Bharatheeyam : ( 08/11/2012. )

Chapter 10: The Esoteric Significance of the Devi Mahatmya -14.   ( A talk given on the 13th of October, 1972, during the Navaratri worship.) This significance is brought out in all our epics and Puranas. Whether in the Mahabharata or the Ramayana, whether in the Bhagavadgita or the Devi-Mahatmya, they tell us the same account in different terminologies and with different emphases. It is always a song of the soul. The Bhagavadgita is a song of the soul, the Over-soul speaking to the lower soul. Here again, we have a similar account of the actual Sadhana involved in the realisation of this ultimate harmony of the soul with the Over-soul. The spiritual practice of a Sadhaka is, therefore, a confronting of the three forces of Tamas, Rajas and Sattva, gradually, stage by stage, in their cosmic significance, forgetting not for a moment that we are not 'islands'. No man is an island. You must have heard the poet's saying: "No man is an island unto himself." T...

Opinion    27/04/2016.        504.          All Members,         Respected family members of this great holy Nation.   Sub : BHARATHAM : A NATION OF SPIRITUALITY - A STUDY OF THE PRESENT    Ref : All  Indian states are failure with regard the below  given  requirements list. The Chief ministers, and the political parties of all  most  all  states  are without any VISION. The Major Requirements in the Nation's Development : - 1. Infrastructure. 2. Town / city plannings. 3. Discipline in the construction and uniform office buildings. / housings / shopping centers / government offices. 4. Garbage disposal / recycling management 5. Drainage facilities. 6. Public rest rooms/ toilets 7. Water management. 8. Recycling of used /waste water. 9. Rainwater management. 10. Parks/ playgrounds/ 11. small  children parks. 12. Public libraries. 13. Tra...