What is the supreme offering? In Srimad Bhagavatam, Maha Bali is ready to offer anything to the Lord who came in the form of a Vamana. He readily surrendered all his possessions. The Lord refused.
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Columns by Devotees
A note from a Sadhak’s diary
When I meditated for a while and was slowly coming out of meditation, the mind immediately looks for the duration of meditation and tends to be complacent with the duration, to end the meditation
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Lessons from Viswamitra’s life – I
Our Scriptures narrate the life of the great Sage Viswamitra. In it, we find that he performed intense spiritual austerities (’tapas’) but his progress was marred three times. At first, he lost
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The journey in Sadhana
Once Ma Devaki, Yogiramsuratkumar’s disciple was forlorn and dejected because of some happenings around her. She was weeping and asked Yogiji, ‘Bhagavan! I came here for peace and to attain
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Attachment
Once a devotee of Bhagavan Ramana came to the ashram clad in ochre robes and was expecting some response from Bhagavan. Bhagavan as usual chose to remain silent. Unable to control himself, the
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Perseverance
Once a devotee who had been initiated by Sri Swamiji visited after a long gap. Sri Swamiji asked him upon seeing him, “I have initiated you already into a specific mantra. But you have not been
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Body attachment
A man is caught in a flood and is desperately reaching out for help. He notices a log of wood coming his way and holds on to it in an attempt to save himself. But what appeared as a log turned out to
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Dharmas in Bala Kanda
Srimad Ramayana goes to show the Dharmas through its each and every sloka. For instance, if we take Bala Kanda, Sri Rama goes along to protect the sacrifice of Viswamitra from demons (’Yagna
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Pranava Mantra
The Pranava Mantra consists of three syllables ‘A’ ‘U’ and ‘M’.Many points of significance have been mentioned regarding these three syllables. Our Sri Swamiji mentioned the following in
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Genetic Inheritance
Modern medicine says that the tendencies for most diseases are inherited by man at birth itself and diseases manifest much later in life. There is an instance in Kamba Ramayanam where the great
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Who is the proof?
In Srimad Bhagavatam it is said, ‘dasamasya vishudhyartham navaanaam iha lakshanam’.The 10th canto – the Story of Lord Krishna – is the ‘Ashraya’ – the one to be sought; and all the
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Sadhu-sang
In Srimad Ramayana, in the beginning we see Sugreeva, who is stripped of his share of the kingdom, his wife and children by his brother Vali. He is in a state where he does not even get proper food
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