Ga for Gayatri

The discussions that were held in his mansion house marked the beginning of his education. The traditional ceremony of vidyarambh tool place after his fourth years. If Panditji wished, he could have himself taught Vedas and scriptures to his son. But he believed that a person should definitely obtain knowledge under guidance of a teacher. There was a teacher by name Pandit Roopram in that tiny village that used to run a school at his residence. Panditji handed over his son to the teacher. Taili used to tell that after a small worship the teacher handed over a Patti (wooden board). It was painted white. There were no slates and slate-pencils during those days. There were different ways of teaching alphabets in different regions. Pandit Roopram used greu (red clay soil) dissolved in water...

Formula for Good Health

Appropriate physical Activity If a machine is kept idle for a long time, its parts get rusted and the dirt is deposited on it, and if it is run excessively, its parts wear our fast and become useless. The same rule applies to the human body. Lying idle in laziness, shrinking physical work in the grab of dignity drains out the life force of the body. In order to retain the power and flexibility of muscles, it is essential to give appropriate physical work to all parts of the body. Thus in order to maintain health it is absolutely necessary to undertake daily some physical activity/exercise that involves nearly all body parts. However, this physical labor should not be so much that it exhausts all the vital energy. If a person works more than one's capacity, it increases heat within his...

Experience of Gurudev

Spirituality (adhyatma), in simple terms, is a method of living an enlightened, fulfilling life. It is the science of evolution of consciousness, expansion of the narrow individual self into the omnipresent Supreme Self. Your sraddha, integrated with the focus of devotion, renders greatest support in following the ascetic disciplines of sadhana. Patience and sincerity are other prerequisites along this testing path. A spiritual seeker is altruistic in his attitude. He is happy and strong from within, because he knows that happiness or strength does not lie outside. I have tried to inculcate spirituality in my life. The supra-mental faculties and the spiritual attainments or siddhis, if any, you find in me are blessings of Mother Gayatri. From my side I have tried to perform the sadhana...

Essential Points for Good Health

Following are the key formulas to keep the body healthy. Proper functioning of the digestive system depends on four factors they are as follows --- Technique of Eating The way of eating is more important than the quality of eatables. Taking even ordinary food in the right manner can give better results than consuming quality food in a wrong manner. In this context, one has to pay attention to three questions [When to eat? How much to eat? How to eat]. We answer these questions one by one as follows When to eat? The answer to this question is that one should eat - at a fixed time and when one feels very hungry. One should eat when both of these synchronize. Normally for a healthy person, it is enough to take meals twice daily. These timings can be around 11 AM and 6 PM. One can adjust...

Despondency of Arjuna in Mahabharata

The purpose of the Gita: To dispel anti swadharma delusion a      Arjuna was not only speaking the language of non-violence, he was also talking of sanyasa (renunciation of the world). He was saying that sanyasa was preferable to the blood-stained kshatriya-dharma (duty of the Kshatriya). But was this his swadharma (natural duty)? Was this in keeping with his nature? He could easily have donned the grab of a recluse, but how could he have acquired the mentality of a recluse? Had he gone to the forest to live the life of a recluse he would have started killing the deer there? The Lord tells him plainly, "Arjuna! You are saying that you would not fight. This is an illusion. Your nature, which has been formed through all these years, will compel you to fight."        ...

At the heart of the Mahabharata

Dear brothers, from today I shall be talking to you about Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. The bond between the Gita and me transcends reason. I have received more nourishment from the Gita than my body has from my mother's milk. There is little place for ratiocination in a relationship of loving tenderness. Moving beyond the intellect, I therefore soar high in the vast expanse of the Gita on the twin wings of faith and experimentation. Most of the times, I live in the ambience of the Gita. The Gita is my life breath. I am as if afloat on the surface of this ocean of nectar when I am talking about the Gita with other, and when alone, I dive deep in to this ocean and rest there. Henceforth, every Sunday, I shall be giving a talk on the teaching of the Gita, who is verily our mother.  The Gita...

Art of Akarma

Art of Akarma should be learnt from the saints 1    According to the Holy Gita how does karma become akarma? From whom can we learn this art? Ffor the saints of course! The Lord says at the end of this Chapter, "Go to the saints and learn from them". Language fails in describing how karma is transformed into akarma. To gain an understanding of this, one has to sit at the feet of the saints. The Lord is described as (Shantakarma bhujagshayanam) - He is fully at peace even though He is lying on the thousand-hooded cobra (shesha). The saints too do hundreds of actions, but do not allow even a little ripple of commotion to arise in the still ocean of their minds. This remarkable thing can never be understood unless the lives of saints are observed from close quarters. 2   ...

Arjuna in Mahabharata

Many people feel that the Gita should be taken to begin with the Second Chapter. The actual teaching starts from the eleventh verse of the Second Chapter; so why not take it as the real beginning? A gentleman once argued that the Lord had called 'a' (the first letter of the Nagari alphabet) as His Vibhuti (manifestation) among the letters of the alphabet and the eleventh verse begins with it; therefore, it should be taken as the beginning. That apart, it would be right in more than one sense to take this as the real beginning of th eGta. Nonetheless, the preceding introductory portion has a value of its own. Without it we would not have properly understood Arjuna's standpoint and the genesis of the Gita. Many content that Arjuna had reduced himself to the state of a eunuch and the Gita...

Radiesthesia Methods for Finding Aura

The information about colors in the aura can also be found by radiesthetic methods - dowsing and pendulum. Dowsing can be done in two ways: First, by asking questions to the rods, such as, "Is the primary color of Ram Prakash is red? and then looking for the answer "yes" or "no", according to how the rods are programmed. For example, the two rods that were held parallel before questioning may come together or even overlap each other to mean "yes", or go apart to mean "no". You may talk to the subconscious and the rods before beginning the experiment. If the answer to red is "no", you can next ask about orange, and so on, till the answer is "yes". Then you can ask about the secondary colors one by one and about the location of all these colors. After all the information is collected, you...