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 WELCOME! to Shravan Maas Celebrations @ gundar.com This month-long sadhana and learning initiative is special in many ways. Here is my attempt to express my perspective on the same.  Different sadhana produces different results. For example, Shaktism or Devi Bhakti Sadhana will lead one to Bhog and Moksha. The Soundarya Lahiri Stotram , which has 100 hymns offers different benefits for each of these hymns,  likewise, Vigneshwara Puja is done to remove obstacles... and so on. There is a ton of interesting read on the internet on what a Sadhana is and the different types that one can practice or be involved in. Here is one such article on Sadhana  that I found in Times Of India (TOI) that is worth reading.  Shiva Bhakti Sadhana The perspective that I want to give you, is beautifully expressed in the 4th verse of the  Shivananda Lahari composed by Adi Shankaracharya.  सहस्रं वर्तन्ते जगति विबुधाः क्षुद्रफलदाः  न मन्ये स्वप्ने वा तदनुसरणं तत्क्रितफलम् | हरिब्रह्मादीनामपि निकटभाजामसुलभं 

Now, this blog is not about the importance or the significance of CHATURMAAS  as per Vedic traditions.  That information and a plethora of it, you can find all over the internet. So I am not doing the copy-paste (ctrl-C - ctrl-V) job for you.  Here, I will focus on what you may not find... anywhere... 20th JULY to 14th NOVEMBER 2021 -  These FOUR are Sacred months, for chanting Sacred Mantras from sacred texts, stories and parables that have been with us since time immemorial, passed on from one generation (de-generations too) to the other   From faith to being  branded as   superstition, from beliefs to being called  mythology , from Dharma to be reduced to a religion, from Ancient Science to becoming Unscientific Mumbo Jumbo, the treasures of Vedic Wisdom have lived on and showered their grace on those who cared to explore and go beyond modern narratives and mass beliefs.  This CHATURMAAS during the COVID-19 ERA or the CORONA TIMES offers you a fantastic opportunity to try exploring

Mentor Speaks What is the purpose of life? Is there a purpose at all to life? Have you been searching for your life's purpose? Have you been suffering this question and the related ones? How can I know the purpose of my life? Is there a method, a discipline, an exercise, a process, meditation, or something? Well, there is an enormous amount of information, knowledge, guidance, practices available on this subject. And I tried many of them. While many of them are well-meaning, interesting reads, useful in some ways, and seem all along to be leading you someplace.  Someplace good, to the promised land.  But do they lead you to the answer? These, at least most, are not trash. No, not even wrong, fraudulent or evil.  But they certainly won't get you to the promised land. They did not do that for me; and that I know. After days, months or years of following, falling, failing, and not to forget suffering during this process you will finally give up on 'hope' which has bee

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