Vedanta - The River of Wisdom
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Vedanta - The River of Wisdom
Can one be free from sorrow and inadequacy and live a life of fullness? Yes. Just like our Rishis did. How? Because you can see what they saw! You are the limitless having a limited human experience. Join me to learn this ancient flowing wisdom by which you will live a life of purpose, connection an...
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#314 Gurupaduka stotram - its meaning and blessing
Guru Paduka Stotram is a powerful set of well-known devotional verses that glorify the sacred “Padukas (Sandals) of the Guru.
Why are the paduk...
#313 Sharada Bhujanga Stotram - its meaning and blessing (Adi Shankaracharya)
Devi Saraswati also known as Devi Sharada is revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, lang...
#312 Desire - to fulfill or give up?
When our desires are fulfilled we find ourselves to be happy and when they are not fulfilled, we are unhappy and restless.
The Vedas recognise...
#311 Four Hindu ways to enrich the New Year
The Hindu way of life is neither new nor old. It is Sanatana, eternal and so it is both, new and old.
Yes, at the threshold of the new year we...
#310 Annapurna Stotram (by Adi Shankaracharya) - its meaning and blessing
Devi Annapurna is the goddess of food and nourishment. She is called the mother of the three worlds and gives
to everyone what only a mother giv...
#309 The Life and Teachings of Swami Tapovan Maharaj
Wise beings who have been the gurus of our gurus, shine the light of Vedanta for us as they pave the path for our learning.
Swami Tapovan Mahara...
#308 Bhakti - The transformative love of the Gopis for Sri Krishna
How could Sri Krishna, a Sampurna Avataara respond in the way he did to the Gopis? What is the right way of looking at their relationship?
Thro...
#307 The Dharma Bull and its decline in the 4 Yugas (Bhagavatam)
Dharma is likened to a bull in Bhagavatam, who is now only standing on one leg in Kali Yuga's current age. We hear the story of the Dharma bull and ho...
#306 Why study Vedanta if one seeks enlightenment?
What is the connection between a book and what you want i.e. self-realisation or enlightenment?
This and more is covered in an important topic –...
#305 Vamana Avataara and Bali's journey from Ego to Devotion (Bhagavatam)
King Bali had created havoc in the three worlds. As the devas approached Sri Vishnu, he incarnated as a mere dwarf, Vamana.
The dialogue betwee...
#304 How to come to terms with our past
Everyone experiences events in childhood that leave an impression and shape us into who we become.
Vedanta teaches us to see things as IS. This...
#303 The Sacred Bond of Siblings - Lessons from the Ramayana and Mahabharata
Among young people these days, it is common to refer to each other as ‘Bro’ meaning a friend, a buddy, someone close like a brother.
While par...
#302 Narakasura and the 16000+ wives of Bhagavan Sri Krishna
Naraka Chaturdashi is celebrated on the 2nd day of
the 5 day Deepavali festival. One of the associated legends is that Sri Krishna defeated Nara...
#301 Devi Lakshmi speaks to the one who says 'I don't have enough'
Asantosha is like most of us. He feels that he 'does not have enough money'.
Devi Lakshmi opens his eyes to all her manifestations and prompts...
#300 You are the Whole
Is your vision of yourself similar to the vision of Vedanta, which sees you as limitless?
Let us listen to an extract from Pujya Swami Dayanand...
#299 Chant these 32 names of Ma Durga to overcome difficulties
The word 'Durga' itself means an invincible fortress as well as a difficulty. By chanting these 32 powerful names, each of which starts with Durga, we...
#298 Seeing Devi in ALL Beings
With a heavy heart and feeling purposeless, a devotee is cleaning her mandir, wiping the murti of Durga. She prays for guidance. Lo behold!
Devi...
#297 Paying the price for our wrong actions (28 narakas of suffering)
Any one who commits wrong actions or even crime may escape the law of land but cannot escape the law of Karma presided over by Bhagavan. Such a person...
#296 How do (negative) emotions help us?
What if emotions like anger, sadness, fear, jealousy etc have a purpose - to help rather than harm us?
What if emotions whisper wisdom that we...
#295 How does Ganapati bless and guide us?
When Bhagavan Ganapati appears, the dejected devotee asks many questions - Why are there so many obstacles in my path? How are you both a placer as we...
#294 Ganesha and his Powerful 8 Avataras
Did you know that in different cosmic ages, Bhagavan Ganesha appeared as 8 Avataras to vanquish asuras and re-establish Dharma.
We listen to the...
#293 Happiness is centred on oneself
Does happiness lie in a person, situation or a thing? If so, the person, situation or thing should always make me happy! But this is not our experienc...
#292 Bala Mukunda Ashtakam (The Beautiful Child form of Sri Krishna)
In an interesting turn of events in the midst of a deluge, Rishi Markandeya was blessed with the vision of Sri Krishna in the child form resting on a...
#291 Freedom from Sadness (by Pujya Swami Dayananda )
We can be free from sadness only when we understand what we are bound by. Through this exquisite unfolding of words by Pujya Swami Dayananda ji we see...
#290 Tulsidas (Great Saints of India - Bhakta vijaya)
As soon as people across the world chant the Hanuman Chalisa they find themselves rejuvenated with bhakti and shakti. Such is its power and greatness....
#289 Great Devotees of Shiva (Punitavati and Kannapa - 63 Nayannars)
According to the Hindu calendar, the month of Shravan, which falls between July and August, is considered highly auspicious for the worship of Bhagava...
#288 The Bhagavad Gita - 9 Objections and Reasons to Learn it.
Simple and straightforward answers to commonly raised objections to learning the Bhagavad Gita, a profound dialogue that will transform your life.
#287 Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati ji and his Gurus
In the book 'Swami Dayananda Saraswati - Contributions and Writings' by Sheela Balaji, there are very deeply moving extracts of Pujya Swami Dayananda...
#286 I am NOT the body-mind (the right way to do the enquiry)
I am not the body-mind.
If this statement is understood incorrectly, then it can lead to dissociation and wanting to abandon responsibilities....
#285 Namdev (Great Saints of India - Bhaktavijaya)
Like Arjuna (in the Gita), we too wonder - How do wise people, talk, walk and live?
More than 200 years ago, Sri Mahipati wrote about the 'Stor...
#284 Meditation - 6 Key Myths and Truths (as per Vedanta)
Meditation or Dhyaanam is an integral part of sadhana of a
Vedanta student-disciple. Since meditation has entered the mainstream, many wrong ide...
#283 Forgiving oneself - an open letter
Our journey of accepting people is incomplete if it leaves the most important person out – oneself.
What do you long to hear? What can yo...
#282 Simple everyday prayers and practices to divinise your life
We wrongly think that the big ‘aha’ moments of epiphanies while meditating or during a retreat make us see that life is sacred.
Actually, the s...
#281 Are rituals necessary for our spiritual growth?
First, we become aware of how we depend on everyday non-religious rituals to provide structure, comfort, and meaning to our lives.
Second, we u...
#280 Why YOU are greater than all your achievements.
In the endless striving to attain wealth, power and scale the height of pleasure, is there anything that, we tend to overlook?
How does the Bha...
#279 Powerful blessings and protection of Lakshmi Narasimha (Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalambam Stotram)
Is there a stotram (devotional set of verses) composed by Adi Shankaracharya that laments one's helpless condition, seeks divine protection, surrender...
#278 Narasimha 's justice and Prahlada's devotion (a legend of divine protection)
When there seems no way out of suffering, Bhagavan always appears in the most mysterious of forms to bless his devotees.
We see this in the eve...
#277 Ten key contributions of Adi Shankaracharya to Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism
That moment when we saw all that is here is one,
The harmony that we have built in our relationships with Karma Yoga,
The care and conne...
#276 Who shapes your Life journey? You or others?
Jeeva, a 45-year-old, believes that many key people are to be blamed for his life turning out the way it did. He goes to
court, hurling accusati...
#275 Hanumat Pancharatnam - its powerful blessings and meaning
Composed by Jagadguru Adi Shankararachya, Hanumat Pancharatnam is a stotram of five gems in praise of Hanuman, the greatest bhakta/devotee of Bhagavan...