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My new book published on the History of the Sri Vaishnava community! KINDLE e-book now Available for sale on Amazon INDIA – Price ₹.411/- only ! Hurry up and buy your copy now !
Sri Nrsimha Priya July 2023 : Sri Sannidhi News Round-up: Book Launch event 23 June 2023 — HH Srimad 46th Azhagiyasingar releases “Epistles of a Prolific Pontiff”, English translations of HH Srimad 44th “Mukkur” Azhagiyasingar’s Tamizh “arul mozhigal”
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“On HUMAN DESIRE”: My English Translation of the 44th Azhagiyasingar’s epistle in Tamil on “aasai” published in “Vainavan Kural”
It is my privilege to translate into English the epistle (“arul mozhi”) on written in Tamizh on “assai” or HUMAN DESIRE by HH Mukkur Azhagiyasingar. It is published in “Vainavan Kural” issue April 2023 reproduced below . Sudarshan Madabushi
How does Hinduism communicate?
— M.K.Sudarshan Part 1 of 4 You can infer much about a Religion from the many ways it communicates with itself and the manner in which it addresses its audience. In terms of sheer population, the world’s leading religions today are Islam (2.8 bn), Christianity (2.9 bn), Hinduism (1. 38 bn) and Buddhism (0.5 bn).Continue reading “How does Hinduism communicate?”
POLL: Which 4 Indian leaders would deserve to be memorialised on an India version of Mt. Rushmore?
On Mount Rushmore , Vermont, in the USA , to memorialise them, on a huge tall mountain cliff are sculpted the faces of 4 of the tallest leaders in American History : George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln . If a similar memorial were to be also carved somewhere, say, onContinue reading “POLL: Which 4 Indian leaders would deserve to be memorialised on an India version of Mt. Rushmore?”
Mind read… be mindful .
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I wish my skill at reading other peoples’ minds and thoughts became keener and more accurate than I know it is now. Conventional wisdom tells us that the human ability to fathom other people’s mind is mostly judgmental. A person reveals his mindContinue reading “Mind read… be mindful .”
Jawaharlal Nehru discovered INDIA… how did he miss Prayagraj ?
Jawaharlal Nehru in his Will wrote these words and was quoted by some anonymous person who inserted a small correction to it by way of a harmless parenthesis which raised some shackles : A good friend of mine — a fine Parsi gentleman— reacted to above in the following words in an email to meContinue reading “Jawaharlal Nehru discovered INDIA… how did he miss Prayagraj ?”
Tasteful Tongue-tied-ness
Here is a tale from the Ramayana that I came across circulating in the social media today: Strolling through the streets of Lanka at night, Hanuman was taken aback when he heard the chants of Sriram coming from a home. They were not loud but whispers through the windows. Hanuman wondered who could be chantingContinue reading “Tasteful Tongue-tied-ness”
“THE IRON SHACKLE AND THE GOLDEN MANACLE” Words of Wisdom” from Sri Mukkur Azhagiyasingar “arul mozhigal” in Tamizh: English Translation
It is my privilege to translate into English the 2nd and Final Part of the Tamil epistle of HH Sri Mukkur Azhasingar, the 44th Pontiff of Sri Ahobila Mutt, on “Sin and Virtue”. It has been published under the title “BREAKING OUT OF BONDAGE” in the December 2022 issue below of “VAINAVAN KURAL ”, “SpiritualContinue reading ““THE IRON SHACKLE AND THE GOLDEN MANACLE” Words of Wisdom” from Sri Mukkur Azhagiyasingar “arul mozhigal” in Tamizh: English Translation”