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Welcome to the modern Kshatriya Telegram channel! This platform is dedicated to spreading the beauty of Sanatana Dharma, focusing on various aspects such as Dharma, Tradition, Vishishtadvaita, Vedanta, Aryarvarta, Vedas, and Philosophy. For those interested in delving deeper into these topics, there is also a Substack subscription available at https://modernkshatriya.substack.com/. The channel aims to provide a space for individuals to engage with and learn about the rich cultural heritage of Sanatana Dharma. Whether you are a spiritual seeker, a philosophy enthusiast, or simply curious about Indian traditions, this channel offers valuable insights and discussions. Join us on this journey of exploration and discovery as we delve into the profound wisdom of the ancient texts and teachings. Connect with like-minded individuals, participate in thought-provoking conversations, and expand your understanding of the timeless principles that form the foundation of Sanatana Dharma. Embrace the values of righteousness, duty, and honor as we strive to embody the essence of the modern Kshatriya spirit. Subscribe to our channel today and join a community dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of Sanatana Dharma.
Modern Kshatriya
16 Nov, 20:32
I begin my journey to hell by
being envious of a Vaishnava, seeing in
him the semblance of faults, which are unpleasant to my senses. And I suffer equally by being affectionate to a Vaishnava upon seeing in him the semblance of good qualities, which are pleasing to my senses. In both cases, my vision is limited to the mundane realm, and I am not fortunate enough to be able to recognise the transcendental Vaishnava. Hence, in trying to find a Vaishnava, we should not simply end up selecting someone who possesses mundane qualities or who is devoid of them."
—ŚrīŚrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja
being envious of a Vaishnava, seeing in
him the semblance of faults, which are unpleasant to my senses. And I suffer equally by being affectionate to a Vaishnava upon seeing in him the semblance of good qualities, which are pleasing to my senses. In both cases, my vision is limited to the mundane realm, and I am not fortunate enough to be able to recognise the transcendental Vaishnava. Hence, in trying to find a Vaishnava, we should not simply end up selecting someone who possesses mundane qualities or who is devoid of them."
—ŚrīŚrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Modern Kshatriya
15 Nov, 13:38
"Therefore, get up! Prepare to fight and earn glory! Conquer our enemies and take delight in a flourishing Dharma Imperium. The enemies of Dharma are already put to death by My arrangement. You, O Arjuna, can be but an instrument in the fight." (Bhagavad Gita, 11.33)
Modern Kshatriya
12 Nov, 20:46
"O you who wish to gain realization of the Supreme Truth, utter the name of 'Vishnu' at least once in the steadfast faith that it will lead you to such realization." (Rig Veda, 1.156.3b)
Modern Kshatriya
09 Nov, 21:21
“Brahman (God), who contains all Dharmas, is greater than all gifts. Therefore, by giving Brahman, one fully attains the realm of Brahman without falling down.” (Yajnavalkya Smriti, 212)
Modern Kshatriya
03 Nov, 18:14
Surrender to Lord Śrī Rāma
“Śrī Rāma said: “It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying 'My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,' and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.”
(Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa, 18.33)
“Śrī Rāma said: “It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying 'My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,' and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.”
(Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa, 18.33)
Modern Kshatriya
02 Nov, 23:44
https://open.substack.com/pub/modernkshatriya/p/consciousness-as-emergent-old-theories?r=1uf9ml&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Modern Kshatriya
01 Nov, 13:41
To celebrate Dipavali, I have translated an excerpt from the Ramayana. Happy Dipavali, everyone. Jaya Sri Rama!
https://youtu.be/FtmO7v8D5t4
https://youtu.be/FtmO7v8D5t4
Modern Kshatriya
01 Nov, 10:05
Happy Dīpāvali to all followers of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world!
Modern Kshatriya
01 Nov, 08:06
Dīpāvali: The Light of God
On this most auspicious day of Dīpāvali, Dharmis across the Earth joyfully meditate on and celebrate the glorious return of Śrī Rāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the rightful King of Ayodhyā.
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki narrates how, after having ended His fourteen-year exile and having rescued His Consort, Śītā from the demonic Rāvaṇa, Sītā-Rāma returned at long last to Their Kingdom on a golden Vimāna, accompanied by Hanumān and the Vanaras. Overjoyed at the return of their King, the citizens of lit thousands of lights and lamps in celebration of the light prevailing over darkness and the Good over evil.
On this Dīpāvali, may we celebrate the light of God in our hearts and rejoice at the long awaited Return of the King, as we prepare for the triumph of the Divine Light in the coming Golden Age that is soon to appear and usher in a new Rāma-rāja for the world.
जय सीता राम
Jaya Śrī Śrī Sītā-Rāma 🪔
On this most auspicious day of Dīpāvali, Dharmis across the Earth joyfully meditate on and celebrate the glorious return of Śrī Rāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the rightful King of Ayodhyā.
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki narrates how, after having ended His fourteen-year exile and having rescued His Consort, Śītā from the demonic Rāvaṇa, Sītā-Rāma returned at long last to Their Kingdom on a golden Vimāna, accompanied by Hanumān and the Vanaras. Overjoyed at the return of their King, the citizens of lit thousands of lights and lamps in celebration of the light prevailing over darkness and the Good over evil.
On this Dīpāvali, may we celebrate the light of God in our hearts and rejoice at the long awaited Return of the King, as we prepare for the triumph of the Divine Light in the coming Golden Age that is soon to appear and usher in a new Rāma-rāja for the world.
जय सीता राम
Jaya Śrī Śrī Sītā-Rāma 🪔
Modern Kshatriya
31 Oct, 22:57
https://open.substack.com/pub/modernkshatriya/p/dipavali-celebrating-the-return-of?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1uf9ml
Modern Kshatriya
31 Oct, 16:28
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to combine a strong desire for living with a strange carelessness about dying.
G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton
Modern Kshatriya
29 Oct, 20:57
"I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm."
Modern Kshatriya
28 Oct, 22:52
nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati
svargāpavarga-narakeṣv api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ
“Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.” (Spoken by Lord Shiva, Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.17.28)
svargāpavarga-narakeṣv api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ
“Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.” (Spoken by Lord Shiva, Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.17.28)
Modern Kshatriya
27 Oct, 09:52
Surrender comes effortlessly when life flows like calm waters. But true surrender, the kind that forges the deepest Bhakti, emerges when we face life's storms and hardships, when we surrender ourselves to Krishna’s divine will.
As Dipavali approaches, we prepare to honor the return of the king. We will offer the flames of our very souls to the sovereign of the universe, igniting our spirits in devotion.
As Dipavali approaches, we prepare to honor the return of the king. We will offer the flames of our very souls to the sovereign of the universe, igniting our spirits in devotion.
Modern Kshatriya
27 Oct, 08:34
"It is especially at that time when we are in the greatest despair or grief that it is most important to very consciously and deliberately surrender ourselves at the feet of Sriman Narayana. It is at that point that we are to make Sriman Narayana our only refuge." - Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
Modern Kshatriya
26 Oct, 19:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRZUV22_ZY&ab_channel=QuestionEverything%3AHinduism%26CurrentEvents
Modern Kshatriya
25 Oct, 14:28
Please share everywhere!
https://youtu.be/aPND0pGpJJM?si=6pYoOT1_SwUx8rbe
https://youtu.be/aPND0pGpJJM?si=6pYoOT1_SwUx8rbe
Modern Kshatriya
25 Oct, 14:28
“As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from childhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” (Bhagavad Gita, 2.13)
Modern Kshatriya
14 Oct, 08:43
"Those who desire to give up all that is not essentially real move systematically, by negative discrimination of the extraneous, to the supreme position of Lord Viṣṇu. Giving up petty materialism, they offer their love exclusively to the Absolute Truth within their hearts and embrace that highest truth in fixed meditation."
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.6.32)
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.6.32)
Modern Kshatriya
05 Oct, 11:30
Arjuna’s Prayer to Durgā
In the Mahābhārata, after the commencement of the Bhagavad-Gītā, on the eve of Battle, Arjuna calls upon the empowerment of Mā Durgā Devī; the Goddess of War and Protectress of the Kṣatriya-varna. Mā Durgā appears in all her great fierceness and might upon the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, as Arjuna prays asking the great Goddess for victory on the Battlefield.
ॐ दुं दुर्गायै नमः
Auṁ Śrī Durgāya Namaḥ
In the Mahābhārata, after the commencement of the Bhagavad-Gītā, on the eve of Battle, Arjuna calls upon the empowerment of Mā Durgā Devī; the Goddess of War and Protectress of the Kṣatriya-varna. Mā Durgā appears in all her great fierceness and might upon the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, as Arjuna prays asking the great Goddess for victory on the Battlefield.
ॐ दुं दुर्गायै नमः
Auṁ Śrī Durgāya Namaḥ
Modern Kshatriya
02 Oct, 06:10
"In this age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative for spiritual progress other than the chanting of the holy name, the chanting of the holy name, the chanting of the holy name of Lord Hari (Narayana).” (Brihad Naradiya Purana, 38:126)
Modern Kshatriya
29 Sep, 22:05
"It is ordained by God that all evil-doers (dushkritam) will face annihilation (vinashaya) in the end." - Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
Modern Kshatriya
29 Sep, 15:52
We cannot hope to have any connection with the finest plane of fundamental existence with the help of eye, nose or ear, or even by intelligence or reason. If we want to have any connection with this finest plane that is underlying this creation, It is possible only through faith- śraddhāmayo 'yaṁ puruṣaḥ
-Srila Sridhara Maharaja (Follow the Angels, Measuring the Infinite)
-Srila Sridhara Maharaja (Follow the Angels, Measuring the Infinite)
Modern Kshatriya
29 Sep, 06:28
"For the protection of the brāhmaṇas (priestly class), the thousand-legged Supreme Being created us, the kṣhatriyas (warrior class), from His thousand arms. Hence the brāhmaṇas are said to be His heart and the kṣhatriyas His arms. That is why the brāhmaṇas and kṣhatriyas protect each other, as well as themselves; and the Lord Himself, who is both the cause and effect and is yet immutable, protects them through each other." (Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.22.3-4)
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