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“Ullathu Narpathu’ is the essential teaching of Bhagavan Sri Ramana. Among all the works of Bhagavan, “Ullathu Narpathu” is noted for the Jnana it upholds, for its vivid description it makes, for the Self knowledge it leads, for the… Continue Reading →
September 15, 2003. The Sringeri Pravachana Mandapam at Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, wore a festive look. Celebrities from music world, pundits from devotional field, representatives from Mutts, officials, businessmen, journalists and devotees all had assembled to facilitate the Guru they held… Continue Reading →
Among the many temples spread all over India, the temple at Puri, the abode of Lord Jagannath, is unique for many reasons. Lord Jagannath, his elder brother, Balabadra and younger sister, Subadra are the three deities worshipped here. … Continue Reading →
Buzzing streets, beaches, shopping arcades, monuments, moving vehicles, Metros and the skyscrapers do not sum up Chennai. Chennai has a different face, quite different from all these diversities. It has another face and that is its real face; the face… Continue Reading →
விழிக்குத் துணை திரு மென்மலர்ப் பாதங்கள் மெய்ம்மை குன்றாமொழிக்குத் துணை முருகா வெனு நாமங்கள் முன்பு செய்தபழிக்குத் துணையவன் பன்னிரு தோளும் பயந்ததனிவழிக்குத் துணைவடி வேலுஞ்செங் கோடன் மயூரமுமே. He whose sacred Lotus feet gives the right vision,whose sacred names guide me to speak the right language,whose twelve… Continue Reading →
While Sri Arunagirinathar weaved many garlands of songs (Paamalai) and offered them to different manifestations of God, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi made a garland of letters (Aksharamana Malai) and offered them to Lord Arunachala. While Arunagirinathar rendered over 16,000 songs… Continue Reading →
There are two things an individual is normally engaged in; either his body is busy doing something or his mind is engaged in thinking something. Seldom does he remain as ‘himself’, free from all influences. Seldom does he remain in… Continue Reading →
“There shines in holy temple of Guruvayur what at first appears to be an image but in reality, the Truth-Consciousness and Bliss, the Brahman, the Supreme, the incomparable, the incomprehensible, limitless, the ultimate end which all the scriptures, Vedas and… Continue Reading →
A saint went to Palani to worship Lord Dhandayuthapani. First, he decided to perform the Giri Pradakshinam; the act of going round the hill reciting the sacred names of the Lord. As he was walking around the hill, he was… Continue Reading →
The Self gives the consciousness by which we are able to experience our existence in all stages of life like youth, middle age and old age and in all states like deep sleep, dream and waking. Though the Consciousness reveals… Continue Reading →