The theme of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is clearly set forth right at the beginning of the text; it is jñāna, knowledge. True, everything is given a devotional touch. But what Śrīmad Bhāgavatam proposes to bring about is spiritual wisdom and wisdom alone.
Read MoreThe best way to live in this world happily is to appreciate and congratulate any one with superior qualities, without envy.
Read MoreWhat is purity? How to gain it? The Upanishads are not merely enlightening, but through a process of enlightenment they also compel purity. So, by reading this verse a seeker has to focus on the task of purifying himself.
Read Moreगुरुर्न स स्यात्स्वजनो न स स्यात्पिता
न स स्याज्जननी न सा स्यात् ।
दैवं न तत्स्यान्न पतिश्च स स्यान्न
मोचयेद्यः समुपेतमृत्युम् ॥
gururna sa syāt–svajano na sa syāt–pitā
na sa syājjananī na sā syāt |
daivaṁ na tatsyān–na patiśca sa syān–na
mocayedyaḥ samupeta–mṛtyum ||
निष्किंञ्चना मय्यनुरक्तचेतसः शान्ता महान्तोऽखिलजीववत्सलाः। कामैरनालब्धधियो जुषन्ति यत् तन्नैरपेक्ष्यं न विदुः सुखं मम ।। niṣkiṁncanā mayyanuraktacetasaḥ śāntā mahānto'khilajīvavatsalāḥ| kāmairanālabdhadhiyo juṣanti yat tannairapekṣyaṁ na viduḥ sukhaṁ mama ||
Read Moreनायं जनो मे सुखदुःखहेतु र्न देवतात्मा ग्रहकर्मकालाः। मनः परं कारणमामनन्ति संसारचक्रं परिवर्तयेद्यत्।। nāyaṁ jano me sukha-duḥkha-hetur-na devatātmā graha-karma-kālāḥ | manaḥ paraṁ kāraṇam-āmananti saṁsāra-cakraṁ parivartayed-yat ||
Read MoreMa tells us how we should be grateful to the Universal Lord who being present in our heart enlivens our entire being – the body, mind and the intelligence; how, remembering this great Truth, we should prostrate at His holy feet in reverence and gratitude.
Read MorePurify your mind. Sublimate your mind. Understand that the mind, in ultimate analysis, is the very Self. The power of the Self is identical with the power of the supreme Lord.
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