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Let go of fearful thoughts

2017-05-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

If you gathered up all the fearful thoughts that exist in the mind of the average person, looked at them objectively, and tried to decide just how much good they provided that person, you would see that not some but all fearful thoughts are useless. They do no good. Zero. They interfere with dreams, hopes, desires, and progress.

Fearful thoughts take many different forms. Sometimes they sound reasonable: “I’m just being careful, so I’m taking my time.” Other times they are tied to your past: “I’ve tried that before and it didn’t work.” Occasionally, fears are cleverly disguised as being realistic: “Most people fail, so I want to be absolutely sure before I get started.” I could fill page after page with other examples. Yet when you take a close, honest look at every fearful thought, there are threads of similarity. All of them are explanations or rationalizations for why something shouldn’t or can’t work. They are usually justifications for quitting, or for not getting started.

Fearful thoughts hold you back, not some but all of the time.

A critic, especially a fearful one, will look at this advice and say it’s unrealistic, simplistic, and/or foolish. The problem with overcoming these objections is that, on the surface, they sound reasonable. Let me assure you that I’m not suggesting you ignore the facts and take unnecessary and/or foolish risks.

What I’m talking about here are the fears that clearly and directly interfere with your dreams – the fear of rejection, the fear of failure; thoughts like “What will everyone think of me? I might look foolish,” or “I don’t think I can do it, I don’t have the time, or the experience, or the confidence.” These common, ongoing fearful thoughts are the dream snatchers of our own making.

Father Sense

2017-05-03T02:42:00.004-07:00

We know that there is something which distinguishes a dead body from a living body. That we can understand. Suppose your father dies. You will lament, "Oh, my father is no more! He has gone away." But where has he gone? Your father is lying on the bed. Why do you say that your father has gone away? "No, he is dead and gone." This shows you understand that the body lying on the bed is not your real father.

So, actually, you have no eyes to see your real father. During the lifetime of your father you did not know who he was. Therefore, when the actual father goes away, you cry, "My father is gone!" The actual father is the spiritual soul within the body. And when the soul goes away from the body, that is known as death.

At the present moment everyone is acting according to the bodily conception of life. But we are not the body. So we are acting for something that we are not. Therefore, we are in maya, or illusion. Our whole existence is a phantasmagoria. And because we are working for something that we are not, we are confused and unhappy. We work day and night for the body, and still we are not happy. We are trying to satisfy the senses (body means "senses"), repeating the same activities again and again, but we are finding no happiness. We cannot find happiness by trying to satisfy the material body, because we are not the material body. We are spiritual souls. So if we are serious, if we actually want to be happy, we must take to the cultivation of spiritual understanding, an understanding of Krishna consciousness.

Ref: Back to Godhead Magazine 18-02/03, 1983

Today before you complain about…

2014-07-02T03:45:00.001-07:00

Today before you think of saying an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Today before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Today before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Today before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

Today before you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.

Today before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us are without sin.

Yoga for modern age

2014-06-30T22:05:00.002-07:00

The breathing exercise of the yoga system that is generally practiced is just the beginning of the system. Meditation on the Supersoul is just a step forward. Achievement of wonderful material success is also only a step forward. But to attain direct contact with the Supersoul and to take dictation from Him is the highest perfectional stage.

The breathing exercises and meditational practices of yoga are very difficult in this age. They were difficult even five thousand years ago, or else Arjuna would not have rejected the proposal of Krishna. This age of Kali is called a fallen age. At the present moment, people in general are short-living and very slow in understanding self-realization, or spiritual life. They are mostly unfortunate, and as such, if someone is a little bit interested in self-realization, he is misguided by so many frauds.

In the present age, however, if you want success in practical yoga, take to the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and feel for yourself how you are making progress. Lord Chaitanya practically demonstrated Krishna consciousness yoga simply by chanting the holy names of Krishna, as they are mentioned in the Vedanta, the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and many important Puranas.It is very easy and practical for this age, especially for those who are serious about success in yoga. No other process can be successful in this age.

Ref : Chapter 5a, Science of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Learning from our glorious past

2014-06-26T21:42:00.001-07:00

We are all more or less proud of our past Indian civilization, but we actually do not know the real nature of that civilization. We cannot be proud of our past material civilization, which is now a thousand times greater than in days gone by. It is said that we are passing through the age of darkness, the Kali-yuga. What is this darkness? The darkness cannot be due to backwardness in material knowledge, because we now have more of it than formerly. If not we ourselves, our neighbors, at any rate, have plenty of it. Therefore, we must conclude that the darkness of the present age is not due to a lack of material advancement, but that we have lost the clue to our spiritual advancement, which is the prime necessity of human life and the criterion of the highest type of human civilization.

Throwing of bombs from airplanes is no advancement of civilization from the primitive, uncivilized practice of dropping big stones on the heads of enemies from the tops of hills. Improvement of the art of killing our neighbors by means of machine guns and poisonous gases is certainly no advancement from primitive barbarism, which prided itself on its art of killing by bows and arrows. Nor does the development of a sense of pampered selfishness prove anything more than intellectual animalism. True human civilization is very different from all these states, and therefore in the Katha Upanishad there is the emphatic call "Please wake up and try to understand the boon that you now have in this human form of life. The path of spiritual realization is very difficult; it is sharp like a razor's edge. That is the opinion of learned transcendental scholars."

Thus, while others were yet in the womb of historical oblivion, the sages of India had developed a different kind of civilization, which enabled them to know themselves. They had discovered that we are not at all material entities, but that we are all spiritual, permanent, and indestructible servants of the Absolute. But because we have, against our better judgment, chosen to completely identify ourselves with this present material existence, our sufferings have multiplied according to the inexorable law of birth and death, with its consequent diseases and anxieties. These sufferings cannot be really mitigated by any provision of material happiness, because matter and spirit are completely different elements. It is just as if you took an aquatic animal out of water and put it on the land, supplying all manner of happiness possible on land. The deadly sufferings of the animal are not capable of being relieved at all until it is taken out of its foreign environment. Spirit and matter are completely contradictory things. All of us are spiritual entities. We cannot have perfect happiness, which is our birthright, however much we may meddle with the affairs of mundane things. Perfect happiness can be ours only when we are restored to our natural state of spiritual existence. This is the distinctive message of our ancient Indian civilization, this is the message of the Gita, this is the message of the Vedas and the Puranas, and this is the message of all the real acaryas.

Ref: Chapter 2b, Science of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Cure for modern jaundice

2014-06-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

If a man is suffering from jaundice and you give him a piece of sugar candy, he will say that it is very bitter. But is sugar candy bitter? No, it is very sweet. And the medicine for jaundice is that sugar. Modern science prescribes this, and it is prescribed in the Vedic literature also. So if we take a great quantity of this sugar candy, then we will be relieved from jaundice. And when there is relief, then one says, "Oh, this is very sweet." So the modern jaundice of a godless civilization can be cured by this chanting of Hare Krishna. In the beginning it may appear bitter, but when one advances, then he will see how pleasing it is.

We are so full of miseries because we have identified ourselves with the material world. Therefore we are unhappy. Anxieties and fearfulness are due to our misidentifying with the material world. As soon as one understands his identity, his relationship with God, then immediately he becomes happy.

Ref: Chapter 8a, Science of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

If you want to stop crime...

2014-06-24T21:01:00.001-07:00

The difference between a pious man and a criminal is that one is pure in heart and the other is dirty. This dirt is like a disease in the form of uncontrollable lust and greed in the heart of the criminal. Today people in general are in this diseased condition, and thus crime is very widespread. When the people become purified of these dirty things, crime will disappear.

The simplest process of purification is to assemble in congregation and chant the holy names of God. This is called sankirtana and is the basis of our Krishna consciousness movement. So, if you want to stop crime, then you must gather as many people as possible for mass sankirtana. This congregational chanting of the holy name of God will dissipate all the dirty things in everyone's heart. Then there will be no more crime.

Ref: Chapter 6a, Science of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Illusioned courage

2014-06-24T03:18:00.001-07:00

When rabbits are being attacked by bigger animals, they close their eyes and think, "I am not going to be killed." But they are killed anyway. Similarly, we may deny the existence of God and the law of God, but still God and His law are there. In the high-court you may say, "I don't care for the law of the government," but you will be forced to accept the government law. If you deny the state law, then you will be put into prison and be caused to suffer. Similarly, you may foolishly decry the existence of God—"There is no God" or "I am God"—but nevertheless you are responsible for all your actions, both good and bad.

There are two kinds of activities—good and bad. If you act nicely and perform pious activities, then you get good fortune, and if you act sinfully, then you have to suffer.

Ref: Chapter 7c, Science of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Perfection of Life

2014-06-22T21:50:00.002-07:00

When one goes to prison he has to put aside his usual dress and take the prison dress. Similarly, anyone who comes into this material world has to take a material body. This is the law. Unless you have this material body, how can you feel pleasure in material sense enjoyment? It is just like performing on stage: if you are going to play a certain part, you have to dress accordingly. Therefore, this material body is compared to a dress. For example, every lady and gentleman; every one of us; has a different dress.

But our dress is superficial. As human beings we are one. Similarly, each one of us has a different bodily dress, but spiritually we are one. And this is true of all living entities: they are in different bodily dresses only.

The dresses are calculated to total 8,400,000 different forms. In the water there are 900,000 different dresses, and there are 2,000,000 different types of trees and plants. There are 1,100,000 species of insects, 1,000,000 types of birds, 3,000,000 types of beasts, and 400,000 forms of human beings. In this way, the living entity is passing through different dresses.

And the best dress is this human form, because in this dress you can understand what God is, what you are, and what your relationship with God is. Then you can act in that relationship and go back home, back to Godhead. In this human form of dress you have developed consciousness.

But if you miss this opportunity to understand God, then again you will be put into the cycle of the evolutionary process. We should not, therefore, misuse this human form. We should utilize it properly to understand the unlimited God and our relationship with Him, and to act on this knowledge. That is the perfection of life.

Ref: Back to Godhead Magzine 12-02-1977

Thiruvarur Big Temple

2014-06-19T20:15:00.002-07:00

Great Speech by Tamil Mp from Canada

2014-06-19T10:33:00.000-07:00

தஞ்சை பெரிய கோவில்

2014-06-19T10:18:00.001-07:00

நேர் கோட்டில் துல்லியமாக கட்டப்பட்ட தஞ்சை பெரிய கோவில் கோபுரம். தமிழர்களின் ஒப்பற்ற கட்டடக் கலைக்கு சான்று!

தஞ்சை பெரிய கோவில் ஆயிரம் ஆயிரம் அதிசயங்களை தனகத்தே கொண்டு 1000 ஆண்டுகளை கடந்து கம்பீரத்துடன் காட்சி அளிக்கிறது. ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் இந்த அளவு துல்லியத்துடன் பெரிய கோவிலை எழுப்பிய சோழர்களுக்கு நிகர் வேறு எவரும் இல்லை.

Driving Ahead

2014-06-18T20:22:00.002-07:00

Suppose I am driving a very nice car, but I am simply absorbed in the machine only. I have forgotten my destination, where I have to go, and I am busy studying the car. What is the use? You may be driving a good car, but you must know how to reach your destination. That is your main business. Knowing how the car works is secondary. Your main business is knowing how to utilize the car so you can reach your destination. That is intelligence.

So, we have fallen into this material condition, and we are occupying various forms. As long as we are in the bodily concept—thinking "I am this 'car'"—that is ignorance. What is wanted is to think, "I am not this body. I am spirit soul, and I have to utilize this body to go to my destination—the spiritual world—where I can meet the supreme spirit, God, and live in His association." Human life is meant for understanding what the Supreme Lord is, where He lives, what He does, and what our relationship with Him is. To seek to understand these things is called inquiry into the Absolute Truth. That is actual education.

Ref: Chapter 1, Quest for Enlightenment authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Trying to please every one

2014-06-17T06:14:00.002-07:00

The fact that someone is virtually always going to be mad or at least disappointed with you is inevitable because while you’re busy trying to please one person, you’re often disappointing someone else. Even if your intentions are entirely pure and positive, you simply can’t be in two places at one time. So, if two or more people want, need or expect something from you – and you can’t do it all – someone is going to be left disappointed.

When you have dozens, even hundreds of demands on your time, and requests being fired at you from all different directions, a certain number of balls are going to be dropped. Mistakes are going to be made.

Four people asked you to call them before five o’clock. The second call took much longer than anticipated. The two who didn’t receive calls are probably going to be upset. If you hurried the call you were on, you risked upsetting that person. Either way, someone’s left upset. Or you go the extra mile to do an excellent job on one project – but only have time to do an adequate job on another project. Again, you let someone down.

When you make peace with this fact of life, a huge weight is lifted off your shoulders. Obviously you would never intentionally hurt or disappoint someone. In fact, most of us will do everything within our power not to, yet it’s still going to happen. And when you know it’s inevitable, your gut reaction to the disappointment is going to be much more peaceful.

Do not live in imagined future

2014-06-15T20:22:00.001-07:00

If you want to be a happier, less-stressed person, there is no better place to start than with becoming aware of “anticipatory thinking,” or an imagined future.

Essentially, this type of thinking involves imagining how much better your life will be when certain conditions are met – or how stressful, or difficult something is going to be at some point down the road.

Typical anticipatory thinking sounds something like this: “I can’t wait to get that promotion, and then my life will be great.” “Life will be so much simpler when I can afford an assistant.” “These next few years will be really tough, but after that I’ll be having a smooth ride.”

You get so carried away by your own thoughts that you remove yourself from the actual present moments of your life, thereby forgetting the act of living effectively and joyfully.

There are other, more short-term forms of this type of thinking as well: “The next few days are going to be unbearable,” “I am going to be tired tomorrow,” “I just know my speech is going to be a disaster.”

There are endless variations of this stressful tendency. The details are usually different, but the result is the same –stress! Do not let your thoughts get caught up in the negative expectations and imagined horrors of the future.

Quest for Happiness

2014-06-12T22:15:00.001-07:00

Suppose a man is thrown into the ocean. He may be an expert swimmer, but he cannot be happy in the ocean because he is out of his natural condition of life. The only way he will become happy is if someone picks him up from the ocean and places him on the land.

So if we are serious, if we actually want to be happy, we must take to the cultivation of spiritual understanding, an understanding of Krishna consciousness. Of course, in every country of the world there is some religious system, some system for understanding spiritual life. But unfortunately, almost nobody is interested in spiritual life because people have been induced to become addicted to material, or sensual, activities. They are going further and further away from spiritual life and becoming more and more confused. Disappointment is rising all over the world.

So to mitigate this disappointment and confusion, one has to take to Krishna consciousness. Try to understand the philosophy of Krishna consciousness, and act accordingly. Then you will be happy.

Ref: Back to Godhead Magazine 18-02/03, 1983

Being Immortal

2014-06-12T03:57:00.001-07:00

Matter changes in six phases: birth, growth, maintenance, production of by-products, dwindling, and death. But the life within matter, the spirit soul, is eternal; it goes through no such changes. Life appears to be developing and decaying, but actually it is simply passing through each of these six phases until the material body can no longer be maintained. Then the old body dies, and the soul enters a new body.

When our clothing is old and worn, we change it. Similarly, one day our bodies become old and useless, and we pass on to a new body.

As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. This means that only the material body of the indestructible and eternal entity is subject to destruction. This material body is perishable, but the life within the body is nitya, eternal. Ref: Chapter 6g, Science of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Seven wonders of the world

2014-06-12T03:56:00.000-07:00

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present
“Seven Wonders of the world.”
Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:
1.Egypt’s Great Pyramids
2.Taj Mahal
3.Grand Canyon
4.Panama Canal
5.Empire State Building
6.St. Peter’s Basilica
7.China’s Great Wall
While gathering the votes, the teacher noticed that one quiet student hadn’t returned her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many.” The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.” The girl hesitated, then read, “I think the Seven Wonders of the World are: To see, to hear, to touch, to feel, to laugh and to love.” The room became so quiet that one could have heard a pin drop. The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and which we take for granted are truly wondrous! Next time when we complain about things which we don’t have, let’s remember these seven wonders of our lives.

Watering the Root

2014-06-12T03:36:00.001-07:00

Watering the Root Actually our position is that we are always rendering service to someone, either to our family, country, or society. If we have no one to serve, sometimes we keep a pet cat or dog and render service to it. All these factors prove that we are constitutionally meant to render service, yet in spite of serving to the best of our ability, we are not satisfied. Nor is the person to whom we are rendering that service satisfied. On the material platform, everyone is frustrated. The reason for this is that the service being rendered is not properly directed. For example, if we want to render service to a tree, we must water the root. If we pour water on the leaves, branches and twigs, there is little benefit. Similarly if the Supreme Personality of Godhead is served, all other parts and parcels will be automatically satisfied. Consequently all welfare activities as well as service to society, family, and nation are realized by serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is the duty of every human being to understand his constitutional position with God and to act accordingly. If this is possible, then our lives become successful. Sometimes, however, we feel challenging and say, "There is no God," or "I am God," or even, "I don't care for God." But in actuality this challenging spirit will not save us. God is there, and we can see Him at every moment. If we refuse to see God in our life, then He will be present before us as cruel death. If we do not choose to see Him in one feature, we will see Him in another. There are different features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He is the original root of the entire cosmic manifestation. In one sense, it is not possible for us to escape Him. Ref: Chapter 1 Science Of Self Realization authored by Srila Prabhupada (Founder - Acharya, ISKCON)

Meditation and the present age

2013-05-10T03:11:00.002-07:00

The Bhagavad-Gita is an authoritative statement given to Arjuna by Lord Krishna. It must be borne in the mind that the Bhagavad-Gita was spoken on a battlefield. Before the battle, Arjuna declined to fight with his own kinsmen. After the Bhagavad-Gita was spoken, he changed his mind and fought. There was not much time for this discussion -- one hour at the most -- for the opposing armies were already lined up, and eager to begin the combat. After hearing about the yoga of meditation, which requires going to a secluded place and sitting perfectly still with the eyes focused on the tip of the nose, Arjuna said, "Dear Krishna, I think this system is too difficult for me, on account of my agitated mind." In the material world our minds are agitated. The nature of the material world is such that we cannot be free from anxieties. God has many names, according to His different activities. Arjuna here addresses Krishna as "Killer of Demons," because Arjuna sees his own mind as a demon. The sum and substance of any yoga system is to control the mind. Arjuna said that his mind was so agitated, that it was impossible for him to practise meditation. Now, Arjuna, a great warrior, was a personal friend of Lord Krishna, and he was able to understand the Gita in less than an hour whereas today people can't understand it in an entire lifetime. If Arjuna, who was so intelligent and spiritually receptive that he could understand the Gita in an hour, said that meditation was too difficult for him, what about us? We are not even in the same category as Arjuna, who was Krishna's friend, and who was so intelligent. If it was impossible for Arjuna, can it be possible for us? It is impossible to still a hurricane, and it is equally impossible to still the mind by force. We can control the mind, however, by always thinking of Krishna. Krishna Consciousness is the perfect form of yoga. Meditation was good in a former age, when people lived millions of years. In the age after that the best method was sacrifice. After that, it was temple worship. Today, the best method is to chant the Name of the Lord, especially "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare." In the Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.3.52 it is said: krte yad dhyayato visnum tretayam yajato makhaih dvapare paricaryayam kalau tad dhari-kirtanat Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Vishnu, in Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvapara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Today, we don't live long. We are unfortunate, disturbed and unintelligent. The whole world is fighting. In times such as these, how can we perform anything as difficult as meditative yoga? Bhakti yoga -- Krishna Consciousness, and "Hare Krishna" -- is recommended for the present age. Ref: From the Lectures of Srila Prabhupada (Founder-Acharya of ISKCON)

Tiruvarur Temple - திருவாரூர் தியாகராஜர் கோயில்

2012-12-12T09:29:00.001-08:00

திருவாரூர் தியாகராஜர் கோயில்
கோயில் அமைப்பு,
33 ஏக்கர் நிலப்பரப்பில் அமைந்துள்ள, மிகவும் பிரம்மாண்டமான இக்கோயிலில், 9 ராஜ கோபுரங்கள், 80 விமானங்கள், 12 பெரிய மத

ில்கள், 13 மிகப்பெரிய மண்டபங்கள், 15 தீர்த்தக்கிணறுகள், 3 நந்தவனங்கள், 3 பெரிய பிரகாரங்கள், 365 லிங்கங்கள் (இவை வருடத்தின் மொத்த நாட்களை குறிப்பதாக சொல்கிறார்கள்), 100க்கும் மேற்பட்ட சன்னதிகள், 86 விநாயகர் சிலைகள், 24க்கும் மேற்பட்ட உள் கோயில்கள் அமைந்துள்ளன. இந்தக் கோயிலை சுற்றிப் பார்க்கவே, முழுமையாக ஒருநாள் ஆகும்.

கோயில் வரலாறு,
இக்கோயில் இடைக்காலச் சோழர்கள் காலத்தில் கற்கோயிலாக கட்டப்பெற்றதாகும். அதற்கு முன்பு மகேந்திரப் பல்லவன் காலத்தில் செங்கல் கோயிலாக இருந்திருக்க வேண்டும். சோழப் பேரரசர் கண்டராதித்த சோழரது மனைவியாராகிய செம்பியன் மாதேவியாரால் கட்டப்பெற்ற கற்றளியை உடையது. சோழர்கள் மட்டுமல்லாமல், பல்லவர்கள், பாண்டியர்கள், விஜயநகர், தஞ்சை நாயக்கர் மற்றும் மராத்திய மன்னர்களும் தத்தம் ஆட்சியில் இக்கோயிலுக்கு ஆதரவளித்துள்ளார்கள்.

தலச்சிறப்பு
இக்கோயிலில் சிவபெருமானுக்கு இரண்டு சன்னிதிகள் உள்ளது. ஒன்றில் வான்மீகிநாதர் என்றும் மற்றொன்றில் தியாகராஜர் என்றும் சிவபெருமானுக்கு திருநாமங்கள். இவற்றில் வான்மீகி நாதர் சந்நிதி மிகவும் பழமையானது. இதில் அமைந்திருக்கும் லிங்கம் புற்றிலிருந்து சுயம்புவாக தோன்றியதாக வழங்கப்படுகிறது. அப்பர் சுவாமிகள் இதனால் சிவபெருமானைப் புற்றிடங்கொண்டார் என்ற பெயரால் அழைக்கிறார். இத்தலத்தின் தொன்மையை வியக்கும் அப்பர் சுவாமிகள், சிவபெருமானின் திருவிளையாடல்கள் ஒவ்வொன்றையுமாய் சொல்லி, அந்த திருவிளையாடல் நடப்பதற்கு முன்பாகவா, அல்லது பின்பாகவா, திருவாரூரில் எழுந்தருளிய நாள் என வினவுகிறார்.

இத்தலத்தில் எழுந்தருளியிருக்கும் தியாகராஜர் முதலில் திருமாலால் திருப்பாற்கடலில் வழிபடப்பெற்றவர். பிறகு அவரால் இந்திரனுக்கும், பிறகு இந்திரனால் முசுகுந்த சக்கரவர்த்திக்கும் அளிக்கப்பெற்று, அந்த முசுகுந்த சக்கரவர்த்தியால் இவ்வூரில் பிரதிட்டை செய்யப்பெற்றவர்.

தியாகராஜரின் பாதங்கள் ஆண்டுக்கு இரண்டு தினங்களில் தவிர, மற்ற நாட்களில் மலர்களால் மூடப்பட்டு இருக்கும். பங்குனி உத்திரம் திருவிழா நடைபெறும் சமயம் இடது பாதத்தையும், திருவாதிரை திருவிழா சமயம் வலது பாதத்தையும் பக்தர்கள் தரிசனம் செய்யலாம்.

சமயக்குரவர்களாலும் இதர நாயன்மார்களாலும் பாடற்பெற்ற தலம். அரநெறி நமிநந்தியடிகள் நாயனார் தண்ணீரால் திருவிளக்கேற்றி வைத்து வழிபட்ட திருக்கோயிலாகும். சுந்தரமூர்த்தி நாயனார் பொருட்டுப் பரவை நாச்சியாரிடம் சிவபெருமான் இருமுறை நள்ளிரவில் தூது நடந்து சென்ற திருவீதியை உடையது. இச்செய்தியை "அடியேற்கு எளிவந்த தூதனை" என்னும் அவரது தேவாரப் பகுதி உறுதிப்படுத்தும். காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் ஒருகண் பெற்ற அவர் ``மீளா அடிமை`` என்று தொடங்கும் திருப்பதிகத்தைப் பாடி மற்றொரு கண்பார்வையும் பெற்றது, இத்தலத்தில்தான்.

திருவாரூர் தேர்
ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் மார்ச் மாதம் நடைபெறும் தேர்த்திருவிழா மிகவும் பெயர் பெற்றது. "திருவாரூர் தேரழகு" என்று சிறப்பிட்டுச்சொல்லும் அளவிற்கு புகழ் பெற்றது. இத்திருவிழாவில் கலந்து கொள்ளும் பக்தர்களும் பொதுமக்களும் தேரினைக் கோயிலைச் சுற்றி உள்ள வீதிகளில் இழுத்து வருவார்கள்

RANA

2011-04-07T04:53:00.000-07:00

Your moods can be extremely deceptive

2011-02-15T02:53:00.001-08:00

Your own moods can be extremely deceptive. They can, and probably do, trick you into believing your life is far worse than it really is.

When you’re in a good mood, life looks great. You have perspective, common sense, and wisdom. In good moods, thing don’t feel so hard, problems seem less formidable and easier to solve. When you’re in a good mood, relationships seem to flow and communication is easy. If you are criticized, you take it in stride.

On the contrary, when you’re in a bad mood, life looks unbearably serious and difficult. You have very little perspective. You take things personally and often misinterpret those around you, as you impute malignant motives into their actions.

Here’s the catch: People don’t realize their moods are always on the run. They think instead that their lives have suddenly become worse in the past day, or even the last hour.

Learning from our glorious past

2011-02-15T02:51:00.000-08:00

Choose your battles wisely

2011-02-15T02:49:00.000-08:00

“Choose your battles wisely” is important in living a happy and contented life. It suggests that life is filled with opportunities to choose between making a big deal out of something or simply letting it go, realizing it doesn’t really matter. If you choose your battles wisely, you’ll be far more effective in winning those that are truly important.

Certainly there will be times when you will want or need to argue, confront, or even fight for something you believe in. Many people, however, argue, confront, and fight over practically anything, turning their lives into a series of battles over relatively small issues. There is so much frustration in living this type of life that you lose track of what is truly relevant.

The tiniest disagreement or glitch in your plans can be made into a big deal if your goal (conscious or unconscious) is to have everything work out in your favor.

The truth is, life is rarely exactly the way we want it to be, and other people often don’t act as we would like them to. Moment to moment, there are aspects of life that we like and others that we don’t. There are always going to be people who disagree with you, people who do things differently, and things that don’t work out. If you fight against this principle of life, you’ll spend most of your life fighting battles.

A more peaceful way to live is to decide consciously which battles are worth fighting and which are better left alone.