The Vedic scriptures inform us that we are eternal servants of God. 500 years ago Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said the same thing: jīver svaroop hay kṛiṣhṇer nitya dās meaning, we are the eternal servants of Shree Krishna. But what does it mean to be a servant and to serve Krishna? As...
Traditionally saints and devotees in India have worshipped and revered deities e.g. Meerabai worshipped Giridhar Gopal; Saint Ekanath was a devotee of Rukmini Mittal; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu loved Lord Jagannath; alvars of South India worshipped the deity of Lord Vishnu in his various temples; Jagadguru Ramanujacharya was also into deity...
Meditation, as a stress reduction or stress management technique, is increasingly becoming popular in the West. But is there all to it? It just helps to manage stress and improve our physical health? Could there be more to it than meets the eye? Actually yes, there is… lots more. Some...
Bhakti is a widely used word in Indian spirituality and religion. Most of us believe ourselves to be a ‘bhakt’, a devotee of Radha Krishna or Sita Ram or Shiv and Parvati. Yet, few of us take the time to truly understand the depth of the meaning contained in the...
guru govinda dono khaḍe, kāke lāgū pāya balihārī guru āapane, govinda diyo milāya In this verse, Saint Kabir asks “God and Guru are standing before me. Whom should I first pay my respects to?” And he answers, “I will first pay my respects to the Guru, for he is the...
As we embark or progress on the spiritual path, there is a desire to become more knowledgeable about this subject. To learn about a topic, we usually follow any combination of three avenues. First, we try to learn through self-effort by reading and researching the topic ourselves. Second, we ask...
The topic of surrender has been explained in various scriptures and was most recently covered in our blog titled “What does it mean to Surrender?” The surrender of the Gopis of Braj was such that even Shree Krishna longed for their footdust! How can we get any where close to...
Vishwamitra and Vashishtha are two of the most illustrious sages in Indian history and both play key roles in the Ramayana. Vashishtha was the spiritual preceptor of the Ikshvaku dynasty to which Lord Rama belonged. The famous Yog Vashishtha is a dialog between Lord Rama and Vashishtha, describing spiritual truths...
The Bhagavad Gita, a treasure trove of spiritual knowledge, is one of the most widely translated books around the world. It forms a portion of the great Indian epic, the Mahabharat, written by Sage Vyasa and captures the instruction of Shri Krishna to Arjun on the battle field of Kurukshetra....
