The Advaita doctrine propagated by Adi Sankara relates to non-dual concept of God Almighty. As per Adi Shankaracharya nothing other than God Almighty existed in system. Only when the unmanifest becomes manifest the whole cosmos gets created. Before manifestation, existed world of pure souls’ atmans, the collective power we called God Almighty in all its glory (Brahman in Hinduism), size […]
Precepts of spirituality explained in scriptures of Hinduism could never be understood literally, they demand reading in between the lines. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita Brahman (God Almighty) was beyond any definition, detail or explanation. All explanations of Brahman were beyond comprehension of words. Simplicity is not the right word. It is following path of spirituality not simplicity human beings […]
Can the surface of ocean fathom the bottom? Can one bank of river meet the other bank? The Western philosophy was too immature to be compared with Eastern philosophy, the real philosophy of life. When no religion existed on mother earth, existed Sanatana Dharma, a Dharma existing from times immemorial. Hinduism religion must rightly be termed Sanatana Dharma, always called […]
All my life I could never find one single serious traveler of spiritual path. All were busy in rituals (path of religion). Most feared travelling path of spirituality for the fear of losing their family, their personal life. Spiritual life surely has its pitfalls. In yesteryears seekers went to deep dense jungles (forests), became a recluse in search of God […]
Contemplation in no way relates to thinking. Contemplation is the art of separating right from wrong, truth from false. If I were given a book that contained both truthful and false precepts of life and with none to guide I would use my power of discrimination to distinguish right from wrong. This faculty of discrimination is not that easily exercised. […]
Can yoga meditation ever be taught? Is there even one example in the entire history of mankind where one could successfully teach yoga meditation to a student, a seeker? Such precepts, such thinking only exists on paper. In real life, such concepts did not exist. Yoga meditation means our following path of contemplation, path of self enquiry… logical reasoning […]
Bhagavad Gita says the best Yogi of all yogis was one who indulged in yoga meditation while living family life and still reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana). Such a seeker is termed perfect Karma Yogi. Seems simple, but on mother earth this was the most difficult task to accomplish. Prime reason why in yesteryears seekers left for deep dense […]
If I need a bout of fresh air and am going climbing a mountain top then do I ask… which first? Indulging in yoga meditation means indulging in path of contemplation, logical reasoning… self enquiry and the best time to do it were – during morning walk or during bedtime lying in shavasna pose of yoga. I followed […]
There was only one thing in this world that people found difficult to understand… the concept of God! Some worshipped God in Sakaar form (having a form) and others in Nirakaar form (having no form). Primarily all religions believed there was a higher power, an energy source… something we called God. The real belief of different religions may vary but […]
Bhagavad Gita, foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth never talks anything about castes. Bhagavad Gita has categorized mankind into four classes, categories termed Varnas. Those indulging in religious practices were called Brahmins. The second category consisting of Kshatriyas (nobles) were meant to safeguard boundaries of the country from invasion. The third category consisted of Vaishyas… the trading […]
Born in a Jain family from six years of age I was eager to know everything about God. Something within told me to go in search of God in this very life. Whenever someone talked of god I found elders keeping it pending for next manifestation, next life! Something they failed to accomplish in present life… how could they postpone […]
As per Hindu traditions whatever our karma, accordingly manifests our destiny. Every sin committed by us does not go unnoticed in domain of god. Law of karma clearly says, as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more. The karma of one could never be transferred to another, no matter what. A spiritual preceptor can affect karma of […]
Scriptures of Hinduism primarily Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises) could never be understood literally they demand reading in between the lines. We have to develop power of contemplation, self enquiry, logical reasoning to reach hidden inner truths of cosmic life contained in Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. The volume Ishadi Nau Upanishad from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India contains gist […]
The concept of God can be ascribed to first words of God delivered to mankind in form of Vedas (Hinduism revelations). In the initial stages of human evolution, one could never know anything about god. But slowly as human beings evolved through path of reasoning, contemplation they must have inferred that there was an entity which created entire cosmos and […]
Was there anything greater than gaining enlightenment in present life to become a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed! The Vedic wisdom must not be viewed from scientific point of view. It contains more of spirituality than worldly wisdom. Vedic wisdom reached last stage of human evolution, stage of gaining enlightenment in present life. What is enlightenment, […]
The opening of the third eye, reaching stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana)… opening of Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead… all meant the same! The opening of third eye means… our soul atman finally gaining absolute purity forever. In absence of dross impurities within… the need for a soul atman to manifest another body now […]
Vedas are above 5000 years old whereas Bhagavad Gita is above 3600 years old! All Vedas came much earlier to coming of Lord Krishna. Vedas are Hinduism revelations… direct words of God Almighty that were invoked by highly evolved sages of that era! In yesteryears, when Lipi (script) had not yet evolved… it was only through word of mouth, […]
The journey of a soul atman is well detailed in Bhagavad Gita… an epic of Hinduism comprising 700 shlokas verses. As for scientific proof… it would never be found! Why? Everything in domain of God Almighty was governed by absolute faith in God. If we desire understanding anything relating to spirituality… we need possessing hundred percent faith in God Almighty! […]
During the battle of Mahabharata, Lord Krishna, an avatar of his era (God manifest in human form) gave sermon of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna… a Pandava king! The teachings of Bhagavad Gita rendered to Arjuna form essence of life for entire mankind on mother earth. In absence of teachings of Lord Krishna contained in Bhagavad Gita… none in present times […]
The teachings our forefathers gave to us were responsible for our upbringing… our tolerant attitude! Why and how? From the beginning of life, when young in age… our books consisted of narrations that made us believe that we were primarily a soul atman, the consciousness within! As a soul atman, we manifested present human body to work out its karma… […]
Human form is the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. It was only in human form… our soul atman, the consciousness within liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever. Enlightenment could never be gained in lower forms of life. The ultimate purpose of life for all human beings mandated by god was travelling spiritual path to cleanse […]
When human brain had not yet evolved as it is today or even in times of Lord Krishna… human beings relied on different beliefs (falling in category of religion) primarily to ward off evil spirits or to invoke blessings of Almighty God. Even before religions came into the scene… existed Sanatana Dharma (path of righteousness). As tree of dharma […]
The doctrine of Advaita Vedanta was not based on spiritual experiences of Adi Shankaracharya alone! Adi Sankara only highlighted Advaita Vedanta philosophy… nothing more! The complete philosophy of Advaita Vedanta exists in teachings of Lord Krishna contained in Bhagavad Gita. The A to Z of Advaita Vedanta philosophy, the work of Maya (veil of ignorance)… all was explained in Bhagavad […]
Self realization… God realization, gaining enlightenment all meant the same! How? What is the definition of self? As per Bhagavad Gita, self is our true inner self… our consciousness, the spirit within that resides in our heart! Dominated by a bloated ego… we failed to realize existence of our soul atman, the spirit within! Our true inner self… our […]
Spirituality is the doctrine… wisdom (jnana), a path that propelled human beings to indulge in contemplation, path of self enquiry… path of logistical reasoning to reach hidden underlying meaning of sacred texts of different religions of world! Unless one travelled path of jnana (wisdom)… one could not follow precepts of spirituality detailed in teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita… […]
The concept of life and death becomes clear through teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita! As detailed in Bhagavad Gita… we were primarily a soul atman, spirit… on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations that entailed an earthly journey of 96.4 million years! In its cosmic sojourn… the pure soul atman gathered impurities similar as a rolling […]