A pinch of vibhuti (Holy ash) should be added to the water to be used for wiping the floor. Due to the Sattvikta of the vibhuti, wiping the floor with the water containing vibhuti, helps to eliminate the distressing vibrations on the floor.
All their lives, humans keep taking from Nature, animals and plants. It is because of this selfishness that humans are more unhappy than other living beings
They called parties that represent a religious group, ‘secular’, instead of ‘religious’. When the state gave in to demands made by Christianity and Islam, it was (falsely of course) called ‘secular’.
Shankara is not an individual but an institution. Mastery over the four Vedas by his eighth year and all shastras by age 12, the Advaitic rendition of the Brahmasutras, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita by his sixteenth year – these were accomplishments impossible for an ordinary mortal.
‘Subtle’ is that which is beyond the comprehension of the five sense organs, mind and intellect.
Modern Hindus are pleading before the custodians of the ‘only true’ creeds that Hinduism is only a different way of stating the same truths which were revealed to the founders of the former. In effect, Hindus are praying with folded hands, “Please do not denounce Hinduism as polytheism, pantheism, idolatry, paganism, and kufr.
The sesame seeds can absorb sattvikata and eliminate the Raja-Tama components in a higher proportion. When a seeker performs Til-tarpan, the black covering around the subtle bodies reduces, and their sattvikata increases depending upon the bhav of the seeker.
Akshayya Trutiya marks the end of Satyayug and the beginning of Tretayug. The Hindu Scriptures consider the day that marks the end of one Yug (Era) and the beginning of another as crucial. It marks the end of Kalahakal (Time of churning) of one Yug and the commencement of the Satyayug of the next Yug. Since this day separates the Satyayug from the Kalahakal, the entire day of Akshayya Trutiya is considered a muhurt (Auspicious time).
On the auspicious occasion of Akshayya Trutiya, draw rangolis as shown here – related to Shri Vishnu Principle.
A creative mind can be developed only through spiritual roots : Mr Ravindra Prabhudesai (Managing Director, Pitambari Group of Industries)