Saints and holy men possess divinity and this divine power is transferred to any person or object who are blessed with their touch. There once lived a woman who suffered from a deadly disease for
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Nibbles
As you sow, so you reap
Once Ma Devaki, who is Yogiramsuratkumar’s foremost disciple, climbed on a stool to pluck flowers. Yogi came there and said, ‘Don’t hurt yourself as well as the flower’. Yogi’s words had so
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Maya or Birthless?
The episode of Ajamila in Srimad Bhagavatam is well-known. The once-pious Brahmin takes to evil deeds. The story goes to show how, by merely chanting the Divine Name of the Lord at the last breath,
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‘Pranava’
The Sanskrit term ‘nava’ means ‘new’. Pranava (the term used to refer the sound of ‘AUM’) can be split as ‘pra’ + ‘nava’ . The prefix ‘pra’ can be taken as a prefix divinity
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Ant and the Airavata!
Even though Airavata, the vehicle of Lord of Devas, is mighty and big, it is goaded by the hook in the hands of Lord Indra and suffers constant pain. But an ant, though small moves about freely! With
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Bhagavan Ramana and Kirtan
Once when Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi’s mother was staying with him, she fell ill. Bhagavan Ramana, through wonderful kirtans, prayed to Lord Arunachaleswara for setting her health right. In
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Water – the subtle purifier
In the ancient times, sages who lived in the forest used to carry a Kamandalu (a small pitcher) filled with water). Many paintings that depict these sages too show this. Even today many who perform
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Thulasi the healer
1. Thulasi , when taken along with pepper in the evenings for three days consecutively, treats cold, cough and fever. 2. Irritation in the urinary tract is healed when the juice of Thulasi and
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Religion in everything
Swami Vivekananda has said, We have not invaded any country not because we lack bravery or valour. It is because in the heart of hearts, we Indians look for aspects beyond material riches –
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Talk to my right ear!
During Upanayana Samskara (ceremony of administering the sacred thread to the young boy), the father of the boy performs the ‘Brahmopadesha’ by chanting the Mantra to the right ear of the boy. If
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The lone companion
During Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi’s time at the Ramanashram in Tiruvannamalai, a cow by name Lakshmi used to live in the Ashram. Bhagavan Ramana’s mother also lived in the Ashram. It is interesting
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Deity Worship
The mind can be destroyed only by upasana(worship) to a particular deity. When that is the case, how can the mind be destroyed by turning one’s vision inward putting it back in its place of origin.
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