Nama Japam/Nama Sankeerthanam/Reciting holy names of Him

Nama Japa/Nama Sankeerthana/Reciting holy names of Krishna/Rama/Shiva/Amba (any name you pray your istha daivam) is the prescribed path for the age of kali.

Holy names of Him will refine us (Ratnakara  to Valmiki) and will show us the path to Him (the ultimate goal of any human).


Raghavam Keshavam Radhikamanoharam

Sreedharam Sreekaram Gopikavallabham

Ajayem Abhedyam Arjunasaradhim

Anantham Anadhim Lakshmanasodharam

Murarim Mukundham Subhadraagrajam

Madhavam Mohanam Rukmininayakam

राघवम् केशवम् 

राधिकामनोहरम्

श्रीधरम् श्रीकरम्                               

 गोपिकावल्लभम् 

 अजेयम्  अभेद्यम्

 अर्जुनासारधिम्

अनंतम्  अनादिं

 लक्ष्मणासोदरम्

मुरारिम्  मुकुन्दम्

 सुभद्राअग्रजम्

 माधवम् मोहनम् 

रुक्मिणीनायकम्

   by His grace! 

BTW, the very purpose of chanting His names should be for Moksha/liberation. Most importantly, one should never give up his/her prescribed duties. We get confused between being in spiritual path and worldly duties. It's very simple, as explained by Him in Gita, one should always do his duty (without attachment) and should also sincerely try for self realization/liberation. We should never stop doing our duties, NEVER. 


Jai Shri Raam 


QA: 
1) What is duty? 

Ans: Duty is everything that we are supposed to do (of course, in the right direction). For eg., we have to take care of our family, take care of our job (do it sincerely), do our duties as a citizen, 
fulfil our obligations/duties towards the mother nature etc.

2) Animals/trees are not attached to the outcome of an action nor they do action with some expectation. So, will they be liberated? 

Ans: No, they don't have the ability to identify their true self/Atman. Only Humans have that ability and the prescribed path/way for Kali is nama japa/smarana. 

3) There are many paths like Jnana, Yoga, Bhakti, and many philosophies like Dvaita, Advaita, Visistadvaita etc. Is nama japa/smarana alone  sufficient for liberation? 

Ans: YES nama (Raama) will take us from "Ratnakara to Valmiki". Yoga, Dhyana and Aaradhana (for Dwapara yuga) are prescribed for  previous yugas. In Kali yuga, the prescribed path is nama japa/smarana. But as we are in the beginning of Kali, we can do both Aaradhana and nama japa.

my understanding of Trivikrama avatara

Trivikrama (Vamana) incarnation of Paramatma is a very auspicious event.

He asks for three paces of land from Bali and in return He grants ultimate bliss to Bali.

In the first step, He covers the entire Earth and in the second step, He covers the entire akasha/heavens. 

my understanding on the first step with the blessings of my Guru: 

Sri Vamana    
1) covers everything that Bali thinks that he owns. It means that everything that we own is in fact not ours.    
2) covers everything that Bali has knowledge of; be it a tree or a mountain or a living being. It means that He (Vamana/Shri Krishna) is omnipresent and He owns everything that we are aware of.


my understanding on the second step with the blessings of my Guru: 

Sri Vamana
1) covers everything that Bali thinks that he is yet to own. It means that everything that we are yet to own is also not ours. We can never own anything as everything belongs to Him.
2) covers everything that Bali does not have knowledge of; It means that He (Vamana/Shri Krishna) cannot be understood with our limited knowledge. 

Third and the final step with the blessings of my Guru:

with the first and second steps, Bali understands that He (Sri Vamana) is omnipresent and beyond our knowledge. Bali also understands that it is his ego that is blinding him from the ultimate bliss. Bali understands (with His blessings) that He (Sri Vamana) is there everywhere and so He should be there in him as well ie in his manas permanently. So, Bali requests to step on his head for the third step to suppress his ego (permanently) and stay with him forever.  

We are all Balis............trying to get rid of ego (aham) and stay with Him forever (with His blessings).

Jai Shri Ram




 

linking aadhar to property registration

I believe that linking Aadhar to property registration will be advantageous.

1) ownership can be identified and the scope for fake registrations will reduce
2) land mafia may vanish (I am bit optimistic!)
3) corruption may also reduce. As we know, most of the corrupt officials prefer to invest on properties.
4) most importantly, transactions will become more transparent

Hope our requests will be heard!

Jai Shri Ram

about income tax

I believe that individual income tax can be dropped in Bharath. Salaried class is the only class that files the returns sincerely. This can be replaced with a transaction tax as proposed by many economists.

Disadvantages of current tax system:
1) only employees are the major contributers
2) It burdens 3% of sincere tax payers
3) other classes escape this model

Advantages of Transaction tax:
1) All the citizens will be paying tax based on their consumption power
2) we will get more income
3) corruption can be curtailed

carbide to ripen fruits!!

In fruit shops, it became a common practice to use carbide to ripen fruits, especially mangoes. So, we should be bit cautious!  You may go through this old news article for more info
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/calcium-carbide-artificially-ripened-mangoes-hazardous-to-health/1/136803.html

One of the greatest Teachers I know of

Prof R Kalyana Krishnan is one of the most respected Professors of IITM. His contributions to multilingual systems are unparalleled. 

Plz go through http://www.acharya.gen.in:8080/ for details.

Prof RKK was one the best teachers who inspired thousands of students to realize their dreams.

Jai Shri Ram

Education, health

The age when

1) Education is a business

and

2) Healthcare is a business

is called the age of Kali

If at all we have to have a better society then:
Education and healthcare should be provided to all for free of charge by the Govt.

Think once of our rich heritage..........We used to have Gurukuls and free Vaidyashalas in our society.

in those days, society was able to support both the institutions (Gurukuls and Vaidyashalas).
In modern days, Govt should be able to support (I mean, society should support these 2 institutions through elected Govt).

Will it not be a good idea to go back to that model?

What values can we expect from next generation, if we collect money for what we teach? and is it ethical to demand/force a person who is already suffering from pain, to pay for the treatment And what if he is not in a position to pay???