Not directly but most Jain families not only believed in Hindu gods but also kept idols of them in their house. During Diwali time idols of Ganesha and Lakshmi could be found in most Jain homes. Jainism was no different from Hinduism, having same culture… almost same following. One aspect of Jainism was… lesser belief in rituals. This was […]
The only logical reason behind the saying, “Radhe Krishna” was… the status of mother was always above father. As Radha denotes mother earth and Lord Krishna… consciousness, soul atman existing in our heart… in absence of life supporting planets like mother earth evolving in cosmos… no soul atman could never manifest a body. For Cosmos to continue, for life to […]
The personality of Radha signifies mother earth. In spiritual parlance, in the domain of God Almighty… in absence of life supporting planets like mother earth… no soul atman could purify self. The importance of mother compared to father was never less rather it was more. For souls atmans to work out their karma, remove dross impurities within… existence of life […]
All human beings who succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment as detailed in Bhagavad Gita were from India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha) except Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed. In the entire history of mankind thousands of men gained enlightenment in their lifetime. Comparatively only two ladies till date succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment… the famous philosopher saint Gargi and Maitreyi, the […]
The story of Radha and Krishna must always be looked upon from allegorical point of view. As everything contained in scriptures was symbolic… Lord Krishna represents consciousness, soul atman existing in our body. Radha represents mother earth, the planet Earth. Why importance is given to mother earth vis-à-vis souls atmans is detailed below! Ever since occurrence of big bang […]
I was born in a Jain family. Though I am unable to distinguish Jainism from Hinduism, I am giving my personal perspective how I perceived Lord Krishna from six years of age. I wanted to believe in God, see him. When I ritually followed my mother to Jain temples, I somehow could not believe in idols of Tirthankaras (preceptors) […]
The moment human beings reached stage of enlightenment… our consumption in one month reduces to one single loaf of bread. Eight hours of regular sleep is covered in 5 to 8 minutes. One could practically work 23 hours and 55 minutes every single day. In the last 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over only two spiritual […]
Can spiritual enlightenment be gained online through yoga classes? If we look at meaning and purport of yoga… yoga is derived from root word yog which in Hindi stood for synthesis, effort of soul atman trying to merge with God Almighty, Parmatman (Brahman). In Hindi two yog two equals four. Journey of spirituality is always traveled all alone. So […]
We can scuttle karma, end cycle of karma… succeed in establishing absolute control over five senses and mind by indulging in jnana wisdom contained in Bhagavad Gita. As nothing in Bhagavad Gita could be understood literally, our taking path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning was necessitated. It is only jnana wisdom that succeeds in cutting darkness of karma. Just by […]
Enlightenment can be gained only by negating our karma to zero. We need establishing absolute control over five senses and mind. By visualization of enlightenment of others, we gained nothing spiritually. The journey of spirituality is always traveled all alone. Not even God Almighty interferes in our working. Similar as a bud could not become a flower looking at […]
Literally reading Bhagavad Gita one gains nothing! Following path of contemplation, logical reasoning we need to reach the hidden underlying meaning. Indulging in Bhagavad Gita any human being world over, belonging to any faith, religion or belief could progress spiritually to any extent. Spiritual progress directly depends on karma indulged. Remaining positive all the time, practicing truthfulness 100%, having 100% […]
In human form, a soul atman has a maximum of 1.1 million manifestations before it reaches stage of absolute purity. In its lifetime a soul atman manifests (reincarnates) a maximum of 8.4 million bodies. The initial 7.3 million manifestations occurred in insect, plant and animal life. Reaching stage of enlightenment was not that easy. God Almighty ordained a long […]
The end of present Kali Yuga is near. Though literally people predict 427,000 years more to go! At the end of present decade the world is likely to usher into world war 3, a man-made calamity… a war of gigantic proportions (Mahabharata of present times). The end of world war 3 would announce end of Kali Yuga and dawn of […]
Age is the most important factor on path of pure spirituality. Those who succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment in their lifetime started young. Still, this should not dissuade us from traveling spiritual path as at whatever level we leave in present manifestation, we shall start the next journey from the very same level. Reaching stage of moksha salvation […]
Not getting into technicalities of karma… in present life our indulgence in karma should be to neutralize negative residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. That would kill all bondages of all previous manifest lives. When I wanted to clean myself of all bondages of previous manifest lives, by hit and trial method I took above 15 years before […]
Never ever in my life I tried to find what I was in my past life. Scriptures of Hinduism clearly tell us that present journey of life lay in domain of souls’ atmans. Indulging in past life regression, if I came to know that my best friend in present life was the cause of my death in previous manifestation… […]
Our belief in reincarnation stems from the fact that something within our heart fluttered all the time. Those who traveled path of truthfulness all the time could hear the sweet small promptings of our soul atman coming from within our heart. It is this voice of soul atman that makes us believe in Lord Krishna and his teachings of Bhagavad […]
From humanity point of view we called it rebirth because the human body dies. From cosmic point of view souls’ atmans word indestructible, could neither be created or destroyed. They manifest a new body after another. For a soul atman the entire journey of 8.4 million manifestations was one single span of life. Call whatever we may… rebirth or reincarnation, […]
If we believed in existence of God, we also must believe in presence of souls atmans. No soul atman could manifest form after another (cleanse itself of dross impurities within) in absence of reincarnation, rebirth. The precept of reincarnation was an absolute fact of cosmic life. For souls atmans to evolve further… reincarnation, rebirth was an absolute must. As […]
Avatars, God manifest in human form come every 3500 to 5000 years. Lord Krishna was God incarnate in human form. In Dwapar Yuga in times of extreme strife, tribulation advent Lord Krishna to re-establish Dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness)! The coming of a God incarnate necessitates when society reached its lowest ebb, a point of no return. […]
Swami Vivekananda did not gain enlightenment in his lifetime. He could have easily done so had he wanted to. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa his spiritual master asked Swami Vivekananda, why he had come to him if his goal of life was not reaching God… he politely replied only to have a glimpse of God Almighty, affirm my faith in existence of […]
From six years of age I have followed the character of Lord Krishna. I wanted to follow path of spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita. Even though born in a Jain family, I throughout followed dictates of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita! Jnana (wisdom) contained in Bhagavad Gita is epitome of spirituality. I never wanted to lag at any stage […]
After gaining liberation from cycle of birth and death, a pure soul atman gains entry into kingdom of God (Vaikuntha in Hinduism). Where exists Vaikuntha, kingdom of God… no one knows. What we know is a liberated soul atman could venture to any part of cosmos at will. If someone on mother earth seeks blessings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, […]
Everything contained in scriptures could only be understood through path of introspection, contemplation… logical reasoning. We could never understand gist of scriptures literally. Whether we choose to travel path of religion or spirituality depends upon our residual balance of karma of the moment. Karma was the inherent governing precept of cosmic life. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man […]
Words like sorry fell in the domain of English vocabulary, having nothing to do with absolute reality. What works in the field of spirituality was undergoing prayaschitta (atonement) for sins committed by us in present or past. There was no other alternative. Bad deeds of present or past could only be undone by indulging in good karma, positive karma in […]
Spiritual awakening can be realized only by negating karma to zero. Once karma negates to zero, the question of materialism does not arise. An enlightened one, an awakened one… worked for welfare of mankind all the time. For a spiritually awakened person… the whole world becomes one large family. Before starting on spiritual path we need to decide, whether […]
As detailed in scriptures of Hinduism, a negative residual balance of Prarabdha karma from previous manifestations always resulted in bad fate befalling us. A positive residual balance of Prarabdha karma from previous manifestations results in our winning a lottery all of a sudden. This fructifying of Prarabdha karma was all of a sudden, hidden from mankind. If we desire […]
Why a particular child gets born in a particular family… because they were integrally connected through their balance of karma. It is the residual balance of karma at the time of death that decides in which family the child would birth. Similarly, based on our residual balance of karma we invoked thoughts all the time… sometime positive, at other […]
Following path of religion or spirituality is purely a matter of personal choice. It is path of spirituality that directly leads to God Almighty. Spirituality demands our indulgence in sacred texts of different religions of world. Practice of celibacy for a minimum period of 12 years was also necessitated. Spirituality demands our indulgence in contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning at […]
Kundalini awakening is the path, the process and awakened kundalini, the end goal of cosmic life. Once our kundalini awakens fully… Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead opens fully. One immediately reaches stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) forever. The biggest hurdle on path of kundalini awakening was, practice of absolute celibacy for a minimum […]