit is the duty that special respect should be given to persons who are...
Our body made of skin, flesh and bones and irrigated by blood, is just a sort of spacesuit for the survival of the inner core, maybe the soul, on this earth.. The dress over that worn by us is only...
View Articleit is the duty that special respect should be given to persons who are...
Our body made of skin, flesh and bones and irrigated by blood, is just a sort of spacesuit for the survival of the inner core, maybe the soul, on this earth.. The dress over that worn by us is only...
View ArticleWhy should not you and I love Krishna like that?
A friend remarks. "Think of Meera's love for Krishna.My question isWhy should not you and I love Krishna like that?He is yours and mine just as Meera's
View ArticleThe logic behind Sraddham
The logic behind SraddhamA preceptor or a forefather, when he dies and his sapindeekaranam is done reaches the Vasu state.. when his next generation dies he reaches the rudra state and when the next...
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