About G O D
--Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
About...
Global Organization for Divinity (GOD) is a registered public benefit corporation founded by the devotees of Sri Muralidhara Swamiji in the United States of America.
Our Vision
To promote peace, harmony and universal love amidst cultural diversity through inner spiritual transformation.
For more details on the organization, read our "Goals and Objectives".
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Guiding Principles
Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, hailing from Chennai, India is a philosopher
and spiritual preceptor who practices and propagates
the practical aspects of Indian spirituality.
The organization has his philosophy as its guiding principles.
His key activities are in the direction of educating people the fact that real happiness is very much within one's own self and the inner peace and tranquility will naturally lead to universal brotherhood and harmony. Realization of this truth in this age of haste and hurry is as much possible and practicable as it was in earlier ages, and can be attained by simple but sustained practices that include mind control and chanting of the Divine Name of God, especially the "Hare Rama..." Mahamantra.
He inculcates a spirit of universal acceptance, coupled with intense faith and steadfast devotion on the path the spiritual seeker is treading on.
Sri Swamiji believes in the philosophy of Non-Dualism or Advaita advocated by
Adi Shankara. He advocates that Self-Realization is the ultimate goal of all
living-beings. He has expounded many Advaitic scriptures and the Upanishads and
the life and works of great Mahans in this lineage. Specifically, he has
discoursed at length on Ramana Maharshi's life and his works like 'Upadesa Undiyar',
'Aksharamanamalai', 'Ulladhu Narpathu' and a few of these are also
released as commercial audio CDs and cassettes.
While Sri Swamiji believes in Advaita, it is his strong opinion that one can
attain that state easily through devotion or Bhakti towards the Lord, especially Prema Bhakti (divine love) towards Sri Krishna and the different forms of
Krishna like Panduranga, Guruvayoorappan etc., as Krishna is verily the form of
'Brahman'. He believes that Srimad Bhagavatam, chief among the Puranas is the
key text to Bhakti and by mere reading of that text, one can get closer to Sri
Krishna.
He follows the footsteps of the great Mahans who have come in this lineage.
Sri Swamiji believes that Nama Kirtan (singing the name of the Lord) is the
easiest way to perform Bhakti and attain liberation in this Kali Yuga. Srimad
Bhagavatam and many other scriptures in Sanatana Dharma advocate this as the
simplest means to attain the Lord. Scriptures say, "While mental repetition of
the Divine Names leads to the good of the individual, chanting the Divine Names
loudly purifies the chanter, the listener and the very place where the chanting
is done." In keeping with the Kali Santarana Upanishad, Sri Swamiji advocates
the Singing of the Maha Mantra as the only way to overcome the ills of worldly
existence and attain divine bliss.