The biggest invisible constraint in our life was our ego (Aham in Hinduism). Though we did not recognize it occasionally but for those who desired absolute success in life, our ego was the biggest hurdle in life! Not for those who manifested worldly riches by tweaking rights of others. For people with a bloated ego, there never was any […]
The purpose of life never directly relates to family. It was always made outside of it. Siddhartha Gautama even though had a child and wife, just touched the feet of his wife and child and vanished like a breeze never to come back. That was not how we burnt our karma on path of pure spirituality. It was a wrong […]
Well, that was absolutely normal. In the initial stages of spiritual pursuit when I indulged in path of self enquiry lying in shavasna pose of yoga, I most of time fell dead asleep after about 15 to 20 minutes of indulgence in path of contemplation, logical reasoning. As my journey of spirituality progressed ahead I developed more and more […]
Can someone as worldly as Radhe Maa know anything about spirituality? Can she follow path undertaken by Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa or Maharishi Ramana to reach God in her lifetime? Even religious preceptors did not run after material riches or worldly wealth as Radhe Maa! If we desire knowing anything about spirituality, our indulgence in teachings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa […]
What saith Swami Vivekananda about Gautama Buddha is corroborated by Lord Krishna in teachings of Bhagavad Gita! Becoming a Buddha… a bodhi, a Jina… a Mahavira means gaining enlightenment and finally salvation moksha. As per Bhagavad Gita and also Swami Vivekananda any human being can reach enlightenment stage of life. Every single human being on mother earth had the divinity […]
Now that elections are over, one thing in Indian politics has been firmly established. BJP as today is not the same it earlier used to be (erstwhile Jan Sangh). Narendra Modi at the helm of BJP is the best possible for entire India. We could never get a better Prime Minister than Narendra Modi in present times. But […]
As of date human form is the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. The purpose of human life was simple… reaching our true inner self. In laymen terms it simply means we as a soul atman gaining absolute purity forever. Human beings have been endowed with special power of discrimination that distinguishes us from animals. Exercising this power […]
Bookish knowledge (intelligence) and experience are two sides of the same coin. Some human beings never got the opportunity to gain formal schooling or any sort of education in life. Yet, their accomplishments sometimes dwarfed accomplishments of so-called intelligent, knowledgeable people. Bill Gates, architect of Microsoft Corporation is one of them. There are numerous examples of such people in […]
The scriptures of Hinduism religion differed from Christianity or Islamic Dharma. In Christianity till date only Jesus Christ reached stage of enlightenment. In Islamic Dharma also only Prophet Mohammed reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana). Same was the case with Buddhism where only Gautama Buddha gained enlightenment. Hinduism and also Jainism were distinct from above practices, religions. Hinduism religion […]
How did we identify self… with our ego or true inner self? As a manifest physical human being we were directly governed by our ego (Aham in Hinduism). In absence of ego, no human being on mother earth would indulge in karma. It is our ego that prompts from within to indulge in various stages of karma based on our […]
What happens when children see a joker in a circus? They are pretty excited watching him perform different fun activities. But the real life of a joker was different. Most human beings in present manifest world were attracted towards embellishments of present ephemeral world rather than reality within. Lord Krishna and his childhood pranks were only symbolic, having nothing to […]
There were two facets to present human life. After death of present body our soul atman manifests a new body based on residual balance of karma at the time of death. Only if matching parents are not available on mother earth the soul atman hibernates in heaven or hell (swarga or naraka). Sooner matching parents become available; the hibernating soul […]
To understand precepts of Hinduism our belief in world of souls’ atmans was necessitated. Amoeba (single cell formation), the first manifestation by a soul atman can exist in human body. For an amoeba the entire human body was not less than a cosmos (Brahmaand in Hinduism). For an amoeba residing in intestines God was like an endless tunnel. For […]
Have we ever witnessed God Almighty or its manifest attributes air, water, fire promoting self on mother earth. Do Bill Gates or Tatas in India need promoting self. The foundation pillars need not advertise ever. Hinduism religion always called a way of life was the foundation stone on which stood every single religion of world. Any human being world over […]
Bhagavad Gita never says Lord Krishna is supreme God. The sermon of Bhagavad Gita was given by Lord Krishna to Pandava prince Arjuna in the battle of Mahabharata. Bhagavad Gita eulogizes power of truth but only truth. Everything in Bhagavad Gita was symbolic. Lord Krishna has been equated to soul atman existing within human body. In a way Lord Krishna […]
The concept of transmutation of sexual energy termed celibacy (Brahmacharya Vrata) is best detailed by Napoleon Hill in his famous books “Think and Grow Rich” and “Law of Success“. Napoleon Hill talks about tangible wealth most of time. Truly, by transmuting and channelizing sexual energy towards the only goal of life human beings can gain absolute success in life. Practice […]
The concept of God is not a creation of mankind. From the very beginning of life when mankind came into existence people believed in something they called God. In Hinduism God is also called by other names such as Brahman, Sanatana Purusha, Karta, Bhagwan, Allah and khuda, Narayan, Hari, Parmatman, Prabhu and Ishwar etc. As the belief, accordingly the manifestation […]
Better than book is a commentary and for beginners commentary on Bhagavad Gita by Jayadayal Goyandka and Swami Ramsukhdas were the best available in India. At a later stage one could indulge in commentary by Adi Shankaracharya. All these commentaries were available from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India, a highly subsidized publication centre. Most of the publications of Gita press […]
As detailed in Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita the journey of a soul atman on mother earth consisted of 8.4 million types of bodies, a journey roughly equivalent of 96.4 million earthly years. A soul atman initially manifests form of amoeba (single cell formation), the first manifestation in cosmic life cycle. It further evolves into multi-cell formation, then insect life, […]
Born in Jain religion I followed teachings of Bhagavad Gita right from six years of age. In Jainism speaking about Lord Krishna is blasphemy. As per Jaina traditions our elders always said, Krishna presently existed in hell. Such a belief rendered Jainism to a minority status in present times. Lord Krishna came above thousand years earlier to Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara […]
In the so-called Hinduism religion, which should aptly be called Sanatana Dharma, always termed a way of life… there were two paths to follow, one path of religion and the other path of spirituality. Travelers of material path mostly indulged in path of religion (path of rituals). Those who desired reaching God in present life followed path of spirituality, […]
The commentary by Srila Prabhupada is irrelevant in present times. It concerns path of bhakti yoga through which none could reach God in present times. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana the two spiritual stalwarts who reached God in their lifetime initially started their search of God via path of karma yoga and bhakti yoga but finding God could […]
As a human being, in manifest physical self can one ever reach nirvanic goal of life? The physical manifest life was but a medium for our soul atman to reach stage of absolute purity. Concepts like enlightenment, kaivalya jnana, Nirvana exist for travelers of spiritual path, never travelers of material world. A commoner, one from masses not interested in travelling […]
What is migraine? Medical science has not been able to determine causes for migraine. I experienced bouts of severe migraine since childhood. Not knowing cause of such severe headaches my parents gave me balm to apply on forehead. Sometimes it gave relief, at other times induced me to sleep. Sometimes the migraine halted in hours, at times persisted for days. […]
In yesteryears when human beings had not yet evolved to the stage they are today, seekers reached stage of enlightenment through path of bhakti yoga that demands total surrender to God Almighty. Such a surrender and finally acceptance by God Almighty in present times of Kali Yuga… Dark Age, metal age seemed totally impossible. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana […]
How do we define moksha? In Hinduism, even in Jainism moksha is the stage when an enlightened one left mortal frame forever. The soul atman finally liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever. The liberated soul atman finally enters abode of God, kingdom of God (Vaikuntha in Hinduism)… never kingdom of heaven (swarga). Mukti… liberation from cycle […]
Yoga meditation was the precept, travelling path of spirituality our goal of life. Enlightenment can only be gained by travelling path of spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita. Ever since souls atmans separated from their source God Almighty himself (Parmatman in Hinduism), they desire regaining their lost original pure prime pristine primordial form at the earliest. Yoga is derived […]
Spiritual awakening the term by itself was never wanting, neither did it relate to any religion. The actual meaning of word “spiritual awakening” lay in Bhagavad Gita, foremost of all scriptural text available on mother earth. As we were primarily a spirit, a soul atman on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations, the present earthly journey of […]
In a broader context India means land of Sanatana Dharma, where Dharma (righteousness) exists from times immemorial. Even with passage of time, nothing in Bhagavad Gita (foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth) diluted. The teachings of Lord Krishna are still available intact and that too for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60) with Hindi or English transliteration from Gita […]
God Almighty, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent creator of all cosmos that consisted of many universes, every universe consisting of billions of galaxies, every galaxy consisting of billions of stars and our solar system, a small star family. Still, we think of God as a delusion, misconception? It is not for science to realize entity we called God Almighty. Science […]