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Bhagwat 24th November 2020

Bhaj Govindam  Nirantar swasth chintan ho, yehi sabse bada jaap hai. Na utra aacharn mai to, samucha gyan gapshap hai. Rahe bhukhe magar phir bhi na khae paap ki Roti  Bache buri aadatose, yehi is yug ka saab se bada tap hai. To have pure and healthy thoughts is the most important chant, If we have not been able to implement our learning in our day to day lives, the entire ocean of knowl...

Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 11 

Bhagwat 17th November 2020

Bhaj Govindam  This is an important verse for all of us. Many a times I have heard people mentioning the names of many realised souls, and use them as an example to justify their own indulgence in life - Saying that they also indulge. On the other hand, the other extreme is also true, where people quote the example of fakirs who just wander around and feel that by aping them, they will also g...

Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 8,9,10

Bhagwat 10th November 2020

Bhaj Govindam  This verse written by Sureshvaracharya beautifully paints the picture of a true carefree Fakir, a true Vairagi, a person who has renounced this world from inside out. He stays in divine masti always. This dohas of kabir explain the state of mind of such a person so beautifully. Khada hai kabir pehne aapni garibi  seenha thoke jhadta hai aapni fakiri. Duniya ka bhaa nahin b...

Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 6,7

Bhagwat 3rd November 2020

Bhaj Govindam  Though written by another disciple, this verse is a direct continuation of the previous verses. It is like the last verses flows directly into this verse. They talk about the then prevalent exploitation and dominance of Sanathan Dharma by a few, and how people were being mislead. This glorious way of life was wrapped up in layers of blind rituals and taboos, to a great extent i...

Sunderkand - Doha 4 onward to Doha 6

Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 4,5

Shrimad Bhagwat Book 9

Bhaj Govindam  Today’s verse is written by Guru Hastamalaka. The fragrance of each guru’s experience is present in his/her discourses or writing. Guru Hastamalaka, a disciple of the Great Guru Shankaracharya, was born in a very pious village, to a devout family. He remained like a dumb-dim-wit and this worried his father, and when Shankaracharya came, his father took him to meet this sage, in...

Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 3

Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran Book 9

Bhaj Govindam  Today is a verse written by my favourite disciples of Guru Shankaracharya, Guru Totakacharya. He was ones called Giri. Yes, a simple Giri, is the magnificent example of how devotion to the Guru, can help one achieve what no amount of effort can. The path of spirituality is different from the ways of the material world. It is not that linear 1+1= 2, it is impossible to even expl...

Navratri - The Inner Awakening - Discover the Sakti Within When neither my Ego nor Expectation dampen my spirit. When my mind becomes focused and a calm envelops me. When I know that there is more to what I am. When the quest to know the self begins When the divinity does not seem distant. When the divine in me is unveiled. When the blazing seed of awakening blinds, the outer world and illumines t...

Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 2

9th Canto and chapter 8 Sagar, Bhagirath and the decend of Ganga Ma

Bhaj Govindam  It is rare indeed to find a disciple who is able to take the guru’s work and word forward. There can be a crowd of thousands, yet not one would be able to resonate with the teachings of the guru and the realisation of the self. There is something more that is needed, not just teachings, this we saw when we read about the desperate Guru, who went to the rice picker (with no scri...

Geeta chapter 2 Introduction and Verse 1

Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran book 9

Bhaj Govindam  It is the grand finale - The last verse written by Shankaracharya in the form of dvadasa-manjarika-stotra of Bhaj Govindam. This verse I would call as ‘A Shaj Upaye - Simple solution’. This is the 13 Verse (the last verse) if we consider the opening verse. However, the first verse is the re-affirming verse. A repeated reminder, after every verse when Guru Shankaracharya says, t...