the masters of Sanskrit Poetry
दण्डिनः पदलाळित्यं भारवेः अर्थगौरवम्।उपमा काळिदासस्य माघे सन्ति त्रयोः गुणाः॥daṇḍinaḥ padalāḻityaṁ bhāraveḥ arthagauravam |upamā kāḻidāsasya māghe santi trayoḥ guṇāḥ||the lucidity and simplicity of...
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View ArticleBhuta Yajnam Feeding crow, animals etc.. Musing
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View ArticleHalf baked interpretations are lethal.. inadequate knowledge can be murderous.
A religion and its cardinal principles and ideas that form its foundation evolve over thousands of years, as a product of very deep faith, dedication and abiding love exhibited by its sincere...
View ArticleRelaxations in rituals... a Hindu perspective..
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The basic texture if Indian culture of old was different from what it is today.The learned persons lived the lives of rishis and tapswis, frugal and disciplined life.And those who were learned never...
View ArticleLive and let live
This day, this hour, this moment is all that we can really use to our advantage even within our restricted freedom.Also it is the same commodity that we might waste away callously.lf we miss the...
View ArticleThe All pervading Dakshinamoorthy..
भूरम्भाम्स्यनलोऽनिलोऽम्बर महर्नाथो हिमांशुः पुमान्इत्याभाति चराचरात्मकमिदं यस्यैव मूर्त्यष्टकम्।नान्यत् किञ्चन विद्यते विमृशतां यस्मात् परस्मात् विभोतस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्री दक्षिणामूर्तये॥...
View ArticleIf my prayers remain unanswered
If my prayers remain unanswered the reason for that must be that I do not know how to pray, how to communicate with my Maker.Just lack of skill to communicate. It is futile to become atheist or to...
View ArticleBeng Self-centred
"Self-centred" is not a sinful word although nowadays it is the fashion with so many to deem it so and use the term in that negative sense.In fact every living system is self-centred because a person...
View Articlethe imp within..
My reply to a management expertYou canvass for a lot of deliberation and circumspection in our activities and behavioural pattern . I agree in principle.But our Maker seems to have played a trick on...
View ArticleThe ecstacy of Silence...
Physical silence is the prelude to quiescence of mind too.As one tends not to use his tongue, fingers and mind in evaluating, judging and criticizing others and external objects or at least limits...
View ArticleThat is shortsightedness
Actually we face many dead ends in life when we presume that there is only one way to proceed.If one is thirsty he can drink water or milk or fruit juice.. or many other liquids according to...
View ArticleDvadasha Manjarika Stotram.. Bhaja Govindam of Adhi Shankara
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View ArticleWho are we to try to clamp control over Krishna's plans?
Do you really believe that a person will be able to end his life, even under the greatest turmoil? I tried to ask this question to myself on seeing a message and a video shared by a friend. With the...
View Articlesanskrit is a way of life... not a way of livelihood or shortcut to popularity
Sir, Sanskrit represents and symbolizes the greatest civilization, history, and many other great things of a huge chunk of population of humanity...And I am sure it will sustain itself for eternity,...
View Articleone is all lone either in virtue or sin
एक: प्रसूयते जन्तुरेक एव प्रलीयते ।एकोऽनुभुङ्क्ते सुकृतमेक एव च दुष्कृतम् ॥ २१ ॥ekaḥ prasūyate jantur eka eva pralīyateeko ’nubhuṅkte sukṛtam eka eva ca duṣkṛtamSrimad Bhagavatham 10-40-29जन्तुः the...
View ArticleI pray for my own benefit, Krishna, not for yours...
I chant the name of Krishna (God).I pray, I confess, I seek directions, I pray for expiation...I try to manage to connect with Krishna for something I need desperately or in exceptional cases for the...
View Articlewhat is the sum and substance of existence on earth.
Every thinking person is confronted by the inherent infirmities is his thought process, and style of living, and his own evaluation of what is the sum and substance of his existence on earth.Some say...
View Articlewe cannot gauge Divine logic..
The theory of Karma forming a vital part of Hinduism is not easily comprehensible anyway..One explanation, perhaps the most plausible one, is that what the human mind conceives life as occurring in...
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