Swamiji, Namaste! myself am a devotee of lord hanuman. i have been deeply influenced by the life and sayings of sri sramakrishna , but i treat him only as my guru. i cry for my lord quite a number of times , but i am still very much influenced by the external world . i have not yet got over my tamasic nature ! what is the way for me ? will i have to stay engrossed in this world ? am i ever going to get over my lower nature and proceed unrestricted towards the lord of my heart ? please suggeest . urs with deep regards

Jai Srimannarayana! The world is such a great thing, which can drag any person, no matter whosoever he may be. When one is in this world, should go along with the things available. All that you need to relate them

Dear Sri Ramanuja Jeeyar, Salutations to swamiji. Many people misinterpret “why women and sudras were not privileged to learn vedas”. Being a reseach student I can understand that vedic chantings would put stress on women’s uterus. What about women and sudra learning spiritual knowledge/ j~nana kAnda? Is it a must that one has to first learn purvam mimAmsa and then only uttara mimAmsa? Is it for this reason women were not allowed? What about the fourth varna/men? Are manu and yagnavalkya smrthis valid even now? I have read(don’t know how authentic the author and the contents)that yagnavalkya smrthi says “women should never be independent”. I humbly request HH to dispel my ignorance and shower his and Emperumanar’s grace on this alpa Jiva:tma.

Jai Srimannarayana! Who said vedic knowledge could not be obtained by women and non-brahmins? One whoever is interested can get the vedic essence. The restriction is only to chant vedic manthras from the beginning to end. Because they involved with

Jai SrimanNarayana! Pujya Chinna Jeeyar, Namskarams. Why can one person not immerse in one particular activity like listening to divine music, read divine scriptures or articles, listen movies songs, etc. 24 hours a day? I ask this question because, I can listen to devotional music for a few hours, after that I get bored and I would like to listen to some movie songs…Is this right? I presume it is possible to be immersed in devotional music and reading devotional literature for some people why not everybody? Is it alright to find momentary hapiness in something like a movie song, listening to or watching sports event? Saranam.

Jai Srimannarayana! Listening 24 hours to devotional songs etc., is no doubt good. But the body never permits one to do so, because it has so many other things to do. If ignored the person will be thrown out by

Traditions & So Called Scientific reasonings:

SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA Jai Srimannarayana It is interesting to know that some discussion was going on, with regard to observing the distance during Ruthu time to women. There are so many traditions being observed by our Vedic people, proved to

Subject: Emptiness in life… Requesting help… Dear Bhagavathas, I am working as a software engineer for the past 7 years. I am married and living, in Chennai, with my parents and wife. For the past three years or so, I feel a very high longing or emptiness (whether in india or foreign countries), as if I am missing something. My job doesn’t appeal to me any more. I am feeling like a robot who is wasting his life by doing mechanical chores. I want to leave my job, go to some calm, peaceful village and start learning divya prabhandham and work in a temple. Could you, kindly, guide me how I should go about it or where I should go for the same? Please let me know. Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, Vijayaraghavan Rangachari

JAI SRIMANNARAYANA! GOD GAVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU DESERVE, RIGHT! PEACE, ENERGY OR ENJOYMENT ETC., WILL NOT REST IN THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR IN THE SUBJECT WE LEARN. IT DWELLS, IN THE MIND AS AND HOW WE RECEIVE THINGS