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Narayanashrama Tapovanam 24/10/2018 While to some extent desire and consequent burdens are quite usual with household life, the fact remains that this plight robs away the very purpose and fruition of the householder. The question is: Do you like such a plight? If you do not, the straight answer will be: be free of undue desire and the burden it fetches. Learn to live in peaceful harmony and welfare. Desire of any nature always constricts the mind. Such constriction disables the mind to express itself fully, healthily, and harmoniously.Understand this mental truth and always think of avoiding desires and the consequent torments. In reality, it is not desire but something else far higher that should verily work in the human. The truth about it will be known only through right exposure and enlightenment. To have a child is to be happier. With the child and the consequent involvement, if the very objective of happiness is adversely affected, is there not something wrong in ou...

Chinmaya Mission Tri State -Cranberry 24/10/2018 The first step to preparing the mind, the first step on the path of spirituality is karma yoga. The beauty in is that even if one does not reach the ultimate goal, walking on the path itself will give great joy and great peace. What is karma yoga? As a human being, we have obligations towards ourselves, the family, society, nature, ancestors, the environment, and, of course, God. We have responsibilities towards all of these and fulfilling them is very important. Another vital aspect about karma yoga is that one should discharge these responsibilities as worship of Ishvara. When I start doing my duties for the Lord, I start enjoying them. No doubt, the subsequent result will come, but Sri Krishna tells us to try and relish the work itself. The result, when it comes, should be accepted gracefully. When the attitude - the principal factor is of worship, working itself will give immense happiness and contentment. The Bhagavad-g...

Chinmaya Mission Atlanta 24/10/2018 Sri Rama was the maryadapurushottama, the ideal man. The purpose of his avatara was to teach us how to live. On the same day, three other mahapurushas, his brothers, were born. Their goal was different. They taught us how to love and their importance should not be underestimated. We must remember to pray to these great devotees, because the path to discover bhakti in our hearts, is only through the grace of the bhakta. The relationship of each of the brothers with Rama was different. In the Bala Kanda portion of Sri Ramcharitmanas, Tulsidas uses simple analogies to describe the bond they individually shared with Rama. Bharata’s relationship with Rama is described as the love of a bee for a flower. The bee and the flower, by virtue of their very being, are not always in physical proximity. However, whether they are together or not, the bee enjoys the nectar, the very essence of the flower. In the same way, even though he was not always wi...

23/10/2018 Navaratri is a festival full of lights, colour, Joy and festivity. Everywhere there is a mood of devotion and enthusiasm .This festival is spread over nine nights and ten days during which time communities and families get together. During this festival people invoke the blessings of the three Goddesses, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Durga represents the quality of strength, Lakshmi represents prosperity and Saraswati represents knowledge. Goddess Durga or Shakti, symbolises the energy of the Universe in her 9 beautiful forms. Durga is not a “female God” but the embodiment of enthusiasm, motivation and inspiration in us. We all want to achieve wealth in our life. What is the highest wealth or prosperity one could possibly achieve? To do that we need to overcome the Demon of inertia or laziness in us called “Mahishasura”. To kill him, we need to invoke the Durga or Kriya sakthi in us. Only if the Mahishasura of inertia is killed by the Durga of motivation and enthus...

23/10/2018 6.The Bhagavata Puranam The Puranas hold a unique place in the history of religious literature of the Hindus. They contain mine of knowledge and information on all philosophical and religious topics. Srutis or Vedas cannot be easily understood by the common people. So the all-merciful Vedavyasa composed the eighteen Puranas for the benefit of mankind and explained in an easy way the subtle truth and the deep problems of the Srutis. They are indeed an encyclopaedia of Hindu religion and ethics. The Puranas contain fables, fairy-tales, philosophy, religion, myth and legend. A Western reader can hardly appreciate the teaching and value of our Puranas unless he is conversant with the methods employed by the Indian Rishis in inculcating the truths of philosophy and religion. The task of the Puranas is to popularise the Vedic truths by means of narratives, stories and anecdotes. Bhagavatam is a practical guide for all. It teaches that God-realisation alone can give s...

23/10/2018 If I get a million dollar in the bank then I retire and I enjoy my cigar. When you get one *million then you find, one million. What is there, it is no good . It is very little. Two million, two million, three million, three million five million.Ten million.. and there afterwards you are afraid of the whole world. The taxman also is taking away, the government is taking away, my neighbours are taking away .Everybody will take. Day and night you have no sleep. You call the doctor and the doctor gives you few medicines. Within few days you die.Why did you die? Because of the tension. Tension of what? The ten million that I got. Where did you get it? By struggling hard. My effort.By my *effort I got the *money and the money killed me. Here you are. Everyone. It is not now, your great grandfather also did the same thing. Grand father...This is the *nature of the *world. The intelligent man stands apart and watches what is this gain, it is not worth the candle. Search...

22/10/2018 (Spoken on May 1, 1983) Yatra yogesvarah krishno yatra partho dhanurdharah, tatra srir vijayo bhutir dhruva nitir matir mama (Gita 18.78) : - “Where there is Krishna, the Lord of Yogam, and where there is Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, there is prosperity, victory, happiness and firm quality. This is my conviction,” said Sanjay. Thus concludes the Bhagavadgita. Often teachers as well as students of the Bhagavadgita consider the last verse of this gospel as representing in a way the quintessential import of the whole teaching. This statement would mean that a kind of perfection in life can be expected where this blend between Krishna and Arjuna is made practicable. We know very well that Krishna and Arjuna, two geniuses in their own way, were seated in a single chariot, and the vehicle was driven through the battlefield of the Mahabharatam. The point in this slokam seems to be that we can hope for success where Krishna and Arjuna are in a state of unison, ...