न जातु कामान्न भयान्न लोभात् धर्मं त्यजेज्जीवितस्यापि हेतो: | नित्यो धर्म: सुखदु:खे त्वनित्ये नित्यो जीवो धातुरस्य त्वनित्य: || – महाभारत Meaning : One should never forsake Righteousness out of desire, fear, greed or fear of loss of life because Righteousness is permanent while happiness and unhappiness are only momentary. The embodied soul is eternal while […]
“When Tanuja Didi came to my house in Chennai for the second time, I took her to a friend of mine, who is also my neighbour. The family is associated with Vaishnavite sect. I had not told him much about Didi. Even then, he and his wife accorded a welcome with lots of spiritual emotion, […]
One of the virtues of God is fearlessness. If one wishes to be in unison with God, one will have to inculcate this virtue. Death is certain. Anybody who is born will die as and when destined. Then why fear this eternal truth. Leading a fearless life and treading the path of Absolute Truth, contributing […]
चन्दनं शीतलं लोके चन्दनादपि चन्द्रमाः । चन्द्रचन्दनयोर्मध्ये शीतला साधुसंगतः ॥ Meaning : No doubt sandal wood paste is pleasant. But more pleasant is the moonlight. But association with a virtuous person is more pleasant than both of them.
Since my childhood, I have been a follower of the Nirguna(unmanifest form of God) and this is possibly the reason why my Shree Guru always guided me through the Nirguna medium. When I started doing Sadhana under the guidance of Shree Guru in the year 1997, just two months later He told me, “You need […]
परोक्षे कार्य हंतारं प्रत्याक्षे प्रियवादिनम् | वर्जयेत्त्ताद्रिशम् मित्रम् विषकुंभम् पयोमुखम् ||- चाणक्य नीति A friend who talks flatteringly sweet things overtly but covertly tries to harm should be gotten rid of without any delay. He is like a pot that is filled with poison but is topped with cream to deceive.
प्रावाद: सत्यम् एव अयं त्वां प्राति प्रायशो नॄप | पतिव्रतानां न अकस्मात् पतन्ति अश्रूणि भूतले || Meaning : After seeing the dead body of her husband Ravana, Mandodari uttered, “It is said that when the tears of a pati-vrata (a devout wife) drop on the land, they do not go waste. And this has been […]
‘प्रापणात् सर्वभोगानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते ।’ means true happiness lies in the sacrifice of pleasures than in indulging in them. 2.1 Sattvik (sattva predominant), rajasik (raja predominant) and tamasik (tama predominant) • A. Sattvik: Giving happiness to others without thinking about one’s own happiness or suffering. Giving happiness to others does not reduce one’s happiness, as […]
तश्चञ्चला वृत्या चिन्तानिचयचञ्चुरम् | धृतिं बन्धाति नैकत्र पञ्जरे केसरी यथा || – श्री वशिष्ठदर्शनं (१-१६-१०) Meaning : The mind expert in its collection of sorrowfull thoughts does not fasten its hold on one place because of its fichle condition just as a lion in a cage . Implied meaning : The main function of mind […]
