When divine feelings do not surge in the heart, Man becomes infected with two flaws.He conceals his countless blunders, and He criticises even minor mistakes of others.
Embodiments of Love,
The portraits of two personalities are very striking in the Ramayana. They are those of Sugriva and Vibhishana. Vibhishana went in quest of Rama, while Rama Himself went in search of Sugriva. Sugriva realised Rama’s greatness and goodness only after meeting Him, while Vibhishana knew of Rama’s excellence even before he met Him.
The Kurukshetra war lasted for eighteen days, but the war between Rama and Ravana lasted for seventy-five days. Though the warfare, in a physical sense, lasted for seventy-five days at Lanka, the inner war between Rama and Ravana, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, truth and untruth, and righteousness and unrighteousness is being fought endlessly in the human heart. No one can tell for certain when the conflict and the clash between the positive and the negative forces will...
At all times and in all places, the Atma exists.But people question why the Atma remains unseen.Can anyone obtain the butter latent in milk by mere asking?
Embodiments of Love!
The Universe is a mansion and all the men in the world belong to one family. Selfishness is disastrous, and yet today selfishness has become the very essence of life. The Ramayana teaches us not to be selfish.
It is easy to cognise the Divinity that pervades the entire universe, but as long as man is swayed by worldly thoughts, Divinity remains unrealised and unattained. As long as our secular life is marked by narrow-mindedness and parochialism, we will be lost in the world. The same worldly life, touched by sacrifice, love, and selflessness, enables one to enter into the world of Nivritti. Realisation and non-realisation are dependent upon the paths we follow. Unfortunately, today the outward tendencies have gained dominance over our inward tendencies. Realisation is impossible as long as one is lost in the ...
The Lord of Kailasa has manifested His Divine form in front of your eyes with the crescent moon adorning His head, the cool water of the Ganga flowing between the matted locks, with His radiant eye in the middle of the forehead and the purple neck gleaming like the sheen of a blackberry. He wears serpent bracelets and a snake belt, His entire body is smeared with vibhuti, His forehead is adorned with a kumkum dot, his ruddy lips glow with the juice of the betel, diamond-studded gold earrings dangle from His ears, and His whole swarthy body glows with divine (Telugu poem)
Embodiments of Love!
Every day, you have been listening to various speakers dwelling on the principle of Easwara (Divinity). Many people imagine that Easwara has a form with matted locks of hair and snakes adorning Him as ornaments. But this is not the true form of Easwara. Though He is all-pervasive, devotees, out of their imagination, attribute a form to Him with various types of ornaments.
There is a temperamenta...
Jihvagre varthathe Lakshmi Jihvagre mithra bandhava
Jihvagre bandhanam prapthi Jihvagre maranam Dhruvam The tongue is the cause of Truth and Prosperity.
The tongue also earns for us friends and relatives.
It is the tongue that brings bondage and death.
(Sanskrit Verse)
The Power of Words
Embodiments of Love!
THE words of man earn him wealth and riches. It is the words of man that cause bondage. Hence words are cause for good and evil. It is better to speak every word after due rumination and reflection. Words help us a lot in life.
Man should use his words with utmost care and caution. It is important that man uses words after weighing pros and cons. He should not be hurt nor should he hurt others. Words give life and take away life.
Words are dainty delicacies.Words are aromatic fragrance.Words are the essence of nectar.Words are the essence of the Vedas.(Telugu Poem)
The words uttered by Rama were sweet and delicious. Words should be pleasant and they should be used in moderation...
All His forms are manifestations of peace. All His forms are manifestations of Auspiciousness. He is the embodiment of Awareness and Bliss. He is not two, but One. He is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
Embodiments of Love!
There is not of much description and information about the five senses in any scientific, secular, or spiritual literature.
Man makes several frantic efforts to gain joy. He reads books, visits elders, and roams around the world in search of the elusive happiness. But He fails to find happiness in the end.
The Buddha made similar effort to find the source of happiness. He searched for God everywhere, and at last found that God was within him. He realized that he himself was an embodiment of ananda (Bliss). He searched for ananda like a man who searched for his spectacles while they were on his nose all the time! The Buddha searched for bliss everywhere and at last found it within him.
Man can learn many lessons from the five elements. The five elements are earth, fi...
