By Om Tat Sat · Hindu Seeker Library · 19 October 2026 The Narada Bhakti Sutras are 84 short Sanskrit aphorisms on bhakti, devotion to God, attributed to the sage Narada. Their central teaching fits in one line, sutra 2: bhakti is parama-prema, supr...
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By Om Tat Sat · Hindu Seeker Library · 19 October 2026 Hindu philosophy describes three types of karma. Sanchita is the total store of past karma not yet experienced. Prarabdha is the portion of that store that has "begun" and is shaping thi...
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By Om Tat Sat · Hindu Seeker Library · 19 October 2026 Self-inquiry (ātma-vicāra) is the practice of turning attention back to the sense of "I" and asking "Who am I?" until the false identification with body and mind falls away and t...
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By Om Tat Sat · Hindu Seeker Library · 19 October 2026 Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, 8 November, in India and in North America. The evening Lakshmi Puja begins with Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, usually with Vakratuṇḍa Mahākāya or Om Gaṃ Gaṇapat...
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By Om Tat Sat · Hindu Seeker Library · Updated 19 October 2026 The simplest and most widely chanted Lakshmi mantra for Diwali is Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah (ॐ श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः), "Om, with the seed sound Shreem, I bow to the great Lakshm...
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By Om Tat Sat · Hindu Seeker Library · 19 October 2026 The Hanuman Chalisa is a 40-verse Awadhi hymn by Goswami Tulsidas (16th century) in praise of Hanuman, the devoted servant of Rama. It opens with two dohas (couplets), has forty chaupais (quatra...
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There is a moment many of us know well. You sit down to pray, or to meditate, or simply to be quiet, and within seconds the mind is somewhere else: an email you forgot, a conversation that went badly, a worry about tomorrow. You come back, and it wa...
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Every year Diwali arrives in a rush. There are sweets to make, gifts to buy, lights to untangle and relatives to call. By the time the lamps are lit, many of us feel more tired than uplifted, and quietly wonder where the festival went. It is still t...
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When people hear the word "yoga", they usually picture a mat, a stretch and a breathing exercise. But in the Indian tradition, yoga means something broader: a way of uniting with the Divine. There are several such ways. One works through kno...
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