Must-know syllable in Sanskrit

Sarannavara:tri uthsavam is the celebration of a new night in autumn. What makes a night 'new night'? When one ignites a special light in the night, the night becomes new. This special light clears layers of ignorance piled up

I Don’t Know…

A person woke up, got ready, and began to step outside the house. His neighbour asked him where he was going and he said, ‘I don’t know'. He walks off not knowing where he was going. If you were

Lightning and Life

Nammalwar says, "lightning in the sky is better than the body in this life!" (minnin nilayila mannuir aakkila...) Natural and immediate questions would be, "In what way is lightning better than body?", "Isn't span of lightning much shorter compared to

An Interesting Gift to God

One day, a poet wanted to offer a gift to God. He wanted to give something that God does not have. He thought for a while, and has come up with the following verse (that includes the idea for