Yajnavalkya, said Sakalya, what Brahman do you know, that you have thus flouted these Vedic scholars of Kuru and Panchala? Yajnavalkya replied: I know the quarters, with their deities and supports. Sakalya said: If you know the quarters, with their deities and supports, what deity are you identified with in the east? With the deity sun. In what does the sun find its support? Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III, IX-Yajnavalkya and Vidaghdha, 19-20 The eye. In what does the ...
ORIGIN OF LIFE The Jivatma gets human body and mind, after having been embodied in eightyfour lakhs of inferior births. Prior to the Jivatma acquiring this body, he had undergone births and deaths and births and deaths, as trees, insects, worms, beasts and assumed many other bodies like those of bugs and buffaloes and bees and beetles. At long last, by the grace of GOD, he come to acquire a human body. To acquire a human body again after death, he has to undergo another long cycle of births...
Holy Ramayana month begins in Adi month. Kowsalya supraja Rama poorva sandhya pravarthathe Uthishta narasardoola karthavyam daivamahnikam 1. Sri Rama! Kausalya's endearing son! Wake up, dear; You have to do Your day-to-day duties; Do wake up please. 2. Uthishtothishta Govinda uthishta garudadhwaja Uthishta kamalakantha thrilokyam mangalam kuru 2. Sri Govinda! All the three worlds are under Your rule; they have to prosper. Wake up, my child. Holy Ramayana ...
Tirupati Temple's Eight Tons of Gold Ornaments Source TIRUPATI, INDIA, June 15, 2004: If you donate more you will get more.The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the second richest religious body in the world after the Vatican, is facing a problem of plenty. As much as 8,000 kg of studded ornaments, to be precise. The Devasthanam is not authorized to dispose of gold jewelry studded with stones, presented by the devotees of Lord Venkateshwara. Not that the cash-rich Devasthanam wants to s...
In almost every Indian home a lamp is lit daily before the altar of the Lord. In some houses it is lit at dawn, in some, twice a day - at dawn and dusk - and in a few it is maintained continuously (akhanda deepa). All auspicious functions commence with the lighting of the lamp, which is often maintained right through the occasion. Light symbolizes knowledge, and darkness, ignorance. The Lord is the "Knowledge Principle" (chaitanya) who is the source, the enlivener and the illuminator of al...
Mind is very restless, forceful and strong,O Krishna, it is more difficult to control the mind than to control the wind” Arjuna to Sri Krishna For thousands of years, we have believed in the divinity of Shri Lord Krishna. For us he was a Karmayogi par excellence who gave us action oriented philosophy of life in the form of Bhagavad Gita. But questions have constantly haunted us as to whether Krishna was a historical or mythical character and whether the war of Mahabharata was ac...
Scientifically ancient India was developed and our ancient saints discovered many things and lost everything under the foreign rule.Sacred texts like Srimad Bhagavatham , Holy Gita, Vedas, Upanishads contain technical and scientifical advancd informations. In astrology we were well advanced. 1. First of all, Bhagavatam had its origin from Bhagavan Himself when he told to Brahma sitting in the lotus of his navel in four verses called the cathussloki Bhagavata (II-9). 2....
1. Please know that God is within you. 2 God is infinite love and peace. 3. God is the eternal light and joy that shine the whole universe. 4. People should rise to the occasion to do their duty. 5. People should reach the height and glory of God’s supreme presence. 6. The feeling that I and mine should be given up and see every thing equal. 7. Have an elevated thinking. 8. Remember God in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end for all ventures. 9. Be hu...
Suklam baratharam vishnum sasivarnam sathurbujam Prasanna vadanam dyayeth sarva vignoba santhaye. All worship, puja or any rituals of Hinduism start with Ganesh puja and He is the first to be worshipped whenever we start anything. Lord Vinayaka has got an elephant face and human body. He is worshipped by many names like Vinayaka, Ganesha, Pillayar, Vigneshwara, Gajanana, Ganapathy, Mooshika Vahanaa, Modhaga priya etc. He rides on an animal called mooshika(a...
LEGENDS OF GURUVAYURAPPAN Guruvayurappan Lord Krishna at Guruvayur, a city located in Trichur district in Kerala - India, is worshipped as Lord Guruvayurappan. It is said that the idol of Lord Guruvayurappan was worshipped by Vasudeva, father of Lord Krishna and represents the full manifestation of Lord Maha Vishnu. The idol is made of a stone called "Patala Anjanam" or black bismuth and is in the standing pose with 4 arms carrying the shanku (conch), the chakra (discus), the gada (ma...
Basic to the Vedic Tradition from Hindu Dharma When a child falls ill the parents take special care of it. How wrong would it be to neglect a sick child? If there is anything worse it is not to perform the upanayana of one's son at the proper age and fail to impart him the Gayatri mantra. This rite is for his Atmic uplift as well as for the good of the world. It is sheer vanity that the "thread ceremony" is nowadays performed like a mini-wedding. This is one reason why it gets postponed since...
Bhagavad Gita is originally written in Sanskrit. There are many aspects by which a language can be said as sacred and how we use it. If a language is used to discover the sacredness, purity and spirituality of life, it becomes a sacred language. Whether or not a language is sacred is determined by who is using it. This in turn has a great deal to do with whether a language is being used consciously or unconsciously, whether we use language as an instrument to accomplish our real purpose...