HAPPY VISHU

Wishing everyone a HAPPY VISHU - 2011

Maha Shiv Rathri

May Lord Shiva bless all of us with joy, good health and prosperity.

Wishing everyone a devout and peaceful Shiv Rathri.

True devotion

The Lord does not demand offerings from the believer, it is as per the financial strengths of the individual and his/her own choices that one makes offerings. Today religion has become a business and we are forced to buy archanai-platters from the temple's administrations, make dakshinas mandatorily and other such wrong practices.

God listens to everyone's prayers. Genuine requests are answered and a path is shown to the devout. Faith in God and one-self is the greatest strength that a person can have.

From God we Receive to God we Offer

Sometimes it is good that we do not get what we asked for!

In the long run, life irons out the differences in what we asked for and what we got!

Remember from God we receive to God we offer

Verse-4

The form and formlessness of the Supreme One are based on the ego's conception of itself.

Verse-3

Speculations about God and world avail nothing: Self-realization is the heart's cry of all.

Verse-2

The triad - God, soul and world - is the creation of the ego and disappears with the ego.

Happy Pongal

May your lives be filled with the sweetness of sugarcane and jaggery!

Wishing all readers a Happy Pongal!

I have been tied up with loads of work and am not able to blog as frequently as I would like to.

Please bear with me if the posts are a bit irregular, loads of work at work:)

Verse-1 - Ulladhu Narpadhu

All of us have our own perceptions of the world. A screen hides the actual reality of life. Only a chosen few can see the light of the "Supreme One". Blessed are those!

Upcoming posts

Dear Readers,

I recently got an English translation of the essence of Ulladhu Narpadhu a book which is extremely popular among the devotees of Ramana Maharishi.

I am planning to post snippets from the book in the upcoming weeks.

Happy reading and do post your comments and experiences on spirituality and spiritual master.

Om Nama Shivaya!

Regards,
Sishya

God and worship

As long as you respond to a name what objection could there be to your worshipping a God with name or form? Worship God with or without form till you know who you are.

Ramana Maharishi