Meditations on Transcendence

"जनाति पुरुषोत्तमः कृतकृत्यश्च भारतः" "Janāti Purushottamaḥ Kṛtakṛtyaśca Bhārataḥ" (He who knows Purushottama is fulfilled, O Bharata.) In the vast expanse of human endeavor, no work attains its full essence without divine sanction. Bhagavad Gita (15.19-20) reveals a sublime truth: completeness in action emerges not from human effort alone but through surrender to Śrī Krishna, the Purushottama. Every act, noble or mundane, is but a fragment, yearning for wholeness. It is the invocation of Krishna’s grace that transforms fragmented labor into kṛtakṛtya, fulfillment. When we acknowledge Krishna as the Supreme, our works transcend the limitations of the material plane, becoming imbued with eternal relevance. Purushottama, the absolute essence, sanctifies our activities, allowing them to resonate with the infinite. Thus, before each endeavor, invoke Him; let every action flow from this remembrance. Through His divine presence, the imperfect becomes perfect, and the fini...

Secret solution to become all knowing is to accept Sri krishna as purushottama - akhara uttama; kshara ateeta - sarva bhaava dinda avana pooje aagali  yo mām evam asammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam sa sarva-vid bhajati māṁ sarva-bhāvena bhārata mudhah means foolish; Sam+mudha.....complete fool - this is cancelled by the letter 'a' they know me as purushottma - what do they do? bhajate mam - engage in my service as part of one unit - sarva bhavena - all rasas they engage in service - can one engage rasa in sewa? does only nayika or nayaka has rasa or does sewaka also has rasa? rasa is mellow of relationship - taster of bhavas - Rasa  is a Sanskrit term meaning "sap," "essence" or "fluid." In the spiritual tradition, this term refers to the essence of human experience; the emotions that govern human life Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is the knower of everything . He therefore engages himself in full devotional s...

Tree is a strange thing. It comes in poetry and also as analogy in various conceptual explanations. Love under trees or singing songs rotating around trees in many famous bollywood songs is common. Why this fuss all about a tree? Even in Hatha yoga, tree finds its signature as Vrikshasana, the tree pose. Supposedly the tree teaches us to lead life as an observer instead of active participant. Act like a participant but think and feel like a observer. Great people have achieved enlightenment under a tree. from Gautama to Newton eureka moments are triggered in the shelter of a tree. From romance to knowledge to enlightenment to just afternoon nap, all happens under a tree. Many parts of a tree like root, branch, trunk has found its way in daily lexicon. For example, mooladhara chakra tuning helps one to get rooted. Sri Krishna has shown that a tree can explain the architecture and purpose of cosmos. Study the tree and climb away to liberating freedom is his message in 15th chapter Gita. ...