The path of Jnana is challenging and adventurous. Because of that itself, only few can taste success in that path. But the path of Bhakthi is lyrical and full of beauty. That is why it is recommended to all.
- Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Special Darshan
We find some religious people going to big, crowded and famous temples and by some means they also get to be physically close to the deity in the temple; they also at times get to stay in the sanctum for an hour or so, which is not possible for any other common human who is jostled out after a few seconds 'darshan'.
The way such religious people talk about 'being with the deity this close for about one hour!' with such pride makes me wonder....
Were they truly soaking into the divine presence of the Lord, or were they gloating with the egoistic thought that they are now privileged to stand close to the Lord for a long time which any other normal human cannot boast of: 'What others cannot do, I am doing right now!'?
- Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Source : http://www.namadwaar.org/diary/?action=entry&id=1370299146
Greatest charity!
After the grand finale of the 10 day long Krishna Jayanthi Utsav at Madhurapuri Ashram, an ashram devotee 
Source : http://www.namadwaar.org/cherishedmemoirs/?action=entry&id=1345665639
Out of sheer compassion a Mahan who is in out-of-the-world state comes down to this physical plane and speaks to us. While this in itself is due to compassion one cannot expect any other kindness from him. Neither can He understand our (low) state nor can we comprehend his (high) state.
HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Thus Spake Guruji
More than worrying that we uttered a wrong word, we should really be more concerned that we have in us the underlying vasana (tendency) that made us utter such a word.
HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
History and Mystery
Sri Swamiji while speaking of how modern science sometimes tends to label incidents that it is unable to comprehend -
'If scientists understand and accept something it becomes history. If they cannot understand they label it as mystery'
'If scientists understand and accept something it becomes history. If they cannot understand they label it as mystery'
Goodness and Godliness
‘G’ stands for Generator, ‘O’ for Operator and ‘D’ for Destroyer. GOOD has two ‘O’s ; When you think there are two Operators – one being the Almighty and the other being you, that is GOODNESS. When you realize that there is one and only one Operator – the Almighty, that is the state of GODLINESS.
--- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI
Guruvayoorappan's own wish!
Sri Ramanujam, the pracharak and speaker of our Kendra thus writes:
During the recently concluded Udayastamana Saptaham at Guruvayoor, Hari and myself had the fortune of accompanying Sri Sri Swamiji to the temple to have the Lord's darshan. The temple was heavily crowded on that particular day and we felt that having darshan was close to impossible. We stood in the outer 'Prakara' and were continuously chanting the Maha Mantra.
Hari and I told Sri Sri Swamiji that we shall talk to some officials to get special entry into the
Sri Sri Swamiji persisted his denial, saying that the Lord knew that Sri Sri Swamiji performed Nama Kirtan always and it is purely Guruvayoorappan's wish to either let us have darshan or not.
Just then to our surprise, out of nowhere, someone approached us and asked Swamiji 'darshanam aayo?' (did You have darsanam already?).
This person did not even wait for a response from Sri Sri Swamiji! He took along Sri Sri Swamiji in for darshan through the special side entrance and let Him stay in the sanctorum as long as He wished!
The Lord Guruvayoorappan indeed chose to meet Sri Sri Swamiji, even as there were so many other thousands of devotees wishing to have Guruvayoorappan's Darshan!
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