• Creation, sustenance and dissolution is the nature of God. Just as a spider weaves a web and after sometime destroys it by swallowing it so also God creates the universe and destroys it. – Paratpar Guru His Holiness Dr. Jayant Balaji Athavale
The iron, once converted into gold by the touch of the Philosopher’s stone, may be kept under the ground, or thrown into a rubbish-heap, but it remains always gold, and will never return to its former condition. Similar is the case with him who has once touched the feet of the Almighty. Whether he dwells […]
Radha’s spiritual love (priti), that is devotion unto Krushna has been misinterpreted as love in the Radha-Krushna relationship. Its futility will be realised if one considers Krushna’s age at that time. When Krushna left Gokul permanently He was only seven years old; thus His relationship with Radha was only during the period when He was three […]
The ideal son : Krushna behaved in a way which pleased both His parents Vasudev and Devaki and His guardians Nanda and Yashoda. The ideal brother : Krushna would respect His elder brother, Balaram. The ideal husband : When it is so difficult to please just one wife, Krushna could please 16,008 wives! Narad’s attempts to […]
Whenever a devotee comes to me, I do not look at his past, but I see what he can do in future. – His Holiness Bhaktaraj Maharaj (Shree Guru of His Holiness Dr. Jayant Balaji Athavale) Implied meaning : When a devotee, or seeker comes at the door of a saint, the saint does not […]
Wrath of the family deity : At times, inspite of being intelligent when a student does not study, his teacher reprimands him. Akin to this, if a person has the potential to progress spiritually and yet does not undertake any spiritual practice then the family deity expresses its wrath. Since the individual is unable to […]
प्रायेण नीचा व्यसनेषु मग्ना निन्दन्ति देवं कुकृतं न तु स्वम् ।। – महाभारत ८.९१.१ Meaning: Mean people blame the God instead of their own bad deeds when a calamity befalls them. – Mahabharat
यथा चित्तं तथा वाचः यथा वाचस्तथा क्रियाः चित्ते वाचि क्रियायाञ्च साधूनामेकरूपता – सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार Meaning : As the mind is so is the speech, as is the speech so is the action; there is uniformity in the mind, diction and action of the noble.
“Can one who has not realised the importance of prayers be called a Hindu ? Christians and Muslims pray daily. How many Hindus pray daily ? Sadly, the Hindu says with pride, “I do not believe in God”. From this we can realise why God does not help the Hindus and also realise the importance […]
