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Every sentence, every phrase. we utter or write . need not and should be a bone of contention or casus belli.They need not be ever sugarcoated too.Many statements are basically true and could be...
View Articlemy God, I am Kanfused...
God.. the idea of God was the subject matter of numerous conflicts and controversies.. Some say there is a God, some say there is no God. Some say we should have a God.. Some say it is superstition to...
View ArticleUmaya saha devesah shankarah chandrasekharah
Umaya saha devesah shankarah chandrasekharah Takka vadhya ninaadena rakshthu twaam maheswarahउमया सह देवेशः शङ्करः चन्द्रशेखरः।टक्का वाद्यनिनादेन रक्षतु त्वाम् महेश्वरः।umayā saha deveśaḥ śaṅkaraḥ...
View Articleso near-- so far off
so near-- so far off--------------------------दूरस्थोपि न दूरस्थः यो यस्यमनसिस्थितः।यो यस्य हृदये नाऽस्ति समीपस्थोपि दूरतः॥॥चाणक्याद्॥dūrasthopi na dūrasthaḥ yo yasyamanasisthitaḥ|yo yasya hṛdaye...
View Articlelion cannot shout back.. he may act..
यद्यपि रटति सरोषम् मृगपतिपुरोऽपि मत्तगोमायुः।तदपि कुर्यात् सिम्होप्यसदृशपुरुषेषु कः कोपाः॥yadyapi raṭati saroṣam mṛgapatipuro'pi mattagomāyuḥ|tadapi kuryāt simhopyasadṛśapuruṣeṣu kaḥ kopāḥ ||Even if an...
View Articlerespect for womanhood...
The rules of Hinduism are clear on the issue of paying respects to the wife of an elder family member, even if the lady is younger in age....In Ramayanam, Lakshmana is younger to Rama by just two...
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Empathy, emotional intelligence, kindness.. all are great principles.These make life as a social animal tolerable..Without concern for others and kindness for all beings we cannot have a wholesome...
View Articleinitiation into holy mantras
initiation into holy mantrasIn the standard texts a very rigorous practice is prescribed for a disciple to get initiated into a mahamantra.. Serving the Guru for long periods, worship of certain...
View Articlethe fingering rules while offering Naivedyam ..
the fingering rules while offering Naivedyam .. ---------------------------------------------------------Note: This is a post on ritualistic aspects of partaking in food or offering food to God.. as...
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People talk about negativity...What is negativity? If I say something or act in a certain way and it is not to the taste of someone who watches it , he is sure to tell that I am filled with...
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Kunchan nambyar was not exactly obsessed with idiots in society but he heaped satire and sarcasm in his literary creations making use of such absurdities.I think Social Media too gives lots and lots...
View Articleअग्निमीळे पुरोहितं agnimeele purohitam....
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवम् ऋत्विजं होतारं रत्न धातमम्agnimīḻe purohitaṁ yajñasya devam ṛtvijaṁ hotāraṁ ratna dhātamam1 -1-1 of Rigvedam.We do not know whether this is the first Vedic Mantram...
View Articleइषे त्वा ऊर्जेत्वा ishe twaa oorje twaa...
A glorious life....The dawn is just arriving.. The big red Orb of the most respected God of energy and hope, the Sun is just showing up.Our forefather four to five thousand years ago had just woken up...
View Articlenothing can be greater than my India ...
In a spiritual group in whatsapp, a friend while responding to some message posted the pranam emoticon and the Indian Tricolour emoticon too..But perhaps he thought that the Indian tricolour emoticon...
View ArticleKrishna demands a present from Kuchela.....
Krishna demands a present from Kuchela.....-------------------------------------------------------The story of Krishna and His friend Sudhaama the Kuchela has always fascinated me.. Even after reading...
View ArticleTHE UNIVERSAL FORM OF THE LORD OF LORDS SHANKARA.
THE UNIVERSAL FORM OF THE LORD OF LORDS SHANKARA.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------(We mediate on this form of the Lord at the time of Chanting Sri...
View Articlethe Rudras...
the Rudras... ब्रह्माण्डव्याप्तदेहा भसितहिमरुचा भासमाना भुजङ्गैःकण्ठे कालाः कपर्दाः कलित शशिकलाश्चण्डकोदण्डहस्ताः। त्र्यक्षा रुद्राक्षमाला प्रकटितविभवाः शांभवा मूर्तिभेदाः रुद्राः...
View ArticleThat immaculate Linga..
That immaculate Linga..आपाताळनभःस्थलान्तभुवन ब्रह्माण्डमाविस्फुरत्ज्योतिः स्फाटिकलिङ्गमौळिविलसत् पूर्णेन्दुवान्तामृतैः। अस्तोकाप्लुतमेकमीशमनिशं रुद्रानुवाकान्जपन्ध्यायेदीप्सितसिद्धये द्रुतपदं...
View ArticleMeditation on that Infinite being called Rudra
Meditation on that Infinite being called Rudraअथात्मानम् शिवात्मानम् रुद्ररूपम् ध्यायेत् शुद्धस्फटिकसङ्काशम् त्रिनेत्रम् पञ्चवक्त्रकम्।गङ्गाधरम् दशभुजम् सर्वाभरण भूषितम्। नीलग्रीवम् शशाङ्काङ्कम्...
View ArticleSaammanasya Sooktham
Saammanasya SookthamAtharvavedam.. Chapter 3 Sooktham 33This is the benediction Athrvan representing the supreme being is conferring on all of use human beings.. exhorting us to live in harmony.. This...
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