S'rî Sukta - God appears in the form of S'rî Vishnu to uphold and protect the world. All action by Lord Vishnu is performed by His S'akti Lakshmî. She is the mother aspect of creation and the nourisher of the three worlds. Her description appears in the S'rî Sukta, where she is glorified. In reality, there is no difference between Lord Vishnu (the one who holds the power of action) and Lakshmî (His S'akti who actually performs the action). Lakshmî is then the presiding deity of all Divine manifestation.

Shankaracharya Tradition The Shankaracharya tradition is our immediate historical link to the Holy Tradition so it is important to understand something of the greatness of S'rî Adi Shankara. He choose his birth where religion was properly observed, in Kerala at Kaldi. He received his sacred thread ceremony (upanayana) at age 5 and moved to his Guru's ashram and commenced studying the Vedas with his Guru.