The moment death occurred on mother earth; irrespective of age… the released soul atman immediately manifests a new body based on residual balance of karma at the time of death. If matching parents are available on mother earth, the soul atman immediately manifests a new body to start new cycle of life. If matching parents are not available, the soul […]
Walking path of spirituality as a Lady was difficult, so much so that in entire history of mankind until now, only two ladies finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment… the famous philosopher saint Gargi and Maitreyi, the second dutiful wife of says Yajnavalkya (composer and compiler of most voluminous Brihadaranyaka Upanishad). Mounted with power of Moha (extreme emotional […]
A word coined for a spiritual master… one adept, authoritative… well versed in Scriptures. It can also be used beyond spiritual terminology. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Maharishi Ramana were spiritual masters of their era… gurus who finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment in their lifetime. One who dwelt in Tattva, Sat (truthfulness) and could genuinely show his followers […]
We always have to work to reach stage of salvation. Moksha salvation belongs to our soul atman, the consciousness within. It was never a property of physical manifest self. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita we were primarily a soul atman, consciousness within on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations. In human form traveling path of spirituality human […]
Moksha salvation is reached when an enlightened one left mortal frame forever. Enlightenment announces cycle of birth and death finally coming to an end. At the end of cosmic life cycle, in absence of dross impurities within a soul atman finally gains absolute purity. This liberated soul atman after moksha salvation finally entered abode of God, kingdom of God […]
Who wants to go to heaven (swarga in Hinduism) where temperatures exceeded millions of degrees centigrade? Heaven exists in core of sun and hell (naraka in Hinduism) on the periphery. None could go to heaven or hell body. Both heaven and hell were places for souls’ atmans to hibernate. After death of human body, the released soul atman immediately […]
People quote scriptures of Hinduism to say, there were 427,000 years more to go before end of Kali Yuga occurred. I visualize the end of Kali Yuga about a decade or so from now. All scriptural knowledge must be interpreted in terms of scientific advancements of present times. If Mahabharata was fought with bows and arrows, we do not […]
Even in present times it was ones personal prerogative to choose ones journey in life. Born in a Jain family I pursued path of spirituality detailed in Bhagavad Gita. No one objected. Where was the cause for any objection? Till date I am not able to distinguish Jainism from Hinduism except some cultural differences. As I did not want to […]
As a human being if we indulged in negative, bad deeds… bad karma all the time then at the time of death, if matching parents are not available on mother earth… we as a soul atman would go to hell (naraka in Hinduism). As detailed in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads, after occurrence of death of human body, our soul atman […]
In absence of universe (cosmos as we called it), nothing except God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) would have existed in cosmos. But that also was not possible. Why? When dissolution of old cosmos (Pralaya in Hinduism) occurs, the whole cosmos reduces to size of half a thumb! In absence of dross impurities within, the cluster of pure souls’ atmans […]
Swami Vivekananda did not suffer from any prolonged illness. He was an enthusiast of the highest order and that too in the field of pure spirituality. He wanted to barter spirituality with money. He went to USA in 1893 with the hope that he would offer spirituality and in exchange he would be given loads of money. His experiment […]
If Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa or Maharishi Ramana were available, live today… then would it have mattered? Maharishi Ramana always had queues miles long before one encountered the enlightened one. And in a few minutes of interaction, how many questions or queries could we have resolved? I started in search of God six years of age. No matter how best […]
We fail to realize that our soul atman always was inert, never participated in anything relating to physical manifest life. It is human beings who reached stage of enlightenment. Human beings gaining enlightenment simply means devoid of dross impurities within, in absence of karma… a soul atman reaches stage of absolute purity (which was termed enlightenment). By: Vijay Kumar […]
In field of spirituality, there were no men or women. Really speaking all were women and Purusha was one and only one… Sanatana Purusha (Brahman himself). This was stated by Mira Bai to a priest. The statement men were superior to woman stems from the inherent ignorance dominated by our ego. Gargi, the famous philosopher saint cut across her […]
There is a reason why enlightenment is difficult to gain as a woman. All women were imbibed with Moha (extreme emotional attachment) due to which they took care of family. In absence of Moha, the whole family system may go astray, haywire. Cutting across shackles of Moha was extremely difficult, prime reason why in the entire history of mankind only […]
Path of spirituality can always be traveled living in family. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita clearly says highest Yogi was one who could satisfactorily undertake spiritual journey while living in family. Vairagya (renunciation) can be practiced while living in family or the community. One need not go to deep dense jungles (forests) in present times for contemplation, indulgence in sacred […]
Travelers of spiritual path not necessarily were broke all the time. Jesus Christ being born in a stable tells all. But most Tirthankars (preceptors) of Jainism were kings who became a renunciate in favour of kingdom of God. They left in search of abstract truths of life leaving everything we called family or community. They were far from Moha (extreme […]
Most human beings particularly in West relate religion to God, prime reason why they become atheists! As detailed in Bhagavad Gita God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) was Nirakaar in form (having no form). Travelers of spiritual path believed in Nirakaar form of God, never Sakaar form of God (having a form). Indulging in rituals was not necessary to undertake […]
We need establishing control over Moha (extreme emotional attachment) to overcome desires in totality. We need traveling path of nishkama karma yoga to reduce our ego to zero. Realizing we were a trustee, caretaker taking care of things that already belonged to God Almighty… we stop running after fruits of karma performed. Ego can be overpowered forever only by indulgence […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says one indulging in spirituality while in Grihastha ashram (family life) was the highest Yogi of all times. One definitely can gain enlightenment even while living in family. It is a different matter that for an enlightened one, in absence of Moha (extreme emotional attachment)… the delicate bondage that existed with children and family […]
Definitely, one consuming non-vegetarian diet can gain enlightenment in ones lifetime but would take much longer time compared to a vegetarian. Non-vegetarian diet induced unhealthy thoughts. To overpower five senses and mind in totality, consumption of non-vegetarian meals must be avoided. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161022) Bhagavad Gita […]
Vedas (Hinduism revelations) originated much before coming of Lord Krishna and so was the case with Upanishads (independent treatises). As more and more sages and Rishis reached stage of enlightenment, they invoked words directly from domain of God Almighty. With coming of Lord Krishna, Bhagavad Gita came into being… which primarily contains essence of all Vedas and Upanishads. By: […]
All the Upanishadic texts were written and composed by enlightened souls. Unless one reaches stage of enlightenment, one could never draw from domain of God Almighty the messages contained in Upanishads. Everything contained in Upanishads were words invoked directly from God. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161022) Bhagavad Gita Study […]
Commentaries on 11 primary Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita by Jayadayal Goyandka, Swami Ramsukhdas, Hanuman Prasad Poddar and Adi Shankaracharya were available with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. The commentaries are commendable. They also have Puranas. Vedas are available with some Indology publishers based in New Delhi and Varanasi. All commentaries of Gita press contained the original script in Sanskrit […]
Consumption of meat stokes passions. For traveling path of spirituality sincerely our establishing absolute control over desires was necessitated. Consuming non-vegetarian diet, we were adding fuel to fire. Furthermore, our thought process was violated. For the sake of our food, someone (a bird or an animal) was killed. Maybe not directly but indirectly we become a sinner in part. […]
We just could not say that Bhagavad Gita was more influential than Vedas and Upanishads. We could only say that essence of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita could be understood by most compared to Vedas and Upanishads. Unless secrets of life contained in scriptures reached masses, the jnana wisdom contained in scriptures remained limited to scholars. With coming of Bhagavad […]