Scriptures
Unexpected and continuous showers of grace drenched participants at the Udayasthamana Srimad Bhagavata Saptaham held at Madurai from October 7-13, 2025. ‘Udaya-astamana’ means from sunrise to sunset. A Srimad Bhagavata saptaham conducted in this format is usually held from 6 …
Presenting a quiz on Gopashtami, a celebration of the Lord protecting His beloved Gopas, Gopis and cows. Take the quiz here>> Compiled by Ramya Srinivasan, San Jose CA **************************************************** Click here to go back to Nov 2025 newsletter contents page: …
Based on Sri Ramanujamji’s youth discussion sessions. Oftentimes, we as humans find ourselves pondering over the array of tasks and milestones way ahead and end up feeling overwhelmed and unsettled. In this talk, Sri Ramanumaji shared Sri Swamiji’s simple and …
Based on Sri Ramanujamji’s youth discussion sessions. In this talk, Ramuji shares a simple but meaningful idea: many problems in life can be better understood, or even solved, by reframing the question we are asking. He begins with a simple …
A yatra with Sri Guruiji is a blessing and an experience of a lifetime and that too to Vrindavan is certainly very special. Every kshetra is endowed with divinity, but what makes Ayodhya and Mathura/Vrindavan unique, is they are the …
kaLayE sundarAKAram sadaika priyadarshnam | ajnAna nAshakam dEvam sadgurum muraLidharam || muraLImaNDitha karakamalm munijana mohanam vytyasthapAdam vanamALAdhAriNam | premabhaktamaNDala nitya kIrtitam Sri premikavaradam AshrayEham || We all know these are called Dhyana slokas, but do we understand why we recite …
Sri Rama Navami is celebrated during the month of April. Sri Rama was born on the ninth day of the Chaithra month. Here’s a quiz from Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam commemorating this divine occasion. Take the quiz here>> (Interactive Google form) …
Srimad Bhagavatam emphasizes a lot on shravanam (listening) and says that just listening to katha can help one seek Bhagavan Sri Krishna, and nothing else is needed. In the 5th sloka of chapter 8 in Canto 2 of Srimad …
Oftentimes, when conversing with individuals of differing faiths, one question inevitably arises: what is the holy book in your faith/religion? In Christianity, the Holy Bible is given as the answer. In Islamic faith, the Quran is given as the answer. …
