Srimadhan Varadarajan

Dakshinamurthy Dhyaana Slokam
The leg pressing over a demon, on the top of which the Embodiment of merits is sitting with one leg folded, the one who teaches difficult words (vedas) with ease, the sages […]

Shlokam:
In the form of male and female, matted hair with moon, axe, smeared in red (aruNa), wearing snakes and the skin of tiger, embracing the bull and with a bent leg, this the right half, and the left black […]

Shiva lingam is the holy symbol of Lord shiva that is considered quite sacred and worshipped with devotion by the devotees. The sanskrit word li.ngammeans symbol, so shiva lingam means symbol of shiva. It is […]

Shlokam:
Divine, Out of the symbol (li~Ngam) that arose out of the quarrel of prime-ness (between braHma and viShNu), Matted hair crested, Keeping the hand on the hip, with the other hands holding deer and […]

What is an astral attachment?

The attachment of a soul to another soul is known as astral attachments. The attached soul may be male or female. It can be good or bad.

Most of the relationship problems and […]

With Love you move from the mind to the heart
With Love you transform all the negatives into positive
With Love you get all the yogic powers
With Love you can change the whole world!
With Love you become […]

Depression is a pattern of the mind. Once we are struck in a pattern, we will

never be able to move out of the pattern without help.

Though there are many, I have given three alternatives below..

Alternative […]

I have picked up SOME from the verses of Guru Nanak’s Japji Sahib – V (8-11) which roughly transalates as

By listening Meditation transpires spontaneously
By listening one rises to become perfect and […]

Commentary of Saint Ramanuja’s Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verses 13 & 14:

The word saman means straight this denotes that the back, neck and body should be erect and balanced in a straight posture. By sitting with […]

Trying to explain Silence through words is a paradox by itself. However sometimes we have to use words as well to convey though technically it can’t be.

Silence of the words is not Silence
Silence of the mind IS […]

I would like to share a important incident from Rabbi Birnham’s life.

When Rabbi Birnham lay dying
his wife burst into tears.
He said, “What are you crying for”
My whole life was only that I might learn how to […]

Some important questions in the path of “Realizing Self”:

Though everyone is meditating, why “realizing self” is only for the chosen few?

Realizing self is for all. Even for an ordinary person (who is not in the […]

We come across many spiritual people in life who complain that despite regular pooja, temple visits and other spiritual stuff, they get more trouble. Why this?

We can logically answer them
1.We can ask them to […]

I am continuing from the older post “Bhakthi & Logic’ here..

Bhaktha is in total love and hence there is no mind at all. In fact the Bhaktha does not exist and only god exists in him. He allows God to take him […]

What are the qualifications to write a commentary on Bhagavad Gita
a. Age
b.Knowledge of Vedas, Upanishad’s & other important Sastra’s
c.Reading and understanding of Commentaries by Saints
d.Reading and […]

Bhakthi mostly defies logic. Any one in bhakthi can be closely associated with a person who is mad and there is every possibility they will treated as such. The reverse is also true. A mad person in all […]

Mostly people travel either in Gnana Marga or Bhakthi Marga.

Gnana marga i.e Meditating in Chakras – is the one where in the seeker opens the eye and walks the path. Hence he knows where he goes and what he […]

1. Music is an art created by God.
2. The base sound of music is OM or the cosmic sound that pervades through stillness or silence.
3. The very essence of Music is to reach God through Music. Hence music without […]

I would love to quote this prayer again and again. A saint poet who has written this does not give his name to this. The poem is

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं […]

1. List you bad habits in the order of decreased importance.
2. Attack the first habit.
3. Learn Meditation in Chakra’s. Especially Ajna Chakra.
4. Meditate atleast 1 hour every day in temples/jeeva samadhi’s in […]