How will you identify your Guru? From his attire, rudraksh, from his long hair or by his long beard?
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Digital can be good and bad. If there is no digital, how are we gonna sit here and now in the whole world with many people reading this.
MoreRole of Bhakti in Sadhana
In the bhakti tradition there are several layers of bhakti. Starting with ordinary bhakti, going to the temple; ‘God I need a promotion, please help me’. That’s also bhakti because human beings need things.
MoreIs ultimate freedom the same as realising the Self?
The Guru says “Look my dear fellow you are a lion, you are not a goat. You are not this little pond of stagnant dirty water that stands there, you are the ocean.
MoreShiva & Shakti
Shiva can be Shankara, as you see in form, or Shiva can be the absolute Supreme Brahman who is also called Som. In Kashmir Shaivism, Shiva has no image, He is the Supreme Being.
MoreDon’t just listen and forget, implement it!
The very fact that we are on a journey, to a new place which we haven’t seen and somebody, let’s say, who has seen the place before, has given you certain instructions – pack a few sweaters, have your bags ready, keep your shoes, so that you know what you have to carry with you.
MoreHow to Face Challenges in this World
So we should remember that there are no permanent solutions. First accept this fact then understand that permanent solution lies within because within us is divinity.
MoreManthan – Churning of the Mind
The mind that always jumps around like a monkey? How do I make it calm and still so that I can go deep into the reservoir of all peace and energy and creativity? How do I do it?
MoreShakti worship during Navratri
In Navratri we worship Shakti and the different forms of Shakti, Sri Vidya, of the Devi, Tripurasundari, Rajarajeshwari etc. This universal energy is residing in all human beings in the mooladhara chakra; the lowest center. According to Saundarya Lahiri, she resides in the mooladhara, coiled three and a half times, like a snake.
MoreSignificance of Lord Ganesha
Ganesha is usually represented as having two Shaktis, two concerts, one is Siddhi and the other is Buddhi. According to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the extraordinary capacities and the powers that a yogi acquires when the connection between his Muladhara and Sahasrara is established are called the Ashta Siddhis.
MoreSri M’s message of Hope on Guru Purnima 2022
In the core of your consciousness is a spark of the divine. If you are going towards that, it also creates situations for you. so , why should you wander around in other places?
MoreFace the Reality and See where you stand
The function of a spiritual teacher as has been taught by my Master is not to distribute lollipops. So everybody sucks on the lollipops and sits happily thinking this is the world.
MoreWatch carefully the direction of the Heart
A great master once said, ‘When you leave your shoes out there and come in to meditate, leave your personality outside and come. When you go back, you have to function in the world, so put them back again!’
MoreHousehold Duties on the Spiritual Journey
From the point of view of spiritual evolution, the greatest duty of an intelligent human being is to find the Truth. And, religions have made the duties of a human being so that we may stay together as a society.
MoreConsecration of Shiva Linga | Madanapalle | 2013
An image becomes living only when there is prana pratishtha. So what I did in the morning is only a small little simplified ritual of offering water and bilwa leaves.
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