Sanskrit Shlokas, Arrow prayers and the Beatles

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Dear Maria

i think it is wonderful that you are so much into reciting Sanskrit

shlokas...there are the VIshnu Sahasrnamam and the Shiva Sahasranamam and

the Lalita Sahasranamam.The Thousand names of Lord Vishnu,Shiva and the

DIvine Mother respectively...they are very powerful as well

These shlokas, for me, allow me to spend time in the presence of GOD...the

more time spent i suppose the more of bhakti there is...

and i could always do with more Bhakti...

 

i thought your rendering of the meeting of Hanuman with Seeta Devi was

really wonderful...it seemed a spontaneous outpouring...That part of the

Ramayana for me is the most wonderful piece of writing in the annals of all

literature

 

an aside...

a long time ago when i was in England i used to listen to a evangelist by

the name of Frank Topping...who talked once about Arrow prayers...

these are prayers that shoot forth from the heart whenever there is any

reminder of God for you in your daily chores...and he encouraged everyone to

have as many reminders of God as possible..the number 3 would remind him of

the Trinity, a + sign anywhere would remind him of the Cross...et.c That was

long ago and i suppose i have had it subconsciously in my mind ...

 

whenever i see a car with registration letters

 

VKA

VKN

RKA

RKV

SRD...

 

they remind me of the Trinity in my life...

 

VKA...Vivekananda

VKN...Vivekananda

RKA ...Ramakrishna

RKV ...Ramakrishna-Vivekananda or VKR

SRD...Sarada Devi...

 

all and so much more ...constitute Arrow prayers for me...

also i do get reminded of more ...

 

VNK...Vinayaka

VKT...Venkateshwara

SVA,...Shiva

RMA...Rama...

 

Nowadays i have started converting some jingles that i have grown up with

into more meaningful tunes for me personally...

 

for eg,the Beatles song.,..

 

ALL WE ARE SAYING

IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE...( i am sure all know the tune to that song)

 

well how about...

ALL WE ARE SAYING...

IS

RAMAKRISHNA

 

 

 

OR VIVEKANANDA!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

so much for Arrow prayers and Sanskrit shlokas...

 

with regards and pranaams

jairam

 

> " Maria S Jewison " <maria_jewison

>Ramakrishna

>Ramakrishna

>Re: [ramakrishna] Regarding Sanskrit

>Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:46:50 -0700

>

>

>thank you VIshal...i was aware of Hanuman Chalisa,but not the Saraswathi

>Chalisa. Can i retrieve that online?

>Thank you once again,.

>maria

>

>On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:27:39

> hsingh wrote:

> >

> >-

> > " Maria S Jewison " <maria_jewison

> ><Ramakrishna >

> >Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:25 AM

> >Re: [ramakrishna] Regarding Sanskrit

> >

> >

> >>

> >>

> >> i was wondering if everybody could share their favourite shlokas in

> >Sanskrit that they consider near and dear to their hearts and recite it

> >often. I recite for eg. the Aditya Hridayam, Shankara's Dasasloki,

>Nirvana

> >Ashtakam. I consider them all to be very powerful.

> >>

> >> Please share any more shlokas that are powerful and beneficial. Often

>we

> >in the west do not hear of the shlokas that are recited in India...

> >> If the devotees who do recite any that they feel have helped them

>intheir

> >lives i would be very grateful to learn of them

> >> with much love and regards

> >> msj

> >>

> >

> >why don't u practice reciting the Hanuman Chalisa or the

> >Saraswathi Chalisa - both are very powerful indeed if recited

>with

> >devotion...

> >

> >regards,

> >Vishala Singh (South Africa)

> >

> >> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:59:08

> >> Anurag Goel wrote:

> >> >

> >> >Hi Mahesh!

> >> >

> >> >Sometime back you posted something saying that every thing abt

>sanskrit

> >is

> >> >great.

> >> >

> >> >True! indeed sanskrit is a great language.

> >> >

> >> >But one of the reasons for Guru Gorakhnaath to construct all the

>mantraas

> >> >in the common language was to break the ego of Sanskrit Scholars at

>that

> >> >time. Who had become much egoistic abt Sanskrit.

> >> >

> >> >And the mantraas he constructed were equally or more powerful than the

> >> >sanskrit ones.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >Best Regards,

> >> >Anurag

> >> >

> >> >Ph: 527 6100

> >> > 527 6108 extn. 4373

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah

> >> >Vivekananda Centre London

> >> >http://www.vivekananda.co.uk

> >> >

> >> >

> >>

> >>

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> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> >

> >

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