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Rishyashringa And Sringeri

The name Sringeri is derived from Rishyashringa-giri, a nearby hill. Rishyashringa is a popular saint mentioned in the Ramayana and Puranas. The hilly region abutting Sringeri was known as Rishyashrungagiri. It later went to be called Shrungagiri and Sringeri. Rishyashringa performed the famous putrakameshti yagna for the Dasharatha in the Bala Kanda of Ramayana. Vibhandaka, father of Rishyashringa ,went into deep meditation at a shrine of Lord Shiva in the hill and his body got transformed into a bright light. This temple in known as Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple. As per Hindu scriptures, Rishyasringa followed in the footsteps of his father and spent his last days in a shrine of Lord Shiva at the base of the beautiful hill and got transformed into a divine light. This shrine is known as Rishyasringa Temple. It is located at Kigga, a tiny village a few km from Sringeri. The hills surrounding Sringeri are known as Rishyasringa Parvata. According to Hindu scriptures, the sage

Nimbarka Vedanta Teaching And Philosophy

Nimbarka expounded a theory of difference with non-difference (Davita-Advaita). Brahman is a personal God, identified with Krishna by Nimbarka and has infinite auspicious attributes like knowledge and action. He is both material and the efficient cause of the world. He creates the world out of his own powers and by his mere will and invests the self with instruments of knowledge and action. God and the selves are neither totally identical   nor absolutely different from one another. Authority texts speak both of identity and difference, and hence both are accommodated as real in his philosophy. Difference between God, on the one hand, and the selves (chit) and the world (achit), on the other, is due to their opposite natures. Identity is because of their dependence (paratantrya) on God for their very being.   The examples of such difference with non-difference are the sun and its rays, fire, and its sparks, water and waves, and rope and its coils. Selves are, each one o

Friendship – Become a Real Friend

We all want to have a real good friend. But we are never bothered to become a good and trustworthy friend. Do not wait for a true friend. We can become a real friend. A true friend need not be your classmate or from your society or neighborhood or of the same age. Friend can be from the family too. True friendship is that which breaks all barriers and shows the highest form of love. Friendship is love without expectations. Means and greed should not be the reason for friendship. Such a relationship is not friendship it is business or convenience.  True friendship is the purest form of relationship. There is no give and take. There is no tolerating. There is no expectation. In friendship, sharing should be given importance not using and needing the other. When we share our joy, dance, song, happiness…it multiplies…it grows…it creates positivity. When you make friendship with a hidden motive, it will always end in disaster. Always respect your friend’s individuality