Guest guest Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Divya Ramanan had mentioned about eight flowers. Below is a sanskrit sloka about the eight flowers. The slokam is in picture format to display the fonts properly. Hope it is reproduced completely. Dasan Krishnaswamy Attachment: (application/octet-stream) clip_image002.gif [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 Dear Smt. Sukanya Shankar Below is the meaning of the ashta-vidha pushpam slokam: I am forwarding this to Oppiliappan List also for the information of members. Dasan Krishnaswamy Non-injury (ahmisa) is the primary flower, the next one being Control of the senses; Kindness to all creatures is a flower, with Forgiveness an especially important one.Meditation is a flower, Austerity is a flower, Wisdom is a flower as well;Truth is the last of these eight flowerswhich are extremely dear, pleasing to Vishnu.These eight flowers are pleasing to Vishnu Bhagawan:1. non-injury to all God's creation Ahimsa 2. Control of senses indriyaNigraha3. Compassion towards all beings dayaa4. Forgiveness Kshama5. Meditation Dhyanam6. Austerity Tapah7. Knowledge, Wisdom Gnyanam8. Truth Satyam - Shankar krishnaswamy (AT) comcast (DOT) net Monday, November 01, 2004 9:12 AM Re: ashta_vidham_pushpam Hari Bol Meaning of this would be also be useful. "Divya Ramanan" any additional details would also be helpful pranams Sukanya Shankar - MK krishnaswamy Oppiliappan Friday, October 29, 2004 10:46 PM ashta_vidham_pushpam Divya Ramanan had mentioned about eight flowers. Below is a sanskrit sloka about the eight flowers. The slokam is in picture format to display the fonts properly. Hope it is reproduced completely. Dasan Krishnaswamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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