The mind seeks to define the infinite. In doing so it has used its own resources to bring down Supreme Truth in a simple and yet potent language. Scattered throughout the religious scriptures of India, parables and stories abound, weaving a colourful thread around the most profound spiritual truths of mankind. Handed down from parent to child these religious treasures of India remain a relevant force today. Read the article »
BY T. K. SUNDARESA IYER We adore that ‘Ramana’ whose totality is Awareness; who is the embodiment of all Knowledge; who has neither birth nor death; who is the prop of all existing life-force; who accepts service rendered by spiritual aspirants; with whom there is none to compare; to whom none is superior; who shines … Read the article »
Arunachala, the Single Lamp of Love, Was lit and shines in Ramanachala. This lights itself again in a million hearts; It glows and glows, consuming the dirt and dross in all. I too was lit in that Light that day; It glowed as the ‘I’…’I’ of the Heart; But the accumulated dirt of ages would … Read the article »
The Lord enshrined in the great Temple here is known by the name of Arunachaleswara* (Tamil: Annamalaiyar). The Mother Uma enshrined in the Temple is known as Apithakucha Nayaki (Tamil: Unnamulai Amman). The Lord has in truth no name, no form; He embodies Himself in name and form, so that His devotees may easily see … Read the article »
Q. When was the ‘Truth Revealed’, ‘Ulladu Narpadu’ composed, and what was its cause or purpose? A. ‘Ulladu Narpadu’ was not specially written to constitute a systematic treatise on Truth, but was first composed as stray stanzas by Bhagavan between the years 1923 and 1927. When some aspect of Truth was discussed and explained, it … Read the article »
Ribhu was a great Seer (rishi); his name finds mention in a few Upanishads like the Tejobindopanishad, the Narada Parivrajakopanishad, and the Varahopanishad. He is reputed to have obtained Divine Knowledge direct from the Supreme Lord Himself, and then to have taught it to several disciples, such as the Sage Nidagha. His teachings to him … Read the article »
Painful was that veiling to our human hearts. Yet in these days of seeming deprivation, happy indeed are we if we be driven thereby inward, to see and love him there; shining as the Heart of all, the ineffably radiant Self, manifesting ever as the Self of our self, the very Being of our being, the ever-blessed Awareness of all Truth, the Stillness of omnipresent Bliss – Satchidananda. Read the article »
Sastha worship is unique in itself, in that the mere mention of the name of Sastha is awe-inspiring and brings before the mind’s eye a vision of the Absolute and the relative, of the unmanifest and the manifest, of Knowledge and of Grace, of Hara and Hari, Siva and Sakti (Creative power) and the culminating … Read the article »
I look at the picture . . . he is so near and so beautiful. What is this light that shines through so many layers? How can one disbelieve the many stories about the Maharshi, the testimony of people who have seen him with their own eyes, who lived with him for days and months and years? Read the article »
THAT which is, is sat variously termed positively as Light, Supreme or Prime Consciousness, Fullness, Heaven, Silence, Grace, and negatively as Nirvana, Nisreyah and so on. Its aspects of Chit and Ananda, knowledge and Bliss, are expressed as the Heart of all that appears as Existence. In its aspect as Grace its one effort is … Read the article »
