VipadO Naiva Vipada:

1/26/08

ipado Naiva vipada: sampado naiva sampada:
Vipad vismaranam Vishno sampad Naaraayana smruthi.

Whatever we consider as vipatthu (or aapatthu) is not vipatthu.
Whatever we consider as sampatthu is not sampatthu. Living with out
remebering Vishnu is the real aapatthu and a life remembering Him is
the real sampatthu.

Guruvayurappan willing, a devotee friend of mine and I plan to do 12
days bhajan in Guruvayur from 17th of February through 28th. When we
come back we will share all the nice experiences we had in Guruvayur
and I will try to upload some photos also. My computer knowledge is
very limited and hence Guruvayurappan himself has to help me to load
those. But He can make me do anyhting and he has proved several times
"Mookam karothi Vaachaalam". Last year we had such a wonderful
experience of spending 12 days during utsava season in Guruvayur.
Aftet the yearly sahasra kalasham before the Utsavam, Guruvayurappan
was shining with " poorvadhikam chaitanyam".

May Guruvayurappan bless all of us to stay close to Him.

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