This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. Last week’s article elaborated on Upaasana of Ganapati, one of the Devata-s in level 18. Let’s continue with other Devata-s in the same level. Vishvaksena: As mentioned the…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. Last week, we saw some elaboration of the symbolism of Ganapati and his various Anga-s. Now let’s continue from where we left off. The Trunk: The elephant trunk…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. Previous article was about maximizing the Punya one can earn through good Karma. This requires recalibration of one’s spiritual line of thought. Such a line of thought must…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. In the previous article, a question was asked. India is also known as Bharata, as it is named after the King Bharata. But which Bharata? How many Bharata-s…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. A religious prayer leader of a certain non-Hindu religion – which faced a lot of problems during World War 2 – told me that in their religion, there’s…
Some readers thought that these articles sounded very technical. While I don’t disagree, technicalities can’t be avoided completely. For example, to get a driver’s license, we need to know the traffic rules. We need to understand what gear should be engaged at what speed and why; the speed limit on the road we are driving…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the “SPECIAL THOUGHTS” section. The previous article was about Veda. Veda is authorless and therefore unprejudiced. Another point to note here is that if someone had authored the Vedas, it would mean that the…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located at the bottom of this page. I am very happy to inform all readers that at least 2 scholars, who’ve completed the study of “nyaaya sudha” (explanation in future) under His Holiness Late…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located at the bottom of this page. We all exist in 3 states of consciousness or avasthaas i.e., we (all living beings) are either 1) awake or 2) dreaming or 3) asleep. But what…
अथः श्री वेङ्कटेश स्तोत्रम् श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः हरिः ॐ वेङ्कटेशो वासुदेवः प्रद्युम्नोऽमितविक्रमः । सङ्कर्षणोऽनिरुद्धश्च शेषाद्रि पतिरेव च ॥१॥ जनार्दनः पद्मनाभो वेङ्कटाचल वासनः । सृष्टिकर्ता जगन्नाथो माधवो भक्त वत्सलः ॥२॥ गोविन्दो गोपतिः कृष्णः केशवो गरुड ध्वजः । वराहो वामनश्चैव नारायण अधोक्षजः ॥३॥ श्रीधरः पुण्डरीकाक्षः सर्वदेव स्तुतो हरिः । श्रीनृसिंहो महासिंहः सूत्राकारः पुरातनः ॥४॥ रमानाथो महीभर्ता भूधरः पुरुषोत्तमः…
