The Wings Of Expression

Rama , not just a name ,an emotion , the 7th incarnation  of Sree Vishnu, the sustainer of this world . More often than not he is looked down upon for various reasons but most often he is forgotten for what he stood for, the freedom he had within , he was lord unto himself but why is it that he is remembered just to kill Ravana? What makes him god-like? Why is he reverred in this culture ? This blog follows up with the same. Dashrata, father of Ramachandra , had a kingdom established with riches and glory, he had Political advisors of competence and sages like Vasishta as the guides of ritualistic practices but the void in his life was that of a progeny for which he decided to carry out a yagna which blessed him with 'SONS', of which Rama ,was the eldest. Due to some Political issue and a spill of viciousness in the heart of Kaikey (the second wife of Dashrath),Rama is forced to choose exile for a period of 14 years, though Rama chose to remain in the exile all by himself, his...

God, a mystery to be unraveled, what is it about this aspect that makes us all question about it , making it quite obvious I  will not assign any gender to God because then it will take a different dimension altogether, but then again what is about it that makes us question as to what God really is? number of  Philosophers, Physicists,Physicians,Poets spent a large chunk of their life in finding the resolve to this question. Where have we heard about god ? Most often through our parents,friends or occasionally through a priest in a sanctum, they have all mentioned god to be sitting up beyond the, stars and the galaxies controlling all of it but if we try to tell this to our next generation, even a toddler wouldn't buy this story! The reason behind this is that even modern science today claims that this is an ever expanding or continuous universe ( though this was told in this culture way back expunging the cultural identification)  at a certain point in ti...

SHANKARA people often associate this name with the deity Shiva. How often have we heard this name? With regard to the deity a kabillion times but how frequent in context with the intellectual giant who changed the course of this culture? Who is Shankara? Why should we know him? This write-up follows up with the same. People know him often by the name ADI SHANKARACHARYA  but Shankara is his name, Adi means 'FIRST' Acharya means ' TEACHER' but the way he lived bestowed upon him the title of JAGADGURU-" THE TEACHER OF THE WORLD' what makes one so phenomenal? Shankaracharya was the master of linguistics, a spiritual light, above all the pride of  this nation. Shankara was born in a Brahmin family, his father Shivaguru, a priest and Aryamba, mother was a delicate lady who looked after the chores,  but the void in their life was the absence of a progeny, the legend has it said that Shankara's mother dreamt of Shiva, who answered her desire for a child, but it ca...