Category Archives: Brahman

Brahmanas are My Gods

Posted on April 16, 2020 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

Narada, once, asked Maha Vshnu if He worshipped any Gods.  And Vishnu replied: ‘’ DHAIVAADHEENAM JAGAT SARVAM – MANTHRAADHEENAM THU DHAIVATHAM. THATH MANTHRAM BRAAHMANAADHEEM – BRAAHMANAAH MAMA DEVATHAAH.’’ Meaning ‘The entire Universe is under the surveilance of God and, God … Continue reading →

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Shrimad Bhagavatham Prathama skanda chapter 7 – A Brief Commentary

Posted on April 16, 2020 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

Chapter 7 of Book 1 narrates the cowardly act of Aswathama. He was anxious to show his gratitude to Duryodhana for all he had done for his family, and Duryodhana himself was hiding under the waters of a lake, after … Continue reading →

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Shrimad Bhagavatham ‘Scripture is incapable of translation’

Posted on April 16, 2020 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

‘Scripture is incapable of translation’ said Sir Henry Newman in his ‘Idea of a University’. So is this amazing commentary in Malayalam.  It talks of four kinds of devotion to the Lord, the first looking for security from want or … Continue reading →

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IIT Madras soon to have a Sanskrit Chair to explore science and technology in the vedas

Posted on April 15, 2020 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

Excellent initiative.  However, have genuine doubts if it will be allowed to succeed by the pseudo-seculars The politicians In Tamil Nadu, the Commies, Casteist’s, pseudo-seculars and idling ‘activists’ will campaign against it. The media will highlight support.  Politicians from opposition … Continue reading →

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My Lord, Give us troubles from time to time

Posted on April 14, 2020 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

One of the core messages of the Srimad Bhagavatham is in Chapter 7. Sri Krishna was taking leave of the Pandava family prior to returning to Dwarka, when Uttara comes running, wailing, calling Krishna’s help to save the child in … Continue reading →

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Crisis will help to make a brave, new world for all mankind

Posted on April 8, 2020 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

During these desperate times, I am reminded of the story of Parikshit Maharaja. Parikshit had only eight days to live, at the end of which had to die of snake-bite, ordained by the curse of a rishi-kumar.  The King is … Continue reading →

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HOLISTIC INDIAN FAITH

Posted on May 26, 2019 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

The Indian faith does not have the duality of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in the real sense, it is only at the phenomenal level i.e  bad and good are the same, appearing differently. Best illustrated in Sri Rudram, Anuvaka 3 where … Continue reading →

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It is ‘mind stuff’

Posted on May 19, 2019 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

ADVAITA means ONE WITHOUT SECOND.   There is only Brahman, and nothing else.   Just nothing else.   Therefore, everything conceived, seen, experienced etc. is Brahman.   I am Brahman, you, he, she, the animals, the birds,the reptiles, the inanimate matter and the products, the elements, you name it, IT IS BRAHMAN.    Continue reading →

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Portrayal of Lord Sri Rama

Posted on March 25, 2018 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

The birth-day of Sri Rama is being celebrated to-day and to-morrow 25th & 26th March, 2018 Rama was a Treta-yuga avatar of Vishnu, when the unmixed goodness of the earlier Krita (Satya) yuga got diluted by wide-spread wickedness from Indra … Continue reading →

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Bhishma and Sri Krishna

Posted on March 17, 2018 by 1929 Viewpoint - An Octogenarians Voice - K.V.Narayanmurt

Bhishma and Sri Krishna are much alike, share the same outlook on life, environs, societal relationships, at the same time focussed on themselves ‘in the real sense’.   Bhishma was totally confident of who he was, his mission, just like Sri … Continue reading →

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