From April 24, 2007 to April 30, 2007

Knowledge Of The Self

The credit of consolidating the system of Advaita by writing extensive commentaries and independent works goes to Adi Sankara though there have been many preceptors before him and after him.

Of Nayak Vintage

Tucked away in a village near Tirunelveli is the temple, a replica of Pandaripur.

Bounteous Grace

The descents of the Supreme Being in the world in human form were actually to make Himself accessible to His devotees even though the scriptural texts state that the Lord incarnates to reinstate Dharma whenever there is threat to it.

Meaningful Life

The Bhagavad Gita is hailed as the quintessence of the Upanishads. It was out of compassion for mankind that the Lord in His incarnation as Krishna taught the eternal truth using Arjuna as a pretext because the Upanishads cannot be easily understood . .

God's Graciousness

There is a common misconception that worship of the formless aspect of the Supreme Being (Nirguna) is superior to worshipping His forms (Saguna).

Importance To Devotion

It is not just a matter of coincidence that two great preceptors (Acharyas) of the Vedic tradition, Sankara and Ramanuja, were born on the same day (month and star according to Hindu calendar) though nearly two centuries apart.

Essence Of Vedanta

Philosophers of the different systems of Vedanta who have expounded the Absolute Reality through their extensive commentaries and independent treatises have also summed it up in pithy hymns and digests.

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