Bhagavad Gita — As I see it

The Ignorance inquired the Wisdom:
 In the field of righteousness and action, assembled for the war, my group (tainted by ego) and the other (bright/pure); what did they do? 
The Wisdom answered: 
Having seen the sons of brightness, your first son, jealousy approached the…

Sayana EkAdaSi — chAturmAsyam

Sanatana dharma and its practice!

Sages revealed the secrets of eternal principle in various ways. Time as it appears from the Earth is dependent on Sun and Moon. As Sun traverses northern hemisphere and turns southwards; that marks an important…

mahA kArtIkI — special super moon

Today is the full moon in the star constellation of kRttika — “fire nature”

It has several observances. In the morning, before sunrise, one should take a bath in a river or in an ocean — that gives an individual divine cosmic energy passed…

Sri Sankara jayanti

The fifth waxing moon phase of vaiSAkha month has great significance as the birth anniversary of jagadguru Adi Sankara…

Significance of the full moon in uttara phalguni

Widely known as Holi, this day signifies a social festival of celebration. Let me put some of my views and understanding of this day from a philosophical perspective.

Divinity worthy of worship

During navaratri, divine mother worshipped in different forms through nine days.

The light smile of divine mother, wife of lord Siva, who destroyed the god of desire will: recede my sins, reduce my misery, remove my delusion, renew my understanding of…

A month of listening — श्रावण्

The lunar month with full moon in SrAvaNa star

SravaNa means listening, ear, listening to learned teacher, listening the narrations from scriptures, listening and learning vEda, listening carefully to the secrets of vEdaAnta i.e., the Upanishads.

Significance of repeating time - काल चक्र​

Today is yet another day in my life span. It happens to be a Sunday. By qualifying it with the weekday the number of instances of the day came down by a factor of 7. It is the wonderful month of mAgha (11th luni-solar month of my calendar). Now the number…