For HIndus life is a mixture of happiness and challenges too..
Hinduism never prescribed that one should not relish the nice moments in his life..Even the procedures for showing pleasures and jubilation and procedures for mourning are clearly prescribed.. We can...
View ArticleAnkuraarpanam or Paalika thalikkal
Ankuraarpanam or Paalika thalikkal in Tamil. is a prelude to almost any shubhakaryam or auspicious function.The tribute is to all the devatas including the digdevatas.Seeds of all major dhanyams...
View ArticleTHE ANKURARARPANA MANTRAMS AS PER TAITTIREEYA YAJURVEDA TRADITIONS.
THE ANKURARARPANA MANTRAMS AS PER TAITTIREEYA YAJURVEDA TRADITIONS..THE MANTRAMS AND PROCEDURES MIGHT VARY SLIGTLY FOR OTHER SAKHAS.. AND FOR OTHER TANTRIC AND AGAMIC RITES.The five urns made of mud...
View ArticleThe story of Vamana and Mahabali as Visvamitra tells Rama and Lakshmana In...
The story of Vamana and Mahabali as Visvamitra tells Rama and Lakshmana In Valmiki Ramayanam.----------------------------------------------Sargam 29 of Balakandam of...
View ArticleMaatru Shodashi
Maatru Shodashi Offering Pindams or Morsels of rice in memory of departed elders at Gaya is considered the ultimate in worshipping and thankgiving for the generations of elders who brought us on this...
View Articleinvite a guest.. do not invite trouble
वक्रैः क्रूरतरैर्लुब्धैर्न कुर्यात् प्रीतिसंगतिम्।वसिष्ठस्याहरद् धेनुं विशामित्रो निमन्त्रितः॥३५क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥vakraiḥ krūratarairlubdhairna kuryāt prītisaṁgatim|vasiṣṭhasyāharad...
View ArticleSri Dharmasasthaa Stuthishatakam
श्री धर्मशास्त्रुस्तुतिशतकं शबरिगिरिनिवासं शान्तहृत्पद्महंसं शशिरुचिमृदुहासं श्यामळांभोजभासम्। कलितरिपुनिरासं कान्तमुत्तुङ्गनासं नतिनुतिपरदासं नौमि पिञ्छ्रावतंसम्। 1 śabarigirinivāsaṁ...
View ArticleWho Am I?
Who Am I?After all the purpose of Hindu religion.. the religion when studied at deeper and higher level .. is just a search for answer to this question..The four mahavakyas,, actually seem to have...
View Articlemusings 133
In life, we have many choices..We can choose the good, the nice and the right things.. We can choose the wrong ones too..If we choose the right and good, we can expect to enjoy favourable and happy...
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On a wide canvas the dictates of karma runs supreme.But common sense and most schools of thought admit that there is some space where more than one choice is possible.It is something like this .There...
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It is the writer's bounden duty to disclose the source materials and references when he presents any material or work ..I am shocked to see that vital rule is ignored and even flouted too often.The...
View Articlea healthy donkey and a nasty wife
The leading scholar in the Royal court was praising the benefits of magnanimity."You should divide all that you get equally between all those who are dear to you."" Don't you agree?" He was asking the...
View Articlemusings 136 chukkuvella sastry
an agraharamite can understand..Some people talk of ostensibly simple lifestyle especially when it involves expenditure to the public treasury.I remember of one Sastrigal (brahmin priest) whom we used...
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To a query why a person who is vegetarian and who is living a very ethical life by social standards should wear sacred thread and other religious symbols to remain as a Brahmin… My thoughts on the...
View ArticleJyothisham, Jathakam, Vedas
I gave my views on Jathakams.. in a thread.. Just sharing my views for my own archives..My comments on the issue"Jyothisham as a part of the six vedangas.. shikshavyakaranam chandas kalpam niruktham...
View ArticleUpakarmam and Purohita
What the purohita does is that he informs the day upakarma well in time distributes poonal etc and gives prior guidance. The idea of performing upakarmam and vedarambham without a vadhyar is not...
View Articlethe upakarma rules.
the upakarma rules.( about what we nowadays celebrate as avani avittam)The celebration we observe as Avani Avittam is technically called upakarma..In fact it is a very vital functin in our lives as...
View ArticleSignificance of Guru.. Vedarambham.. Nitya karmam.. Brahmin Rituals. upakarma
Significance of Guru.. Vedarambham.. Nitya karmam.. Brahmin Rituals. upakarma लक्ष्मीनाथ समारम्भां नाथयामुन मध्यमां ।। अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां बन्दे गुरुपरंपरां ।।Lakshmeenaatha samarambhaam...
View Articlemusings 138
While starting his commentary on taittariya upanishad, as also in some other places Shankara expresses the view that gods always put fetters in the path of persons pursuing higher knowledge.His...
View ArticleOn Rebirth... a quote from Brihadaaranyaka upanishad..
On Rebirth... a quote from Brihadaaranyaka upanishad..तदेष श्लोको भवति। तदेव सक्तः सहकर्मणैति लिङ्गं मनो यत्र निषक्तमस्य।प्राप्यान्तं कर्मणस्तस्य यत्किञ्चेह करोत्ययं। तस्मात् लोकात् पुनरैत्यस्मै लोकाय...
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