The Vedas and the Principal Upanishads – III
[contextly_sidebar id=”YxnmR9yH1b5qkYykVqP4I6ML39v6sbAG”] Relevance of the Shrutis for modern society What relevance do these ancient scriptures of the Hindus hold for the present society? I examine More...
The Vedas and the Principal Upanishads – II
[contextly_sidebar id=”bLaAAno2U9Zi0zdG5gyjgvAucGFo5kKc”] The metaphysical and theological ideas in the Upanishads The Upanishads are the end portion of the Vedas and it is difficult to separate the More...
The Vedas and the Principal Upanishads – I
The Rig Veda summarises the chief purpose of Vedic knowledge thus: ‘Assemble together, speak with one voice, let your minds be all of one accord…. Let all priests deliberate in a common way. Common be their More...
Mahabharata as a manual of Advaita Vedanta
[contextly_sidebar id=”HNd2i4bMWNuun0iJ25Hfz2r2ltOWm0EL”]I recently attended a four-day workshop titled “The Mahabharata as Itihasa”, which was not only enlightening for its exposition of the Mahabharata, More...
The Infinity Mantra -2
[contextly_sidebar id=”oEIbPkEUh6hJ8y2fKuX4PH2fSa6l3Zp2″] In the previous essay (1), we saw that the Upanishadic mantra (पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते) More...
The Infinity Mantra – I
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते- declares the second line of one of the Shanti Mantra(1). This Shanti Mantra is associated with the Svetasvatara More...
The Great Night of Lord Shiva
Shivaratri is unambiguously the most prominent and significant of spiritual festivals for all who worship Shiva and Shakti. Every year on the 14th tithi during the Krshna Paksha of the month of Magha or the month More...
బాబా నేర్పిన తాండవ కేళి మహాత్మ్యము, మాతృభాషా గౌరవము
శివశక్తి స్వరూపుడు, సర్వేశుడు అయిన భగవాన్ శ్రీ సత్యసాయిబాబావారు ప్రసాదించిన అనుగ్రహప్రేమతో More...
Catching Glimpses of Mahadeva
For years, Amarnath had a special pull over me. The allure of that remote cave in the snowy depths of Kashmir was irresistible. But obstacle after obstacle kept me from my destination – either the route was More...
Reflections On Geetarthasangraha Of Abhinavagupta
This paper was presented at the National Seminar to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Acharya Abhinavagupta conducted at Kalakshetra, Chennai on January 24-25, 2017, organized jointly by Indira Gandhi National More...