ashta aisvaryam
In the Sanatkumara samhita of Skaanda Puranam the thousand names of Laksmi are given as a discussion between Sanatkumara and Gaargya.. There the Ashta aishvaryam personified by Divine mother Lakshmi...
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Life is an enigma.. Normally it will be flowing very slowly and sedately.. Even for those who have disadvantages mentally or physically or both, through the force of habit things gets settled down.....
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reminded of an incident in Srimad Valmikiramayanam.. Balakandam sargam 2समाक्षरैः चतुर्भिर्यः पदैर्गीता महर्षिणा।सोऽनुव्याहरणात् भूयः शोकः श्लोकत्वमागतः॥४०॥॥श्रीमद्वाल्मीकिरामायणे बालकाण्डे द्वितीये...
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We build our houses with the fond expectation that we can have a contented and peaceful life inside.. If such places become prisons or spots of misery, we would rarher run away.We must do that or be...
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the kazhagam or poojari or the ooralan in a temple is not the pratishta.. A messenger is just a messenger.. An agent is just an agent.We tend to confuse basic thoughts with subordinate thoughts and get...
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Actually without the fiery epithets and depiction as a villain, Duryodhana was just an ambitious Prince or ruler who did not want to part with what he got .. rightly or wrongly..Even Shakespeare's...
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but then God is a beautiful concept.. It can make even the most selfish of the human beings, the most arrogant of the human beings to admit that there is something better than themselves.. To do a...
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I happened to read some books in Tantra and Shakta branches..It is clearly stated that the language of the Mantram is not the basic issue..The discoverer of the mantra or the mantra drashta attracted...
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religion or any faith should be there only to foster goodwill among human beings.. No one is ever born into any religion.. The cellular and genetic contents and physical or nervous architecture of any...
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Before the creation of human beings which i believe is the last of creations who was praying to God ?Did he create human beings as sychophants?Can somebody answer my doubt?A most revered Guru and guide...
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Some friend says.. one must understand his own weaknesses and shortcomings and try to improve failing which there is no difference between animal and human.My humble view is thatman too is just an...
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व्यालाश्रयापि विफलापि सकण्डकापि वक्रापि पङ्किलभवापि दुरासदापि।गन्धेन बन्धुरिह केतकपुष्पवल्लीएको गुणः खलु निहन्ति समस्तदोषान्॥९२नीतिसारे॥॥vyālāśrayāpi viphalāpi sakaṇḍakāpi vakrāpi paṅkilabhavāpi...
View ArticleNarayana, Narayana
Narayana.. Narayana..Narayana देवतान्तर नामानि नाशुचिः परिकीर्तयेत्।नारयणस्य नामानि सदा सर्वत्र कीर्तयेत्॥अपवित्र पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्ताम् गतोऽपि वा।यः स्मरेत् पुण्डरीकाक्षम् स बाह्याभ्यन्तर...
View Articlewater.. pure and divine
While doing pooja (worship of God) today I was just thinking over the reverential prayers we offer to the water and the even the pot of water .. I think our people always realized the vital importance...
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Skanda Shasti A very auspicious day for that beautiful and powerful God Subramania or Murugan..I would love to share a few words on the glory of the Holy ashes adorning that...
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मात्रा समं नास्ति शरीरपोषणं चिन्तासमं नास्ति शरीरशोषणम्।भार्यासमं नास्ति शरीरतोषणं विद्यासमं नास्ति शरीरभूषणम्॥mātrā samaṁ nāsti śarīrapoṣaṇaṁ cintāsamaṁ nāsti śarīraśoṣaṇam|bhāryāsamaṁ nāsti...
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God ... Krishna .. You make me completely lonely and listless.. I think Your idea is that I will try to develop connections with You, when all other connections get snapped..or shattered..But the...
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Rationality, reason.. everything just leaves me.. and only He can make it happen Yesterday, was just listening to some songs on that black naughty Krishna.. maadhava nee bhaa.... by bhimsen joshi, a...
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प्रविचार्योत्तरं देयम् सहसा न वदेत् क्वचित्।शत्रोरपि गुणाः ग्राह्याः दोषास्त्यज्या गुरोरपि॥नीतिसूक्तिःpravicāryottaraṁ deyam sahasā na vadet kvacit|śatrorapi guṇāḥ grāhyāḥ doṣāstyajyā...
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it is really very difficult to decide what is right and what is wrongThe decisions can be very subjective.. If I do something, or if someone who is close me does it, my first impression will be that it...
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