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Jnana's excellent wares
Maya envelops the Paramatma tatva and we have to learn to break its subtle veil to experience this truth. We have to establish contact with the Supreme Being in our consciousness. Realised souls a...
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Self and dream state
Discussions on the nature of the Self and its eternal presence draw on the analogy of the waking/dream/deep sleep states that every being experiences. Wonderful experiences are possible during the...
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Probing eternal Truth
Human birth is a rare chance for us to avoid further births by seeking enlightenment. In other births as an animal or a bird there is no scope to even grasp this ideal. This chance cannot be waste...
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CHENNAI,
February 14, 2012
Faith: the invisible link
Spiritual knowledge is not apparent and is hidden from common sight. Neither is it within the bounds of reasoning, intellect, sense perception, etc. — the common tools we use for gaining knowledge...
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Chennai,
February 13, 2012
Saving the faithful
God saves those who think of Him constantly, even when they are in danger. Normally, when we are in danger, we can think of nothing else but how to save ourselves. God is certainly not in our thou...
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Chennai,
February 10, 2012
The glorious teacher
The Saivite saint Manickavachagar, who was first known as Vadavuran, was a minister under the Pandya King. But despite the high post he held, his mind was restless, and was constantly searching fo...
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February 8, 2012
A poetic princess
Next time you are inside the Meenakshi Amman Temple, just slow down near the Durgai Sannidhi. It is here, behind the celestial wedding witness tree, that a slice of history remains hidden. The ling...
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CHENNAI,
February 8, 2012
Love and anger
Affection and the capacity to form lasting bonds are God's greatest blessings to mankind, said Malayaman in a discourse. Among animals, a newborn is given attention, and the mother no longer worri...
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CHENNAI,
February 7, 2012
Humility personified
Saints and devout men do not see any way of serving God or His devotees as inferior, said Akkarakkani Srinidhi. One day a man came to Vaishnavite preceptor Nanjeeyar, asking that he teac...
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CHENNAI,
February 3, 2012
Bhagavata Dharma
Each one has to face the consequences of one's acts, good or evil. Ajamila's life swerved from good to evil. He lived his early life in accordance to scriptures but fell into evil ways in due cour...
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February 2, 2012
Event to promote heritage
The three-day event involving the students of Veda Patasalas conducted by Om Charitable Trust, Chennai, met with an overwhelming response. Over 200 students from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Kerala...
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CHENNAI,
January 31, 2012
Triumph of faith
The greatest fortune for any person is to be blessed with a mind that thinks of God. The tendency of the mind is to hanker after worldly activities and joys and this preoccupation does not encoura...
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Bhubaneswar,
January 30, 2012
Lakhs take ritual dip in Konark
Braving the chill, about 500,000 Hindu devotees on Monday took a ritual bath in a pond in Orissa’s temple town of Konark and offered prayers to the sun god on the occasion of auspicious Magha Sapt...
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CHENNAI,
February 13, 2012
King of Secrets
During the brief life span of individuals, the natural tendency in many is to make a mark in life and strive for a career that would enable one to lead a comfortable life of prosperity. These purs...
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Chennai,
February 11, 2012
Devotion to preceptors
Our relatives are a part of our lives only in this birth. There is nothing permanent about such connections. But there are some connections we must be proud of, as for example our association with...
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CHENNAI,
February 9, 2012
Moksha for everyone
The Lord's mercy is not discriminatory; His mercy comes unstintingly to all, said V.S. Karunakarachariar. He gives moksha to all. Rama, while in Dandakaranya, visited the ashrams of many sages, an...
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MADURAI,
February 8, 2012
Thousands of devotees witness the float festival
Streets submerging under an unceasing tide of people…children nagging their parents to buy sweets, corns, pineapples or other edible items… fancy toys put up for sale by hawkers... »
PATHANAMTHITTA,
February 7, 2012
Religious differentiation a threat to secularism: Kummanam
Kummanam Rajashekharan, Hindu Aikyavedi general secretary, has said that religious differentiation is the real threat to religious harmony and secularism.He was addressing a session at the 1...
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CHENNAI,
February 5, 2012
Practice of austerity
The term Dharma implies a range of meaning and cannot be indicated in a suitable synonym. Broadly speaking, it means righteousness or right living. In this sense it is related to the behaviour of...
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CHENNAI,
February 2, 2012
Nature of the Self
When explaining the ways to gain realisation, Lord Krishna makes it clear that controlling the mind and fixing it in the Absolute Truth is the only way. To Arjuna's doubt regarding the failed atte...
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CHENNAI,
February 1, 2012
Entangled by affection
Attachment to people, places and objects is the root cause of bondage. A strong knot that is difficult to untie or extricate is immediately formed when one develops attachment. Worldly life has it...
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CHENNAI,
January 30, 2012
An exclusive bond
God's unique bond with His devotees is unquestionably the most effective inspiring force that has fostered devotion among many — not merely the spiritually inclined but also those who are focussed...
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Chennai,
January 29, 2012
The right path
There are many to offer us advice, even when we do not ask them. There are many who advise us when we ask them to. But there are not many who tell us what they should for our own good. Most...
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