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Coming up with a list of my favorite books was a great exercise for me. When I looked at the titles on my shelves, I saw a map of my life. There was The Prophet , which my husband read to me on our first date. And Sula by Toni Morrison. I love that one because it's the story of two women, one of whom leaves her hometown and goes into the world—and I did that. All my interests and adventures and struggles—everything is right on the shelf.
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Lean, mean, green machine.
The One U-TF Alpine Touring Boot gives you PU (polyurethane) performance in streamlined form for progressive flex at a light weight. And a thermo-formable liner, rockered rubber sole, and walk mode keep you going, far and wide, or lap after lap.
- PU (polyurethane) shell for durability and a resilient flex
- Weight for a pair: 7lb 4oz
- Lightweight thermo-formable (TF) liner for superior fit, warmth, energy transfer, and performance
- PU cuff and driving spoiler adds stiffness to the shell, holds heel in place, and features an adjustable lean angle
- Magnesium Ultra-Lock System for quick, easy release connected to walk mode
- 15-18 degrees of forward lean, and 60-degree cuff rotation in walk mode, to accommodate whatever the movement
- Compatible with Dynafit Quick Step-In or standard touring binding
- Dynafit Pro, a durable, sticky rubber sole for sure, secure footing
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Great, but soft boot
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I wear a size US 13 and have a very wide foot, 6'0" 200 lbs. For going uphill, these boots are great. The shell and liner have adequate volume and I never have hot spots and can go uphill indefinitely and be very comfortable. The problem for me is the downhill. I'm heavy and also am a charger of a skier. This boot skis fine on flat surfaces, when I get into bumps, the boot will blow out before my legs can absorb the terrain. If you're skidding corn and are used to skiing wide open flats, these boots will be fine, if you ski heavy snow in terrain (the pacific northwest) you may want to go with a stiffer boot. I ski a 130 alpine boot and these aren't even close, very soft every bump at speed is a blowout.
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decent, but not for the cold days.
I`ve been touring these with my 187 manaslus for a little over a season now.
my impressions:
-light enough for really long hikes.
-also sufficiently compfy.
-stiff enough to move any ski slimmer then 100mm under foot.
-the straps are really poorly manufactured. i had both of them replaced with stronger ones, after one of them just ripped off. you actualy have to pull on them pretty hard to fixate your feet.
- the isolation ist terrible. after 2 hours in -8 celsius, not only my toes, but half my feet are frozen.
looking back, the boots are ok but not the best i could have bought.
What is the flex on this boot?
Dynafit does not provide a flex rating, however they are calling it "medium" flex. One of our reps said it feels like about a 100-110 flex.
I wear size 8.5 US and fit into the 26's pretty well. Since it doesn't look like any 26's are on sale I was wondering if the 25.5 would work?
The 26 and 26.5 would be the same shell size! Looks like we do have a 26.5 in stock so that would be the right size for you!
If you had too much room in a 26, you could size down to the 25.5 - however, that would be a full size different since shell sizes are only manufactured for every whole size.
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I would like to purchase these boots while they are on sale and wear a size 13 US shoe and mountaineering boot. I have a wider foot and like that these are 103mm last width.
Would it even be worth ordering and trying on a size 30? Does Dynafit make size 13 US AT boots or do I need to look at Scarpa?
Hey Jason,
I think trying to fit into a size 30 would be pretty dangerous if you are a high volume size 13 shoe. I think the only boot that I would suggest that we have in inventory at the moment would be the Scarpa Defenders.
will these boots work with "Tyrolia Adrenalin...
will these boots work with "Tyrolia Adrenalin 13 Alpine Touring Binding"
These boots are compatible with the Tyrolia Adrenalin 13
Are these boots compatable with g3 onyx...
Are these boots compatable with g3 onyx bindings?
Yes, this boot is compatible with the G3 Onyx binding.
What is the last width?
What is the last width?
103 mm.
I have never skied in the back country,...
I have never skied in the back country, but I am gearing up for it. I have a pair of Atomic TM:EXs that I will be using, are these boots enough to handle these skis?
What is that last of this boot
What is that last of this boot
I have TLT 5 Mountains which fit great and...
I have TLT 5 Mountains which fit great and ski well. However I feel I might want a beefier boot for skiing stuff thats not pure smooth powder. I have a very skinny long foot. Even though the 5's are already pretty low volume I put the thickest (original) intuition wrap liner in them and still have an insole to take up the rest. Will the One be too much volume for me to fill? I wear size 30 in the 5's.
Is 29.0 going to be correct for the One...
Is 29.0 going to be correct for the One U-TF for a 10.5-11 shoe size? The only thing I can really compare it to is my Scarpa T2 Eco's with Intuition liners which are 29.5.
If you are closer to 10.5 then you are looking at the 28.5, 29 for the 11. Remember that if you are on the large side of 10.5 then I'd probably stick with the 28.5 as the 29 is the next shell size up and you may be swimming in it a bit. That being said you can fill up a fair amount of volume with liners.
will this boot fit fritschi diamir...
will this boot fit fritschi diamir binding?
Yes that will indeed work, just be sure you have the right size Fritschi for your boot sole length.
I need a wide AT boot. I have bunions that...
I need a wide AT boot. I have bunions that make my forefoot extremely wide. I have the One PX-TF but even with mods isn't wide enough for me. Is the only difference between this and the One PX-TF the shell material and does that mean that I would I have more luck punching/stretching the One U-TF? What are the widest Dynafit-compatible boot alternatives?
You can definitely punch polyurethane more than your PX-TF, but if you've tried and not gotten where you need to be with the PX-TF I'm not sure that is the route I'd go (we're talking minimal differences at the hand of a great bootfitter). If you'd consider a Black Diamond Boot, they will give you much more width and the Quadrant with an Intuition liner (the stock liner sucks) gets you decent tourability and very nice skiability. As much as I love the features of Dynafit boots (I'm considering trying out the Vulcan next season and have an appointment next week with my local bootfitter to discuss), I use the Quadrant now because it fits me out of the box.
I am trying out a pair of the Dynafit...
I am trying out a pair of the Dynafit Zzero4 U-TF. I was wondering how the flex and the last of the One-Utf compares.
Sandy, thanks for the response. Is there any option here in utah to demo the One-Utf?
Tom, The last on the One is a bit wider(@2mm), with more volume. The flex is pretty similar (@100-110). The One's tour ability is a whole 'nother world. Enjoy!


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PREVIEWS: "Daredevil," "Uncanny X-Men," & More Marvel Comics On Sale August 3, 2016
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Marvel announced this week that as part of its "All New, All Different," post-Secret Wars lineup, a new Hercules series will debut from writer Dan Abnett and artist Luke Ross. That's awesome for many reasons, not the least of which is because Ross will set the tone, for sure, as his art has a clean, classic style that wouldn't be out of place on a major title, as evidenced by his work on Captain America.
However, there's a rhythm to his storytelling that goes beyond just choreographing big fight scenes and powerful figures. He can do everything form subtle humor to weightier emotional beats that tell me, even from the initial design work, that this title is going to be a different kind of Herc than we've seen before. Gone is the little Grecian wrap around the waist as Ross has updated the demigod.
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Retailing | A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the $21.4 million purchase of retail chain Hastings Entertainment by Joel Weinshanker, president and sole shareholder of Wizkids parent National Entertainment Collectibles Association. The order was granted at the request of two Hastings shareholders who sued to stop the sale, insisting the price paid for the retailer is too low; it will remain in effect until a hearing can be held on June 12. Hastings issued a statement Monday pledging to "vigorously dispute these claims." Hastings operates a chain of 149 stores that sells books, comics, video games and more. [Amarillo Globe-News, via ICv2]
Retailing | Amazon may be charging full price for Hachette's graphic novels as part of its continuing contract dispute with the publisher, but Barnes & Noble has leaped into the breach with big discounts and a buy-two-get-one-free promotion on Hachette's Yen Press manga and Little, Brown's Tintin books. [ICv2]
The good burghers of 2000AD have sent along a raft of preview images for new thrills they'll be running in their venerable anthology in 2014:
• Paul Grist's Demon Nic. Appearing in the creator-owned slot of the Judge Dredd Megazine previously held by critically acclaimed strips as "Numbercruncher" and "Ordinary," this will be Grist's first work for the 2000AD stable since 1993.
Free Comic Book Day is once again upon us, the day that current and hopefully potential comic fans flock to their local comic shop to sample a buffet of comic choices from publishers large and small. There's a lot to sink your teeth into this time around, from previews of new or upcoming stuff — like Marble Season and Superman: The Last Son of Krypton #1 to first issues of brand new comics — like The Strangers #1 and Aphrodite IX #1. There are original comics, licensed comics, kids comics, anthologies … basically something for everyone.
Some retailers will offer all-you-can-eat options, while others might have limits on what you can get … so if you have to make a choice, here are six comics we're particularly looking to sink our teeth into.
As unlikely as it may seem, the Guardians of the Galaxy are poised to be the next Marvel team to get a tent-pole movie, following The Avengers (me, I was hoping for a Champions movie, as all but Hercules have been previously introduced in movies*).
The publisher has turned to Avengers-rehabilitation expert Brian Michael Bendis to write a new Guardians of the Galaxy series, and after teasing them in the first arc of Avengers Assemble, the comic featuring the cast from the Avengers movie, the writer is all set to launch a new Guardians monthly, penciled by Civil War artist Steve McNiven.
The title kicked off Wednesday with its first issue, Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 (market research apparently revealed that comics buyers are more attracted to decimal points than either the number 1 or even 0), and it isn't a bad read at all.
It's the origin of Peter "Star-Lord" Quill, and while the story is essentially one character telling another his history, Bendis, McNiven & Co. depict it as a regular comic, rather than a long, dull conversation, as Bendis is often in the habit of doing. The last two pages reveal the cast.
And who, exactly, is this cast, and where did they come from? Based on the sales of the previous volume of Guardians of the Galaxy vs. sales of your average Bendis or McNiven comic, I imagine a lot of folks will be reading the new series without knowing much of that. And, as always, I think it's worth keeping in mind who created these characters and how long ago (none of them are any newer than 1976, if you're wondering).
So let's take a look at your new Guardians of the Galaxy, shall we?
Adding to such recent revivals as Strange Adventures, Ghosts and Young Romance, Vertigo will publish the science-fiction anthology Time Warp #1 in March. Although the announcement at MTV Geek doesn't specify that the title is a one-shot, all of the previous ones have been.
The issue will feature stories by the likes of Damon Lindelof, Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Dan Abnett, Peter Milligan, Ray Fawkes, Simon Spurrier, Gail Simone, Rafael Albuquerque and Tom Fowler, with covers by Eduardo Risso (in full below) and Jae Lee.
Time Warp doesn't have quite the august history that such titles as Young Romance and Strange Adventures have: Debuting in 1979 amid the renewed popularity of science fiction, and in the wake of the DC Implosion, the anthology lasted just five issues. However, it featured an impressive lineup of talent, including Steve Ditko, Curt Swan, Jim Aparo, Paul Levitz, Gil Kane, Arnold Drake and Denny O'Neil.
Crime | Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have recovered a comic-book collection valued at $19,000, and arrested two suspects in the burglary. [WJTV]
Legal | Gerry Giovinco questions why Marvel and DC Comics zealously defend their intellectual property rights, going so far as to sue a birthday party company that rented out lookalike costumes, but don't even touch the many porn parodies of their comics that have sprung up in recent years. [CO2 Comics]
Comics | A Florida mother was upset to discover Chick tracts among her children's trick-or-treat haul, saying the comics are racist and offensive. It's the second time in as many weeks that the long-controversial evangelical comics have been publicly called out by a displeased parent. [KTNV]
Publishing | Belgium, birthplace of Tintin and the Smurfs, is beginning to see its government-funded efforts to revive the country's once-thriving comics scene pay off, with small publishing houses, self-publishers and digital comics portals springing up. [Deutsche Welle]
Creators | Habibi creator Craig Thompson posts an account of his recent trip to Jordan, which coincided with the troubles in Libya. Disconcertingly, he learned that Habibi is banned there, but his experiences in the schools and studios he visited stand in stark contrast to what the rest of us were watching—and even what he experienced while traveling from place to place. (Craig also gives a shout-out to a couple who got engaged while waiting in line to see him at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC; the groom-to-be concealed the ring in a hollowed-out copy of Blankets.) [Craig Thompson]
Creators | Cartoonist Stacy Curtis talks about inking Cul de Sac for creator Richard Thompson, who announced last week he's ending the celebrated comic strip because Parkinson's disease has left him unable to maintain the schedule: "I never felt inking Cul de Sac for Richard worked. It was like going into a theater to see Jerry Seinfeld do stand-up and watching Steve Martin deliver his lines. And that's what it felt like. Every time I sat down at my drawing table to ink Cul de Sac, I could hear a narrator's voice say, 'For tonight's performance, the part of Richard Thompson will be played by his understudy, Stacy Curtis.'" The final strip will appear Sept. 23. [Stacy Curtis]
Graphic novels | Andrews McMeel Publishing, which has focused on comic strips and comic strip compilations up to now, has announced its first original graphic novel series: The Chronicles of Desmond, by Mark Tatulli, creator of Lio and Heart of the City. The books will be published in October 2013 under Andrews McMeel's new AMP! imprint and will be aimed at middle-grade readers. [Publishers Weekly]
Hello and welcome to another edition of What Are You Reading? Our guest today is Caleb Goellner, pug lover and senior editor of ComicsAlliance.
To see what Caleb and the Robot 6 crew have been reading, click below.
Hello and welcome to What Are You Reading? Our special guest this week is Alex Zalben, who blogs about comics for MTV Geek and has written a few himself–including the webcomic Detective Honeybear.
To see what Alex and the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately, click below.
I had a hard time deciding what comic to feature here this week, so I figured what the heck–let's not pick just one. So here are round-ups for three different comics this week, two first issues and the presumably concluding chapter to a big ol' Alan Moore epic. So without further ado …
Hypernaturals #1
Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
Art by Brad Walker, Andres Guinaldo, Mark Irwin, Mariano Taibo and Stephen Downer
Published by BOOM! Studios
Bobby Shortle, Talking Comics: "The Hypernaturals #1, a new superhero science fiction yarn from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, is a fun, but flawed tale that suffers from a slow start and its inability to bring anything new to the table."
Benjamin Bailey, IGN: "Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning do cosmic superheroes better than anyone today. They practically wrote the book on it. That's what really makes this book such a letdown. Nothing happens within these pages that you have not read many times before. This issue hits so many cliches of the superhero genre it borders on silly. It's hard to tell where exactly Abnett and Lanning are going with this story, but right now there is nothing to grasp on to and be interested in. It's the same old song and dance. There is no hook; nothing to set it apart."
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
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Chris Arrant
If I had $15, I'd walk out of the comic store with one book this week Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Image, $14.99). I fell off this book after the first issue, preferring to read in trades, and now that time has come. I'm looking forward to being surprised at what Brubaker and Phillips have done in this first arc as the debut issue was very promising.
If I had $30, I'd load up at Image with Manhattan Projects #4 (Image, $3.50), Prophet #26 (Image, $2.99) and Hell Yeah #4 (Image, $2.99). Prophet is becoming my favorite Image book because it unites my comic heroes of childhood (Prophet!) and one of the top cartoonists out there (Brandon Graham) with a surprising introduction of BD-style science fiction. Hell Yeah is a fun romp reimagining the staples of '80s and '90s comics as if John Hughes were the eighth Image founder. Last up I'd get Wolverine and the X-Men #12 (Marvel, $3.99). I was worried this series would get derailed by Avengers Vs. X-Men, but Aaron and Co. have managed to keep it on point as best as conceivably possible. It's an ideal opening to bring Rachel Summers to the forefront, and the smirking Kid Gladiator on the cover is full of win.
If I could splurge, I'd get Michel Rabagliati's Song of Roland hardcover (Conundrum Press, $20). I'll always admire Free Comic Book Day, because it was there that a little Drawn and Quarterly one-shot introduced me to Rabagliati's work. I'm surprised to see this new volume of his work not published by D&Q, instead published by Canadian house Conundrum. Anyway, this book appears to deal with the death of the father-in-law of the lead character, Paul. It's been extremely engaging to see Paul grow through the series, and having him deal with events like this as I myself grow up and experience similar events is really touching.
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
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J.K. Parkin
With my first $15 I'd get the following: The Massive #1 (Dark Horse, $3.50), X-Men #30 (Marvel, $3.99), Spider-Men #1 (Marvel, $3.99), and Saucer Country #4 (Vertigo, $2.99). That leaves me roughly 50 cents out of my budget. I dunno if it was planned this way or not, but two of Brian Wood's latest projects, The Massive and his run on the X-Men (of the un-Ultimate variety), kick off this week. We also have the debut of Spider-Men, the crossover that features Peter Parker of the 616 Marvel U meeting up with Miles Morales from the Ultimate-verse. I've enjoyed the Miles Morales/Ultimate Spider-Man stories this far, which is the reason I'm getting it. Finally, Saucer Country is the best of the new Vertigo titles, featuring clever writing by Paul Cornell and great art by Ryan Kelly.
Add another $15 and I'd also get Captain America #13 (Marvel, $3.99), Uncanny X-Force #26 (Marvel, $3.99), Resurrection Man #10 (DC Comics, $2.99), and Frankenstein: Agent of Shade #10 (DC Comics, $2.99). Again, with some change left over for a candy bar or whatever. I laughed out loud at the big reveal at the end of the last issue of Captain America, as we learned who the new guy was behind the Scourge mask. I assume this is a What If? comic, along the lines of "What if (name redacted for spoiler reasons) wasn't lame?" So I have to see this through. I mentioned this weekend on What Are You Reading? that I'd downloaded a whole bunch of the current run of Uncanny X-Force for 99 cents from comiXology, and since then I've completely caught up on the book, so I'll definitley be getting the current issue. Add to that one of the final times I'll get to see Abnett and Lanning's Resurrection Man comic (sniff … well, it was probably a longshot anyway, based on how well his last comic did) and the debut of Matt Kindt on Frankenstein, and that rounds out my week of comics.
I don't really have anything on my splurge radar this week, so maybe I'll just hold onto the cash and save it for next time.
BOOM! sent out a piece of artwork today for Hypernaturals, the upcoming cosmic comic they'll publish by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, the duo who helped define the past few years of the cosmic corner of the Marvel Universe in Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy and related titles. Although they didn't send out anything beyond the above image, more information on the book is available at the Free Comic Book Day website , as Hypernaturals will be BOOM!'s offering next month (The Dune book that was previously listed on the FCBD page has been removed).
According to the text on the FCBD site:
This Free Comic Book Day… A universe trembles.
It is the far future; the human race has finally colonized the galaxy, preserving an era of prosperity that's only possible because of The Hypernaturals. They're a celebrated, galaxy-wide superhero task force that keeps the peace. That is, until they all mysteriously vanish. Now, as the galaxy teeters on the brink of chaos, it's up to a group of retired and long forgotten Hypernaturals – and their novice recruits – to save the galaxy from complete destruction.
Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, the superstar writing duo behind Annihilation and The Legion, launch an all-new original series that takes cosmic super-heroes to a new frontier. Experience the special preview issue of The Hypernaturals this May and pick up the #1 issue this July!
Update: Abnett and Lanning talked to CBR about the comic, the art team and more.


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Today on Citypages.com's 'In The Stream' with TD Mischke:
- When I encountered this face on the cover of my Sunday New York Times magazine, I had two thoughts. If global warming is in fact not a threat, and not man- made, than this could be the face of a kindly old man, an avuncular relative come to help us all out. But if climate change is indeed the great concern of our time, and this is the leader of the "it's all bullshit" movement, than isn't it fascinating to imagine you're staring into the very face of Satan? Doesn't he look like he could indeed be the devil himself? What else would an incarnated Anti-Christ look like? This is him, man!
- This, from the daily newspapers of London: "The happiest people in Britain are called Judy or Joshua while the most miserable are likely to be Lynn or Ben." A study has confirmed this. So, if you just had twin girls would you help me out? Name one Judy and one Lynn, and let's keep tabs on these rascals for a couple decades. It'll be fun. Five will get you ten Lynn eventually kills Judy. Sure, you'll lose a kid, but you'll help the rest of us with naming decisions.
- I'm a white guy, dying to show you I know how to dunk a basketball: Okay, well, I can for sure make free throws, I know that.
- God digs white people..... Headline from the front page of today's St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Fargo Prayers Are Answered." Did some reporter determine this is indeed true? Where'd he or she get confirmation I know with Katrina God told those poor suckers to "buck up and take it."
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|Saint Haridas was one of the very close disciples of Shri Krishna Chaithanya Mahaprabhu. His enemies got complex over of his fame. Hence they sent a prostitue to Haridas and asked her to seduce the great saint. They thought that it would be an easier way to tarnish the divine image of this 'Sadhu'.
But Haridas explained the prostitute about the ugly nature of her life though she was beautiful externally. Upon realising the facts, she started crying and pleaded Haridas to forgive her sins. Saint Haridas instantly accepted her as a disciple without any hesitation and initiated her with the 'Maha Manthra'. Haridas also told her that 'Bhagawan Naama' will purify even the greatest sinners. After getting the realization from Haridas, that female went to solitude and started chanting the 'Maha Manthra'. She was doing the chanting till her life end. Finally she attained the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.
After a few years, Haridas went to Puri, as per the instructions of Maha Prabhu and lived there in a simple hut. Prabhu too lived in Puri at that time and he used to visit Haridas quite often. As usual in Puri also Santh Haridas chanted the Mahamanthra in every breath of him. When he gave up his body, Prabhu took "Biksha' in the market of Puri and collected money for the 'Vijaya Yathra' of his disciple. When other disciples wanted to bear the holy body of Haridas on their shoulders with great eager, Prabhu didn't give them that opportunity and he alone carried the holy body of the very great Haridas to the 'Rudra Bhoomi'. Prabhu's love for Haridas is immeasurable.
This is one of the classic stories in the life histories of Indian Saints. A Guru will go to any extent for his pet disciple.
Shri Ranganna Bagavathar
Contributed by Sama Charana Das
The Epic says, "Kalow Kalow Bhavishyanthi Narayana Parayanaha:" As all of us are aware Yoga, Yaaga, Vratha, Theertha Mahima and even Kshethra Mahima will not have their full efficiency and holy vibrations in the "Kali Yuga". It is tough to practice any ritual and even if they are practiced they would have some discrepancies due to the evil effects of 'Kali Purusha'. That is why "Srimath Bhagawatha Puranam" says, "Kali is Thosha Nidhi". There is only one sure way in this Yuga to attain the lotus feet of Almighty is, chanting his Holy Name and nothing else would work.
Now, kindly read the first line. The Almighty sends 'Bhagawathas' quite often to this earth to spread the 'Nama Sankirtana Vaibhavam'. It happens frequently. Here, we must be careful in assessing who is a real Bhagawatha! Because the 'Kali Purusha' is trying to corrupt even the people who are doing Sankirtan and a few of them has converted 'Hari Bhajan' as their profession. Santh Thukaram Maharaj says, "There is no other way in this Kali yuga other than Chanting Bhagawan Naama and this will make anybody to attain the Lotus feet of the Almighty. But the same Maharaj, in another place says strongly that, "Whoever sells Bhagawan Naama will certainly go to the Narakam". So we must be prudent in identifying the real Bhagawathas and 'commercial' Bhagawathas. Undoubtedly even the commercial Bhagawathas would too become purified in due course by the power the Bhagawan Naama. That is a different story.
Here, we are going to see about a Great Bhagawatha who was born on 7th December, 1928 in a small village 'Kallur' which is located in Tirunelveli District. His name is Ranga Subramanyam. Before Moghul invasion in Srirangam, this family was serving Shri Ranganatha Swamy Temple. But after the invasion, they migrated back to their home village at Tirunelveli. But they have never forgotten Lord Ranganatha. That is why, in this family alone, we could find a peculiar name, i.e. 'Ranga Subramanyam' in every third generation. The nomenclature 'Subramanyam' indicates the Lord at Thiruchendur.
Shri Ranga Subramanyam's father too was a great Bhagawatha. His name is Shri Putarjuna Bhagawatha. Shri Putarjuna was very rich right from his child hood. He went to Rangoon when he was very young and ran a Jewellery Mart. But the first world war put a drastic full stop to his business and he lost everything in the evil effects of the war. With great struggle, he came back to our mother land. He got married to a girl called Parvatha Varthinini and begot three children. Our Ranga Subramanyam is the second son of that family. Alas! when he was a small kid, his mother passed away. That was the turning point in the life of Shri Putarjuna Bhagawatha and he got 'Virakthi' in all worldly affairs. He handed over his kids to his Sister at Madurai and started pure 'Bhagawatha Dharma' life at late 20s. After that, he lived by Unchuvarthi, Hari Kaatha Kalakshebam etc.
Shri Ranga Subramanya Bhagawathar was growing in his Aunt's place at Madurai. Somehow, his mind was always tied up with spirituality and at the age of 12, he started "Shri Ram Bhajan Mandali" at Madurai. God bestowed a fabulous voice to Shri Ranga Subramanyam and even senior Bhagawathas participated in his Bhajan with great enthusiasm. Shri Ranga Subramanyam's mind disliked commercial benefits through Bhajan. Quite often he used to visit Prisons and Mental Hospitals with his Bhajan companions and conducted Nama Sankirtanam for those in Prison and Mental Hospitals. He explained the reason also. "Only Poorva Karmas made them to enter in to Prison and the same made lot of people insane. If the Bhagawan Nama is forcibly poured in their ears, they too get purified soon". That was the understanding of Shri Ranga Subramanya Bhagawathar at that young age.
God would have watched his pure intentions and he showed him Pudukottai Brahma Sri Gopalakrishna Bhagawathar. Shri Ranga Subramanyam became a disciple of Shri Gopalakrishna Bhagawathar and took 'Nama Japam' from him. His intensity in spiritualism started growing in a rapid way, after getting the 'Guru Kadaksham'. At that time, for professional reasons, Shri Ranganna came to Mylapore, Chennai with his wife and three kids. His poverty never disturbed his spirituality and even at that stage he never utilized Bhajans to promote his financial abilities. It is easy to write but hard to practice. Who will understand or believe all these things in this commercial world? But Lord Vithal knows everything and HE was Ranganna's protector.
In Chennai, he became very popular in the 'Nama Sankirtana world' in a very short span. At that time, Shri Ranga Subramanyam became 'Ranganna Bhagawathar' and he started conducting Bhajans throughout India.
Here we will have to mention a very important thing. Though Shri Ranganna conducted Bhajans everywhere, he never utilized the 'Sambhavanai' for his personal use despite his family commitments. He used to take only the conveyance and food expenses from the 'Sambhavanai' and the balance would go to the 'Sri Narasimha Jayanthi Uthsavam' conducted by his Guru Shri Gopalakrishna Bhagawathar. He considered this as a part of his 'Guru Kainkaryam'. Shri Ranganna later on started giving his earnings to a few other Bhajan Mutts also. Till his end he never gave up this character.
During 1970, Shri Ranganna went to the "Maha Kshethra Pandhari" with Brahma Sri Narayana Sasthrigal. Though Shri Ranganna was popular in singing 'Abhangs' (Keerthan on Shri Panduranga Vittal) before this visit, the real darshan of Pandaripuram and Shri Panduranga brought flood of changes in his life. He became a staunch Bhaktha of Shri Vithal. Subsequently he learnt lots of New Abhangs and started singing them everywhere. (Even now, lot of Bhagawathas are singing the Abhangs tuned by Shri Ranganna).
Shri Ranganna was blessed to get the blessings of Swami Abedananda, Shri Purushothama Goswami, Shri Sanjeevi Bhagawathar (Holy son of Shri Gopalakrishna Bhagawathar), Shri Narayana Sasthrigal, Shri Chinthamani Bhagawathar, Shri Vembu Bhagawathar and lot more saints. He has also had the blessings of the Saints who lived in the previous centuries through his holy dreams. But he had never revealed any of his spiritual experiences with anybody other than one of his close soul-mates.
Before leaving this mundane world, Ranganna's Guru Shri Gopalakrishna Bhagawathar handed over Shri Ranganna to a great Mahathma. At that time, Shri Ranganna was conducting Bhajans with a sangam and it was known as "Shri Gopalakrishna Bhajan Mandali".
This is another turning point in Shri Ranganna's life. The Mahathma very shortly showered all his blessings on Shri Ranganna and that enhanced the 'Bhakthi' of Shri Ranganna in leaps and bounds. The Bhajan world has started speaking that "Ranganna is Abhangam and Abhangam is Ranganna'. Besides, he also composed more than 500 Naamavalis and to put the truth frankly, most of the present days' Bhagawathas are singing lot of Naamavalis written and composed by Ranganna, without knowing the origin. Because Shri Ranganna was never after money, fame etc.
On a few occasions, he had accepted the 'Titles' given by some Bhagawathas, that too with the intention of not offending their invitation. Otherwise, he never even printed a 'Visiting Card' throughout his life and never carried any Title in front of his name. Simplicity, Honesty, Guru Bhakthi, Shri Vittal Bhakthi are the 'Tharak Manthra' of Shri Ranganna.
Thousands and thousand of Bhajan programs!! Chanting the Bhagawan Namam at free times!! Dhyanam on Shri Vittal….. Wow! his life is inexplicable and highly spirutual!!!
We have already mentioned that Shri Ranganna's ancestors had close connections with authority in Shri Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Srirangam. That 'link' would have brought back him to Srirangam during his final span of his holy life.
On 10th February 2011, at the age of 82, Shri Ranganna experienced a slight discomfort. In the evening, his family members understood the situation and started "Abhang Bhajan". He was listening to it and waved his hands to encourage the Bhajan. Around 7.30 PM, the 'Mahathma' came on the phone and said "Rama Krishna Hari! Vasudeva Hari! Panduranga Hari" in the ears of Shri Ranganna. After that, Shri Ranganna saw the picture of his Guru Shri Gopalakrishna Bhagawathar and Shri Panduranga Vittal. Then he started watching the holy picture of Shri Namperumal and Shri Thaayar of Srirangam. His relatives started chanting the Maha Manthra "Ram Krishna Hari" in high pitch. With a smile on his face, Shri Ranganna left this world and attained Vaikuntam. This was strongly vouched by the Mahathma also. (The Mahathma I am referring here is not interested in worldly fame and that is why I am avoiding his holy name in this article).
Right from child hood to his final day, Shri Ranganna lived a holy life and his beloved Shri Vittal gave him 'Aanayasa Mukthi'. Jai Jai Ramkrishna Hari! Jai Jai Panduranga Hari!
Shri Santhopa Pawar
Contributed by Sama Charana Das
Shri Santhopa Pawar was an ardent 'Bhaktha' of Shri Vitthal at Pandharpur. Thousands of people admired Shri Pawar and accepted him as their Spiritual Master. Shri Santhopa guided them in 'Bhagawatha Dharmam' and preached to chant the name of Lord Vitthal always. He also told his disciples that only the 'Name of Vitthal' would solve all their domestic and spiritual problems. He also assured that chanting would make them to attain the 'Sama Charan' of Shri Panduranga, which is the only one permanent solace in this mundane world.
All the disciples accepted his sincere preaching and started chanting. Gradually their devotion became reinforced and they fell in the eternal love with the Great Lord of Universe, Shri Panduranga.
Once, all the disciples wanted to have darshan of Shri Vitthal along with their Guru Shri Santhopa Pawar. When they expressed their desire to Shri Pawar, he happily accepted and all of them started walking towards Pandharpur, which is 'Booloka Vaikuntam'. Pawar's presence enhanced the enthusiasm of all the disciples and they chanted the name of Shri Rakumayi Pathi in their high pitch.
Alas! When they were nearing Pandharpur, heavy rain started and it was seldom possible for all, even to walk against the down pouring. But Shri Pawar geared them up and asked them to trust the Omni-Potent Shri Vitthal, whole-heartedly. They did so and reached the banks of Chandrabagha. On those days, there was no bridge to cross the river and only small boats were used for this purpose. But due to the extra ordinary flood in Chandrabagha, no 'boat wala' was willing to cross the roaring flood.
All the disciples of Shri Pawar became so upset and some of them got perturbed due to that situation. But Pawar Maharaj did not give up his faith on the 'Kamala Nayana' Panduranga. He sang 'Abhangs' with great devotion and his eyes too started pouring another rain, i.e. tears came out of love and faith.
Suddenly a very big bridge emerged from the center the river and it was covering both the sides of the holy river Chandrabagha. At that time, a divine voice (Asareeri) told Shri Pawar to walk on the bridge along with all the devotees. Shri Pawar alone heard the divine voice. It gave him immense bliss. He advised all the 'Bhakthas' to walk on that bridge to reach the other side of the river. All the devotees screamed with joy on seeing the new bridge. They thought it was submerged under the river and Shri Pawar's spiritual power brought it out. They happily walked on the Bridge, chanting Vitthal Vitthal Vitthal. Finally, Shri Pawar too crossed the river, using the 'bridge' with great puzzle in his mind. After reaching the other bank of Chandrabagha, he eagerly turned back and saw the bridge. Aha! He started crying again like a small kid. Yes…. it was really not a bridge and it was Shri Vitthal who took a big size Koorma (Tortoise) Avathar and helped Pawar and his disciples to cross the bridge. Upon realizing this fact, Shri Pawar could not control himself and he fell on the ground. He got submerged in the abundant mercy of Lord Vitthal.
Then slowly he regained normalcy. Due to Shri Vitthal's mercy 'Varuna' also stoped his play. All the Bhakthas became very happy and they went to Mahadwar with Shri Pawar and started 'Naama Garjan'. Finally they entered the Shrine and had the wonderful darshan of Lord Vitthal, who is standing there for the past 28 'Chathur Yugas'. It is needless to mention, rather impossible to express the feelings of Shri Pawar. He cried and cried and cried. Shri Vitthal smiled and smiled and still smiling.
Dear Bhakthas! Go to Pandharpur and see the Lord who allowed all his bhakthas to walk on him. No other God in this world could do this.
Jagadguru Bodhendra Swamigal
Jagadguru Bodhendra Swamigal was born in Kancheepuram. Kancheepuram is one of the 7 moksha shethrams in India and the only one in South India.
There were a couple in Kancheepuram by name Kesava Pandurangan and Suguna. They did not have a kid for quiet some time. They prayed to their guru, Vishwadikendhra Saraswathi, who was then the pontiff of Kanchi mutt. He blessed them that they would have a child very soon and they returned happily. They then had a male child born to them shortly. They named him Purushothaman. Purushothaman was a very bright kid. They performed his upananyanam (sacred thread ceremony) and took him to their guru Vishwadikendhra Saraswathi. Their guru enquired who the kid was and they replied that it was the Guru's kid. The guru then asked Kesava Pandurangan if he would give the kid to the mutt if he really meant that he was his kid. Kesavan then told his Guru that he would check with his wife and let him know. He then stepped back to speak to his wife. They knew that if they give him to the mutt he would become a sanyasi and that their lineage can not continue as he was their only son. Suguna was now crying and when her husband asked her the reason, she said that she was crying for the only reason that he had told their guru that he would check with her and then give their son. She then said that she and the kid belonged to him and that he belonged to his guru, and there was no need to ask her for permission. Kesava Pandurangan then happily gave Purushothaman to Vishwadikendhra Saraswathi. The guru arranged for a teacher who would teach Purushothaman all the Vedas and sastras. Purushothaman studied along with another boy called Gyanasakaran. He finished all his studies when he was only 18. The only thing left to be learned was Bhramavidhyai and he wanted to learn this from his Guru and Vishwadikendrar had also promised that he would teach him Bhramavidhyai personally. However Vishwadikendrar had gone on a yatra and was now in Kasi. Purushothaman and Gyanasakaran had to go by walk from Kanchi to Kasi. One day they started their journey to Kasi to meet their guru. Gyanasakaran was good in astrology and knew that he would die on the way to Kasi. As they were close friends he told Purushothaman that if something happens to either one of them the other should perform their death ceremony and then give up his life in the Ganges so that both of them can be together even after death. They had only covered half the distance and Gyanasekaran suddenly fell ill and passed away. After performing his death ceremony Purushothaman continued his journey to Kasi. On reaching Kasi he met his guru prostrated to him and told him what had happened to them on their way. He then asked his guru's permission to give up his life in the Ganges. The guru felt bad as he had planned to make Purushothaman as the next pontiff of the mutt. He then told Purushothaman that if he has do what he promised to his friend and also do what he wanted him to do there was a solution and asked him if he would agree to it. Purushothaman immediately replied that he would agree to his Guru's words. The Guru then said that getting in to Sanyasa ashram was like having a new birth. This way he would keep up the promise made to his friend and also keep him happy by becoming the next pontiff of the mutt. Vishwadikendrar then gave him sanyasa and named him as Bagavannama Bodhendrar. He then stayed in Kasi and learnt everything from his guru. His guru then asked him to go back to south India and do Nama pracharam and show the power of Bagavan Nama.
There was a great saint called Lakshmidharar in Puri, who had written a book called Bagavannama kowmudhi which was a nama siddhantha grantham. Vishwadikendrar had also instructed Bodhendrar to collect this book on his way back and wanted him to master that that book too. He then came to Puri had darshan of Lord Jagannath and then went to Lakshmidharar's house. Lakshmidharar had passed away and his son Jagannatha Pandit was there. It was evening and the house was locked from inside. Bodhendrar not wanting to disturb them sat down outside the house and started meditating.
A few days earlier an event had happened there. A couple from south India had come on a yatra to Kasi. One night when they were staying in that village the husband woke up the next morning and found that his wife was missing. He searched for her the next morning and could not find her. He then told the villagers about this and they said that some Muslims would come in the night and kidnap any women they find and take them to be with them as their mistress. The husband felt very bad hearing this but dint want to stop his Kasi yatra because of this.
He completed his yatra and was returning back through the same village that day. He was performing his rituals in the river and a Muslim lady seeing him came running to him and started crying to him. He then realised that it was his wife. When he asked her what had happened, she told him that there was no time now and that they have to escape now and promised to tell him what happened later. They then ran through the forest and came to a safer place. The lady then told him that they had kidnapped her in the night by tying her mouth with a cloth and ravished her. She then asked her husband to save her from them and asked him to have her as maid if not as a wife. The husband then told her that if the sastras allowed this he would take her. They then decided to come to see Jaganatha Pandit to check with him on what the Dharma sastras say.
The couple reached Jaganatha Pandit's house the same night to ask him what the Dharma Sastras say. Bodhendrar was meditating outside the house and they knocked the door to wake up Jaganatha Pandit. When he opened the door they told him their story and feel on his feet asking him to give them a solution. Hearing this he asked her to say Rama Rama Rama and after that they could live together. As he said this his mother who was seated inside asked him why he degraded the power of Rama Nama by asking them to say it 3 times and told him that his father would ask even the biggest sinner to utter Rama only once and that would take care of removing all his sins. Bodhendrar who was sitting there now stood up and asked Jaganatha Pandit if there was any proof for what he was saying. Jaganatha Pandit then said that his father's book had the proof for the same. Bodhendrar then asked him to show the book. Bodhenrar finished reading the book the same night with the help of a small lamp. The next day he called the couple and Jaganatha Pandit and said that the sastras were true and that his father had mentioned very clearly what he told yesterday, but the outside world wouldn't believe this. Bodhendrar then asked the couple to go to the river and take a dip after chanting Rama nama. He then said that though she is now wearing a Muslim dress once she takes a dip after chanting Rama nama she will get back to her old attire and become as pure as how she was before she left her husband. The entire city gathered on the river bank to see this event. The lady came and prostrated Bodhendral and he asked her if she believes that by saying Rama nama all her sins would go away. The lady said that she doesn't know about Rama nama but she believes him and considers him as her guru. She then said Rama and took a dip in the river. As she came out she had flowers in her head, kumkum in her forehead and turmeric applied all over her body. On seeing this everyone started chanting Rama nama and she happily went to her husband. The couple then prostrated to Bodhendral and took his blessing. Bodhendral then continued his yatra to south India.
On reaching Kanchi he wrote several books as desired by his guru. Some of them that are available today are Bagavannama Rasodhayam, Bagavannama Rasarnavam, Bagavannama Rasayanam. Our guru Sri Krishna Premi Maharaj has translated Bagavannama Rasodhayam in Tamil and the same is now available for people who don't know Sanskrit. Botherndral was waiting for his guru to come back so that he could show his books to him. Vishwadikendhra Saraswathi finished his yatra and came back to Kanchi. Vishwadikendhra Saraswathi was very happy with his work and asked him to preach the importance of Bagavan Nama. Bodhenral then travelled across India and made everyone chant Rama nama and also preached that the only way to attain god in this Kaliyuga was chanting the name of god.
Sridhara Ayyaval, of Tiruvisanallur was a contemporary to Bodhendral. He was elder to Bodhendral. They happened to meet each other once and after that they would go together to the villages to do Nama pracharam. They would go to a village and initiate everyone in the village with Rama nama. Once done they would move to the next village. Bodhendral once came to a village called Perambur. One day he was invited by a person to his house for Biksha (lunch). His son was dumb (incapable of speaking). Bodhendral would go to places only where people chanted Rama nama. So he initiated him with Rama nama and also asked him to ask his wife to chant the name of Rama while cooking. When Bodhendral came to his house for lunch he felt very bad that there was no way for his son to say Rama nama as he was dumb. He then felt that his nama siddhantam could not help people like him to reach god. After the lunch when the family prostrated to Bodhendral he was filled with tears in his eyes for the boy. On seeing this, the man said that it was his destiny to be born like this and asked him not to be worried about him. Bodhenral then told him that he was only worried about how he would attain god and not because he is dumb. The man immediately told him that now he knew that his son will definitely reach god as there is a guru who is bothered about him. He also said that his guru kripa will help him attain god. After that the kid automatically started chanting Rama nama in his mind. Forever he would be with Bodhendral and do service to him. Bodhendral was about to leave Perambur after 4 months and the kid started crying as he could not bear the detachment from his guru. Bodhendral then gave him his Sri Padukas and left.
Bodhendhral made the Nawab of Arcot as his disciple. Arcot was hit by plague once and there was no treatment for this. The Nawab was also attacked by plague and it so happened that Bodhendral was there in Arcot then. The people in the city went and told their problem to Bodhendral who then asked them to get together and chant Rama nama. Once they did this everyone were cured and there was no trace of plague in the city. The Nawab then gave some land to his mutt and became his follower.
During his yatra Bodhendral once went to a village called Thirukokarnam for nama pracharam. He was initiating everyone in that village with Rama nama. A dassi came there to him and asked if she could also chant Rama nama and if he would initiate her. Bodhendral initiated her with Rama nama without any hesitation. Those days sanyasi's were not even allowed to speak to women and when he directly initiated a women that too a dassi, the villagers started speaking ill about him. After some days Bodhendral left the village. The dassi was chanting Rama nama religiously and would chant though out the day. Bodhendral happened to come back to that village after some time. By the time Bodhendral came back she had finished chanting crores of Rama nama. The dassi came to have a darshan of Bodhendral and after prostrating to him she left this world through Kabala moksham(spirit leaving the body, opening the top of her skull at her own will) in front of her guru like how a yogi leave this world. The villagers were surprised seeing this and realised their mistake.
One day kids were playing in the banks of Kaveri. They would keep their feet in the mud and close it with mud and then remove the disappeared leg from the sand. Bodhendral had now planned to leave this world, so he went to the children and said that he would come out if they buried him inside the sand. Taking this for true the kids dug a pit and asked him to get inside. They then closed him completely with sand while he was meditating. Next day people in the village were searching for Bodhendral and they couldn't find him. The kids then told them that he is buried under the sand and that he had asked them to do that. The villagers were now frightened. They then decided to start digging there and all of a sudden there was a voice saying that he was in Samadhi here and that no one should disturb him. After a few years the exact location of his Samadhi was forgotten as they had not build an Adhishtanam.
After 100 years of his Samadhi, Maruthanallur Sadguru swamigal decided to find his Samadhi and build an Adhishtanam around it. He searched for the exact location in Govindapuram. He would tie his legs and crawl on the river bank as he did not want to accidentally touch the Samadhi on his feet. At one place he could hear Rama nama being chanted and he immediately found out that it was the location where Bodhendral had attained Samadhi. He then went to Maharashtrian king who was then ruling Thanjavore and with his help built the Adhishtanam there.
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Lord Vishnu called Sage Naradha and asked him to go the world and preach about bhakthi marga as the people were suffering in the Kaliyug without knowing the right path. Sage Naradha then asked Vishnu what if he goes there and he too becomes like others due to the effect of Kali and does not do the preaching. Vishnu then told him that he would not get affected by Kali and if he does get affected he would come to his rescue. Hearing this Naradha agreed to Vishnu's request and came to this world as Purandharadasa.
Purandharadasa was born in a Brahmin family in Purandhara ghat which near Pandharpur. He was named as Seenapa Nayakar. His parents did not have a kid for long time and they prayed to Lord Srinivasan of Tirumala and got this child, hence they named him as Seenapan. He was born in a very rich family and excelled in his studies. His parents then got him married to a girl called Lakshmi. After some time his parents passed away. Seenapan was blessed with one daughter and one son. Even though he was very rich, he was a miser and would never give anything to any one. He was running a pawnbroker shop and would trade on precious stones for his living. He would never give anything to any one and would not even invite his relatives for lunch or dinner. His wife Lakshmi was very pious and god fearing. She would always pray to Tulasi Devi asking her to show the right path to her husband.
One day Seenapan was sitting in his shop and an old Brahmin who was poor came to his shop. The old man told him that he was getting his daughter married and also performing upanayanam for his son. He then said that everyone in the village had told him that, Seenapan does a lot of charity and had come to ask him for some donation. Seenapan sent him off saying that he would not give him anything even though the old man was repeatedly trying to get something from him. After trying for almost 2 hours the old man gave up and went to the next street looking for someone else. On seeing a very big bungalow, he sat outside the house thinking that he would get some food as he was hungry by then. This happened to Seenapan's house. Lakshmi was then performing Tulasi pooja and on seeing the old Brahman went and prostrated him. The old man then told her that he was very hungry and asked if she would give him some food. He also told her that he has arranged for his daughters marriage and asked her to give him something for the same. She then took a costly nose stud and gave it to him. She then told him that her husband would be coming any time and if he happens to see her serving food to him he would get angry; so asked him to leave immediately. The old man then blessed her and left. He again came back to Seenapan's shop to mortgage the nose stud. Seenapan on seeing this immediately found out that it belonged to his wife. He then asked the old man how he got this and the Brahman said that a lady from the next street gave it to him for his daughter's marriage. Seenapan then told the old man that it belonged to his wife and said that he would check with her if she gave it to him and come back. He asked the old man to be seated and went to his house. Seenapan came home and screamed at Lakshmi with anger asking where the nose stud was. Looking at him Lakshmi was frightened and lied to him that it was inside. Not believing her Seenapan asked her to show it to him. Lakshmi then went inside and cried to Tulasi Devi. As she was crying she felt something falling in her hand and it was the nose stud. She immediately took it and showed it to Seenapan. He then came back to his shop but the Brahman was missing. He then opened his locker and checked for the nose stud and that was missing too but the locker was intact. Seeing this he was confused and came back home and asked his wife what happened and who the old man was. She then confessed to him that the old man had come and asked from some donation for his daughter's marriage and that she had given it to him. He then asked her how she got it again when he had locked it in the shop. Lakshmi said that she had pleaded Tulasi Devi to rescue her and that she had given it to her again. Seenapan then went out in search of the Brahman but could not find him anywhere. He then came back home and was looking at the nose stud. He then realised who he was and also understood that it was Lord Vishnu who had come as the old Brahman to rescue him and show him the right path. He then felt that he had wasted 30 years of his life and decided go in service of god by singing his praise. He then took a Tambura and left his house leaving all his wealth. Lakshmi too followed him with their children leaving everything behind. His relatives and neighbours came running behind him and asked him what happened and why he was leaving his house and going on the streets singing the praise of god. He said that he had wasted his life all along and was now going to Pandharpur to see lord Vitthal. His relatives then asked him how he would take care of his wife and how will he get his daughter married if he leaves all his assets and goes to Pandhari. Seenapan then told them that Vitthal will take care of his family as he is the one who has said "Yogakshemam Vahamyaham" (Which means "I will take care of my devotees") Lakshmi then asked Seenapan if they could donate all their wealth to the poor and needy. Seenapan replied that nothing belonged to them and everything belonged to Vitthal and that how can they donate something that belonged to Vitthal and said that Vitthal would give it to whomever he wanted to.
Seenapan was now in search of a Guru. He had earlier been to Emperor Krishnadevaraya's palace on the capacity of a precious stone merchant and Vyasarayar was the Raja Guru in the palace. Earlier during his visits he had never bothered to pay his respects to Vyasarayar but now wanted to make him as his guru. Seenapan went to Vyasarayar's ashram and prostrated to him, Vyasarayar immediately got up and hugged him and told him that he knew that he would come to him one day and was waiting for the same and blessed him. He then named him as Purandaradasar. The Emperor Krishnadevarayar heard that Seenapan had deserted his 9 Crores of wealth and is now serving the Raja Guru Vyasarayar as his sishya. As he knew him well he came down to the ashram to meet him. He asked him what happened and why he had left worldly pleasures and come here. He then told him that he has been blessed by his guru and has now got the company of Haridassas and is happy singing the praise of Vitthal and that he was now happier than earlier. The king then prostrated to him and told him that he was a Gyani and has had the darshan of Vitthal and said that he would be happy even if he gets a small percentage of his bhakthi. After a few days Purandaradasar requested his guru's permission to go on a Pandhari yatra as he wanted to badly see Vitthal who had shown him the path of namasankirthan. Vyasarayar then blessed him and asked him to go to Pandharpur.
Purandharadasar set out on a yatra to Pandhari and many bhakthas joined him on the way to Pandharpur. Dasar would perform Unjaverthi (Go on the streets singing the praise of god and collecting rice and dhal from the neighbourhood) and collect food for all of them and feed them every day. This way reached Pandharpur after a few days. On reaching Pandhari, Dasar had a dip in the holy river of Chandrabhaga and came running towards the Mahadhwar. He then prostrated at the Garuda Sthambam and came running towards the yogapeedam to have a darshan of Vitthal. Dasar then hugged Vitthal and was full of tears in his eyes. He then came to Rangashila (the mandap where people sing the praise of Vitthal) and prostrated to every person sitting there. Everyone there hugged him and gave him the thambura and asked him to sing. All of them too sang bhajans and namavallis along with Dasar. He then decided to stay in Pandhari and made a small hut for himself. He would perform Unjaverthi every day and feed his family. He would forever be in the temple singing bhajans and kirthans. Vitthal performed the marriage for his daughter and also the upanayanam for his son. Dasar then wanted to go on a yatra and asked Vitthal's permission for the same. Vitthal then blessed him and he started on a yatra.
Dasar then toured the entire India and blessed everyone by his presence and his kirthans. He sang 5 lakhs kirthans and also preached about the importance of Namasankirthan. Dasar had a sishya, like Ekalavya for Dronocharya whom Dasar had never met. This sishya had written down all the kirthans of Purandaradasar and would recite the same everyday happily. He was not knowledgeable on carnatic music and others would tease him for singing badly. One day Dasar happened to pass by his house and he was reciting Dasar's kirtans. Dasar then realised that someone was singing his kirthans inside the house and felt bad with the way he was singing. Dasar then thought to himself that he would not have sung these songs had he known someone would spoil the raga and thalas and sing his songs so badly. He then moved from there and to his dismay he found that he could not sing or speak any more. He then understood the reason behind it and went back to that house. He knocked the door and the man who was singing came and opened the door. On seeing Dasar he was surprised and asked him if he was Purandaradasar and once he knew who he was he prostrated to him and started singing and dancing and became delighted. Dasar then hugged him and thought he was his best sishya and immediately he got back his voice. He then came back to Pandharpur after visiting all holy places.
Purandaradasar wanted to teach his musical skills to someone before he leaves this world so that it could be passed on through generations. There was a dassi in Pandharpur who wanted to learn music and so he started teaching her music. He would go to her house and teach music to her. Seeing Dasar go to the dassi's house everyday, a rumour spread about him in the village. Vitthal then decided to show the world about the real qualities of Dasar and performed a leela. One day a very costly jewellery of Vitthal was missing and as the priest could not find it they informed the police. The police started harassing and beating every one working in the temple to check who took it. One of the sweepers in the temple also happened to be the sweeper of that dassi. She then told the police that she had seen the jewel in the dassi's house. The police then sent for her and questioned her. The dassi then told the police that it was Dasar who had given it to her. The police then arrested Purandaradasar and tied him to one of the pillars in Rangashila. Everyone was now waiting for the king to come and whip him. Dasar was quiet and thought that whatever was Vitthal's wish will happen and there is no point trying to justify anything. The king then arrived and one of the police handed over the whip to the king. The king then asked Dasar to say in front of Vitthal if he had stolen the jewellery from the temple. Dasar was quiet and did not reply. The king got angry and took the whip and started whipping him, asking why he was not even answering his question. However someone had pulled the whip from the king's hand before it hit Dasar. The king turned back to see who had pulled the whip from him, but none of the soldiers behind him had the whip. They then found that the whip was inside the shrine with Vitthal. On seeing this, the king ordered the police to untie Dasar and prostrated to him and asked him to forgive him. The people who were speaking ill of him now understood about him and stopped speaking rumours about him.


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Are you visiting Brasov?? Then be my guest!!
I'm offering my entire home for spending few relaxing days in this wonderful town.
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The Space
If you are coming for skiing in Poiana Brasov or for mountain bike, for visiting the old town (with Black Church, First Romanian School, the fortress, the old citadel walls and bastions etc) or the neighborhood (Dracula's Castle – 30 km, Rasnov Fortress – 17 km, Bear Sanctuary - 30 km - near Rasnov, Peles Castle – Sinaia – 45 km, Sighisoara - 117 km, Transfagarasan Road) you are in the right place.
The apartment has 65 sq m, a bedroom with a king size bed, a living room with a coach which can be transformed easily into a big bed for two persons, a fully equipped kitchen and a bathroom.
The studio is ideal for 2 couples / 2-4 quests.
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You can contact me anytime on Aribnb. After your booking you'll receive also my phone no. and my email. Don't hesitate to contact me if you need more information about the apartment or about Brasov.
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In NZOG's activities report for the quarter to March, much of
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semi-submersible rig Kan Tan IV at the Pateke well, offshore
Taranaki, and a dry exploratory well, Matuku, in the same
Revenue for NZOG from its 27.5% share in the Tui field, off
Taranaki, for the quarter was $13.7 million, and from the
Kupe field (15% interest), $15.8 million.
In its half-year to December report, oil and gas exploration
spending was up from $10.5 million to $23.7 million, as the
company looked to define new prospects to expand its overall
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Toroa prospect, south of Dunedin in the Great South Basin,
and in the Canterbury Basin, the Galleon prospect northeast
of Dunedin and the Clipper prospect, off Oamaru's coast.
Both Galleon and Clipper have had seismic surveys completed
in recent months. The Galleon results are still being
analysed, and the company is working towards making a
commitment decision by October 2015 on making a
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NZOG gained the Toroa prospect permit in April and planning
had begun for a seismic survey, to be undertaken in late-2014
to early 2015.
For the quarter to March, NZOG had $138.3 million cash in
hand, and planned to spend more than $30 million on
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July 16, 2015 From staff reports GRANVILLE, WV – Orlando Olivera produced his first three-hit game in the New York-Penn League as the State College Spikes used a trio of big innings to pace a 10-7 victory over... more »»
Spikes rough up Tri-City
July 14, 2015 From staff reports STATE COLLEGE — The State College Spikes produced 13 hits, including four by Leobaldo Pina, and propelled themselves to a 7-2 victory over the Tri-City ValleyCats on Monday... more »»
Spikes fall to Valley Cats
July 13, 2015 From staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Casey Grayson extended his on-base streak to 21 games, and his hitting streak to 12 games, but the State College Spikes were held in check as they fell to the... more »»
Inside-the-park homer helps Spikes
July 11, 2015 From staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Danny Martin dashed home with the inside-the-park homer, his fourth dinger of the season, to spark the State College Spikes early, and the Spikes pulled out a 7-5... more »»
Clutch hitting helps Conecticut to win
July 10, 2015 STATE COLLEGE — The way things were going for State College through five innings, they might have wished secondary mascot Lucky the Lion was on the field. more »»
Spikes win rain-shortened game
July 9, 2015 From staff reports STATE COLLEGE — The State College Spikes were stifled early, but Ian McKinney held the fort on the mound and the Spikes surged to the lead before the rain moved in and ended the... more »»
More hits for Spikes against Auburn
July 7, 2015 AUBURN, N.Y. — Down 4-0 in the first inning, the State College Spikes used a season-high 15 hits, including R.J. more »»
Spikes rough up Auburn on 14 hits
July 6, 2015 AUBURN, N.. more »»
Pitching collapses on Spikes
July 3, 2015 STATE COLLEGE — In the first three innings of play Thursday, Spikes' starter Jorge Rodriguez' walks were just a bit of a nuisance for catcher Jesse Jenner. more »»
Swirchak delivers 4 RBIs
July 2, 2015 From staff reports STATE COLLEGE, PA – In his third professional game, Josh Swirchak knocked in four runs to pace the State College Spikes' offense to a 5-2 victory over the West Virginia Black... more »»
Yankees halt Spikes win streak
June 30, 2015 From staff reports STATEN ISLAND, NY – The State College Spikes saw their winning streak close at three games as they fell to the Staten Island Yankees, 5-1, on Monday night at Richmond County Bank... more »»
Spikes' big fourth helps drop Yankees
June 29, 2015 From staff reports STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. more »»


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