My mother had lost control of her mind towards her last days in 1978 . Or so I thought. But one day, her talk struck me dumb. I had been reading geethaa for 40 years and upanishads for 20 years and here in a flash of a second she enlightened me on a truth proclaimed in both the scriptures –that everything is predetermined. Kenopanishad stood revealed.
She has studied only upto second standard and that too only bible lessons in the missionary school. She had not read geethaa even.
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Awake ! Arise ! You are the goal!
Jesus said– – Be still and know I am God .
Watch the word – KNOW. You have not to THINK. No action is needed by you. Even thinking is an action. Just BE. This is possible for sages , who have surrendered their minds to God. They are like a pilot who has put control under auto-pilot and relaxes as the plane glides safely. God runs their lives. Continue reading Awake ! Arise ! You are the goal!
No Ticket, No Visa
No luggage. Hands free. Just a call and you are off.
Watch nature. A fruit hangs by a stem. It grows drawing food from the stem. When it matures and no more food is required, it just drops off.
Bond between stem and stock is a miracle. It allows food to go through. Finally food is cut off, bond dries up and fruit falls down. Neither the mother tree nor brother fruits cry. Continue reading No Ticket, No Visa
Amazon lists the book ‘Genius named Sudhindra Tirtha’
The book ” A Genius Named Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha ” is listed on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00Z9CFQA8
“Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha, the present pontiff of Sri Kashi Math samsthan, fits the definition of a genius in more aspects than one.
Here is a Maadhva ascetic of our times, who has composed 30 stotras in chaste Sanskrit. The number of verses composed by Sudhindra Tirtha is a whopping 500!! A feat which could be envied by a full-time Sanskrit scholar of yore.
Nearly 350 of these are composed using the popular Anushtup Chandas, while Trishtup chandas is used in around 50 verses. Swamiji uses even complex meters and vrattas like Sragdhara, Shardula Vikridita with ease (the vrattas used in Hari Vayu Stuti).
The stotras include Baadarayana Suprabhata, Vedavyasa Sahasranama stotra, Bala Vyasa stotra in addition to Ganga Stotra and Praarthana Stotras.
The stotras also refer to a lot of incidents from Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavata and other Puranas and Vedic scriptures. The tenets Madhvacharya’s Tattvavada philosophy are spread across these works.”
A new book ‘A Genius Named Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha’ was released on 5th April 2015, at Vyasashram, Haridwar by the divine hands of Sri Sudhindra Tirtha.
The book contains:
– All the Sanskrit stotras composed by Sri Sudhindra Tirtha in Devanagari/Hindi script
– Translations of these stotras into English
– Commentaries on these Sanskrit works including references to Mahabharata, Bhagavata along with an analysis on the meters used by Swamiji
The book is available to be bought in Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00Z9CFQA8
The cost of the book is a nominal Rs.100. One can buy the book online or send a note to me (prabhugirish@yahoo.com).
Pravachana of Sri Samyamindra Tirtha
(Translation of Pravachana of HH Sri Samyamindra Tirtha (pravachana was on 31st Jan 2015 at Bangalore Sri Kashi Math). It takes around 10 minutes to read this pravachana. Please spend the time. Mistakes in translation are all mine. Jai sri ram) Continue reading Pravachana of Sri Samyamindra Tirtha
Significance of Sri Rama Navami
Ugadi is once again upon us. The present Vijaya Samvatsara comes to a close on 30th March and the new Jaya Samvatsara starts on 31st March, Ugadi day, the first day of chaithra month. It is a time to renew hopes and aspirations and to leave behind the small and big frustrations of the year past which came in the way of our realizing our full potential. The celebrations take several hues. People are dressed in their best, preferably new clothes, greet and wish each other in gathering, pray at home and temples, prepare customary food items and eat meals together.
Rama Navami follows faithfully after nine days of Ugadi, this year on 8th April, as a timely reminder to the resolutions taken on Ugadi, through remembering Sri Rama, the avathar of the Supreme Lord among humans.Valmiki has given a wonderful portrayal of characters in Ramayana, through whom the great Sri Rama by personal example, demonstrated to the people at the time and to all posterity, how human beings should carry themselves and interact with one another. Continue reading Significance of Sri Rama Navami
The Origin and History of Shri Kashi Math Samsthan and the Guru Parampara – Shrimad Vijayindra Tirtha Swamiji to Shrimad Sudhindra Tirtha Swamiji and Shrimad Samyamindra Tirtha Swamiji
The Origin and History of Shri Kashi Math Samsthan and the Guru Parampara-
Shrimad Vijayindra Tirtha Swamiji to Shrimad Sudhindra Tirtha Swamiji and Shrimad Samyamindra Tirtha Swamiji
V. Sudhish Pai
Shri Kashi Math Samsthan, Varanasi is a Dharma Peetha of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) community – a religious institution with glorious traditions and a hoary past. The GSBs are those Saraswats who migrated from Goudadesha, known as Trihothrapura in the Puranas. The Peetha has been occupied and adorned by great Yatis who radiate spirituality and divinity.
Challenges before the Gowda Saraswatha Brahmana Samaj- A perspective
Paper presented at the National Seminar on Kashi Math and Guru Parampara, on 4th and 5th January 2014 at Sri Sukrathindra Oriental Research Institute, Ernakulam
Continue reading Challenges before the Gowda Saraswatha Brahmana Samaj- A perspective
Translation of a beautiful pravachana by Swamiji
Here is a translation of a beautiful pravachana by Swamiji. It takes around 20 minutes to read through this, please do spend this time. Translation mistakes are mine.
Pravachana of Sri Samyamindra Tirtha swamiji, on 10th November 2013, at Kashi math Bangalore, at the end of Chaturmasa vrita.
Continue reading Translation of a beautiful pravachana by Swamiji
Moola Narayana rejoins his roots – A Tribute to Sant Bhadragiri Achutdas (1931-2013)
With the passing away of Sant Bhadragiri Achutdas on 22 October 2013 in Bangalore, a glorious era in the annals of Gowda Saraswatha Brahmins in particular and of Sanathana Hindu Dharma in general, has come to an end. Born in 1931 to Venkataramana Pai and Rukmini Bai in a large family in the small village of Bhadragiri near Udupi, Achut Pai learnt the rudiments of Bhajans from his mother. Though his formal schooling stopped at the 3rd Standard, he was able to absorb knowledge from the surroundings in the village particularly in Yakshagana, Thalamaddale, Bhajans, Keerthans etc. The world around became his school and he started practising the art of Harikatha, which is a unique form of mass communication in the area of Puranas, incorporating the arts of singing, acting and elocution. He also took part in the performances of Yakshgana both as an actor and as Arthadhari(Narrator).