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Sep 16

मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।
मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थित:॥
In Tamil, a beautiful song written by Ṛṣi Tirumoolar demonstrates the principle highlighted in this Śloka, the gist of which goes like this:
A father has given a wooden elephant to his son.
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The child, who was happily sitting on the elephant & playing with it, had no thought that it was made of wood.
For him, it was a real elephant.
A carpenter, who came there & saw this wooden elephant, exclaimed - "This is teakwood!" He had no thought about the elephant.

When the elephant was seen, the teakwood disappeared; and when the teakwood was seen, the elephant disappeared.
Similarly, when we look upon the world as simply of the 5 elements, we miss the God-principle behind it.
On the other hand, when we do behold the God-principle, the

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Āḍi Śloka

@AdiShloka

Jun 29

#ŚrīMadhvācāryaḥ
Śrī Madhvacharya was an uncompromising theist.
His bhakti was coeval with knowledge & therefore more intellectual than emotional.
His life was so full of miracles & miraculous devotion that we cannot separate his life from either his miracles or his bhakti.
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The most unique of them all has a historical overtone.
Once a ship while reaching the shore near Udupi faced a great storm & was in imminent danger.
Madhvacharya who was standing on the seashore, saw the scene, waved his cloth towards the ship & by the Īśvara krpa the ship was

saved. The first thing the captain did on landing was to prostrate himself before the Acharya & thank him for what he believed was the Acharya's miracle & requested him to take something as a gift.
The Acharya by his inner vision saw a heavy lump of Gopi-chandana (a species of

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Āḍi Śloka

@AdiShloka

May 8

Finally i am at the place that I have been wanting to come all my life.
It's the place where Veda Vyāsa composed the 17 Purāṇas & divided the Vedas into 4 parts and did avahan of bhagavān Ganesh ji to write the epic Mahābhārata.
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#devbhoomi

Mana, It's ancient name is said to be Manibhadra (मणिभद्रपुर).
The Pandavas went to Alkapuri through Mana before continuing their journey to Swarga.
If you climb some uphill from the village, Ganesh Ji's Cave (below left pic) is seen first & then Vyas Cave.

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Vyas cave (below two pics) is bigger than Ganesh cave. As soon as one enters the cave, one sees a small rock.
The meaning of Vedas is written in Prakrit language on this rock.
Also we get to see the Bhim Shila & Ma Saraswati udhgam.

वयं व्यासदेवो नमः🙏
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Feb 11

Living does not simply mean dragging yourself around from day-to-day, from bed to work, back home & to bed again.
The whole process repeats itself until the weekend comes.
Then you drag yourself to some recreation in the hope of forgetting yourself,
#VedāntaPrajña
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which is why recreation becomes so important.
In fact, your whole life can be a recreation.
Someone once asked a Swami, ‘Swamiji, do you not take any holidays? You seem to be working everyday.’
In fact, the Swami’s life is one long holiday.

If you enjoy what you do, life is very simple.
If you do not enjoy what you do, then you have to do something in order to enjoy, which can be very costly.
On the other hand, any pleasure that comes out of your maturing process is a different type of joy. Not hurting someone or

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Oct 22, 2022

When one does Not have wisdom, one behaves like a leaf of a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, which shrinks its leaves at the slightest touch of a drop of water.
The drop of water is compared to calamities that come into our life.
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#VedāntaPrajña

When one becomes like a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, one becomes sensitive to even small provocations.
One starts whining at small things, shrinks when calamities come & blasts those who touch him.

‘Evolve’ deposits a waxy coating of wisdom on the leaf of your life.

When one has abundant wisdom, one behaves like a leaf of a lotus plant.
The same drop of water which could shrink the leaf of a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, does not even stay on the surface of a lotus leaf.
The drop immediately slides down the leaf.
The flow of water does not even

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Āḍi Śloka

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Mar 29, 2022

If one studies the Life of Dhruva,
It is again Not the possession of great Knowledge But a tremendous Commitment.
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The Mantra that he was taught to chant invoking Śrī Maha Viṣṇu was ; ॐ नमो नारायणाय🙏
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#BhajaGovindam

Dhruva as a young boy was distanced by his father due to the bad influence of his step-mother.

When his stepbrother was sitting on the lap of his father,
as a child Dhruva too wanted to sit on his father’s lap.
The stepmother did Not allow him & said,
‘No, You can sit on the

lap of your father Only if you were born out of me.’
This statement made Dhruva unhappy & he went to his mother in despair.
Dhruva’s mother being a noble lady did not add fuel to fire.
She did Not create jealousy nor did she create anger in little Dhruva towards his step-mother.

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