Learn more about the nine forms of Devotion (Bhakti) as described in the Shrīmad Bhagavat
Devotion
A Special Offering of Lotuses to the Lord
The divine Hari-Har Love Story by Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai OzaLord Śiva is considered to be the greatest ‘Vaiṣṇava’ (or devotee of Lord Viṣṇu) and so too is there no greater ‘Śaiva’ (or devotee of Lord Śiva) than Lord Viṣṇu. This mutually excellent and deeply profound love of the Lord of sustenance (Viṣṇu) for the Lord of…
Read More Religion and Devotion
The ultimate duty of a person is to perform duties which will lead one to have pure love for God. Such pure love for God is known as ‘bhakti’. In the Narada-bhakti-sutra Lord Krishna is described as sa tv asmin param-prema-rupa, the Ultimate Eternal Love. Bhakti means intense love for God. The sages refer to…
Read More Reflections on Lord Krishna
A Protagonist Shri Krishna is a protagonist, whereby His philosophy is very clear. He says that when righteousness wanes in society, when anti-social elements are on the rampage, when the bullies harass the innocent and the weak people of society then the righteous suffer hardships and the vile and villainous partake in all pleasures and…
Read More Scripture of Love, The Bhagavat
Today, the Shrimad-Bhagavat katha is imparting a feeling of peace and happiness to people all over the world. Brahma-vidya (Supreme Knowledge) is expounded and expressed as yoga in the Bhagavad-Gita, whereas in the Shrimad-Bhagavatam, the same Brahma-vidya manifests itself as love. Today, the world experiences a woeful lack of love. Material wealth and prosperity has…
Read More My birthday celebration – by Pujya Bhaishri
My birthday celebration is an excuse to hold a gathering whereby I get the opportunity to listen to saints, great scholars and divine people. Many thoughts presented by such divine saints enter the heart and many adhere to the brain. I then relay these thoughts and messages in several of my kathas and…
Read More Pujya Bhaishri’s June 2012 Sandesh – The joy of satsang
Human beings, when born in this world, undergo all sorts of difficulties, illnesses and sufferings. The mind’s attachment to this world makes humans run helter skelter from one end to another like a mirage in search for happiness. Believe the truth, that amidst all this useless running around in search for happiness, only satsang is…
Read More Pujya Bhaishri’s March 2012 Sandesh – Our body is a temple of God
When building a grand and divine temple, let us ask ourselves, ‘who have we built this temple for?’ The answer is that although we say we are building it for God, as a matter of fact, we build this temple for our purpose, so that we can go there sit, pray, sing bhajans, meditate and…
Read More