WATCH THE EYES OF THE ALMIGHTY INTRODUCTION Whenever we are in any trouble, we can watch the eyes of the almighty, in order to at least temporarily get relieved from our problems. Ma Shakti Devi is popular known as thousand eyed goddess, and she is worshipped as Ayiram Kannathal, in some temples in Tamil Nadu. During Navaratri festival days, Ma Durga’s Eyes alone would be painted in some Durga Devi temples, especially in North India. Eyes are very important organ for us, and without having vision in our eyes we cannot do anything in our life. Due to bad karmas,…
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WORK DONE BY LORD KRISHNA INTRODUCTION Lord Krishna though he was born as a divine avatar, used to graze the cattle at his young age itself. He used to feed them the homemade snacks made out of butter from his own hands. He also allowed them to eat the grass, and would provide sufficient drinking water to them. He was a lovely cowherd, who had discharged his duties properly, and acts as an example for others. Sometimes he also done the sweeping job at the cattle sheds, and would collect the cow dung, and make it to dry, in order…
WORK IS WORSHIP INTRODUCTION Work, this word would be recited by everyone in this world, and especially by the men. During the time of birth itself, the male child would be praised by the parents by telling “SON HAS BORN TO ME, FOR MAKING AN EARNING FOR MY FAMILY”. Nowadays women are also working for supporting their family, but if the women resign from their job in order to look after their family, no one would raise question on them, and their relatives also would welcome their decision. Whereas if a man resigns from his job, due to his poor…
WORSHIP IS NEVER A WASTE INTRODUCTION Our sincere worship to the almighty would never go waste. It would act as a protective shield and would safeguard us in difficult circumstances. Worshipping the god is recommended in all the religions, and Christians have to compulsorily visit the churches and must attend the prayer. Similarly Muslims are doing worship for five times a day. These two religious people are sincerely doing their duties, and they are never finding their worship as a waste of time, and most of them are never finding fault with the god, and they are also not blaming…
FESTIVAL OF LORD INDRA INTRODUCTION Lord Indra is the god of heavens, and he is our respectable worshipful god. He is mentioned in Vedas and Puranas, and he is considered as a powerful deity, who controls the various lokas through his high skills and powers. He is the giver of boons and the fulfiller of wishes. Worshipping him would give us all kinds of prosperity in this earth, and also due to his grace, we would get an opportunity to serve him, and the Divine mother Indrani, in the Indra Loka. Festival for Lord Indra is performed since ancient times,…
BURNING OF OUR BAD KARMAS AND ATTAINING SALVATION INTRODUCTION Every one of us would be having the doubt in our mind. Whether I am eligible for attaining Salvation? When my bad karmas would be burnt? This question usually arises in our mind, since every day, we are doing either small or big mistakes in our life, whether knowingly or unknowingly! But the impact of that will be very high, and due to that, we have to suffer from unknown diseases or from mental uneasiness. During this present Kali Yuga, doing only good karmas is very difficult! Since even causing harm…
DON’T HESITATE TO VISIT TEMPLES INTRODUCTION We should never hesitate in visiting the temples. Temples provides a good atmosphere, and it also chills and refreshes our mind, and removes the suicidal, negative and bad thoughts in our mind. Recently we would have heard about the news of a young film actor who had committed suicide due to depression. Depression cannot be fully removed only by the way of consuming medicines. It can be removed by filling up with full of spiritual thoughts in our mind. Once if spiritual thoughts enter into our mind then the suicidal and unwanted thoughts would…
FEMALES ARE THE WONDERFUL CREATIONS OF MA SHAKTI DEVI INTRODUCTION Females are the wonderful creations of Ma Shakti Devi, though there are lot of differences between the ancient women and the present day modern women. Ancient women dedicated their entire lives on devotion, and they spend most of their time for the well-being of their consorts, and their in-laws, and they even faced the insults of their husbands and their in laws patiently, and they never separated themselves from their life partners. But nowadays, things have been changed tremendously. Due to the modern advanced technology, more and more women began…
DUTIES OF HINDUS INTRODUCTION Hinduism is an ancient religion, and it had been followed since Vedic period. Many great saints and sages have glorified Hinduism, and they preached the importance of Hinduism throughout the world. Lot of saints and sages have taught us good teachings, which are very useful in this present day world. Those who follow the Hinduism religion are called as Hindus. Ancient Hindus have dedicated their entire life on worshipping the god, and they have strongly followed the teachings of the great saints like Ramanuja, Madhwacharya and Adishankara. Shaivites and Vaishnavites are moved in a cordial manner,…
MAIN TEACHINGS OF HINDUISM INTRODUCTION Hinduism is a sweet religion and it mainly focuses on Dharma and Karma, human values, sentiments, charities, beliefs, traditions and rituals. It aims to maintain an individual to realize his inner self, and to dwell the god in his soul, by performing Vedic rituals and meditation. Hinduism contains good philosophies and teachings. (Lakegenevaadventures.com) It aims the Hindu People to achieve the eternal bliss of the god by proper practice. The main teachings of the Hinduism are as follows: Believe in Truth, and realize that truth alone would win in the world. Realise that all the…
ANYTHING CAN BE MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE GRACE OF THE GOD INTRODUCTION Anything can be made possible through the grace of the almighty. If god wants to do favours in our life, then nobody can stop that. Actually god always wants us to maintain happiness and peacefulness in our lives, but due to our ignorance, and our disinterest or showing less importance in worshipping him, we are suffering in our lives. From various holy books, we can understand how the gods and the saints have helped their devotees to get back their stolen articles and also to restore the lives…
Navratri Introduction: It is post-monsoon autumn festival called Sharada Navaratri that is the most observed in the honour of the divine feminine Devi. The festival is celebrated in the bright half of the Hindu calendar month Ashvin, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October. Significance: Navadurga – The nine goddesses worshipped in Navaratri. The festival is associated to the prominent battle that took place between Durga and demon the Mahishasura and celebrates the victory of good over evil. These nine days are solely dedicated to Durga and her eight avatars – the Navadurga. Each day is associated to an incarnation of…
ANCIENT DIVINE WOMEN INTRODUCTION Women are considered as the holy creations of the almighty, and they are considered as the incarnations of Mata Shakti Devi. Women shines well in their career path, and they are getting good jobs through their efficiency. They are considered equivalent to men in all aspects, and today’s women have achieved a lot in their life, and most of the young girls are trying to enrol themselves in professional courses, for getting a bright future. According to Hindu scriptures, ancient women are considered as very pure and chaste. Some great women rishis are also mentioned in…
LET US ALWAYS BE HAPPY EVEN DURING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS BY CHANTING THE GLORIES OF LORD KRISHNA INTRODUCTION Yes. We have to be always happy even during the times of difficulties by chanting the glories of Lord Krishna. As per the sayings of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavat Gita, “Don’t get upset for your problems. Problems are common occurrence in human’s life. You have to prepare yourself to face any kind of challenges in your life. Human’s life is uncertain. There would be always a mixture of happiness and sufferings in human’s life, and no one can escape from their fate.…
WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL GOD, LORD SHIVA OR LORD VISHNU? INTRODUCTION Both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu contain great powers, and we could see in some pictures, that Lord Shiva worships Lord Vishnu, whereas, in some pictures, we could see Lord Vishnu worships Lord Shiva. The union of both of these two powerful gods are known as “SANKARANARAYANAN”, and a popular temple is dedicated for both of them in Sankaran Koil, Thirunelveli District, and that Temple is known as Sankaranarayanan Temple. With the powers of these two gods, Lord Ayyappa was created. The great Shiva avatar, Lord Hanuman still…
SAINTS INTERACTION WITH THEIR FEMALE DEVOTEES INTRODUCTION Holy Saints like Guru Raghavendra, Sri Ramakrishna, Shirdi Saibaba and Kanchi Paramacharya would interact with their female devotees by considering them as their own daughters. Kanchi Paramacharya would listen to the worries of his female devotees with great patience, and he would shower unlimited mercy on them similar to his beloved mother Ma Kanchi Kamakshi Amman. Saints used to see only the pure heart of their female devotees and they would never look at their physical beauty. The great Saint and the Panduranga Devotee, Bhakta Thukaram, had considered his beloved female disciple, Ma…
ALMIGHTY IS ALWAYS MIGHTY INTRODUCTION Almighty is always mighty. He contains great powers, and through that, he is controlling the entire universe. The great Lord Krishna has incarnated in this earth, to establish the Dharma in this world, and to guide the people to follow the path of righteousness in their life. He gave several advices to the people, and shown his kindness to all the living beings in the earth like cows, deer, rabbits, peacock and parrots etc. In our present day life, we are suffering from virus fevers, body ache and mental instability etc. Some people are somehow…
WHO IS OUR BEST GURU, SHIRDI SAIBABA OR GURU RAGHAVENDRA? INTRODUCTION Both Shirdi Saibaba and Guru Raghavendra are considered as the best and the holy worshipful Gurus by their devotees. While Guru Raghavendra is considered as an “AMSHA” of Lord Vishnu, Shirdi Saibaba is considered as an aspect of Lord Shiva. Both of them are specially worshipped on Thursdays in their holy temples. Nowadays, we can find the statue of Shirdi Saibaba in some of the Brindavans of Guru Raghavendra like the Raghavendra Temple at Sithalapakkam, Chennai. These pious Gurus have incarnated for the sake of removing the sins of…
IS LORD SHIVA A FEROCIOUS GOD? INTRODUCTION No. Lord Shiva is not at all a ferocious god, but he is our precious god. He contains very soft nature, and he shows his utmost love and affection on his devotees. We would have noticed in the Shaivite texts that some Shiva devotees, out of their true Shiva Bhakti, have gone to the extent of calling Lord Shiva as Pitha, which means mad man. On hearing these words from his devotees, Shiva didn’t get angry, but showered his grace on to them. The great Kannappa Nayanar, who was a hunter used to…
WHO IS THE MOST GREATEST ONE, LORD RAMA OR LORD KRISHNA? INTRODUCTION We cannot find any differentiation between the two avatars, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna, since both of them are considered as one and the same. To the mighty Hanuman and the great Jambavan, Lord Krishna had given his darshan in the form of Lord Rama. Even to his mother Ma Yashoda, Lord Krishna had once appeared in the form of Lord Rama, and proved that both of them are same. Lord Rama as he is well known for his good and noble qualities is praised by all of…