Shiva’s story is of synthesis rather than of contradictions. It is our human misreading that has erected the gulf between the spiritual and the material,
Bhima killed Dushasana and as promised to Draupadi smeared his face with Dushasana’s blood and then took it to Draupadi to braid her hair. Though
It is not just a reversal of role but the change of times, that is also important. Each Yug has its own dharma. What is
I have already written about it as well as given some talks on the subject. You will ..
It is clearly a symbolic story as one cannot imagine an actual physical process behind it. Sita Mata embodied the love of Mahalakshmi and she
There is no mention of Kanyadaan in the Vedas. It is mentioned in the Manu Smriti as part of many injunctions for the maintenance of
These are his heavenly and earthly abodes, – Kailash in the higher regions and Kashi upon earth. But he is everywhere, ever in each electron
In their supreme origin, these gods are part of the One Supreme Divine. In their action and working so far they have acted from the
If I remember correctly, Sri Krishna was 89 or 90 during the Mahabharata war as he left his body 36 years later at the age
The rules of grihasthasram were made to teach and train the vital consciousness of man that is full of desires to learn self-mastery in the
One of the purposes of Sri Krishna’s Advent was to establish a reign of Dharma. For this the Pandavas were his chosen instruments. But the
Because if they remembered and revealed it to others, it would have jeopardised Sri Krishna’s work, which among other things was to set an example
Sri Aurobindo who had several intimate meetings with Sri Krishna describes him as ‘a boy who is dark and resplendent’, ‘beauty of immortal eyes’, ‘red
He means that he who surrenders to the Divine completely is delivered by Him from all Ignorance that is at the root of all suffering,
Sri Aurobindo and Sri Krishna being the Avatars of the Supreme are, conscious descents of Sacchidananda. So too with Radha Ma and the Mother. But
Sri Krishna’s main work of securing the reign of Dharma and establishing a unified Bharatvarsha was over with the Mahabharata War. When the gods asked
These are two different but interconnected systems. In the image of the Upanishad, Brahman is fourfold, Virat is material existence with Brahma as the Godhead.
Yes it is indeed interesting that it is Arjuna who has been chosen by the supreme Godhead for revealing his grand Viswaroopa and not some
