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  1. Gurudev, why do we call Ganesha- Ekadanta?

    Often, people have two tendencies, one for themselves and another for others. An elephant also has two tusks, one for showing and the other for chewing. It never shows the one it uses for chewing, and it never uses the one it shows for chewing. Similarl ...
  2. Gurudev, during the Ganesha festival, Shankaracharya has depicted a few forms of Lord Ganesha, could you please elaborate?

    Yes, Shankaracharya has depicted the forms of Lord Ganesha very beautifully. If you read the Ganesha Atharvashisha (Upanishad), you will know of many forms of Lord Ganesha.Ganesha is present in all directions, in every possible form - the E ...
  3. Gurudev, in the mythological story, Ganapati went around his parents and was considered to have gone round the world. Should we also keep our parents as our top priority?

    See, these are okay in stories, but if you actually start only listening to your parents and doing only what they say, soon you will land up frustrated. And if you get very frustrated, you will land up turning all your frustration on them. So in life, a ...
  4. Q: Guruji, Please speak on Ganeshotsav.

    The correct way of celebrating Ganeshotsav is to go inward in meditation as Ganapati resides in our mooladhara (base chakra). Yogis meditate on Ganapati. In Ganapati Atharvashirsha it is described very beautifully, ‘Ganapati, where are you, how are yo ...
  5. Ganesha

    The lord of the diverse universe is called Ganesh. The whole universe is nothing but groups of atoms, groups of quality, of energy. Gana means group and a group cannot exist without a lord. Like the queen bee whose mere existence brings forth the honeycom ...
  6. Ganesha Rahasya

    The ultimate truth in this existing world is that it is nothing but a collection of molecules. This is called as ‘Gana’ (collective form). Our own body is a ‘Gana’. It is made up of flesh, blood and bone marrow. Thus the Lord of all ‘Ganas’ is ‘ GANESHA ’ ...