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One very important fact I noticed is that in India most of the people of Hindu origin who pray either at home or at temple or anywhere for that matter utter some slokams in Sanskrit completely unaware...
View Articlenot in nomenclature, but should be in substance
but then Sannyasis are those who have given up everything including their own body and mind..and who are always keeping the Parabrahman in mind.Anna You are called Jagannatha and I am called...
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We have gone through cycles of life so many times,and we have seen, studied, read or experienced almost everything that our cognitive faculties could ever discover..So ordinary people like me have...
View ArticleHe will limp back, with great perseverance
दैवं पुरुषकारेण यः समर्थः प्रबाधितुम्। न दैवेन विपन्नार्थः पुरुषस्सोऽवसीदति।।2.23.17।।ValmikiramayanamdaivaM puruShakAreNa yaH samarthaH prabAdhitum| na daivena vipannArthaH...
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Personally my approach to life is almost like that of a recluse..I cannot call it sannyasam..But many people who are very active according to their own estimation are practically dead.. for others and...
View Articleयो यत्र कुशलः कार्ये तं तत्र विनियोजयेत्
यो यत्र कुशलः कार्ये तं तत्र विनियोजयेत्।कर्मण्यवृष्टकर्मा यः शास्त्रज्ञोऽपि विमुह्यति॥नारायणपण्डितप्रणीते हितोपदेशे ३-५४yo yatra kuśalaḥ kārye taṁ tatra viniyojayet|karmaṇyavṛṣṭakarmā yaḥ śāstrajño'pi...
View ArticleNo one asked anyone to put life in auto pilot mode..
No one asked anyone to put life in auto pilot mode..If such compulsions are presumed... no one can help..I need not do anything just because my neighbour or even my sibling is doing it..Of course,...
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a sane human being should remember that there are no rights or wrongs in life, to be viewed in absolute terms.. Often, the conflict is between one right and another right.. or one wrong and another...
View Articleयदा विनाशकालो वै लक्ष्यते दैवनिर्मितः
यदा विनाशकालो वै लक्ष्यते दैवनिर्मितः।तदा वै विपरीतेषु मनः प्रकुरुते नरः॥subhashita ratnabhaandaagare .. indische spruce 4808 Valmiki Ramayaneyadā vināśakālo vai lakṣyate daivanirmitaḥ|tadā vai...
View Article99.9999...9 pecent of our troubles are minor and not life threatening
99.9999...9 pecent of our troubles are minor and not life threatening.So it does not really matter whether we create them or others do it.Given some time they will solve themselves..And only God has...
View Articlethis is a matter of restricted interest to a microscopic minority of brahmins...
of course, this is a matter of restricted interest to a microscopic minority of brahmins who migrated from Tamilnadu to Kerala.. and were referred to by others as Pattars.. in praise and in derision...
View ArticleDo I believe in God...? I really do not know..
Do I believe in God...? I really do not know..If I am to visualize God as some thing which will mitigate my sense of failure,a thing which would reduce my pain,a thing that would provide a soothing...
View ArticleA query from an anxious mother of a young gentleman of eleven full years
A query from an anxious mother of a young gentleman of eleven full years.She is worried that even though the boy is initiated into religious practices, and he is generally inclined to follow religious...
View Articleit is our own making.. why blame it on other
it is our own making.. why blame it on others..the matter is rather complicated. . the ways of the Karmic world..In His exalted wisdom Lord has created so many things and His activities have evolved...
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I go through thousands of pages of Sanskrit literature, poetry, shastras etc..and try to spot some subhashitams..I am not a master in anything, and I have never claimed mastery over anything.Noble...
View ArticleKrishna is not Gita alone.
Krishna is not Gita alone. His activities from childhood to the time when he returned to heaven have all great lessons for us.Krishna can be easily understood as a great manager..And for him when the...
View ArticleThe old dad will say so.. will the son agree?
The old dad will say so.. will the son agree?----------------------------------------------------------पित्रा पुत्रो वयःस्थोऽपि सततं वाच्य एव तु।यथा स्यात् गुणसंयुक्तः प्रप्नुयात् च महद् यशः॥महाभारते...
View Articleलोके षडेतानि विडम्बितानि॥
मूर्खो द्विजातिः स्थिविरो गृहस्तःकामी दरिद्रो धनवान् तपस्वी।वेश्या कुरूपा नृपतिः कदर्य्यःलोके षडेतानि विडम्बितानि॥सुभाषितमञ्जुषायाम्॥mūrkho dvijātiḥ sthiviro gṛhastaḥkāmī daridro dhanavān tapasvī|veśyā...
View Articleरहितो न किञ्चित्
नयेन नेता विनयेन शिष्यः शीलेन लिङ्गी प्रशमेन साधुः।जीवेन देहः सुकृतेन देही वित्तेन गेही रहितो न किञ्चित्॥ सम्यक्त्वकौमुदीnayena netā vinayena śiṣyaḥ śīlena liṅgī praśamena sādhuḥ|jīvena dehaḥ sukṛtena...
View Articlemusings 264
while gathering flowers for pooja(worship of God) in the morning, some strange thoughts passed through the mindWhile performing pooja, I pray for so many things, for so many people..But do I ever pray...
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