As It Strikes Me

In a freely flowing conversation, Sri Swamiji answers four vital questions on our sampradayam (tradition) to a devotee, who questions ‘pariprashnena sevaya’, with humility and simplicity. Devotee: Sri Swamiji, I have a question… it is about our sampradaya. Should we, as Krishna bhaktas,
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Devotee: Is our sampradaya in line with Sri Adi ShankaraBhagavadpada’s or Sri BhagavatRamanujacharya’s or Sri Madhvacharya’s sampradaya? Sri Swamiji: I totally understand what you are asking. All these, at the current time, are very big precepts (“periyavishayam”). If you ask what our
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Devotee: Respected Sri Swamiji, many people who are in the same path of Krishna bhakti call Sri Adi ShankaraBhagavadpada as a ‘mayavadi’… Sri Swamiji: They speak this way because they have not understood the great Acharya properly. I believe that they have not gone really in depth into the
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Devotee: Dear Sri Swamiji, can you please summarize our sampradaya in a sentence? Sri Swamiji: Our Guru is Paranur Mahatma Sri Sri KrishnaPremi Maharaj. Our Guru Maharaj is himself a sampradaya sthapakacharya (an Acharya who has established a sampradaya). The sampradayam is PremikaSampradayam. If
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Senganur Sri Srinivasa Perumal blissfully adorned the spectacular, white yaanai vahanam (white elephant carrying the Lord) during the recent Brahmotsavam. The procession was a beautiful spectacle amidst bhajans, auspicious rendering of nadaswaram (a traditional wind instrument), and recital of
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Recently I happened to visit a proposed temple site where preparations were on for the consecration. I saw the archavathar (main deity) that was to be consecrated there. The Lord was seated as if in a meditative posture and very beautiful. I sat there looking at Him in a focused manner for a
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Sanathana Dharma lays lot of rules and restrictions for the purpose of purity and nurturing tapas. It is not due to disparities. However, the system is misconceived as one with disparities due to the perverted interpretations of people with selfish motives. The guidelines given by scriptures are
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