It is very rainy Anna
It is very rainy Anna.But usually the brahmin agraharams and the Perumal or Shiva temple forming their nuclei are always located at safe and secure locations.Some difficulties might be there in going...
View Articlepurchasing trouble with capital T
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन संततं प्रियवादिनःअप्रियस्य च सत्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभःsulabhaaH purushaaH raajan santatam priya vaadinaHapriyasya cha satyasya vaktaa shrotaa cha durlabhaHraajan...राजन् oh...
View Articlemegalomaniacs
Odd behaviour of some persons-- behaviour of utter instability verging on decadence-- can cause untold misery for the fairly normal and matter-of-fact and simple human beings who are destined to be at...
View ArticleThe benefits of association with men of class and erudition
तमांसि ध्वंसन्ते परिणमति भूयानुपशमःसकृत्संवादेऽपि प्रथत इह चामुत्र च शुभम् ।अथ प्रत्यासङ्गः कमपि महिमानं वितरतिप्रसन्नानां वाचः फलमपरिमेयं प्रसुवते ॥- महावीरचरितThe benefits of association with...
View Articledecorated with befitting honours without any delay or reservations, his pains...
ताडितस्य हि योधस्य श्लाघनीय कर्मणा ।अकालांतरिता पूजा नाशयत्येव वेदनाम् ॥- पञ्चरात्रtāḍitasya hi yodhasya ślāghanīya karmaṇā ।akālāṃtaritā pūjā nāśayatyeva vedanām ॥- pañcarātraWhen a soldier returns...
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य ईर्ष्युः परवित्तेषु रूपे वीर्ये कुलान्वये।सुखसौभाग्यसत्कारे तस्य व्याधिरनन्तकः॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे २२५९ महाभारतेya īrṣyuḥ paravitteṣu rūpe vīrye kulānvaye| sukhasaubhāgyasatkāre tasya...
View Articlewhen one is in dire straits
when one is in dire straitswhen one is confusedand when usual logic and reason does not workthere are many ways outthey arechant Hare Rama Hare Krishnachant Narayanacry Muruga SharanamChant...
View Articlefloodgates are opened to usher in very different ethos
A system which has been rational and reasonably intelligent and sensitive too, would adapt itself to subtle deviations caused by time, space and other parameters, with great dexterity and would survive...
View ArticleThe life in this material world and the spiritual life are two different...
The life in this material world and the spiritual life are two different entities, like two rooms in our house.. pooja room and bedroom or living room.. Our activities and use of the space in the two...
View Articlea slip and fall from great heights could prove to be beyond endurane.
उच्चारूढैर्नरैरात्मा रक्षणीयोऽतियत्नतः।दूरारोहपरिभ्रंशविनिपातः सुदुःस्सहः॥महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ६३१६आपार्श्वनाथचरितेuccārūḍhairnarairātmā rakṣaṇīyo'tiyatnataḥ|dūrārohaparibhraṁśavinipātaḥ...
View Articleexplain to only a person who is diligent and sensible , who has curiosity,...
This is very relevant when we air our views and dish out our expert opinions in open forums..The wise Vishnu Sharma knew that very well when he said this in Panchatantram.वाच्यं श्रद्धासमेतस्य...
View Articlekith and kin exist and grow only through mutual dependence and by supporting...
अन्योन्य समुपष्टंभात् अन्योन्योपाश्रयेण च।ज्ञातयः सम्प्रवर्द्धन्ते सरसीवोत्पलान्युतः॥महाभारते॥anyonya samupaṣṭaṁbhāt anyonyopāśrayeṇa ca|jñātayaḥ sampravarddhante...
View Articlethe learned person should understand the limits of human existence..
वशं प्राप्ते मृत्योः पितरि तनये वा सुहृदि वाशुचालं तप्यन्ते भृशमुदर ताडं जडधियः।असारे संसारे विरमपरिणामे तु विदुषांवियोगं वैराग्यं दृढयति वितन्यञ्शमसुखम्॥इन्दिस्चे स्प्रूचे २७५६ प्रबोधचन्द्रोदयम्vaśaṁ...
View Articlethe Kodimaram as also Vimanam are places where the power of the deity in the...
In the Agama System, the Kodimaram as also Vimanam are places where the power of the deity in the temple is consecrated simultaneously.. In a period where worship and entry into the temple were...
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In any system, almost ninety percent of the constituents just move on without much thinking.Only a small portion of the rest, who have somewhat receptive minds, and some capacity to think, finally...
View ArticleTo believe or not to believe... it is a big dilemma
To believe or not to believe... it is a big dilemmaKrishna, if you had refused to respond to my prayers and requests and had kicked me on the face, I could have given up on you, and minded my own...
View ArticleIt cannot pass muster as an act of heroism.
मौनी पादप्रहारेऽपि न क्षमी नीच एव सः। आकृष्टशस्त्रो मित्रेऽपि न तेजस्वी खलो।हि सः॥ इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे २२५८ क्षेमेन्द्रmaunī pādaprahāre'pi na kṣamī nīca eva saḥ| ākṛṣṭaśastro mitre'pi na tejasvī khaloi...
View Articleif disclosure of a truth would cause misery to the persons at the receiving...
तस्मात्सत्यं वेदेत् प्राज्ञः यत्सत्यं प्रीतिकारणम्।सत्यं यत्परदुःखाय तत्र मौनपरो भवेत्॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे २५१६ सुभाषितावलीtasmātsatyaṁ vedet prājñaḥ yatsatyaṁ prītikāraṇam|satyaṁ yatparaduḥkhāya tatra...
View Articlethe functions of giving light are taken over during the absence of the Sun by...
न पुत्रत्वेन पूज्यन्ते गुणैरासाद्यते पदम्। रवेर्व्यापारमादत्ते प्रदीपो न शनिः पुनः॥ इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे ३३४१ १४१९ शार्ङ्गधरपद्धतिna putratvena pūjyante guṇairāsādyate padam| ravervyāpāramādatte pradīpo...
View ArticleI never assume that my thoughts and ideas are the correct ones
I think, and form my views and express my views and then go in search of texts or philosophies to find parallels, validations or dissenting notes.I never assume that my thoughts and ideas are the...
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