Bhakti
A person who lives simply to eat, sleep, satisfy his/her senses, and is of no use to this world, is in fact eating his own sins, say the Vedas categorically. One must be of some use to the world. How …
This series chronicles sweet experiences recounted by the devotees of HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji as well as some divine experiences of Sri Swamiji himself. These articles are translations from the Madhurasmaranam series that is published every month in …
This series chronicles sweet experiences recounted by the devotees of HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji as well as some divine experiences of Sri Swamiji himself. These articles are translations from the Madhurasmaranam series that is published every month in …
In this quiz, we shall experience the greatness of Ananya Bhakti (one-pointed devotion) from the nectarine verses in the divine Sri Madhurageethams of HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji. Sharing the article on Ananya Bhakti below for reference to answer …
Bhakti’s roles in spiritual life In science, we have learned that light is present in two states – as a wave and as a particle. When photoelectric cells are present, light acts as a particle, whereas it acts as a …
In Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavan Sri Krishna says to Arjuna, “nAham vedai: na tapasA na dAnena na chejyayA shakya evam-vidho drashTum drshTavAn asi mAm yathA” Neither studying the Vedas, nor severe penance, nor charity nor doing yaagaas can bestow one …

Swami Ramakrishnananda was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. As Shashi, he came to his Guru, Sri Ramakrishna, as a young man along with his cousin Sharat (later Swami Saradananada). Among the 16 direct monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, …
We shall relish, little by little, the rasa in Sri Madhurageethams, compositions of HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, in the form of ‘questions to relish’, which we call as a ‘quelish’, as shared by his disciple Sri Ramanujamji. (These …
Sri Swamiji, in a recent discourse, beautifully explained what it means to see God, how Mahatmas saw God, and clearly delineated the pre-requisites, steps and process by which even we can see God. Read the below excerpt from his discourse …