practical-sadhana
Today is Valentine’s Day. People have been celebrating this day as a day of love and romance since the 1300s. On this day people demonstrate their love by exchanging cards, candy, flowers or gifts with their special “valentine”. "Love" is considered pure, selfless and eternal. Does the&
Dhritarashtra
In King Kuru's family King Dhritarashtra was born to Queen Ambika, the first wife of King Vichittravirya. After death of King Vichittra Virya, His mother Satyavati asked her first born sage Ved Vyasa to give Queen Ambika a son. So, Dhritarashtra was born from glance of Ved Vyas.
In our previous discussions, we explored five of the six key characteristics of Bhakti: kleshaghni (that which ends misery), shubhada (that which begets auspiciousness), mokshalaghutakrit (that which trivializes liberation), sudurlabha (that which is extremely difficult to attain), and sandranandavisheshatma (that which grants intense ecstasy). In this article, we will delve
The notorious dacoit Ratnakar was so sinful that he could not pronounce the name Ram, though he could individually pronounce the syllables ‘Ra’ and ‘ma’. The same sinner Ratnakar, upon surrendering to a Guru and following his instructions had a change of heart and underwent a complete transformation to become
An unwavering realization of reality is called gyan (Devanagari: ज्ञान ISO15919: jñāna ). The word gyan means true knowledge. Firm knowledge of God is gyan . Knowledge of God is comprised of the knowledge of eternal and temporary matters, which results in detachment from the entire realm of Maya i.