Among many cultural practices handed down to us by our ancestors, there are certain rituals which are to be performed on a daily basis in order to please our Lord Hari. These rituals bestow intangible benefits. We commit a lot of misdeeds through our mind, speech or actions. The ill effects arising out of those misdeeds are all forgiven and vanquished by one such priceless practice – worship of the Sālagrāma.
One of the luminaries of our Madhwa lineage, Sri Sripadarajaru, the Guru of yatikula tilaka Sri Vyasarayaru, has written shastric granthas in Sanskrit and beautiful… Read More »Madhwa Nama – I
The compassion that the Lord has on us is boundless, blemish less and timeless. Sri Raghavendra Teertha has praised our Lord in Pratha Sankalpa Gadya as “Karuna samudra Hari”. Many incidents in Srimad Bhagavata bear testimony to this wherein the Lord has given refuge to the ones who surrender firmly unto Him with unshakeable faith and has protected them from unforeseen mishappenings by means which are totally unimaginable and impossible by us. We can quote numerous examples as in the cases of Draupadi, Sudhama, Prahallada, Dhruva, Gajendra etc.