sraddhavaan labhate jnanam tat-parah samyatendriyah 

jnanam labdhva param santim acirenadhigacchati

• The person with trust catches hold of consciousness beyond that he subdues the power of the senses having attained the state of consciousness very soon he acquires…

Nithyanandam!

In Paramahamsa Nithyananda Speaks on Brahma Sutra (Aphrorisms of Existence) - Wake Up to Your cosmic Identity¹, Swamiji said:

"…Remembering your larger identity wakes you up from the lower frequency. It is a sacred sacred. Now your largest identity, the Cosmic Soul is made out of some ten wires, ten concepts… Suddha, swayam-prakasha, sat, chit, ananda, tejomaya,…

Nithyanandam Nithyanandites!

Shreemad Bhagavad Geetaa shlokas are available on YouTube.com/mailw1n before the daily satsang is broadcasted live on …

• Surely in this world there is nothing like experience that is more cleansing,one who is spontaneously ready for intense action,in due course of time finds itself.
• This verse gives a clear understanding of “Spontaneous readiness for intense action”. This is one of the basic requirement for…

• “Just like the fire burns the fuel into ashes the experiences burns all the patterns into ashes.”These are the straight and simple truth expressed in small number of words.
• So strive in all possible ways to achieve experience.What is experience?…

• Moreover even if you are the most malignant of all these who are destruction,just by plenging into this experience you can completely overcome all wickedness.
• It is a slap on the face of unconsciousness.I never get angry towards people who…

• Bhagvan says again and again you lose the experience of the ultimate truth.Ultimate truth is “all life forms are part of your own self” You forget this again and again because of confusion (moham)” Confusion takes away this truth,get into some experience,it will not be taken away.…

• Understand these truths,by Humble submission through enquiry or by resolving to the one who has perceived and experienced the truth who will transmit that experience to you.
• This is a powerful and popular verse,essence of enlightenment.…

• Sharing of  understanding is far superior than sharing of wealth in all forms ,all these are actions and they all culminate in the experience of consciousness.
• Bhagvan is describing all forms of sharing and importance of sharing.…

• Sri Krishna is revealing some of the mystical secrets,how various divine energies comes to existence,how by connecting with them your expansion is possible.
• 1) Shivas energy coming out and the action of cutting Brahma’s head, and removing his  ego is Kala…

• Bhagvan is continuously addressing about Prana Samyama in this verse also.
• Sacrifice all your actions into Prana.Sacrifice means establish yourself in Prana even while you are doing all actions.…

• Bhagvan is beautifully describing how to establish yourself in Prana in this verse.
• Here Prana means the ability of being Spiritual centered/’Being’ centered/Athma centric/Enlightenment centered/Higher self centered.…

A nice post and pictures in NYTimes with a positive feel to Yoga after a string of negative reports.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/turning-yoga-into-art/

• Sri Krishna is giving the Tecnique / method to achieve the ultimate consciousness,the deepest meaning of Prana and Apana.
• Constantly in you for a moment you exist, after a moment you forget you exist and mind wanders.
• The moment…

• Some revere wealth / penance / intensed actions while other ascetics whose resolve has been sharpened,revered through knowledge through the study of the self,
• Sri Krishna organizes the different aspects of the religions,reasons for Tapas,conscious efforts.…

The following links provide details on the forthcoming solar eclipse on May 20. It is NOT visible in India but will be visible all the way from East Asia to South Central USA.

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar-eclipse-may-2012.html…

Thiru Gnana Sambandar life story

The website below has a treasure trove of information on Saiva Siddhanta philosophy when you dig into the links on the left.

Saiva Siddhanta philosophy

Introduction :

• Madurai Aadheenam is world’s most religious ancient organization.…

There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth's magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city,…