Conceptualizing, visualizing God Almighty Brahman in Hinduism in all its glory was beyond commoners, masses at large. Even though most Hindus realized God was one and only one, Brahman in Hinduism… most preferred travelling path of religion (path of rituals) than travelling path of spirituality. As per Hinduism religion (always termed a way of life) there existed a total […]
Whatever happened, happened for good means time was a very vital element of cosmic system, human life. Something that has passed could never be brought back. Even if I paid $1 million per hour, I just could not bring back the time that has passed. As we cannot undo our past, it is best we believe in the fact that […]
There was nothing like practice of religion that existed in this world. By practice of religion what do we expect gaining in the end? Religion in itself means going to religious places, congregations to build awareness about religion and religious practices. One never reached God via path of religion (path of rituals), going to temples churches and mosques practically yielded […]
Thoughts can never be mastered via way of worship or yoga. For mastering thoughts in totality we need to have a firm goal in life. In absence of a goal life was like a rudderless boat going round and round in the ocean. Having a goal in life is journey half covered. When we had a fixed goal in life, […]
Amoeba (single cell formation) is the first manifestation by a soul atman in cosmic system. It further evolves into multi-cell formation, then insect life, plant life, animal life and finally human form. All animals, bugs, insects had a soul atman within. If bacteria and viruses fall under category of single cell formation like amoeba, they also would have a […]
Overwhelmed with grace of God Almighty when our prayers sometimes get accepted in domain of God Almighty, tears automatically flowed. Flow of tears while praying was common. This happened when we were sincere and did not ask anything for self. Unselfish prayers always bore results. Indulgence in prayers leads one to a totally different platform than the materialistic world. […]
Ever since brain of human beings evolved to a stage that it could invoke messages from God, various sages and saints of different era in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) invoked words of God known as Vedas (Hinduism revelations). Along with Vedas developed Upanishads (independent treatises) which were independent commentaries, summaries, ideas primarily relating to Brahman in Hinduism. More than […]
Working with an unattached attitude was totally different from detachment. This inherent aspect of life has been explicitly detailed in Bhagavad Gita, the sermon given to mankind by Lord Krishna. Working with an unattached attitude means not attaching self to fruits of karma performed. We just could not leave family life midway as did Siddhartha Gautama. Just by touching […]
Why next life? We can erase every trace of negative karma from present or past lives in present life itself. By indulging in good karma, positive karma all the time… by asking forgiveness from those against whom we harbored ill will, we can negate traces of negative karma from our life. Power of positive thinking is that ingredient that […]
The incessant flow of thoughts to our brain was inherent, every second thousands of thoughts flowed by without our invocation. When we go to sleep the flow of thoughts to the conscious brain stops of its own but dreams takeover! Prompted by our ego, we experienced flow of thoughts all the time but in sleep, all the dreams we saw […]
As detailed in Bhagavad Gita, Brahman (God Almighty) was the only truth of life. Other than God Almighty nothing existed in cosmos. All gods and goddesses were simply attributes of God almighty, relate to Hindu mythology, nothing more. In physical life there has never been one like Lord Shiva. Both Lord Shiva and his so-called son Ganesha were only […]
The most controversial topic on path of religion or spirituality, God was never a missing entity of cosmic system. It is inherent in all living beings in miniscule form as our soul atman, the spirit within. As per Bhagavad Gita, the foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth we owed our existence to presence of God Almighty in […]
The measure of time on mother earth was a creation of mankind. The measure of time was necessitated to regulate our day-to-day working. The time taken by earth to go around sun was termed as one year. The time taken by Moon to circle earth was about 28 days and not exactly one month. For different species in cosmos […]
If we desire indulging in Bhagavad Gita, we must go for the sermon of Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna. It is Bhagavad Gita following which human beings finally gained enlightenment in their lifetime. The 700 shlokas verses contained in Bhagavad Gita had no parallel in mankind. Bhagavad Gita incorporates everything worth knowing on spiritual path. If we seriously desire […]
Do physicists believe in God…? No, as science demands proofs that are not forthcoming in the field of pure spirituality. Anything relating to God was based on absolute faith. But while indulging with laws of nature, certain constants were beyond understanding of science. In 2012, scientists detected Higgs boson, known by its nickname the “God particle”. During the experiment […]
We can negate karma only by indulgence in nishkama karma way of yoga. Offering fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time is what nishkama karma all about. And why should human beings offer fruits of karma to God as in absence of fruits many say life seemed meaningless! The path of nishkama karma yoga simply says indulging […]
To understand concept of human brain we need realizing absolute facts of life as detailed in scriptures of Hinduism. As per scriptures of Hinduism no human being ever had an independent mind, we only had a brain that acts like a transmitting and receiving station. The mind of entire cosmos was one, it had two compartments… reservoir of mind plus […]
As per Hindu scriptures primarily Bhagavad Gita, God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) was one and only one, all gods and goddesses being its manifestation, attribute. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says to worship Brahman and not attributes of God Almighty. Whatever the manifest powers of devas in Hinduism like Indra, Varun and Agni deva as you say, the source of […]
For a serious traveler of spiritual path, a Karma Yogi it is best if we indulged in commentaries rather than translations. Multitude translations of Bhagavad Gita exist in this world but true commentaries were limited. The commentary by Jayadayal Goyandka and Swami Ramsukhdas from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India are commendable both for beginners and somewhat experienced. All books by […]
Path of yoga meditation and spirituality do not directly relate to inner peace. However indulgence in yogic exercises leads to inner peace, inner calm. People indulged in yogic exercises and called it yoga meditation. Yoga meditation is the path that led one towards God Almighty. Invoking positive thoughts all the time one could maintain inner peace forever. The power […]
If there was an old brass pot in the house and your mother asked you to place it in the drawing room what would your reaction be? First polish the brass pot before decorating it in the drawing room. Unless you shine the pot, unless you struggle in life how could human beings evolve further? Evolution was inbuilt into […]
The animal instinct no more exists in human beings. We have already evolved above the animal stage. As the stage of evolution, accordingly the manifestation of limbs! Some lizards had eyes that could rotate 360°. To safeguard from predators, god provided them with rotating eyes. As these insects evolved into plant life and then animals they had eyes on their […]
The war of Mahabharata was not an ordinary war; it was a war to re-establish dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). Lord Krishna tried his best to appease the other side, the Kauravas but to no avail. He gave a full 13 years before instructing Arjuna to indulge in karma and eliminate all evil forces baring their fangs. […]
Searching for destiny is whiling our life. Human being, the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle can easily manifest destiny by molding our thoughts. Remaining positive all the time, practicing truthfulness, indulging in nishkama karma yoga we can manifest our destiny in no time. Right from six years of age, my destiny was under my wraps. I had […]
Moha (termed Moh in Hinduism) is the feeling of extreme emotional attachment that most human beings on mother earth are imbibed with. In case of women in particular, the feeling of Moha is at its zenith. Seeing a child crying on the street, an unknown woman would tend to one, comparatively men would watch and look the other way. Because […]
Literally when a human being reaches stage of enlightenment, we could definitely say one has accomplished everything, finally succeeded in reaching cosmic end of life forever. But for an enlightened one, having gained absolute purity, path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) was only a medium to understand, assimilate hidden underlying cosmic precepts of life contained in scriptures of Hinduism. […]
In my search for God Almighty I searched for a guru, spiritual mentor to guide me in the journey of life. No matter how best I searched I did not find a guru in my life. From the beginning of life almost 10 years of age I developed a passion for reading books galore. As my goal of life was […]
The concept of Brahman (God Almighty) as detailed in Hindu philosophy stood for the absolute reality of life. As per scriptures of Hinduism nothing other than Brahman (God) existed in cosmos. Broken down to basic building block of cosmos, every single thing on mother earth, every single planet star was made up of clusters of atoms and molecules, nothing more. […]
Enlightenment was not something that one hears and starts following. The domain of enlightenment lay in field of spirituality that demands travelling path of contemplation, logical reasoning. Every single moment of life human beings lived two lives. One by the physical manifest self designated as a human being and other by our soul atman, the consciousness within. As detailed […]
Both plant and animal life were part of evolutionary process. Similar as a student of class one promotes to class two, in the evolution hierarchy our soul atman, the spirit within initially manifests form of an amoeba (single cell formation), the first manifestation in cosmic life cycle. It further evolves into multi-cell formation, then insect life, plant life, animal life […]