Preface |
Prayer |
| Preface of the Culture Course
Volume - VII Book [More...] |
Some important prayer
regarding Goddess Saraswathi [More...] |
Satyakama
The Truthful |
Nachiketas
The Courageous |
| One day a young boy came to
the ashrama of Sage Gautama and said:"Holy sire, I want to get the sacred knowledge
by serving you." [More...] |
Of all knowldge,. that of the
Atman of Self is the highest. so say the Upanishads. [More...] |
Uma
The Golden Goddess |
Birth
of Raghu |
| Once a rishi was imparting to
his students spirtual knowledge.When a lesson was over, students were free to ask
questions on the day's lesson. [More...] |
Sri Rama is often called
Raghupati or Raghava. It is because he was a descendant of King Raghu who ruled this
country. [More...] |
Vritra |
Karna |
| Indra is the King of the Devas
and Brihaspati is his Acharya or preceptor. One day, when Brihaspati came to his
court, Indra did not rise from his seat to receive him. [More...] |
Karna is a great hero of
mahabharata war. The Karna means ear. Since he was born with Kundalas or ear
ornaments, he was known as karna. [More...] |
Vidura |
Marcus
Aurelius |
| Vidura was the third brother
of Dhritarashtra, Pandu being the second. It is said that God Dharma himself
took birth in the form of Vidura. [More...] |
Rome is the capital city of a
country called Italy. It is far away from India. The people of that country
were called Romans in olden days. [More...] |
St.Paul |
Vidyaranya |
| St.paul was one of the early
preachers of christianity. He lived in the first centruy A.D. Scuh early preachers
were called Apostles. [More...] |
Vidyaranya was a great
scholar-saint who lived in the fourteenth century. After Adi Sankaracharya, he was
an important person who did a lot for the preservation of hinduism and the spread of
the Vedas. [More...] |
Sri
Ramakrishna |
Vivekananda |
| There have been manu great
saints in our country. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is one of them. We call a
very great saint a Parama hamsa. [More...] |
Swami Vivekananda was great
preacher, prophet and patriot. He was the foremost disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Parama
hamsa. [More...] |
Samaskara |
Purusharthas |
| The word Samskara means a
purifying ceremony. The rishis of ancient India have prescribed many Samskaras
for a man from his birth to death. [More...] |
Every one of us must have a
goal in life. Otherwise life will become aimless. It will be like a ship that
has no rudder. [More...] |
