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Nine-year-old Rhea told her mom, “I hate Rama! How could he send Sita away to the forest just because some man said something?! Poor Sita, she cried so much, yet Rama paid no heed!” Rhea’s mother was stunned. As parents …
Once a devotee asked Bhagavan Yogiramsuratkumar, ‘How do I see God?’ Yogi replied, ‘NO NAME, NO FAME, NO SELF-INTEREST — Only with these, it is possible!’ A story in the Puranas goes thus – An elephant named Gajendran was caught …
Alone in a distant land, separated from her beloved and surrounded by foes at Ashoka Vana, Sita Devi held on to life constantly meditating on Him, with the only hope that her Lord Shri Rama would reach out to rescue …
Purity. This beautiful word is generally linked either to physical or moral standing. But there is one other kind of purity that does not come by easily. There is an episode narrated in ‘Ramana Periya Puranam’ – (Inner journey of …
Sri Swamiji (HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji) was discoursing in Premika Bhavanam (his place of satsang in Chennai). It was the scene of Bheeshmacharya leaving his physical body in the divine presence of Lord Krishna. Sri Swamiji said, “It is …
As parents, our lives are mostly ruled by our children. And our greatest desire is to see them happy in life. We will sacrifice anything in our own lives to bring them lasting happiness. We take immense care of them …
Each one of our prayers and situations are so unique that it is hard to compare with others. While some situations might be very similar on the outside, only the person experiencing the sorrow knows that theirs is different, isn’t …
Worldly activity ensnares us. It curbs us into a particular routine, a monotony, a forced mundane prototype. If there is an activity that can liberate us, and unshackle us, it is Guru Seva. Worldly chores are driven by need for …
