Nagore Andavan and raghaviah were two great saints and contemporaries in South India. One was a Hindu and the other, a Muslim. A true story testifies the oneness in essence of the saintsOne Perumal Naidu had a mango grove
The great Saints of India, each one of them, have left a record of their lives, a record of their teachings. a record of their songs. That is how these lives have come down to us.There was a
We have Vallabhacharya who gave us the Pushti Marga, which mostly Gujarathis and in the North you have this following. Though Vallabha was born down South he moved over to the North and spread this Marga, wherein Pushti
The Saints and their works are living examples of tolerance, of patience, of tenacity and of faith, above all humility and service. Trying to talk on Saints of India is like choosing one flower in a garden in
In the words of Huxley, a saint is one who is time conscious. A saint is one who knows that every moment of our human life is a moment of crisis with an all important decision to make,
The ancient book Srimad Bhagavada records child sage Prahalada's sagacious words to his fellow youth, the first special class conducted ever in the world. and that was Prahaladji. Prahaladji calls us little fellow-men, fellow-creatures, and says: "Don't you
(This is the full text of the address delivered by Prof. Prema Pandurang in October' 91 during the National Youth Convention held at Bangalore - Ed) At the outset. let me thank you for this kind invitation
Lord Kapila in the third book of Srimad Bhagavatha describes and defines who a saint is : "Thithikshavaha, Karunikaha. Surudhah Sarvadhehinam: Ajatha Sathravas Santha Saadhava Saadhu Bhushana; Myananyena Bhavena Bhakthim Kurvanthi Yedhridam; Math Krutheyaktha Karmanaha Thyaktha Swajana Baandhavasa.
All the Bakthas, all the great Saints of India have believed in the name of the Lord. Being in Karnataka. you know Purandhara Dasa. He once told Vittala, He told Krishna. "I don't need you". Krishna got disappointed.
He was often seen immersed in subjectivity, gazing into space or is it the horizon of which He often mentioned in Tamil 'Kodi' (The far end or the ultimate)?. The devotees addressed Him affectionately and reverentially as Kodi Swamy for
