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Short discourses including talks on Azhwars, importance of festivals, life of great saints, importance of chanting for kids & adults and importance of having Guru in life
Shri Radha Kripa Kataks is the hymns or prayer written by Lord Shiva to please Shri Radharani. The prayer is spoken by Lord Shiva to Parvati Mata in the Tantra named Urdhvamnaya-Tantra.
The 108 names of Lord Krishna or Sri Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali represent the collection of divine names of Lord Krishna that are given attributing his qualities, stories related to his life in his incarnation. Along with that many names also link to his appearance and the protecting nature of Lord Krishna his devotees and people.
By chanting the names in the Krishna Ashtothram, one can get a glimpse of that particular part of life in his incarnated form of Krishna.
Dwarakanath is the Lord of Dwaraka i.e. Lord Krishna. Here Guruji explains about the Pancha Dwaraka and the Sapta Dwaraka temples in the western part of India, its significance and Krishna's life history.
Shrinathji is a form of Krishna, manifested as a seven-year-old child. The principal shrine of Shrinathji is the Shrinathji Temple in the temple town of Nathdwara, 48 kilometres north-east of Udaipur city in Rajasthan.
Srimad Bhagavatam talks about the letter written by Devi Rukmini to Lord Krishna. When the beautiful princess Rukmini realized that her brother would not allow her marriage to Krishna, she was deeply agitated. She pondered over the problem and came to a firm decision. She sent a letter to Krishna professing her single-minded affection for him.
Child-Krishna also called ‘Shree Banke Bihari ji’ is in the holy city of Vrindavan in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Here Guruji explains about the peculiar traits of this child-krishna and the significance of many practices that are followed even today.
Venugopalan (Lord Krishna) is delighting the minds, ears and eyes of Gopis with His Venu ganam and Raasa Kreedai on the banks of the Yamuna river. They are totally captivated by his friendly smile and the divine music originating from His flute. Here Guruji explains about the 10 paasurams of Periyazhvar Thirumozhi which explains the glory of Krishna playing the flute.
Krishna is predominantly worshipped in the Indian state of Maharashtra as Vitthal. Irrespective of caste and creed, any devotee can enter the sanctum sanctorum and can place his or her head on the feet of the Lord or hold and touch his feet. This tradition is perhaps followed in very few temples in India.
'Vittalanai Pidi' intends to mean, ‘catch and hold Vittal’s feet’.
Guruvayurappa is a form of Vishnu worshipped mainly in Kerala. He is the presiding deity of Guruvayur temple who is worshiped as Shri Krishna in his child form. Guruji explains about the Guruvatha Pureesa Pancharatnam strotram composed by Brahmasri Sengalipuram Anantharama Dikshitar in the praise of Lord Guruvayurappa.
Panduranga is another name of Vittal (Krishna). Panduranga is a dark young boy, standing arms akimbo on a brick, accompanied by his main consort Rukmini as Rakhumai. Guruji details numerous instances of Panduranga’s grace in the life of his devotees.
Thiruppavai is a set of Tamil devotional hymns by the female poet-saint Andal. It consists of thirty stanzas (paasurams) in praise of Thirumal (a manifestation of Lord Vishnnu. It is a part of Divya Prabandha, a collection of the works of the twelve Alvars. In Thiruppavai, Andal gives a universal call to all people to recite the name and glories of Lord Vishnu.
Periyazhwar is one of the twelve azhwar saints of South India who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition.
In this series Guruji explains in detail about the Periyazhwar Thirumozhis that ask diseases to go away because the Lord will protect the Azhwars and his devotees.
Sri Kulasekhara Azhwar once ruled the Chera Kingdom with all righteousness. But later, overwhelmed by his intense devotion towards Sri Ranganatha, he renounced his kingdom and dedicated himself to Srivaishnava service. His devotional expressions are named as Perumal Tirumozhi. His hymns are simple, lucid and euphonic and soaked in the intensity of devotion. Perumal Tirumozhi consists of ten decads, each with ten or eleven stanzas, the total hymns amounting to 105.
The outpourings in the Tamil poetic form of the ultimate devotion of the 12 Azhwars (Vaishnavite Saints) is known as Pasuram. They all deal with various experiences of Azhwars on the Supreme Being Sriman Narayana who possesses infinite attributes. Periyavachan pillai has strung together words from the Azhwars’ pasurams to give us the whole Ramayana story in just 180 lines.
Mukundamala is Sanskrit devotional poem composed by Kulasekhara Azhwar. In the poem he asks Mukunda, another name for Krishna, to give him freedom from Samsara. It describes the misery of the soul trapped in this world and exhorts that Krishna is the only means of salvation.
Koorath Azhwar was born as Kuresan in the small town of Kooram {near Kaanchipuram}. He hailed from a well-off family, but lead a life of simplicity & charity. He was later the chief disciple of the great Vaishnavite acharya Ramanuja.
Azhwargal Vaibhavam means ‘Glories of the Azhwars'. The Azhwars were Tamil poet-saints of South India who espoused bhakti (devotion) to Lord Vishnu in their songs of longing, ecstasy and service. The devotional outpourings of Azhwars, composed during the early medieval period of Tamil history, helped revive the bhakti movement, through their hymns of worship to Vishnu and his avatars. The poetry of the Azhwars echoes bhakti to God through love, and in the ecstasy of such devotions they sang hundreds of songs which embodied both depth of feeling and felicity of expressions.
Andal is the only female Alvar among the 12 Alvar saints of South India. She was the incarnation of Bhūmi Devi (Sri Lakshmi as Mother Earth) to show humanity the way to Lord Vishnu's lotus feet. She was brought up by Periyazhwar in an atmosphere of love and devotion. As she grew into a beautiful maiden, her fervor for the Lord grew to the extent that she decided to marry only the Lord himself. Ranganatha of Ranganathaswamy temple married Andal, who later merged with the Lord.
Jagannath Ashtakam was composed by Adi Sankracharya in praise of Lord Jagannath on his visit to Puri. The most important of hymns of Lord Jagannath, the Ashtakam was recited by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on his visit to Jagannath temple. The merit of reciting the sacred Jagannath ashtakam carefully is such that, one becomes sinless and pure hearted and gains entrance to Vishnuloka.
Pandurang ashtakam is a very beautiful creation of Shri Adi Shankaracharya. Pandurangashtakam stotra was composed in Sanskrit. It is sung in praise of God Panduranga who is standing on a brick for his devotees, to give them blessings, peace and happiness and every thing they deserve. God Panduranga is Lord Vishnu’s avatar. Adi Shankaracharya tells us why he worships God Panduranga.
Yamuna Ashtakam is a Sanskrit poem by Shri Adi Shankaracharya in praise of Yamuna river. Reading the Yamuna Ashtakam and praying to Yamuna Maharani helps in winning over personal weaknesses.
In Ganga Ashtakam Adi Shankaracharya prays to river Ganga and tells that she is the divine river from heaven and is the saviour of all the three worlds, she is pure and restless and she adorns Lord Shiva’s head. He also says that O Mother, let my mind always rest at your lotus feet.
Guru Ashtakam are verses in Sanskrit by Shri Adi Shankaracharya. In the verses, he points out that neither beauty, nor wealth, nor fame, neither scriptural learning, nor virtuous actions, nor even yogic attainments are of any consequence if one’s mind is not steeped in devotion to the Guru.
The Madhurāṣṭakam is a Sanskrit composition in devotion of Krishna, composed by the Hindu Bhakti philosopher Sri Vallabhacharya. It was created to lead the devotee in the Path of Grace, which involves a constant love-filled devotion to Krishna by various acts of homage, such as singing (kirtana), remembering (smarana), conceptualising and beholding (darshana) a beatific image of the deity and offering of services (seva).
Santh Dnyaneshwar Maharaj was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath Vaishnava tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita) and Amrutanubhav. These are the oldest surviving literary works in the Marathi language.
Sant Eknath Maharaj was a 16th century Indian Marathi poet-saint. The object of his scholarship was to bring the means of salvation through devotion (bhakti) within the reach and understanding of ordinary people, including outcastes and women.
Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a 15th century Indian saint. He is considered as an incarnation of Krishna. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with ecstatic song and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal. He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularized the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.
Ramanuja was a 11th-12th century Indian philosopher, Hindu theologian, social reformer, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement. Ramanuja was highly influential and his efforts made bhakti the major force within different traditions of Hinduism.
Tukaram was a 17th-century Marathi poet and saint. He was a great Sant of Varkari sampradaya in Maharashtra, India. Sant Tukaram Maharaj is known for his devotional poetry called Abhanga and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as kirtans. His poetry is devoted to Panduranga.
This is one of classic work of Tamil Nadu Vaishnavism , where an ordinary lady summarized the principles of Vaishnaviam. Thirukolur is a temple town on the banks of Tambraparni river and is in Thoothukudi district. Once upon a time it was thickly populated by scholarly Sri Vaishnavas and every Vaishnava thought that he should visit that place. When saint Ramanuja was entering Thirukolur, he saw one lady leaving Thirukolur. Saint Ramanuja was surprised and asked her the reason for which she replied with 81 reasons… Later she became a disciple of Saint Ramanuja.
Bhakt Meera was a 16th-century Indian poet saint and devotee of Krishna. She was one of the foremost exponents of the Prem-bhakti. The life of Meera Bai from the magnificence of a palace to the austerity of a hermitage is a manifestation of transcendental love between the Divine and the human. She used to spend her time in writing and humming devotional songs in praise of her lord out of ecstasy, which knew no religious bounds and social barriers.
Tyagarajar was a 18th-19th century renowned composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. He was prolific and highly influential in the development of India's classical music tradition. Tyagaraja’s songs and compositions are full of devotion to his god Rama.
Thulasi Dasar was a Ramanandi Vaishnava saint and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi. He started the Ramlila plays, a folk-theatre adaption of the Ramayana. He has been acclaimed as one of the greatest poets in Hindi, Indian, and world literature. The impact of Thulasi Dasar and his works on the art, culture and society in India is widespread.
Kuchela also known as Sudama was a childhood friend of Hindu deity Krishna from Mathura, the story of whose visit to Dwaraka to meet Krishna is mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana.
Sakubai was a great devotee of Lord Vittala of Pandharpur. The Name of the Lord was always on her lips. She was obedient, humble, simple, and virtuous. She faced many difficulties in her life, but her devotion to Lord Vittal helped her overcome all her troubles.
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas). It has been composed in Sanskrit and it promotes bhakti (devotion) to Lord Krishna. The Bhagavatam's eighteen thousand verses contain hundreds of conversations between self-realized kings, yogis and sages of the ancient world on the subject of how to achieve perfection in life, including descriptions of various incarnations and activities of Krishna—the Supreme Person—and His devotees throughout history.
Rāmāyana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is also one of the largest ancient epics in world literature. Ramayana narrates the life of Lord Rama. Reading Ramayana daily and meditating on the name of 'Rama' brings a person closer to self-realization and God and thus absolves one of all of his sins. Nama Ramayana is the condensed story of Ramayana which is used for this purpose.
Saranagathy is the process of total surrender to Lord Vishnu. The process of Saranagathy forms the basis of devotion to Godhead in the bhakti traditions within the Sri Sampradaya, propagated by Ramanujacharya and the Gaudiya Sampradaya, founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Rāmāyana, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India consists of nearly 24,000 verses. The epic follows Lord Rama’s fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana – the king of Lanka, that resulted in war; and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned king amidst jubilation and celebration.
Narasimha is a fierce avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, one who incarnates in the form of part lion and part man to destroy evil and end religious persecution and calamity on Earth, thereby restoring Dharma. Narasimha is known primarily as the 'Great Protector' who specifically defends and protects his devotees from evil.
Padmanabha Satakam is a beautiful devotional poem in Sanskrit directly addressed to Lord Padmanabha by Maharaja Swathi Tirunal of Travancore. It is a more condensed version of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Sri Varaha is the avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. When the demon Hiranyaksha stole the earth and hid her in the primordial waters, Vishnu appeared as Varaha to rescue her. Varaha slew the demon and retrieved the Earth from the ocean, lifting it on his tusks, and restored Bhudevi to her place in the universe.
Varadharaja Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in the holy city of Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu visited by the 12 Azhwars. One of the greatest Hindu scholars of Vaishnava Vishishtadvaita philosophy, Ramanuja had resided in this temple.
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