shiva rahasyam

Taking recourse to  yoga of meditation supported by yama, niyama[moral restraints and physical restraints, realising thenexus between physical world and transcedental[expanse of heart], smearing holy ashes, having renounced craving for sensual pleasures, teir joyous heart will seek supreme, the votaries of shiva are transformed into shiva themselves.----SHIVA RAHASYAM

why we need sanskrit

First of all sanskrit is  a Deva basha[spoken by gods]. we have to preserve our cultural heritage and showcase the world that there is no other language superior than sanskrit. we have to get connected with our roots. and understand the essence of our culture..   As on today we do not many of the meanings of the names given to the individuals or practices that are followed  in yajnyas, or various philosophies of our own religion, many concepts therein etc. for these we need sanskrit  and just mere translation by various language cannot help you. original works and their charms are lost when you translate, many a times. SANSKRIT contains hundreds of ancient works pertaining to every branch of knowledge.As you know every individual strives for three things knowledge, prosperity and happiness. Sanskrit is an ideal instrument to access them all. Nowadays even English dictionaries has some of the sanskrit words. such as MOTHER[derived from matharhh] yoga, Ayurveda,vastu, vedanta, etc. There are thousands of works in sansrit. The domain of sanskrit is so vast that  you can give your own expression. for example fridge an english word can be given  a sanskrit  expression as sheeta petika.. in other languages you can have a limitation of using   the equivalent of modern english expressions. In sanskrit, you are the master and you can create. also see the beauty of sanskrit grammar. for example---- Rmaha  Vanam gachhathi.[ Rama goes to forest]. in English you can't say forest goes to Ra ma. or goes rama to forest. whereas in sanskrit we can use a sentence in anyway you want  for example gachhahi vanam Ramaha, vanam RAMAHA  gachhathi.. anyway you express the sentence does have ameaning, Hence my dear friends learn sanskrit even if you are old enough as now easy way of leraning sanskrit is there.  You have an organisation called samskrit Bharathi having now thousands of centers, all over the world. spoken sankrit within ten days,one month course, week end course, six month courses, yearly courses, or even postal courses.[costs only 200 rupees along with books]. you can contact Bombay rep MITESH KATIRA--MOBILE----09833777556  He can give you  information  on  .how to  learn sanskrit. He is from  Bombay. however he can get  you information s regarding various centers . Please note specially in U.S when i sayes at Fremont  there were 20 courses running in california. and n.j,  etc. SO friends do learn sanskrit it,s for your own self improvement.

yashoda the fortunate mother of lord Krishna

krishnaya, vasudevaya, devakhi nandanaya cha, Nandagopa kumaraya, govindaya, namo namaha.---------Well this is   a very famous shloka, from time immemorial. well the simple meaning being I salute  that  krishna, who is vasudeva,s son, who is devaki,s child, who is the  son of Nandagopa,, to that Govinda, i do my pranams.Now everybody knows that krishna was originally born toVasudeva and Devakhi. and he is also Nandagopa,s son as he was brought up at Gokulam, by Yashoda  and Nandagopa. right from the time he was born. But if you observe it talks about three  personalities. omitting the most important one called Yashoda, who litterally enjoyed bringing up the great paramatman Krishna. Really speaking Yashoda had a special relation with Krishna, who behaved as  normal child and she was the only one who punished him for his mischievous pranks. She even tied him  with the ropes, which was shorter as  krishna expanded himself and did not allow her to tie up. Finally he gives her a special concession as yashoda is krishna's mother and she always loved him just as any mother loves her child. She is the only one in bagavatham,  wherein she enjoyed the closeness with krisna, sometimes loving, sometimes scolding, sometimes supporting him when other gopis complain about his  mischief s and krishna himself behaved as if he is afraid of her. hence although this shloka doesn;t talk about her; still it is inherent in anybody;s mind that yashoda the great mother was really most fortunate and one of the famous kirtana also. talks about the fortunate Yashoda who really enjoys   bringing him up from the day he was born.

YATRA TO KURUKSHETRAM,PUSHKAR AND NAIMISHARANYAM

Dear friends, i am on a trip from 3rd feb to 10th feb to the above places.Let me give a brief description of the same.-----Pushkar--This is  a place near Ajmer.[Rajasthan] The only Brahma temple is located here.There is a vast sarovar around which no; of holy places are located.The Brahma temple is the place where Brahma did penance prior to creation of the universe.-------------------------------------------- kurukshetram--------It,s located in Haryana.The great Mahabharatha war took place here. There is a vast pond called Brahmasarovar.There are no; of temples around this sarovar.. Jyotisar is the place Krishna gave Geetopadesham to Arjuna.Nearby Baan-Ganga[where Bhisma layed on the arrow-bed and obtained divine darshan of Lord kRISHNA.      -------                                                                        NAIMISHARANYAM  ;;;This is near Lucknow[u.p]Here river Gomathi flows and it was here that Parikshit[BHAGAVATAM]  was  blessed by sri suka with Bhagavatha Saptaham.Those that are famoue temples being Vyasa temple, srisukas temple, Manu-shatarupa temple etc.-----------------

CROSSING THE RIVER OF SAMSARA

The river called desire is like water agitated by waves of greed,frequented by crocodile of attachment with doubts and uncertainties hovering around like birds destroys the tree of poise and fortitude. such a river with deep and unconquerable  whirlpool of delusion, flanked by tall and insurmountable banks of anxiety,only the pure minded yogis cross over and revel in  beatitude.------vairagyasatakam

THREE PATHS LEADING TO ISHWARA

IN THIS  WORLD THE PATHS OF JNANA,BHAKTHI,AND KARMA LEADS TO ULTIMATE REALITY CALLED ISHWARA OR BRAHMAN. JNANA IS SUITABLE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETE DISPASSION TOWARDS ALL OBJECTS.FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTACHED TO SENSE OBJECTS, KARMA YOGA WILL WORK, AS ALL ACTIONS ARE DEDICATED TO GOD.FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEITHER INTENSELY ATTACHED NOR TOTALLY FREE FROM ATTACHMENT AND WHO HAVE SOME DEVOTION TOWARDS LORD, BAKTHI MARGA IS THE PROPER PATH------NARAYANEEYAM 4TH VERSE---96TH CHAPTER[GLORIES OF THE LORD]

Hits Of KB Sundarambal On Violin

Hits Of KB Sundarambal On Violin---------Listen to the wonderful music of Kunnakudi