Reminds me of how in the Mahabharata, King Dhritarashtra was ready to grant pardon to his beloved son Duryodhana for every misdeed of his. A father’s love for a son is blind … more blind than the mother’s even… and Queen Gandhari seems to have exemplified that truth! My knowledge of law is very limitedContinue reading “The Presidential Pardon Joe Biden gave his son and the Doctrine of “Saranagathi” in Vedantic Theology”
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Very strong flavour of Visishtadvaitic Thought in the “Soundarya Lahari”
On 27 Oct 2024, at 2:54 PM, Rangarajan T.N.C. Sent to me in an email this YouTube link : And below was my reply to him via email : Dear Sir, Thank you for sharing with me the above beautiful Shloka from Sankara Bhagavatpada’s masterpiece “Soundarya Lahari …”! This Bhakti laden Sanskrit hymn has a very special place in my heart forContinue reading “Very strong flavour of Visishtadvaitic Thought in the “Soundarya Lahari””
India’s Democracy is prosthetic not orthopaedic … Why ?
Winston Churchill, WW-II British Prime Minister, made this famous pronouncement on government and democracy : ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of GovernmentContinue reading “India’s Democracy is prosthetic not orthopaedic … Why ?”
The Metaphysics of “shuddha-sattvam” captured in the smile of a baby: Sri. Peria Azhwar’s experience!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/aQLx9BfiTqToDyNF/?mibextid=WC7FNehttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/aQLx9BfiTqToDyNF/?mibextid=WC7FNe In Sri Vaishnava metaphysics there is this concept known as “shudda sattvam”… the ethereal absolutely pristine non-mortal substance which is what constitutes both the svarupam and kalyaana guna — I.e. form and nature — of Paramatma and the celestials in Sri Vaikuntam. This shuddasattvam is very difficult to conceive or comprehend by our ordinaryContinue reading “The Metaphysics of “shuddha-sattvam” captured in the smile of a baby: Sri. Peria Azhwar’s experience!”
2024 Nobel Prize for Medicine: “homo sapiens”, “cenorhabditis elegans” and Maharishi Vyaasa
I am a layman. My knowledge of Medical Sciences is less than microscopic… certainly, it is zilch when it is anything at all about microbiological research. Nonetheless, like many millions in the world who read it this morning, I too was certainly very excited by the news about the 2024 Nobel Prize for Medicine beingContinue reading “2024 Nobel Prize for Medicine: “homo sapiens”, “cenorhabditis elegans” and Maharishi Vyaasa”
The 4 “vyuhas” of Vishnu explained in one chart
Vishnu , the Supreme Godhead of the Upanishads called Brahman or Sriman Naaraayana, is transcendent and beyond mere mortal perception or comprehension. He is also the supreme paragon of limitless virtues and perfections … “Anantha kalyaana gunaan”. While it is impossible to apprehend the Supreme Brahman wholly through the senses, Vishnu’s “gunas”, or multitudes ofContinue reading “The 4 “vyuhas” of Vishnu explained in one chart”
Srimathe Srivan Satagopa Sri Ranganatha Yathindra Mahadesikan, HH Srimadh Azhagiyasingar of Sri Ahobila Mutt and Dr. S. Padmanabhacharya, the Sri Karyam of the Mutt, on August 15, 2024 at Tirumala Hills, gave glowing endorsements for the book “The Epistles of a Prolific Pontiff”
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EPISTLES OF A PROLIFIC PONTIFF (Second & Updated edition) by M. K. Sudarshan – Books on Google Play
If you’re interested in the subjects but not equipped to study Vedanta,Visishtaadvaita and Sri Ramanuja Siddhaantha in Sanskrit or Tamizh or in any other vernacular … and you earnestly wish to read a lucid work on them in the English language, then you must buy this book! It will be an eye-opener for you !Continue reading “EPISTLES OF A PROLIFIC PONTIFF (Second & Updated edition) by M. K. Sudarshan – Books on Google Play”
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The “NammAzhwar telescope”: Part-6: குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli-Tuticorin) of Nava Tirupati temples *********** “Mind blogging!” is probably the first expression that tumbles out of us whenever we happen to read sensational news reports about how astronomers and astrophysicists have discovered some new hitherto unknown facet of the dark unravelled mysteries ofContinue reading “The “NammAzhwar telescope”: Part-6: குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra””