As It Strikes Me

In the Bhagavatam we come across the incident of curse by the ‘Sanakadiis’ who were Jnanis. The guards at the gate of Vaikunta — Jaya-Vijaya stopped them and the Sanakadiis cursed the two to be born on the earth. This led to the birth of Hirayaksha-Hiranyakasippu,
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A child, who is out to play, plays for a while. Then it suddenly wants to know if its mother is in the house or not. So it gets back home on some pretext like drinking water to see if its mother is present there. After seeing its mother, it goes out to play again. Again after a while, it gets back
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Generally, a person is blessed with the Darshan or association of a Mahatma, soon after he performs some virtuous deed. But, in the case of Parikshit, one might wonder how he got the association of Sri Suka despite placing a dead snake around Sage Sameeka’s neck! But, the fact is that, Sage
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The most compassionate mother is Bhoomadevi(Mother Earth). Every mother begets a child who is separated from her after a certain point in time. However, the plants that Mother Earth begets is inseparable from her throughout their lives and any attempt to do so proves to be
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Human mind is never still. Like the flowing water it moves steadily and endlessly from one thought to another. The mouth likes to talk, the tongue craves to taste, the eyes long to see, the legs desire to move. Every sense organ looks outward to seek pleasure. How is mind control achieved? The
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Even if one is wealthy and leads a comfortable life, if he fails to chant the Mahamantra, he is certain to suffer in the life after death! If a Sanyasi follows the rigorous austerities laid down for him, he suffers in this birth but is happy in the life beyond. By being a householder, leading a
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The Vedas are the Lord’s word on how one should lead life in order to attain the highest state of realization. The Upanishads describe the state of a Jnani – the highest state of realization. Some may question if it is truly possible to follow the preaching of the Vedas and attain the highest
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The story of Sage Vishvamitra is known to us all.A king called Trishanku requested Vishvamitra to send him to heaven with the physical body. When the king told Sage Vishvamitra that even his Guru, Sage Vashista, said he could not send him to heaven with the physical body, Sage Vishvamitra
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Even today, poets when describing the gait of a woman, compare it to that of a ‘hamsa’ (swan). It has been centuries since the swan has become extinct from this world. It is not possible for poets of today’s world to have actually seen its beauty. The reference to its elegant movements is a
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