इति भक्त्या चिन्तयतां शुभकारी भवत्यलम् | तत्राsपि कुर्वतां द्वेषं तमःप्राप्त्यै तथा भवेत् || – भा.ता 10-15-34 || iti bhaktyA chintayatAM shubhakArI bhavatyalaM | tatra api… Read More »Punishment given by the Lord is good.
This is a famous shlOka that eulogizes sri rAghavEndra tIrtha. A shlOka that is taught first even to a two year old toddler. An easy, simple and meaningful shlOka. It is a protective mantra as well. There have been innumerable people who have obtained the siddhi of this shlOka through purascharaNa and other methods.
The concepts of puNya and pApa is a very important foundational principle in sanatana dharma. Our shAstras consider it vitally important that people believe in… Read More »The Concept of Punya and Papa in Sanatana Dharma – I/III
His true and intrinsic form is the very personification of bliss, and has eternal and infinite attributes.
When there is an alert guard via “kathaM yAmikagruhE dvaita pratyaksha” how then can “chOraH kathaM pravishEt”? How can the stealer called advaita enter?
The aNu-bhAshya is truly a magnificent and unparalleled work in the Vedantic world. Every single akshara, word and shlOka in this great composition reveals multiple meanings of the brahmasUtras.
The unparalleled status of the aNu-bhAshya in the world of Vedantic works is due to the fact that it serves as an index to the brahmasUtras, while at the same time qualifying as an outstanding stotra on the greatness of paramAtma and the shAstras.
Vidwan Undaru Srinivasa Acharya Translation: Hariprasad Nellitheertha Image courtesy : insideedition.com We are in the age of ‘science’. The age in which only that which… Read More »Do pishachas exist?
Brahma, by his very nature, is the opposite of avidyA. And what have you advaitis done? You have created a relationship between avidyA and brahma. In other words, you have married off avidyA and brahma. You should not have done this. Yet, you have done so. Do you, however, know who actually introduces or reveals the groom brahma? shAstra says
आत्म शब्दः परे विष्णौ नाsन्यत्र क्वचिदिष्यते |गुणपूर्त्यभिधायी सः नाsन्यत्र गुणपूर्णता |अमुख्यात्मान एवाsतो ब्रह्माद्या सर्व एव हि || – (इत्यादि ब्रह्माण्डे ऐतरेय भाष्य २-२-७)Atma shabdaH parE… Read More »Sarvamoola Sandesha