Summary of last session (November 14) by Shri. Mohan Khandekar ji Shri Vijayji started the session by reciting and explaining the following verse of Valmiki Ramayan Mahatmya where Shri Valmiki is narrating glories of Shri Ram and seeking His Grace.…
Summary of last session (November 7) by Shri. Mohan Khandekar ji Shri Vijayji started his discourse with Doha 3क. Here Sant Tulsidas offers his respects to the saints (साधू). He compares them to the hands holding a flower with fragrance.…
Shri Vijayji discussed Doha 2. This describes the power of Satsang (सत्संग) which can transform a person from non religious to religious. Sant Tulsidas illustrates this point with examples of a Crow (कौवा) turning into Cuckoo (कोयल) and a Heron (बगला) into…
Shri Vijayji started the session with Doha 1:1 which focuses on the glories of the Guru. By surrendering to the Guru, we are able to purify our mind and get clarity of the knowledge. 1:2 This Doha illustrates the importance…
Shri Vijayji started his talk with Guru Geeta, Glory of the Guru and importance of Guru charan pooja. The feet of Guru are compared to the lotus, which is considered to be a special flower. He further analysed the word Anuraga (अनुराग)…
Shri Vijayji resumed his talk by reviewing Shloka 1, 3 and 7 of Mangalacharan. He explained the linguistic complicated difference between Sortha (सोरठा) and Doha (दोहा). Sortha 1 is about receiving blessings from Shri Ganesh and describing His glory. Shri Ganesh is also called as Gannayak (गणनायक). Vijayji further talked…
Shri Vijayji resumed his talk with explanation of Mangalacharan shlokas. Shloka 4: The word Kavishwar represents sage Valmiki and the word Kapishwar represents Hanuman. To explain further, he narrated stories from Puranas. The Ramcharitmanas have references from Puranas, Vedanta, Bhagvatam and more. Shloka 5: This shloka can be interpreted with…
Shri Vijayji started by explaining difficult (क्लिष्ट) laws governing the complex Anushtup chand (अनुष्टुप छंद), the poetry composition of Geeta and Bhagvatam. Then he proceeded to explain the meanings of the shlokas of the Mangalcharanam (मंगलाचरण). Sholka 2 is about Faith and Trust.…
After a short break Shri Vijayji resumed with Ramcharitmanas discourse. He started by explaining the meaning of Mangalacharan and Ramayan. Ram represents the Supreme Reality and Ayanam (अयनम) stands for two meanings: Goal or Path. He further explored the four questions of Vedanta and…
