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Our Great Saint: The Birth of Sri Ramanuja

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…

Man is Useless in the Absence of His Humane Quality

Man is Useless in the Absence of His Humane Quality

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 ...

The Best Use of Human Life

The Best Use of Human Life

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 ...

The Appropriate Guru Dakshina

by Srimad Jagadguru Ramanujacharya & Swami Sri Purushottamacharya Ji Maharaj It is true that Sri Guru Maharaj is not presently amidst us, and we are facing difficult times. We have been assigned greater responsibilities, and society seems to expect a lot from us. Our conduct in society reflects on our Guruji, his stature, and the whole of Siddhadhaam. We need to contemplate and analyze the present situation to understand what exactly happened. Throughout his life,…

The Divine Devi Andal’s Poetry: One of Our Great Alvars

The Divine Devi Andal’s Poetry: One of Our Great Alvars

Andal composed two significant works in her short life. Both are in Tamil and are unique in their literary, philosophical, religious, and artistic content. Her contribution is even more remarkable considering that she was a teenage girl when she composed these poems, at a time when there is no other record of Tamil women composing poetry. Far from being the prattlings of a youngster, Andal's verses display a literary and religious maturity far beyond her ...

Temple of Sri Ranganathswami at Srirangam

Temple of Sri Ranganathswami at Srirangam

Walking down the corridors of the Sriranganathaswami temple at Srirangam, one would discover apocryphal stories unraveling at every point. The Lord, endowed with human traits and considered by the people as their own child “Ranga,” resides here. This ancient island town on the banks of the Cauvery throbs with life perennially and is home to many peace-loving residents who seem to be members of one huge family. “The people of this town treat Ranganatha like their ...

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