Spiritual Guidance and Life Goals

I've been blessed, since I was very young, to have darshan of all three Acharyas.

It's a great fortune.

This is one of the greatest things

I consider a great blessing from God.

The first speaker said that devotion to God and devotion to the nation must go together.

What Periyava said

was a teaching for my father.

If you walk toward the sun,

won't your shadow follow behind? Even if you don't want it to, it will follow.

But if you leave that and go after the shadow, you won't get the sun or the shadow.

You won't get either.

Likewise, if in life you pursue

a good goal,

money, status, and fame will all, even if you don't want them to, follow behind.

But if we go after something, thinking we must attain it,

even that good goal will be lost. We won't get

anything. That's why all children

One must be devoted to one's guru.

One must be devoted to God.

One must serve the nation. We must serve our country.

With such a

noble purpose.

As they say, what takes root at five carries on at 50.

From a young age,

we must prepare ourselves

to work in our own country.

By the guru's grace. A saying from the Bhagavata. The guru's grace alone…

Man becomes complete and serene. Through the guru's grace, we

all, and this entire world, must prosper. Today, you see,

When my father got his PhD, he went and showed it to my grandmother.

She said, "Let this pass, dear."

You must come and earn the Shastra Ratna at the monastery.

Only then will I be happy, she said, and today,

at Periyava's hands,

receiving this honor is a great, great blessing, I

believe. Everyone who selected me for this, I…

I extend my heartfelt thanks.

May we all be well.

Victory to India. Hail Lord Rama.

Thank you so much for those valuable words.

So we respectfully invite you to share your thoughts with us for the next

two minutes.

Jai Shri Ram.

Jai Shri Ram.

Jai Shri Ram.