The connection of the Indic civilization with Bharat rests on its veneration of the land, quite literally, since She is worshipped as the vast Mother who is a living Deity with Her geographical attributes, such as the land and its rivers, being woven in hymns and prayers to simultaneously evoke shared feelings of devotion, unity, …
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What is Vallabhacharya’s Pushti Marga पुष्टिमार्ग – Worshipping baby Krishna?
Shri Vallabhacharya श्री वल्लभाचार्य (1473-1531 CE) was a Telugu Brahmin who was born in Champaranya, (near modern Raipur) in Chattisgarh. He founded the Rudra or Vallabha Sampradaya in which Bhagwan Krishna is the supreme deity to be worshipped. Vallabha states that the Parabrahman परब्रह्मन of the Upanishads is Bhagwan Krishna of the Bhagavata Purana who …
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Japa: a Technique for Preparing the Mind for Mediation
It is not enough to strive to understand sacred texts. Understanding is developed through the study of the scriptures, and feeling for God is increased by devotion. Yet, study alone will never take us to the Truth, nor is feeling the Truth sufficient for us to realize It. Neither way is enough for realizing the …
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What is Raja-Yoga राज योग?
It is easy to concentrate the mind on external things, the mind naturally goes outwards; but not so in the case of religion, psychology, or metaphysics, where the subject and the object, are one. The object is internal, the mind itself is the object, and it is necessary to study the mind itself - the …
Manifesting the Divinity within! 