The Limits of Scripture by Anantanand Rambachan
Synopsis cum Review Unlike most other religions, Hinduism is concerned with evaluation rather than revelation. One can trace the signs of evolution even from the Vedic times. There are two main factors...
View ArticleWhat is the greatest of these?
Sri Suki Sivam is not only an orator and powerful speaker but also a radical person who challenges several conventions and brings forth things useful in practical life. In the Pattimandram held in Mega...
View ArticleUnderstanding a Sampradaya
You can never understand a particular sampradaya of Hinduism based only on text; there are too many dimensions to consider. A sampradaya should be approached from various points of view. Yet, even...
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Song 15: Boat Song
I wrote this in the flock tune known as ‘Thonippattu’ (boat) on 20-12-1986 when I was at Marandahalli in Tamilnadu. When fishermen sail on a boat, they sing songs with this tune. One can feel the...
View ArticleBhakti Songs 381-390
381 நினைக்க வேண்டும் அலைமோதும் மனதுக்கோர் அமைதிவேண்டும் அடங்காத மதிக்கும் ஓர் எல்லை வேண்டும் நினைவாலும் மனதாலும் நாடவேண்டும் நித்தம் உன்பாதமே நான் தொழவேண்டும் கண்ணுக்குப் புறம்பாக நீ நின்றபோதும்...
View ArticleSong 16: Muktesan is my Sweet Friend
I based this song on one of my favourite English Hymns ‘What a Friend we have in Jesus’. I wrote this on 20-12-1986 at Marandahalli. I tried to keep the original tune and meaning as close as possible....
View ArticleSong 17: Single-Mindedness
This song is based on Ramalinga Swamiji’s Arutpa. This is one of my favourite songs in Arutpa. I wrote this when I was at Barhait in Jarkhand on 14-03-1987. 17. ஓர் வேண்டுதல் ஓர்மனம் வேண்டும்,...
View ArticleMaking in India
When I was watching “We the People” on NDTV conducted by Barka Dut*, at the tail end of the program there came some flashing news about a great fire accident that took place at Mumbai in a cultural...
View ArticleDebating Vivekananda
Raghuramaraju, (ed.) Debating Vivekananda: A Reader, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014 When I read this book, I got the impression that Swami Vivekananda either assumed he was the ‘chosen’...
View ArticleSong 18: I Too Have Slept
This is one of my favorite songs. When I cook, I like to read a book. In the same manner on 07-04-1987, when I was at Barhait (present Jharkhand), I was reading Gefforey T Bull’s ‘When the Iron Gates...
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Bhakti Songs 381-390
381 நினைக்க வேண்டும் அலைமோதும் மனதுக்கோர் அமைதிவேண்டும் அடங்காத மதிக்கும் ஓர் எல்லை வேண்டும் நினைவாலும் மனதாலும் நாடவேண்டும் நித்தம் உன்பாதமே நான் தொழவேண்டும் கண்ணுக்குப் புறம்பாக நீ நின்றபோதும்...
View ArticleSong 15: Boat Song
I wrote this in the flock tune known as ‘Thonippattu’ (boat) on 20-12-1986 when I was at Marandahalli in Tamilnadu. When fishermen sail on a boat, they sing songs with this tune. One can feel the...
View ArticleSong 16: Muktesan is my Sweet Friend
I based this song on one of my favourite English Hymns ‘What a Friend we have in Jesus’. I wrote this on 20-12-1986 at Marandahalli. I tried to keep the original tune and meaning as close as possible....
View ArticleThe Authority of Scripture
One student asked me personally, “How can I tell interested Hindus that the Bible as the Word of God holds the final authority?” In response I asked, “Tell me where the Muktiveda says that the...
View ArticleSong 19
Chronologically, this song is the first one I wrote after becoming a bhakta of the Lord, even before I took Deeksha in 1980. When I went to Periyamalai for the second time in early 1980, I took a walk...
View ArticleClaiming Moral High Ground
The Tamil proverb says, ‘the frog will be get caught by own its mouth’. This is again proved by E.V.S. Ilangovan, the present Tamilnadu Congress President, when he addressed a gathering to celebrate...
View ArticleSong 20: Noble Humbleness
This song is based on Phil. 2:6-10. I like the way it portrays both the Greatness and humility of our Lord. I attempted to set this in one of my favourite ragas, Punnagavarali. I wrote this on...
View ArticleTamil Song 148
அலசடிப் படுவோமே எவருக்கில்லை துன்பம் எவருக்கிலை துக்கம் என்வரை மட்டுமேநான் எண்ணலாகுமோ மனமே? தன்னையே சுற்றிவந்து தன்வரை வாழ்ந்திருந்து தனியாகிப் போவோமே தனித்தே நிற்போமே அந்நேரம் நம்பாரம் சுமப்பவர்...
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