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“Narayana! Narayana!” These words, heard in a slightly sing-song, lilting tone, brings to mind a chirpy yet mischievous image of Sage Narada walking in, strumming his inimitable tambura. Sage Narada’s countenance contradicts our notion of a ‘sage’ who we commonly …
A Birthday Poem for Sri Guruji Dear Guruji, When it’s our birthday, you make us celebrate it joyfully You make us cut a cake and eat sweets You get us new clothes and have us go out to eat You …
In this Dark Age of selfishness and greed – when we as mankind are primarily looking to fulfill only our own desires for greater pleasure and physical comfort in all spheres of life – we humans have completely lost touch …
It was late evening on an Ekadasi. After Sri Swamiji sang a lovely song describing the divine sport of our Thakurji in Brindavan, Swamiji sat down in his seat in Bhagavatha Bhavanam of Madhurapuri Ashram. As Sri Swamiji gracefully signaled …
The spiritual path of devotion (Bhakti) or self-enquiry (Jnana) is truly exciting and rewarding. In fact, it is the very purpose of our existence here. While each of these paths have been well laid out by great spiritual Masters and …
For the practice of dhyana (meditation) and tapas (penance) solitude is necessary. There should be no sangam (association) with anyone. But while following the path of bhakti one cannot be in solitude. In bhakti, sangam is needed. Andal sings, “kUDi irundu kuLirndelor embAvAi” …
The Path To Success Today we live in a world of opportunities. One just need to reach out and grab from a plethora of choices that lie in front of us. The world is filled with such people who have …
The primary motive behind all spiritual practices is to control and destroy the mind. “sarva mano nigraha lakshanAntha: paro hi yogo manasa: samadhI:”, says Srimad Bhagavatam. In daily life, we see people committing suicide when they are disgusted with themselves …
Excerpts from a talk by Sri Ramanujamji, disciple of HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, at the Students Mass Prayer held at Chennai, India in Jan 2019 L’AND’ of Harmony India is a Land of Harmony. And in this phrase …
