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Vidura Neeti

Wanted to let you know that our dear Satsanghi Chitra Devaraj has begun posting on the Vidura Neeti at the Satsangh blog site. The Vidura Neeti posts can be accessed by clicking Here. Please do check this out and give us your valuable comments, feedback and suggestions for improvement.

Bhagavadgita in Large-print

Sanskritweb, maintained by Ulrich Stiehl, Heidelberg (Germany), has links to large-print editions of the Gita. Here is the information from his website: “This large-print Devanagari edition also including the transliterated text and downloadable as Gita-big.pdf (560 KB, 117 pages, 1 column) is designed for (a) readers with bad eyesight, (b) learners of the Devanagari script, [...]

To do or not to do? – Dhyana Yoga 1

Chapter VI of the Bhagavad Gita is called dhyanayoga (Communion through meditation). It contains 47 verses. It deals with meditation as a means of God realization. A summary of the chapter is available here In the beginning of the fifth chapter, Arjuna asked Lord Krishna which of the two, Sankhyayoga or Karmayoga is better. Lord [...]

Gita Mahatmyam & Gita Arati

The Gita Mahatmyam & Arati available as a downloadable PDF

Philosophy of the Gita

The Gita is a message of eternity, and it has a timeless significance for every one of us. The vicissitudes of life have no impact upon this message, because it arises from a source that transcends the transitions of life. It is a message which embodies the knowledge of what is ultimately real. The relativity [...]

SPARK, FUEL & STORM.

Chetan Bhagat, the renowned author of 5 point someone recently delivered the inaugural address for the Symbiosis BBA 2008 batch. Surely, we are all UNIQUE, and so is our knowledge and understanding. Moreover, as everyone is at a different stage of life and in a different environment, his / her perception and approach will be [...]

Form or Formless Worship? – Bhakti Yoga 1

The twelfth chapter of the Gita is called “Bhakti Yoga” or the Yoga of devotion. The chapter begins with the sloka spoken by Arjuna: अर्जुन उवाच | एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते | ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः || EvaM satatyuktaa ye bhaktaastvaaM paryupaasate ye chaapyaksharamavyaktaM teshhaaM ke yogavittamaaH Word Meanings: evaM – In this [...]