Gita

Dear Friends, This week’s post is from Sreemad Bhagavad Geeta, our sacred scripture by Sri Veda Vyasa. These are from the third Canto, the Karma Yoga, verses 36 and 37. There are several intersting questions raised by Arjuna (for our sake). The following is, one among such, with a proper reply from the Lord. अर्जुन […]

Dear Friends, Greetings to you all. Last week, I couldn’t post any message on this blog due to other preoccupations. I am now continuing with the ideas already dealt with in the previous post, where in we discussed the evil effects of desires and craving. The following two slokas are also from Srimad Bhagavad Geeta

Dear Friends,Greetings to you all. Last week we have seen the succession of steps which will spell our destruction. We will be continuing on the same idea for a while. Let us see how Jagad Guru Sri Sankaracharya has explained similar idea using a corollary of what is instructed by Veda Vyasa (see last post).The

Dear Friends, Greetings to you all, Last three weeks we have seen posts on how man can stoop down and how he/she can ascend to greater happiness dependending on one’s own attachments and the desires based on the slokams by Sri Veda Vyasa Bhagavan and Jagad Guru Sri Adi Sankaracharya. Similar expressions and echo of

మనీషా పంచకమ్ Dear Friends and Relatives, It is a very long time since I last met you on this blog of mine. My son’s wedding function, pressure of work and many other excuses kept me away in communicating with you on this platform, though I really enjoy doing this. Many well wishers of mine have

మనీషా పంచకమ్ Dear Friends and Relatives, Last week we started the new topic “Maneesha Panchakam” by Sri Adi Sankaracharya. We have seen the introduction and the first slokam. This week I am presenting the second and third slokams with word meaning and substance. Also, the video narration is appended just as in the previous post.

Greetings to you all We have seen the first three sloakas in the introductory part of Maneesha Panchakam in the previous posts. In this post we will see the 4th and 5th slokams. Just to recall from where we have left, I have given the substance of the last slokam we have seen in the

Greetings to you all. From the time of last posting, in spite of my strong wish to post this fourth part of Maneesha Panchakam, various preoccupations of my time prevented me from reaching you sooner than this. From this post onwards, we will see the FIVE Jewel verses on the understanding of our SELF. These

My greetings to you all. We have seen the first of the Five Jewels of Maneesha Panchakam in our previous post of Part 4 of 8. Now, we will see the second of these 5 important slokas. These are recited extempore by the learned man in reply to Lord Shiva. The Second Slokam is as

My greetings to you all. We have seen second slokam of the Five Jewels of Maneesha Panchakam in our previous post of Part 5 of 8. Now, we will see the third of these 5 important slokas. These are recited extempore by the learned man in reply to Lord Shiva. The THIRD one is as