Kaivalya Ashtakam

KALYANA SUNDARI

Биса-Янтра Кришны

Synopsis in English: Boasting about new self-made Beesa-Yantra of Krishna in blue-violet notes with airy silver chain. 

Сделала сегодня себе новую Биса-Янтру Кришны. 

Обожаю их. В данном случае - это Янтра с разнесенной по

SHE Herself removes the veil.............

The excerpt from V.V. Kaskhedikar article, very inspiring for Shakti-Sadhana. By the way, the same idea is in Shaiva-Siddhanta - only constant Shiva-Bhakti-Sadhana can destroy 3 malas (anava, karma, mala). 

"The Divine Mother is The Absolute Reality Who appears as all. 

She has deluded the world. 

But when propitiated SHE Herself removes the veil. Hence says Rishi, surrender to Her for She is your real nature. 

By ignorance you are attached to your kith and kin. 

Divine Mother is your own Real nature. She is all pervading Reality. 

Your ignorance is also Her Divine play. She is the cause of bondage and also of liberation. 

In other words, She Herself is manifesting as the contradictions of life. 

Hence Realise Her".

published in SaptaGiri Magazine, January 1995

Notes about Shree Rama-Nama by Ganesh Vasudeva Tagore

Great article by Ganesh Vasudeva Tagore (the famous translator of "Shree Skanda-Purana" in English). 

GANESH VASUDEVA TAGORE "GLORIFICATION OF RAMA NAMA IN THE SKANDA PURANA"

The Skanda Purana is considered to be

Divya-Prasada and The Symbology of Alwars

Excerpt from "Sathakopa's Conception of Bhakti" 

by Dr K.C. Aravinda RajaGopal

The AcharyaHridayakara explains certain points regarding the psychology of Bhakti in Sathakopa. 

Firstly, the Alwar lays great emphasis on the point that mind abandons the individual and clings to God from the first moment of the dawn of Divine Grace. 

This is the Divine sankalpa whose dawn is heralded by the stirrings of the heart towards God-devotion. 

Secondly, Bhakti has 3 prajna-avasthas. Prajna means

Sundara Purusha

I liked very much the following excerpt from "Sathakopa's Conception of Bhakti" by Dr K.C. Aravinda RajaGopal. 

Dr K.C. Aravinda RajaGopal writes about Alwars and Their Bhakti Rasas. 

Shreemati Andal-Devi revealed to us not only Shringara-Bhakti, but

Multiverse

"Infinite crores of macrocosms shine forth on the palm of Bhagavan Shree MahaVishnu Hand, like a large number of amalaka-fruits on the palm of a magician, engrossed in demonstrating his tricks. 

Infinite crores of macrocosms, along with their veils, swirl round and round, like a continuous chain of pots attached to a water-wheel (used for baling water), in each interspace between the hair-follicles of Bhagavan Shree MahaVishnu". 

Cited from 

"Shree TripadVibhutiMahaNarayana Upanishad"

Winter

Winter has conquered Moscow in 1 day, because yesterday it was autumn weather without snow. Now it is -3 Celsius and everything is under snow blanket.  

Bulgur

I have boiled up bulgur for the first time yesterday. 

It is a very good alternative to rice, as the nutrition value of bulgur is

Shree Saubhagya Sampradaya - The Tradition of Sweet Happiness

Reading "Hindu Tantric and Shakta Literature" these days. 

The book written by Sanjukta Gupta (yes, the translator of "Shree Lakshmi-Tantra" in English). The Chapter III is brilliant, I will scan later.

True Devotion

I have finally found "Shree Vaishnava Upanishads" in Adyar edition in English (had only Sanskrit and Hindi versions before). I will upload tomorrow. 

The excerpt from "Shree Krishnopanishad":

Archive of "Saptagiri" Magazine (from 1970 to 1998)

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I loved this Vaishnava Magazine very much! This upload includes 179 Issues from 1970 to 1998 (some issues are missing), found at http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/discover

I liked the issues of 90s: very profound articles and interesting art. 

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Rare Image of Shreemati Andal-Devi

The Images of Shreemati Goda-Devi are always rather hard to find. This is very rare Image from "Saptagiri" Shree Vaishnava Magazine:

Shri VenkatEshwara ParaBrahmane Namah

Marvelous poster from Sapthagiri Journal (poster backup on minus, box, dropbox):

"ISHAVASYOPANISHAD BHASHYA" by SHRI VEDANTA DESIKA, sanskrit-eng by Dr K C Varadachari, 1975

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: I was mad with emotions, when found this edition. 

The 1st part is Sanskrit Khanda, the 2nd - English translation (English translation is more than flawless by Dr K. C. Varadachari and Panditharaja D.T. Thathacharya, Shiromani, MOL). 

For me the Tikas of OM VishnuPad Vedanta Deshika Maha Acharya have resolved long-standing contradiction about "jiva in deep slumber returning to Brahman" (as you know this is one the statements of "Shree Vedanta-Sutra"). 

I did not understand this Siddhanta for quite a long time, but OM VishnuPad Vedanta Deshika Maha Acharya cites "Shree Chandogya-Upanishad", 8.3.2 and the English translation is so superb, that now I have totally imbibed this Siddhanta, cite from this Grantha:

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Об английском переводе "Шри Бхакти-Ратнавали" 1912 года и притворщиках Кали-Юги

Наверное, только в Кали-Югу процветает идиотизм высшей категории: полезть переводить Вайшнайвский Текст, не будучи при этом вайшнавом, обосрать весь текст своей тупостью и

"SHREE BHAKTI-RATNAVALI" by OM Vishnupad VishnuPuri Swami, English-Sanskrit, 1912

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: I have written mixed positive-negative review for this English translation (reasons below), it is up to you whether to read or ignore the Book (I would rather ignore awful English translation of this edition, turning instead to original Sanskrit of OM Vishnupad VishnuPuri Swami). 

The idea of this Grantha is

Charming Places

If you ever read "Shree Saubhagya-Lakshmi-Tantram" (I have a copy in Hindi) you should know that in one of the Chapters the favourite dwelling places of Shreemati Lakshmi-Devi are listed (and, by the way, afterwards - the favourite habitations of Alakshmi enumerated too). 

As for Krishna, most of all He loves to

"SHREE NARADA PANCARATRAM", English translation by Swami Vijnanananda, Parimal Sanskrit Series 36

UPDATE FROM 01-FEB-2018: I have added new enhanced scan of this Grantha (much better quality), you can find download links below and in the following post - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2018/02/enhanced-scan-narada-pancharatram.html 

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: I fell in love with this Agama, as Tantra it is very simple, but very impressive! The Bhakti and Sadhana Khandas are truly fascinating!

The parlance of "Shree Narada-PanchaRatra" is rather simple and the appeal is definitely to common Bhakti folk (apart from more intellectual and highbrow Orthodox "Shree PanchaRatra", for example, "Shree Lakshmi-Tantra").

Sometimes "Shree Narada-PanchaRatra" is confused with "Shree Narada-Purana", because from one point "Shree Narada-Purana" gets very Tantric twist and becomes fully fledged Vaishnava-Shakti-Tantra.

But please don't confuse. Let's compare in brief, please see the following graph (backup on box, dropbox, minus, skydrive):