My Little Ones (At the Feet of Bhagavan -37)
Arunachala, the Single Lamp of Love, Was lit and shines in Ramanachala. This lights itself again in a million hearts; It glows and glows, consuming the dirt and dross in all. I too was lit in that Light that day; It glowed as the ‘I’…’I’...Thiruvannamalai – Arunachalam (At the Feet of Bhagavan -36)
The Lord enshrined in the great Temple here is known by the name of Arunachaleswara* (Tamil: Annamalaiyar). The Mother Uma enshrined in the Temple is known as Apithakucha Nayaki (Tamil: Unnamulai Amman). The Lord has in truth no name, no form; He embodies Himself in...Questions and Answers (At the Feet of Bhagavan -35)
Q. When was the ‘Truth Revealed’, ‘Ulladu Narpadu’ composed, and what was its cause or purpose? A. ‘Ulladu Narpadu’ was not specially written to constitute a systematic treatise on Truth, but was first composed as stray stanzas by...The Ribhu Gita (At the Feet of Bhagavan -34)
Ribhu was a great Seer (rishi); his name finds mention in a few Upanishads like the Tejobindopanishad, the Narada Parivrajakopanishad, and the Varahopanishad. He is reputed to have obtained Divine Knowledge direct from the Supreme Lord Himself, and then to have taught...Ever-Present (Surpassing Love and Grace)
Painful was that veiling to our human hearts. Yet in these days of seeming deprivation, happy indeed are we if we be driven thereby inward, to see and love him there; shining as the Heart of all, the ineffably radiant Self, manifesting ever as the Self of our self, the very Being of our being, the ever-blessed Awareness of all Truth, the Stillness of omnipresent Bliss – Satchidananda.