By the mercy of the Lord, one finds a Guru, and by the mercy of the Guru, one finds the Lord. “The Guru receives benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the Guru delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a Guru, who is an…
by Rameshwar Singh There is a prosperous village called Sriperumbudur, thirty miles southwest of Madras. In the village, there is a beautiful and spacious temple consecrated to Lord Vishnu. Within the sanctum sanctorum stands Lord Sri Adikesava Perumal, with a smiling face casting gracious looks equally on all. On the other side of the temple courtyard stands another shrine, within which is seated, with folded hands, in the place of the chief servant, the prince among ...
It is natural for a philosophical mind to seek the origin of creation. When a person sees the stars at night, they naturally speculate about their inhabitants. Such inquiries are natural for humans because they possess a developed consciousness higher than that of animals. The author of the Srimad-Bhagavatam provides a direct answer to these inquiries: Lord Sri Krishna is the origin of all creations. He is not only the creator of the universe but ...
by Dr. Shantanu Dutta Choudhury All the scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Saints, and our Hindu culture have accepted the glory and greatness of the remembrance, repetition, and chanting of the Divine name of LORD NARAYAN – The supreme personality of Godhead and primeval cause of all events. Although the great poet Saint Tulsidas ji composed the famous Ramcharitmanas, which contains the epic of Lord Rama (an incarnation of Lord Narayan), in Manglacharan, he beseeches Lord…
by Srimad Jagadguru Ramanujacharya & Swami Sri Purushottamacharya Ji Maharaj There is an account of how much time we spend taking the name of the lord in our lives. We may live 100 or 200 years, but the important fact remains how much time we devote to Him and how much time we spend taking the name of the lord. That is our true wealth. Eating, drinking, progeny, and everything else exist in all the 84 ...
by Srimad Jagadguru Ramanujacharya & Swami Sri Purushottamacharya Ji Maharaj You are the soul, not the body. Weapons cannot harm the atma, nor can they kill it. Fire cannot burn the atma. The person who has sent us into this world is known to be the king of all the three worlds, and that Satchitaananda (or The Supreme Spirit) is the absolute. He is our father, the supernatural. The supernatural who has given us this human form ...
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