The sacred Ashtakshari Mantra of Bhagavan Srimannarayana, along with gAyatri, panchAkshari and shrIvidyA, is one of the four mokSha mantras. The practical details discussed here

This evening I happened to attend a certain gathering dominated mostly by Buddhist scholars and monks and when I described in my short address the

[Denzing] Please elaborate on the differences between Tantra and Agama? Is the number of agamas 108? Tantra is defined as follows: sarve.arthA ye tanyante trayante

madhye binduvibhAjitam girijayA puNyairagaNyairjitam lAlityAdvayavAdi yasya chibukam kiM varNyate varNavat | bAlAbAlabalena bhairavashivAkArAnusAram dvitAm ekam yAtamadhaHsthakaNThavasanam yadyuktabhUtyujjvalam || Question #1: I am a doctor and

  Srī Shankara Bhagavatpāda hints at bhakti while commenting on the sūtra – āvr̥ttirasakr̥dupadēśāt. A devoted disciple or a loving wife thinks of the beloved

bhagavannAmabodhendra-yogIndra-gurumAshraye || namastripurabhairavyai || The following words from kratusmR^iti declares the usefulness of nAmasmaraNa for all, irrespective of varNa, Ashrama or other restrictions: viprANAM yatiyoginAM

  अथाश्वलायनोक्तं विश्वामित्रकाण्डमुदाहरिष्यामः चिकितगालवकालववमवतरूकुशिकानां वैश्वामित्रदेवरातौदलेति । श्रौमत कामकायनानां वैश्वामित्रदैवश्रवसदैवतरसेति । धनञ्जयानां वैश्वामित्रमाधुcछन्दसधानञ्जयेति । अजानां वैश्वामित्रमाधुcछन्दसाज्येति । रोहिणानां वैश्वामित्रमाधुcछन्दसरौहिणेति । अष्टकानां वैश्वामित्रमाधुcछन्दसाष्टकेति । पूरणपरिधापयन्तानां वैश्वामित्रदैवरातपौरणेति ।