As It Strikes Me

We all know what ‘Dharma Sankatam’ is. When there are two ‘Dharma-s’ or righteous acts that need to be done, and if a confusion arises as to which needs to be done, then that goes by the name ‘Dharma Sankata’! In Srimad Bhagavatha, King Ambarisha undertook the Dwadashi Vrata in Mathura.
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A man once set out to the temple. On the way, his slippers tore. He did not find a cobbler to fix them. He was skeptical about leaving them outside the temple, for fear of someone stealing it. He removed his slippers, and put them inside the bag he was carrying. As he entered the temple, he was
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In a freely flowing conversation, Sri Swamiji answers four vital questions on our sampradayam (tradition) to a devotee, who questions ‘pariprashnena sevaya’, with humility and simplicity. Devotee: Sri Swamiji, I have a question… it is about our sampradaya. Should we, as Krishna bhaktas,
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Devotee: Is our sampradaya in line with Sri Adi ShankaraBhagavadpada’s or Sri BhagavatRamanujacharya’s or Sri Madhvacharya’s sampradaya? Sri Swamiji: I totally understand what you are asking. All these, at the current time, are very big precepts (“periyavishayam”). If you ask what our
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Devotee: Respected Sri Swamiji, many people who are in the same path of Krishna bhakti call Sri Adi ShankaraBhagavadpada as a ‘mayavadi’… Sri Swamiji: They speak this way because they have not understood the great Acharya properly. I believe that they have not gone really in depth into the
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Devotee: Dear Sri Swamiji, can you please summarize our sampradaya in a sentence? Sri Swamiji: Our Guru is Paranur Mahatma Sri Sri KrishnaPremi Maharaj. Our Guru Maharaj is himself a sampradaya sthapakacharya (an Acharya who has established a sampradaya). The sampradayam is PremikaSampradayam. If
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Radhe Radhe!! May this New Year bring in bountiful goodness and prosperity your way! The Kalpatharu Day Mass Prayer took place in a very grand and festive manner at the Kotai Mariamman Temple Ground at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. More than 10,000 devotees took part in this grand gathering. As the entire
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Senganur Sri Srinivasa Perumal blissfully adorned the spectacular, white yaanai vahanam (white elephant carrying the Lord) during the recent Brahmotsavam. The procession was a beautiful spectacle amidst bhajans, auspicious rendering of nadaswaram (a traditional wind instrument), and recital of
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Recently I happened to visit a proposed temple site where preparations were on for the consecration. I saw the archavathar (main deity) that was to be consecrated there. The Lord was seated as if in a meditative posture and very beautiful. I sat there looking at Him in a focused manner for a
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