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…
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 ...
by Shri Swami Sivananda Holi also means “sacrifice.” Burn all the impurities of the mind, such as egoism, vanity, and lust, through the fire of devotion and knowledge. Ignite cosmic love, mercy, generosity, selflessness, truthfulness, and purity. In days of yore, there were communities of cannibals in India. They caused much havoc, threatening the lives of many innocent people. One of them was Holika or Putana. She took immense delight in devouring children. Sri Krishna destroyed her ...
by Shri Swami Sivananda O Adorable Krishna! Let my longing eyes behold Thy form. Let my ears hear Thy flute. O Healer of all sorrows! Show me Thyself. Thou art the only Truth—All the rest is false. I crave not for Mukti; I long not for emancipation; Let there be devotion to Thy feet. Be kind unto me, O Lord! Remove my delusion. I am a servant unto Thee. The auspicious hour came. The star…
Vishnu Purana The Vishnu Purana is considered the most important of all the Puranas. It contains the five technical divisions of the Puranas and is divided into six adisas. It deals with the events of Varahakalpa and contains twenty-three thousand shlokas. The theme revolves around the ten incarnations of MahaVishnu, making it one of the most ancient Puranas and earning it the name Puranaratna (gem of Puranas). The method of narration is in the form ...
Advaita and Vishishtadvaita have no connection at all. Advaita is implicit atheism. Advaita is called “Prachanna Bauddham” (hidden Buddhism). Advaita is based only on a personal interpretation of Abheda-sruti. In Advaita, Brahman is the only knowledge-self reality and is without any attributes. The three types of differences, namely difference in individuality, difference in types, and differences in its integral parts, are not in Brahman. Nothing other than this Brahman is reality. Though Brahman is eternally free ...
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