Reflections on Bhakti- III: Defining ‘Bhakti’
[contextly_sidebar id=”YCel1nDVI31jwrSiIk01xbZQ05ERZvpP”] In the previous article while elaborating about how Bhakti is conceived as the ultimate Purushartha either independently or through its relationship More...
Reflections on Bhakti- II: Devotion as the Supreme Goal of Life
[contextly_sidebar id=”h8tDs0RCcaRSK5KW8r3hNF4xXR0QjBnv”] In the concluding portion of Part I of this series, I noted that in his phenomenal work on Bhakti titled Bhagavad-Bhakti-Rasayana, Madhusudhana More...
Reflections on Bhakti- I: From ‘I am Yours’ to ‘I am You’
In his Soundaryalahari Verse 22, Sri Shankaracharya submits a very unique prayer to Goddess Bhavani. He says: भवानि त्वं दासे मयि वितर दृष्टिं सकरुणां इति More...
Samanya Dharma and Spirituality
Hindu dharma speaks about four fold goals of human life termed as “chaturvidha purushArtha”. “Purusha” means human and “artha” means object or goal. This framework of life wherein each human being has More...
ఉత్తమ సంస్కారానికి సాధనం భక్తి
సమాజంలో ఒకవైపు భక్తి విపరీతంగా పెరుగుతున్నా మరొకవైపు అశాంతి, అన్యాయం పెరుగుతున్నాయని More...
Bhakti brings Happiness: A discourse by Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha
This is the English translation of the Anugraha Bhashanam delivered originally in Tamil by 35th Peethadhipati of Sringeri, Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal during 1982 Chennai Vijaya Yatra. The discourse More...
The Sweetness of Radharani: An Offering for Sri Radha Ashtami (the Appearance Day of Sri Radha)
Once, Radharani, the foremost and Krishna’s favorite of the gopis (wives of the cowherds in Vrndavana, where Krishna grew up), came to visit Krishna in Dwaraka, where he had established his kingdom. All of Krishna’s More...
Shankara Jayanti Special: Five Lessons from Sadhana Panchakam
Adi Shankaracharya is one of the most outstanding personalities that India has produced in last few thousand years. He was a teacher, scholar, poet, saint, philosopher, yogi, bhakta, tantrika, a jivanmukta, and More...
Debunking Hartosh Singh Bal’s Sikhism
Following RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that ‘all Indians are Hindus’, several famous secularists gave the expected response – ‘this is an attempt to impose majoritarian views on India’s minorities.’ More...