In United States of America how many original American aboriginals lived! The figure could be counted on fingers. Yet everyone living in America feels proud to be called an American. India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha) is primarily a Hindu nation. About 600 years of Mughal rule resulted in mass conversion of Hindus to Muslims. Hinduism primarily should be called Sanatana Dharma, […]
Every single human being on mother earth has spark of divinity within to gain enlightenment in present life. Still most, world over pursued path of religion (rituals) than path of pure spirituality that led human beings towards enlightenment and finally salvation moksha. The only handicap was inbuilt fear. All spiritual wisdom contained in world emanated from India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha). […]
As detailed in Upanishads (independent treatises) when dissolution of old cosmos occurs (Pralaya in Hinduism) all souls atmans in cosmos automatically reached 8.4 millionth manifestation, last in cosmic life cycle. In absence of dross impurities within all souls atmans carried the volume of half a thumb. At the time of big crunch the whole visible cosmos reduces to size of […]
In yesteryears when yogis contemplated in confines of deep dense forests, upper reaches of Himalayas… facilities for shaving of beard were non-existent. Furthermore, the introspection, contemplation continued for days, weeks… even months. In such adverse circumstances there was no alternative for these sages, Rishis but to manifest long beards. For a serious traveler of spiritual path, hygiene was of […]
Stage of enlightenment and then moksha salvation was not that easily achieved. God Almighty ordained a long journey of 1.1 million manifestations in human form before human beings liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever. Even though moksha was the ultimate goal of life for all human beings on mother earth, there was never a need for hurry. […]
Seemingly spiritual people were travelers of religious path (indulging in rituals) having nothing to do with spirituality. True travelers of spiritual path were always after realizing self and realization of god requires being 100% truthful. Practicing untruthfulness how could we be spiritual? 100% truthfulness was necessitated to listen to sweet small inner voice of our soul atman coming from […]
In the fight between truth and untruth stands power of God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism). In times of strife, extreme tribulation came, a messiah, savior to re-establish Dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). Truth triumphs in the end for it had direct support of God Almighty. Duality was part of nature, manifest visible life. If we have […]
Death in any form on mother earth results in soul atman manifesting another life form. It was natural, inevitable. In case of accidental death the scenario was different. Accidental deaths do occur in cosmic system. Suppose one was destined to live 84 years of age and at 60 one dies in an accident. Then the released soul atman would manifest […]
In pursuit of God from six years of age I tried indulging in various yogic exercises asanas. No matter how best I tried, I did not succeed. My body lacked the necessary flexibility. I became interested in aerobics. To maintain my body healthy I became a morning jogger. For indulging in yoga meditation, a healthy body was necessitated and that […]
Nothing in field of spirituality could be measured by limited parameters of science. Spirituality starts from the point where science ends. Science demands proofs that are not forthcoming in the field of pure spirituality. We cannot see soul atman neither God. Yet we could fill presence of God Almighty in day-to-day activities of life similar as we can feel presence […]
Amongst vast paraphernalia of translations, commentaries available world over… Ishadi Nau Upanishad (commentary on nine principal Upanishads) from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India was the most commendable. Individual commentaries by Adi Shankaracharya on all nine principal Upanishads were also available. Gita press is a non-profit organization just sustaining itself by selling their products even below cost price. Gita press has centres […]
The efficacy of any mantra was understanding, its essence. We could always chant a mantra in our mother tongue or language convenient to us. In my childhood many mantras were given to me, which I could never understand. When I asked the giver (so-called religious or spiritual teachers) the meaning of mantra, they hesitated for they knew nothing. With passage […]
The concept of immortality was wrongly understood by most, world over. Immortality was never gained in physical form. When we as a soul atman reached stage of absolute purity, this stage was termed immortality as soul atman within finally emancipated self from cycle of birth forever. No more manifestation of a body, the soul atman gains immortality forever. In absence […]
Consciousness existing in our body was the only truth of life. In absence of consciousness, the spirit within no living form on mother earth could ever survive. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita the present journey of life belongs to our soul atman, a consciousness within. Our soul atman manifest human form to work out its karma, remove dross impurities within. […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita explicitly says that every human being on mother earth had the spark of divinity within to gain enlightenment in present life. Swami Vivekananda summarizes the divinity of soul atman, the consciousness existing in our heart in our body. By undertaking spiritual journey all human beings on mother earth could take their soul atman to stage […]
The most famous proponent of self enquiry, who am I was Maharishi Ramana one who succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment in his lifetime. Maharishi Ramana also mastered the art of Neti (not this, not this) to negate everything that was not God and finally reached God in the end. Lying in shavasna pose of yoga (the dead pose) […]
Enlightenment is achieved by following path of spirit, prime reason why the journey is called path of spirituality. As detailed in Hinduism scriptures we were primarily a spirit, consciousness existing in our heart as our soul atman. We were primarily a spiritual being manifesting human form to work out our karma, remove dross impurities within. The stage when the […]
Allegorically Lord Krishna represents soul atman, consciousness existing in human body. In absence of soul atman the physical manifest body carried no meaning. Lord Krishna is always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the chariot (human body) belonging to Arjuna. In absence of sarthi, the journey of human life (the chariot) would become meaningless. The character of Lord Krishna has a […]
The total history of mankind was not above 12,000 years old. Before inception of any religion, existed “Dharma” … “Your right to do what is just and right and not what was destined”. Dharma was inherent in all living beings from the beginning of time. It is based on dharma people interacted with each other. Prime reason why Hinduism religion […]
The only two names that stand out in the entire history of mankind were those of Gargi, the philosopher saint and Maitreyi the second dutiful wife of Sage Yajnavalkya (composer and compiler of most voluminous brihadaranyaka Upanishad). These two ladies finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment and in their remembrance the two famous Gargi and Maitreyi colleges in New […]
When an enlightened one left mortal frame, the stage was termed moksha salvation. In simpler terms it means… liberation of soul atman from cycle of birth and death forever, reaching stage of Mukti! By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161104) Bhagavad Gita Study Circle: a meeting point for people from all […]
In the present Kali Yuga the materialistic tendencies peaked. In such times assimilating jnana wisdom contained in scriptures of Jainism was not possible. People were not after truth but rituals (path of religion) that carried no meaning in spiritual world. Doctrine of the Bhava karma of Jainism was exemplary but how many people world over was able to follow […]
Lord Krishna is popular world over for two reasons. 1. He was the only avatar who really manifest on mother earth in Dwapar Yuga. All other avatars of Lord Krishna relate to Hindu mythology having nothing to do with absolute reality. In the entire history of Hinduism there has never been one like Lord Vishnu. All the three Lord Brahma, […]
Every upright man would always take some firm decisions. People say Lord Krishna forced Pandavas and Kauravas into battle of Mahabharata. Even Chanakya got 100 kings eliminated in one night. There was always something higher beyond capture of normal human mind. Lord Krishna plunged Pandavas and Kauravas into battle of Mahabharata to re-establish Dharma, cleanse the society of its ills. […]
By decreasing the clutter in our thinking process, we reached higher realms of thinking. It was like traveling on higher and higher mental waves. Lesser that clutter, higher the wavelength of our mental prowess. Indulging in yoga meditation human beings could increase their mental capacity to infinity. Practice of celibacy (Brahmacharya Vrata) greatly helps one reach greater wavelengths on […]
All my life from six years of age I prayed to God for welfare of entire mankind. Never did I pray to God asking for individual benefit. Not a single prayer of my ever went unanswered. Medium of prayers never was one-sided. If we asked something of God, we must be prepared to give something in return. Most human beings […]
All Hinduism scriptures explicitly state that present journey of life was undertaken by our soul atman, the consciousness existing in our heart. To cleanse self of dross impurities within every soul atman manifests body after body until it reaches 8.4 millionth manifestation, last in cosmic life cycle. This is the stage when traveling path of spirituality human beings finally gained […]
No matter how best I try, I am not able to differentiate between different fingers of my hand. On path of pure spirituality every single verse (shloka) contained in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads was important. Our indulgence in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads gets necessitated if our goal of life was spiritual, never otherwise. We can complete the spiritual journey only […]
The act of suicide relates to karma. As per doctrine of karma if we willingly cut short the journey undertaken by our soul atman then we shall definitely be punished by God Almighty for the same. It is in interest of human beings not to act cowardly and commit the act of suicide. If after death of present body we […]
India will become the most powerful country in the world only after coming of Kalki Avatar. At that time the system of governance would change from parliamentarian to presidential like in United States of America. A person of the level of Chanakya was necessitated to bring about a quantum change. One executive president and 29 governors would usher India […]