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Archive for June, 2008
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Like a very thirsty ox…
“Accept our sweet devotional prayers that have been expressed by our thoughts and strewn as if with the sacred grass. Accept them with the same eagerness as that shown by a thirsty ox hastening towards a well, — as a very thirsty ox! –Rig Veda -
Sustain us with wealth…
“O resplendent Lord, sustain us with the wealth that takes man across calamity; may we remain near you, O brave one radiant like the Sun, for our protection.” – Rig Veda -
#1 The Value of Tradition
Jyotish is one of the great, and most practical aspects of the vedic system because it provides very powerful tools for understanding and improving the nature of our day to day experiences in life. Our first guest is Penny Farrow who will be discussing these questions: 1) What is meant by Sampradaya? 2) Jyotisha is [...] -
The noble dawn…
“O brilliant, nobly born dawn, as you are bestowing good fortune on all mortals, may the divine sun, the household friend of all of us, recommend us to God as being sinless!” -Rig Veda -
Usha; the dawn
“Before all the living world is awake, triumphing over the transient darkness; she is wonderful and bounteous. Like a damsel, she is ever young and ever new. She casts her her benefic gaze upon us from lofty heights. May she be the first to come to us on all our mornings, to join in our [...] -
The chariot of dawn…
“The vast chariot of dawn is yoked. The immortals are seated in it. Dawn, great and venerable, has emerged from deep darkness yearning to illuminate the hearts of men.” –Rig Veda -
Yajnavalkya
Earlier in May we had a series of yagyas that featured the Shukla Yajur Veda. What you see above is an image of Yajnavalkya, the rishi who cognized this Veda. The story is that he had a fight with his Guru and Yajnavalkya’s guru got so mad that he demanded that Yajnavalkya give back all [...] -
The enlightened sense organs…
“The enlightened senses declare: we present wealth offerings with vigor upon this cosmic force who invokes us to partake in the offerings. May all the enlightened senses, in whom splendours and riches abound, bestow abundant food on these solemn occasions.” -Rig Veda -
Hear my prayers…
“Hear my prayers, O source of light and bliss, and hear the same from all sides in the prayer halls.” -Rig Veda -
Birds in the Mahabharata – Podcast #72
This podcast features two stories from the Mahabharata in which birds play a prominent role. First we have the story of a learned Brahmin who was sitting under a tree when a crane flew overhead and pooped on him, thus starting an interesting flow of events that taught the Brahmin some very important lessons! The [...]