Vedanta Sangamam

Often, we keep reflecting on the aspects of sorrow, troubles, dissatisfaction, 'unfulfillments' in our lives. We keep pondering upon these, we keep talking about these, we keep mourning upon these. When we fail an job interview for a job that we really wanted, we consider ourselves unlucky and we become demotivated. We keep thinking and talking about this misfortune that the ill feeling starts taking control over us. When we attend the next job interview, we reflect on the previous failure and we assume that this job interview will also not be a successful one. Such thought takes control over our perception, behavior, attitude and approach towards the interview session, the interviewer and the organization as a whole. No doubt, due to our own actions, we fail this interview as well. Such scenarios can be applied on various other events that happen in our lives throughout. We keep promoting the aspects of negativity within us. Going back to the 1st job interview again...w

During childhood, one would remember watching Ultraman, a Japanese fiction cartoon. At least, this was my favorite show back then. More than Ultraman and his supernatural abilities to destroy the demon, I used to enjoy watching the demon. This demon always comes in different forms and appearance each time. At times with thorny wings, at times in red, at times in blue, at times looking more like a bird, at times more like a dinosaur, etc etc. However, in most of the episodes, Ultraman defeats the demon. From childhood, we are trained to accept that good defeats the evil. Hero wins the villain. In Tamil, they say,  தர்மத்தின் வாழ்வு தன்னை சூது கவ்வும். தர்மம் மறுபடியும் வெல்லும்   Dharmathin Vazhvu Dhanai Soodhu Kavvum, Dharmam Marupadiyum Vellum (Dharma may be seem losing to Adharma, but at the end only Dharma will triumph).  Now, getting back to Mahishasura. Mahishasura is a demon depicted in the Puranas. he's with a buffalo head and human body. Mahisha in Sanskrit means