Avataras

Rare it is for a person to even earn serene devotion for Lord Hari (sattvic Hari Bhakti). Rarer still it is to sustain it. For the lush growth of such Bhakti one should, first of all, abstain from self-praise. In …

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Sabari was a tribal woman and she lived in a forest serving Sage Matanga, her guru. She helped Sage Matanga by doing daily jobs like bringing good water to drink and flowers. Sabari worked very hard in the big forest. One …

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Chokamela is a great devotee of Lord Krishna and he lived in Pandharpur. His job was to build houses. Chokamela belonged to a lower caste, so priests of Pandharpur didn’t allow him to enter the temple. But this didn’t stop …

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The Nityopavasi

Premika Varada Dashakam Last month, we saw Premika Varada Ashtakam, a set of 8 shlokas on Sri Swamiji’s puja murthi, Sri Premika Varadan. Sri Swamiji has also composed a different set of 10 shlokas on Sri Premika Varadan. Reciting these …

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Countless saints in our Kali Yuga preach the path of chanting the divine Hari Nama, as it is the easiest path to attain the lotus feet of our Lord. In other yugas, one had to endure tough penance for years …

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The Bhagavad Gita was revealed by our Gopala Himself. Gopala means the one who nourishes everyone with milk from the cow; he’s the one who milks the cow. This milk is a source of nourishment to all of us. For …

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Sri Swamiji’s puja murthi is Lord Krishna and Radha who have manifested as Sri Premika Varadan and Sri Madhuri sakhi. Premika Varada means the one who bestows prema – pure and unconditional love. The Lord and His consort reside in …

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Rukmini was the daughter of Bhishmaka, the king of Vidarbha. She fell in love with and longed for Krishna, whose virtue, character, charm and greatness she had heard much of. Rukmini’s eldest brother Rukmi was a friend of Kamsa, who …

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The below article is by a young listener of Sri Ramanujamji’s recent exposition of the Bhagavad Gita’s 12th Chapter on Bhakti Yoga in Jan 2017 at California. The listener writes here about what she gleaned and what touched her, from …

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