Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Sri Paramacharya highlighted the importance of Karma – Bhakthi – Gnana Yoga.  Acharya well-defined the significance of worship of Lord Hari and Lord Hara without any differentiation, supreme spirit manifested in various forms but remains the same, we have various forms of deities, because our intellect seeks dissimilarity in whatever we see, in other words hunger is only one of its kind and remains the same for all, we need to pacify hunger by consuming meals, we do not stick with the same food on regular basis, if so we will get bored with the same, we seek various sorts of taste to appease our palate. It is absolutely individual interest to worship any deity of his/her own choice, but when following the custom and ceremonial practices in the family one should abide by the set of rules followed by the ancestors in the family for several years, it is applicable for wearing auspicious symbolic mark on the forehead too.    Acharya pointed out the need to achieve self-realization/knowledge of self/knowledge about the concept ‘I’ / and God- realization, all the creatures on Earth grows horizontal except human, and humans are innate with intelligence which is the prime instrument to understand the nature of Bhramam/supreme spirit.  Reading scriptures is the way to attain knowledge/Gnana Yoga, following one's own duties and responsibilities towards family and society, meditation, participating in religious and spiritual services are righteous deeds/Karma Yoga, the performance of duties with sincerity, dedication, and selflessness is Bhakthi Yoga.  Life without purpose is like an abandoned ship in the middle of the ocean, we are born with a specific purpose in our lives, let our objective to achieve freedom from constant miseries, grief, sorrows, pain, and afflictions of worldly existence,  freedom from worldly bondage, ultimate liberation from repeated births which are attainable with dedicated spiritual and religious practices, and meditation.