Experiences with Periva - How I Became Devotee of Maha Periyava?
Source: https://t.co/we4knCcFdI
Author: Shri V.S. Krishnan
It was sometime in 1963. The queue that formed at Sri Sankara Matam at #Kanchi to get Prasad & blessing from His Holiness, @KanchiMatham @Maha_periyava_

Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal was moving steadily. At the tail end of the queue, I too was standing, very impatiently. Now, you would ask me: “why this impatience?” In fact, I had not come here on my own accord. I came out of a compulsion.I was working in a #Calcutta

company, reporting to its Managing Partner, Sri S.V. Narasimhan. While granting me leave for going to my native place at #Thrissur, Narasimhan suggested that I break my journey at #Madras, visit #Kancheepuram & seek blessings from Acharya Swamigal. @KumarSarangapa1 @GunduHuDuGa

I was not enthusiastic to the idea because being very eager to see my near & dear ones after over three years I wanted to hurry home & also spend the full leave-time with my people & in my native place. However, I respected Narasimhan’s advice & reached Sri Kamakoti Matam at

Kancheepuram. Needless to say, only my body was there while my mind & heart were hovering around ‘my people & my native place’.
I stood there like a person eager to complete a formality & get over with it. While standing in the queue, I noticed @almightykarthik @Aravindh_partha

Sharing one incident... After Modi's Trichy youth conference, the very next morning when police were clearing up their mini-control room, they found 5 strange boys who were roaming there with bags. When police enquired them "sir, we are from Subramaniapuram in Trichy.

Whatever political meeting or conference is held in this ground, we come here on the same night or morning hours to collect the Liquor bottles to sell in the scrap shop for 50 paisa to 1 rupee per bottle and we used to earn Rs 200 to Rs 400 on each such event.

Even in the last DMK meeting the very next day we collected around 1500 bottles. But for Modi's BJP meeting, we could not find even a single bottle in the whole ground. We are coming around and around and not a single bottle in any corner of the G Corner ground in Trichy,

we are much disappointed, sir!". Police seem were stunned and pleasantly surprised. This is what Modi magic does in this nation. Modi is the one who can lead our nation and make everyone prosper with hardwork in right direction and proper approach.

This funny but interesting anecdote was published by a statewide local daily Dinamalar. I have just translated and posting it here for rest of the nation; We should realise Modi is liked by every patriotic person in this nation especially by well educated,

Sri Kalyanasundareswarar Temple, #Thirumanancheri
#Tamilnadutemples 🚩

Kalyana Sundareswarar temple in Thirumanancheri is located in Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. Paramashiva is Kalyanasundarar and Parvati Devi as Kokilambal. Temple is very famous for removing obstacles

Relating to marriages, and one of the important parihara Sthalam. Kovil is one among Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam.

Sthala Puranam says that, this is the place where Parvathi  Devi and Paramashiva got married. Shiva and Parvathi once had a fight. Parvati Devi then took the form of

A cow and stayed here. Mahavishnu took the form of a cowherd and stayed with his sister. From the Homagni of Bharata Muni, Parvati Devi relieved from the curse at Thiruvaaduthurai and became her original form. Paramashiva arrived here and married Parvati Devi at Thirumanancheri.

Paramashiva and Parvathi Devi are in Kalyanakolam here.
Those who face obstacles in marriages come here to do Pariharam.

Om Nama Shivaya
Om Shri Mahadevyai Namah
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One thing that makes this #Khashoggi story difficult to assess when it comes to who's responsible is that there are different factions within Saudi Arabia constantly jockeying for power. It's not one monolithic thing.

Bin Salman heads only one faction.

Mohammad Bin Salman [MbS] not only has to deal with states in the region that want to thwart his plans for Saudi Arabia [SA} & the Middle East [ME] such as Iran, Turkey, Syria, Russia, Quatar...he also has people inside SA itself that don't like his reforms or agenda.

So when the narrative gets presented that "The only way Khashoggi could end up dead is on the direct orders of MbS" you might want to keep this in mind.

There are SEVERAL ways Khashoggi could end up meeting his demise at the hands of Saudis not working on the orders of MbS.

Powerful factions within SA, several of whom do not like the Crown Prince's reforms or the fact he was promoted to his current position ahead of others in the royal family, could have done this in the hopes of pinning it on MbS.

Too many false/fake news stories came out of Turkey in the past week to say anything further. This latest news comes just after it was reported Pompeo heard an audio of the killing that was quickly walked back in less than a day.

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If you're a college student who wants to pay off all your loans... here's an idea for you:

It takes ~$5k to start and will make ~$30k a year of profit

It won't get you rich, it'll pay for college.

(..and will teach them more about business than they’ll learn in school)

The idea isn’t sexy. But it works:

**Plastic Moving Bin Rentals**

Everyone knows moving sucks. The worst part is being stuck with 400 cardboard boxes at the end of your move.

Instead - @benmlevy told me about Gorilla Bins. They dropoff plastic moving bins, & pickem up later.

Let’s break it down. Our goal is to pay for college (~$30k profit per year).

To do that, I think we’ll need $50k in revenue.

The avg move (a 2 bedroom apartment) is $180

To hit our goal, we need do ~5.5 moves per week

COSTS?

How many bins do we need to buy up front?

5.5 moves a week x 50 bins = you need 275 bins. Let’s round up to 300 to be safe.

Ok let’s hop over to @uline to see how much these bins cost

Bingo. Bins cost about $15 a piece.

$15 x 300 bins = $4,500 initial startup costs.

Time to beg your parents or a rich aunt to lend you money to get the biz rolling (...or just take $5k of student loan money and invest it here…)

प्रस्तुत प्रसंग रामायण के सुंदरकांड में से लिया गया है जिसमें बहुत ही सरल तरीके से हनुमान जी की अन्तर्मन की भावनाओं से ये समझाया गया है कि ईश्वर की इच्छा बिना संसार में कुछ भी होना संभव नहीं।
अत: जो हुआ, जो हो रहा है और जो होगा, सब प्रभु की इच्छा से होगा।

अशोक वाटिका में जिस समय रावण क्रोध से भरकर, तलवार लेकर, सीता माता को मारने के लिए दौड़ पड़ा , तब हनुमान जी को लगा कि इसकी तलवार छीनकर, इसका सिर काट लेना चाहिए।

किन्तु अगले ही क्षण उन्होंने देखा कि मंदोदरी ने रावण का हाथ पकड़ लिया। ये देखकर वे गदगद हो उठे और ये सोचने लगे कि यदि मैं आगे बढ़ता तो मुझे भ्रम हो जाता कि यदि मैं न होता तो सीता जी को कौन बचाता?
बहुत बार हमको ऐसा ही भ्रम हो जाता है,
मैं न होता, तो क्या होता ?

परंतु ये क्या हुआ?
सीताजी को बचाने का कार्य प्रभु ने स्वयं रावण की पत्नी को ही सौंप दिया। तब हनुमान जी समझ गए कि प्रभु जिससे जो काम लेना चाहते हैं, वह उसीसे लेते हैं। कोई और चाहकर भी वह काम नहीं कर सकता।

आगे चलकर जब त्रिजटा ने कहा कि लंका में बन्दर आया हुआ है और वह लंका जलाएगा।

तो हनुमान जी बड़ी चिंता में पड़ गए कि प्रभु राम ने तो लंका जलाने को कहा ही नहीं है और त्रिजटा कह रही है कि उन्होने स्वप्न में देखा है कि एक वानर ने लंका जलाई है। अब उन्हें क्या करना चाहिये। फिर उन्होने सोचा,'जो प्रभु कि इच्छा।'

HOW SUNDAY HOLIDAY STARTED IN INDIA

When India was under the British rule, the mill workers in India had to work hard for all seven days of a week. They didn’t get any holiday or any kind of leave to get rest.

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The British officials and workers would go to church every sunday and offer their prayers while there was no such tradition for the Indian mill workers.

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At the point of time, Narayan Meghaji Lokhande was the leader of the mill workers, he presented a proposal of a weekly holiday in front of the Britishers. He said, “After working hard for six days, the workers should get a day to serve their country and society.

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Sunday is the day of the Hindu deity ‘Khandoba’. Hence Sunday should be declared as a holiday”. But the British officials rejected his proposal.

Lokhande didn’t accept the defeat, he continued his struggle.

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After a 7-year long struggle, on 10th June 1890, British Government declared sunday as a holiday. What’s surprising is that Indian government never issued any orders regarding this holiday.

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Today is Narayaneeya Dinam/Day
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Narayaneeya Dinam is celebrated annually on 28th day of Malayalam month of Vrichikam. Narayaneeyam was composed by Melpathur Bhattadiri and offered to Guruvayur Shri Krishna on this day. Narayaneeyam is the condensed form of Srimad Bhagavatam.

Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri was student of Achyuta Pisharadi. Once Achyuta Pisharadi suffered from rheumatism, and as Guru Dakshina Bhattathiri transferred the ailment to his body. Thus Melpathur who suffered from severe rheumatic pain, happened to see Ezhuthachan, a poet.👇

Ezhuthachan told Bhattadiri "MEEN THOTTU KOOTUKA" which means Start with Fish, in Guruvayur temple.
Bhattadiri who realized the meaning started to compose Narayaneeyam, describing 10 avatars of Maha Vishnu.
@SriramKannan77 @MalolaNarasimha @

Srimad Bhaghavatam which consists of 18000 slokas was condensed without missing any divinity to 1034 slokam. He was 27 year old when Bhattadiri wrote Narayaneeyam.Thus on 100th day he was completely cured of his illness and offered Narayaneeyam to Guruvayurappan.

Chanting Narayaneeyam will provide Ayurarogya Saukyam to all.

अज्ञात्वा ते महत्वं यदिह निगदितं विश्वनाथ क्षमेथा:
स्तोत्रं चैतत्सहस्रोत्तरमधिकतरं त्वत्प्रसादाय भूयात् ।
द्वेधा नारायणीयं श्रुतिषु च जनुषा स्तुत्यतावर्णनेन
स्फीतं लीलावतारैरिदमिह कुरुतामायुरारोग्यसौख्यम् ॥
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THE STORY OF BRAHMIN SHATANAND IN SATYANARAYAN KATHA.

We already know that this katha was narrated by Vishnu ji to Narad Muni. So once a Brahmin named Shatanand, who lived in Kashi, went out to gather Bhiksha for his son Kaltraadi. Shatanand was an ardent devotee of Vishnu ji.

In fact he and his wife both worshipped Vishnu ji. Shatanand met an old Brahmin on the way. The old man asked him as to where was he going. Shatanand replied that he was going to collect Bhiksha for his son. So the old man replied that for a long time Shatanand's family was

in a poor condition. To get rid of this poverty, he should take refuge at the lotus feet of Kamal nayan who is Known as Bhagwan Satyanarayan.
The old Brahmin then revealed his identity. Shatanand realized that the old man was no one else, but Vishnu ji himself.

Shatanand fell on his feet and started singing his praises. He was ecstatic to listen to the voice of Parmatma and get his darshan directly. He felt he was the luckiest being living on this planet.

Vishnu ji advised him to perform Satyanarayan puja with whatever

bhiksha he would receive today. Bhagwan Narayan also told him that this puja did not require an elaborate preparation. But its benefit were manifold. We just have to gather all the materials. Just a panjiri or coarse powder of wheat mixed with sugar and milk should be

Being humble is to be felt. It’s not something that you show off.
#BeHumbleLikeSSR
#JusticeForSushantSinghRajput

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
#BeHumbleLikeSSR
#JusticeForSushantSinghRajput

Be kind, work hard, stay humble, smile often, stay loyal, be honest, travel when possible, never stop learning, love always. #BeHumbleLikeSSR #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength. #BeHumbleLikeSSR #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. #BeHumbleLikeSSR #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput

திருநாங்கூர் 11 கருட சேவை விளக்கம்:

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11 திவ்யதேச ௭ம்பெ௫மான்களையும் ஒரே இடத்திலே கருட சேவையில் ஆழ்வா௫டன் ஸேவிக்கலாம்.

பதினொரு பெருமாள்களையும் ஒருங்கே தரிசிக்கும் பெரும் பாக்கியம்!

குலந்தரும் செல்வம் தந்திடும் அடியார் படுதுயர் ஆயினவெல்லாம்
நிலந்தரம் செய்யும் நீள் விசும்பருளும் அருளோடு பெருநிலமளிக்கும்
வலந்தரும் மற்றும் தந்திடும் பெற்ற தாயினும்ஆயின செய்யும்
நலம் தரும் சொல்லை நான் கண்டு கொண்டேன் நாராயணா என்னும் நாமமே.

திருமடந்தை மண்மடந்தை யிருபாலும் திகழத்
தீவினைகள் போயகல அடியவர்கட் கென்றும்
அருள் நடந்து இவ் வேழுலகத் தவர்பணிய வானோர்
அமர்ந்தேத்த இருந்தவிடம்
என்று ஆழ்வார்களால் போற்றப்படும் திருநாங்கூர் திவ்ய தேசத்தில்

பெருமாளை பெரிய திருவடியான கருட வாகனத்தில் சேவித்தால்
மறு பிறவி கிடையாது என்பது ஐதீகம்..

நாகை மாவட்டம், சீர்காழி அடுத்த நாங்கூரில் 108 வைணவ தலங்களில்
11 கோயில்கள் ஒரே பகுதியில் அமைந்துள்ள கோயில்களில் ஆண்டுதோறும் கருட சேவை உற்சவம் விமரிசையாக நடைபெறும்.

NĀRADA & HIS BHAKTI-SŪTRAS :
Bhakti – Love Divine :-
Of Love Divine (Sūtra 1 to 6)

All our philosophical textbooks are written out by the great 'rishis' and 'thinkers' in the form of sūtras.
The term, ‘sūtra’, means ‘string’ – the string on which the arguments &
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thoughts are strung together to become an enchanting garland of ideas.
This is the philosophy of devotion, of love for 'Paramatma' stands today attributed to the Devarṣi Nārada.
He works everywhere as friend, philosopher and guide, to all devotees.
Let's begin the journey !

NĀRADA & HIS BHAKTI-SŪTRAS :
Bhakti – Love Divine :-
Of Love Divine (Sūtra 1 to 6)

Sūtra 1
अथातो भक्तिं व्याख्यास्यामः॥ १॥
Now, the doctrine of devotion we shall expound.
After having developed all the qualifications necessary for the practice of devotion (atha), the student

feels no spiritual satisfaction, and therefore (ataḥ), he must now diligently walk the path of devotion. According to Rāmānuja, the teacher of viśiṣṭādvaita, there are seven qualifications necessary in a seeker who plans to pursue devotion. They are:

(1) Discrimination in food (viveka), (2) Freedom from desire (vimukha), (3) Practice (abhyāsa), (4) Habit of doing good to others (kriyā), (5) Purity in thought, word and deed, non-violence, charity, and such other virtues (kalyāṇa), (6) Cheerfulness (anavasāda), and (7) Absence

Made by NickHintonn 2 apr. 2018

Here’s a thread about The Black Tom explosion: a terrorist attack on American soil and major event in US history. However, no one has heard of it and I believe it’s proof that our timeline may be changing.

On July 30th, 1916, in Jersey City, German agents destroyed American ammunition supplies by setting them on fire. The incident is famous for causing damage to the Statue of Liberty.

The fires caused the ammunition supplies to explode, lodging fragments in buildings miles away including the Statue of Liberty and the clock tower of The Jersey Journal, stopping the clock at 2:12 am.

The explosion caused windows to shatter as far as 25 miles away, including thousands in lower Manhattan. Some window panes in Times Square were shattered. Even stained glass windows in St. Patrick's Church were destroyed.

The explosion was so strong is registered as a 5.5 earthquake on the Richter scale. It could be felt as far away as Philadelphia. The explosion cracked the outer wall of Jersey City's City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge was shaken. People as far away as Maryland were woken up.

Did Brahma Dev marry his daughter?

NO!

Only a fool who has zero knowledge of Sanatan Dharma would ask such an obscene question. Before making such an idiotic question, understand who is Brahma Dev and Maa Saraswati.

Brahma Dev is the creator of the universe. When a desire for a female companion rose in His heart, He split himself into two halves. His another halve came to be known as Devi Saraswati, and she is his Wife, not his daughter. A Daughter is born when a male and female consummate.

Maa Saraswati is the Goddess of Knowledge. To create something, one needs to possess the knowledge of the process. With the help of Maa Saraswati, Pita Brahma Dev created the universe and all the beings. Through his consciousness, He created 7 Manas Putras, the 7 sages.

The same is the case with other Gods of our Trimurtis. Prabhu Shree Hari Narayan's other half is Maa Laxmi, while Maa Parvati is for Prabhu Mahadev. For Indra Dev, it's Indrayani or Shachi Devi. This is what Ardhanareshwar or Ardhanareshwari is all about.

There is no difference between Prabhu Brahma and Maa Saraswati. They both are the same just like Shree Hari and Maa Laxmi, and Mahadev and Maa Parvati. That is the reason we call our spouse or wife our better half.

Rao Tula Ram

An Emperor of Rewari, Haryana

A Veteran Warrior against British Colonial Forces

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Rao Tula Ram (9 Dec 1825 - 23 Sep 1863) in the well known Rao family in village Rampura, Rewari, Haryana.

His father was Rao Puran Singh and his mother’s name was Rani Gyan Kaur. In November 1839, Rao Tula Ram ascended the throne after death of his father.

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Rao Tula Ram was one of the prominent leaders of the Indian Uprising of 1857 against the colonial British forces.

His story is one of rebellion and guerrilla warfare against the stronger and better-equipped imperialist forces of the British Army.

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In 1857 on hearing the news of rebellion at Meerut & other places, the people of Rewari rose up to support the uprising. In the Rewari area, lead was given by Rao Tula Ram. His cousin Gopal Dev also stood by him. The forefathers of the Raos had helped the Marathas in1803

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In the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

The British confiscated their land and gave instead an ‘istamarari’, or grant, of about 58 villages. This was a great blow to the Raos, who were itching to fight the British Raj at the first available opportunity.

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THE STRUCTURE, IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES OF VISHNU PURAN.

Vishnu puran has twenty three thousand shlokas. It has the power to destroy all your sins. In its first part it contains the dialogue between Parashar rishi and Maitrey rishi.

The main topics discussed here are Aadikaraan sarg, origin of devtas, Samudra manthan, the vansh of Daksh, stories of Dhruv and Pruthu, Prachetas analysis, Prahlads story, the distribution of different powers to the various sections of society.

The second part consists of description of Priyavrat vansh, description of Dweeps, Varsh, Swarg, Narak, description of various planet movements, Bharat charitra, Muktimarg and dialogue between Nidhag and Ribhu.
Next is the description of Manvantars, avtaar of Vedvyas,

and ways to get freedom from Narak. Then we find a dialogue between Sagar & Aurva rishi, structure of Dharma, Shradh Kalp,Varnashram dharma, good behavior and story of Maya & Moha.

In the 4th part we find the description of Chandra vansh along with the description of its rulers.

Next are the questions regarding Krishnavtar, Gokul, the slaying of Putna, atrocities of demon Aghasur, Killing of Kansa, leela in Mathura, demons slayed by Krishna in order to ease the load of Prithvi, Krisha's marriages and sermon by Ashtavakra.

Khutbah Topic By Sheikh Salaah Al Budair: 01/01/21

'Warning from Busying yourself with others Faults'

O Muslims:
People of intellect and sound mind protect and guard themselves from falsehood and their honor from anything which may harm it by following the path of virtue and good and avoiding what causes suspicion.

There is no virtue except for the one who protects his honor and tries to increase in good. I swear that there is no dishonor for a person in death, if he is not afflicted in life with what is shameful.

No one who is alive, even if he lives safely, will be more mortal than those in their graves. Every youth and every new thing will come to an end, and everyone will eventually return to Allah.

The believer does not accept to be an aim for the arrows of suspicion, or a target of backbiting, criticism and slander. He must cut off the causes of doubt and evil thoughts that may come to people.

Thread about Shashanka and alleged persecution of the Buddhists. The purpose of this thread is to defy their claims while tackling a few other issues.

(Very long thread but useful) 1/n

Shashanka was a Shaivite king of Gauda with his capital being Karnasuvarna.
He is often accused to be a persecutor of Buddhists by the certain historians prejudiced folks to form a picture that Hindu kings were also against other religions just like the muslim kings. 2/n

Much of Shashanka's life after 619 CE is not very much known to us. Historians primarily cite from a few sources like 1) Banabhatta's Harshacharita and 2) Hsuan Tsung's Si Yu Ki(SYK), both being 7th century texts and 3/n

3) Manjushri Mula Kalpa(MMK), an 8th century text sometimes also dated as a 12th century text. 4/n

The method of accusing Shashanka as a Buddhist hater is established by saying that Shashanka desecrated Buddha's sacred marks, destroyed the Bodhi Tree in Gaya and replaced the Buddha statue w Shiva after which he died as he incurred a mortal flesh-rotting disease 5/n