पृथिव्यां त्रीणि रत्नानि जलमन्नं सुभाषितम् | मूढै: पाषाणखण्डेषु रत्नसंज्ञा प्रदीयते || Meaning : There are three jewels on earth: water, food, and adages. Fools, however, regard pieces of rocks as jewels.
कायेन वाचा मनसेंद्रियैर्वा | बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात् | करोमि यद्यत् सकलं परस्मै | नारायणायेति समर्पयामि || Meaning: Whatever I perform with my body, speech, mind, five senses and different motor organs , intellect, or my inner self either intentionally or unintentionally, I dedicate it all to that Supreme God, Narayana.
Yatsaankhyaih praapyate sthaanam tad yogair api gamyate; Ekam saankhyam cha yogam cha yah pashyati sa pashyati. – Shreemadbhagwad Geeta (5:5) That place which is reached by the Sankhyas or the Dnyanis is reached by the (Karma) Yogis. He sees who sees knowledge and the performance of action (Karma Yoga) as one. Implied meaning : One fundamental […]
Saint Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, came with one of his disciples into a village where most of the people were very nice, sweet, generous and religious. Guru Nanak Dev ji and his disciple were extremely happy to see this village where people were so pious. Guru Nanak Dev ji was very pleased. […]
Sharing the science of spiritualty written in the dharamshastra and those written by self-realised souls is a method to pay our debt unto rushi (saints) which one of the five debts that every householder has to pay . If it so done without any selfish motive and just out of seva bhav , the grace […]
The very nature of seed is to create. Once the seed is sown, it grows into a tree. Similarly when seed of the ‘Name of Almighty’ is sown , one becomes omniscient ! -Paratpar Guru Dr. Jayant Athavale
Tadviddhi pranipaatena pariprashnena sevayaa; Upadekshyanti te jnaanam jnaaninas tattwadarshinah. Meaning : Know that by humble prostration, by question and by service, the wise who have realised the Truth will instruct thee in (that) knowledge. – ShrimadBhagvadGita (4:34) Implied Meaning: To seek Dnyan (knowledge), one has to approach a Tattvadarshi Brahmvetaa (the divine ones who […]
Being in the world and doing Sadhana is neither against Dharma (righteous conduct), nor against the scriptures; only it carries a possibility of such a being getting diverted from the ultimate goal. Thus, a householder must go to Guru’s ashram, meaning hermitage and do Sadhana for some time. Also one should live in solitude for […]
Do not ask happiness from me, ask for moral strength to overcome and bear sorrow” – – Param Pujya Bhaktaraj Maharaj of Indore