GEMS FROM THE OCEAN OF HINDU THOUGHT VISION AND PRACTICE

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Gems from the Ocean of Spiritual Hindu Thought (352 pages)

&

Gems from the Ocean of Devotional Hindu Thought (366 pages).

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FIVE SHLOKAS FROM SUNDARA-KANDA FOR FULFILLMENT OF LEGITIMATE DESIRES

 

This Ocean has14  BEACHES.

Each  BEACH   has several WAVES,  some WAVES have DROPS,  some DROPS have DROPLETS

(Click here for a random dip into the several waves)

[Stars before a title indicate the size thus -- 

 * : ‘Long article’;  ** : ‘Booklet’;  *** :  ‘A full-sized book’]

 

BEACH 1:

THE FIRST PROSTRATION 

The Lord of Lords - vinAyaka

Names ad infinitum for the Nameless:

 subrahmaNya

Idol Worship

One Truth - Many Expressions

The Glory of the Lord's Names

Litanies of One Thousand Names

Power of Words and Repetition of God's Names

Each Name, a Capsule of Divinity

Each Name, a Scriptural Epitome

The tAraka mantraAUM or OM

The tAraka nAma, rAma

The Krishna name

The name nArAyaNa

Index of Names of God

From the three hundred names of rudra

** From the ashTottara of Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba

** From the three hundred names of lalitA

 

 

BEACH 2:

FIRST STEPS ON THE ASCENT TO THE DIVINE

The Animal Passions of Man

The Fundamental Urges of Man

** Five Cardinal Virtues in the Ascent

** The Yajna Methodology for Detachment

** Ancient Scriptures of Hinduism

 

Shruti  SmRti  ItihAsa

PurANa  Agama  Darshana

 

** An Overnight capsule of Dharma

An Overview of the Gita thro. 18 + 9 shlokas

A Quick  Overview of the Gita

 

 

 

BEACH 3:

FOCUS ON THREE QUALITIES OF GOD

TIP of the Iceberg

Essence of the Upanishads

** The Song of the Vedas – Shruti-GItA

** The Absolute As It is

Mysticism and Spirituality par excellence:Tirumoolar

SadAshiva-Brahman

 

A Six-Party Conversation on the Concept of God

BEACH 4:

A DOSE OF MYTHOLOGY

Cosmic Day of BrahmA:  Concept of Time

Six Monumental Witnesses

Devotee calls the Tune

* The Cosmic Dance :

NaTarAja, The King of Dancers

Overlap with History

 

 

Lotus Feet, Dust & PAdukA of the Divine

 

 

BEACH 5:

DEVOTEES OF THE LORD 

From the 75 Apostles of God-intoxication

Andal    Appar     Appudi-adigal

Manicka-vachagar     Nammalvar

Sambandar     Sundarar     Tirumangai-alvar

Ten Gems of Superlative Devotion

Bhaskara-raya   Bhattatiri    Chaitanya

Eknath    Kabir    Namdev

Srila Prabhupada   Purandara

Thiagaraja  Swami      Tulsi

Thus spake these Divine Integrators

Trinity of Carnatic Music

BEACH 6:

THE GURU 

  Miraculous Lineage of Mystic Masters

Sankara   Ramanuja    Vedanta-Desika

Ramakrishna Pramahamsa    Aurobindo       Ramana Maharshi

Madhva   Raghavendra    Shirdi Sai Baba 

Kanchi Maha-swamigal

Devotion to the Guru

** The Hymn to the Guru of all Gurus

*** Advaita Saadhanaa

(Kanchi MahaSwamigal's Discourses -- A Digest)

Kanchi Mahaswamigal, the JIvan-mukta

 

 

BEACH 7:

   THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SPIRITUAL LOVE

 

The non-Absolutist school

The advaitic school & the Message of One-ness

Vision of Equanimity is Practical non-duality

Difference and non-difference

Descent of Divine Grace

The Self (according to advaita)

** An overview of religious worship – South India

Devotion vis-a-vis non-duality a la Narayaneeyam

** Advaita bhakti thro. contemplative practice ofNarayaneeyam

*** Paramacharya’s Discourses on Soundarya-lahari

** Raasa Leela of Krishna with Gopis of Brindavan

 

 

 

BEACH 8:

ONE’S NATURE VIS-À-VIS ONE’S DUTY

 

** Four character-types (VarNas) of the human mind

** The Secret of Secrets from the Bhagavad-Gita:

The Five Arguments of Lord Krishna

The Five Teachings of Lord Krishna to all humanity

Krishna mentions ‘Secret of Secrets’ thrice

The Secret of Secrets – 1

The Secret of Secrets – 2

The Secret of Secrets – 3

 

 GITA-REGIMEN NOTES FOR SOME CORRESPONDING VIDEOS

** Who is the Doer-Experiencer?

NOTES FOR THE GITA

 

 

BEACH 9

SPEAK TO GOD

 

Devotional Prayers - A personal selection

** The Pinnacle of Praise on the Absolute

Three sundara-kANDas

Dhruva-stuti

NarayanIyam 36 shlokas for prayerful contemplation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEACH 10:

HINDUISM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

 

What it is to live as a Hindu

Hinduism – A simplistic overview

A Classroom lesson on Bhakti – for the novice

Essentials of Bhakti

Attitudes matter, not Rituals

Krishnavatara, the Miraculous

Gita, in a single capsule

FAQ: Answers and Solutions

Free Will and Divine will – A Dialogue

Empire of the Mind

BEACH 11:

*** LIVE HAPPILY THE GITA WAY

 

The Gang of Thirteen

Our Own PrakRti the Villain

Sense Control / Yoga-sAdhanA

The Consummation of Meditation

Happiness of Equanimity in Practice

MAyA, the First Secret of Secrets

One God, the Absolute

‘My Bhakta perishes not’

Dexterity in Action

The Second Secret of Secrets

Actionlessness

The Final Secret of Secrets

Chart on Advaitic Cosmology

Chart on the Self

Chart on Overview of the Gita

 

 

BEACH 12:

** AN ADVAITA DIALOGUE FOR BEGINNERS

 

Nos.    1 to   200

Nos.201 to   400

Nos.401 to   600

Nos.601 to   800

Nos.801 to 1008

 

 

 

 

BEACH 13:

BHAGAVATAM AND ADVAITA BHAKTI

 

 

Kunti stuti and Bhishma Stuti

Chatushloki Bhagavatam

Vidura Maitreyi SamvAdaM

Kapila Gita

Daksha Yajnam

Dhruva Charitam

JaDabharata story

Ajamila story

Prahlada: Part I

Prahlada: Part II

Raasa Leela of Krishna



 

BEACH 14:

ARTICLES MISCELLANY, NOT NECESSARILY ON HINDUISM

 

Mathematics  and Consciousness

Ancient Indian Scientific Knowledge

Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Mathematician

Miracles, Wonders and Prayers

Creative Teaching

The Greatness of Sanskrit

A Review of ‘Science & Mysticism’

Science & Spirituality – Key points

Benediction for a modern untraditional wedding

Talk to High School Students

Mathematical & Philosophical Infinities

Spiritual Bliss of Thyagaraja’s Music

** History of Mathematics – Indian Contribution

Review of ‘Ancient Indian History through Astronomy’

 

 

MY ARTICLES PUBLISHED/AVAILABLE IN OTHER WEBSITES & BLOGS

List of YouTube Talks by ProfVK

RARE MANUSCRIPTS ON ADVAITA  BY  MY FATHER, R. VISVANATHA SASTRI

(Particularly his MAGNUM OPUS known as GITAMRTA-MAHODADHI has to be seen by all

An Autobiographical Miscellany

Chatus-ShlokI Bhagavatam

15 Must-read books that I strongly recommend

For My Translation into English of

Lakshmana Sharma (‘Who’)’s Commentary in Tamil of

RAMANA MAHARISHI’S ‘REALITY IN FORTY VERSES’

GO TO UlladuNarpadu

My PinboardsPanchayatanapuja

AtmApaharichart 
Fundamentals of Bhakti Tradition in Hinduism

Complete Overview of the Gita through exactly 18 Gita-shlokas

Meters in Sanskrit Poetry 

Swami Chinmayananda's Discourses at Pilani

A nine-point Master Plan for Value Education 

Links to other sites on SanAtana Dharma

daily puja regimen for beginners (WITH HINTS FOR SHORTENING IT)

 

How advaita has touched my life : Spiritual-autobiography.html

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The Hindu, Madras:
An unconventional and novel series … each one of them dwelling on one particular topic from the vast spectrum of the tradition and philosophy … Some of the charts go into sophistications  that are not usually available to a layman … Some are narrations from history and mythology …  intended to be read, reflected on, thought about and discussed.
The Indian Express, Madras, New Delhi and Hyderabad
Novel presentation on the multi-dimensional aspects of Hindu spirituality through an unconventional, but yet, traditional, series of charts that reflect all the factors of Hindu heritage and religion.  …  The overall presentation proceeds from the grassroot levels to commendable depths with painstaking care to ensure that the ‘explorer’ does not get lost in the ‘mythological and spiritual woods’  The charts narrate with praiseworthy visual support historical and mythological vignettes crisply, briefly and without sacrificing thematic essence. The conscientious calculated and painstaking efforts put in this presentation-venture by the mathematician-scholar must be specifically appreciated …  a highly commendable job.
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