Human beings, our soul atman was limited to our solar system. We do not know about other parts of cosmos. Even though millions of life supporting planets like mother earth existed in cosmos, we would never get to know them. The reason was apparent. On mother earth human form was the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. It is […]
Maintaining harmony and balance in this world was not our individual responsibility. Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara of Jainism… preceptor rightly said, do not preach unless you become an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina forever! Still, if we desire bringing harmony and balance in this world… the first step is bringing harmony and balance in our own life. The moment we […]
When we indulged in yoga meditation as detailed in scriptures of Hinduism… primarily Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises)… our power of concentration increases with time. As the clutter in our thought process decreases, we could visualize, observe our thoughts. Indulging in nishkama karma yoga we could channelize our thought process. Indulging in nishkama karma yoga when we detached […]
Mankind indulged in two pursuits of life… spiritual or materialistic! We could say, a spiritual goal of life was the best but even a materialistic trend was not wrong. If a human being went after money, wealth… one just could never be wrong! After all there were wealthy people in this world who cared for mankind… served entire mankind through […]
In absence of a goal in life we frittered all our energies doing nothing, achieving nothing! A definite power of concentration develops only when we channelized all our energies behind a single goal of life. We must try to emulate Swami Vivekananda, one who possessed almost infinite power of concentration. All decision-making originates in our thinking process. If we […]
Mental power can be increased to infinity… 100% by forming a definite goal in life and pursuing it with all eggs in one basket. Swami Vivekananda possessed phenomenal mental power, prime reason why all his speeches were extempore. When we had infinite desires and wishes, all our energies frittered away achieving nothing. One who truly desires manifesting success, destiny […]
Born a human being, the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle… we are not supposed to look into past. Had it been so, God Almighty would have ordained an easier path for the same. A racehorse that comes first never looked back while racing. Out of curiosity if we wanted to know our past life, it becomes […]
It is an absolute misnomer that all human beings directly evolved from stage of monkeys. In the initial stages of human evolution, that was a possibility… when for the first time human beings directly evolved from stage of monkeys. But in present scenario, we did not have so many monkeys as human beings. As per Hinduism scriptures primarily Upanishads […]
The average age of human life on mother earth as stipulated in Hinduism scriptures was 100 years. However based on karma, our indulgence in day-to-day life… our age keeps increasing, decreasing! Accidental death was also not ruled out. If one goes to an astrologer, one could know the exact date of death, or the lifespan! Only an accomplished […]
The image of Lord Shiva in Hinduism depicts only one message… to reach stage of enlightenment; full awakening of kundalini shakti was necessitated. The serpent in the neck of Lord Shiva says it all. The blue body of Lord Shiva also expresses hidden fundamental truth of life. Before human beings succeed in reaching stage of enlightenment, one needs establishing […]
When human beings pursued a single goal in life, all our energies concentrated behind that single goal of life! Furthermore channelizing sexual energy behind that single goal of life through mode of transmutation, human beings finally manifest absolute success, destiny in life! Developing absolute power of concentration was not difficult if we could establish control over five senses and […]
The prime reason for decline of Buddhism in India was non-acceptance of existence of soul atman. The existence of soul atman was integral to Hinduism. With coming of Adi Shankaracharya, Buddhism got a direct hit and went in background. In Hinduism not in hundreds but thousands reached stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation in their lifetime. Buddhism evolved behind teachings […]
1. Hinduism is the oldest and best religion of world. 2. Following teachings contained in Hinduism, primarily Bhagavad Gita human beings gained enlightenment in their lifetime. 3. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita represents soul atman existing in human body. It is following voice of Lord Krishna from within human beings gained enlightenment, moksha salvation. 4. Scriptures of […]
For mankind, society to maintain its cohesiveness… people normally followed established cultural values of life as dictated by scriptures of different religions of world. None was prepared to bell the cat. It was not necessary as everything stated in prime scriptures was truth and only truth. When some people had a different inclination in respect of their body, liking… […]
We were primarily a soul atman… a spirit, consciousness manifesting human body. Our goal of life as a soul atman was emancipation from cycle of birth and death… becoming a pure soul atman forever! Liberation from cycle of birth and death can be gained indulging in Bhagavad Gita. What else do we desire from life, from Bhagavad Gita? […]
Indulging in yoga meditation human beings finally emancipated from cycle of birth and death forever… reaching stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation! Chanting was a medium to reach God Almighty, to affirm our faith in God Almighty. Yoga meditation is always indulged via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! We need affirming our faith intermittently. Chanting various mantras we repeatedly […]
Some religious scriptures definitely increased our faith in God and others increased superstition! All depends on our choice… making a distinction between truth and false, right from wrong! Religious scriptures primarily do not lead one towards God Almighty. Indulging in rituals we never gained anything in spiritual life. If we seriously desire reaching God in present life… our indulgence in […]
God of entire cosmos was one… called Brahman in Hinduism, the creator of entire cosmos! Human beings become man God like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed after gaining enlightenment. Hordes of gods and goddesses existing in different religions of world were only attributes of God, having nothing to do with absolute reality. Lord Krishna in […]
If our goal of life was spiritual then belief in God was an absolute must. In absence of 100% faith in God we could never successfully travel spiritual path. Belief in religion, following religious practices (rituals) was not necessitated if we desired reaching God in present life. Spirituality though part of religion was totally distinct from it. God can be […]
What happens when we neared the 70th floor of Empire State building… we were closer to our goal (the top of Empire State building)! We could view greater part of New York than before. What happened when a student clears 12th standard (grade). One was nearer to becoming a graduate. The goal of meditation was reaching God. In […]
In higher stages of spiritual pursuit… in a state of trance, deep contemplation… we as a soul atman could see our body very distinct from our real self, the soul atman! We could all the time realize that we are primarily a spirit distinct from the body. We as a soul atman could also leave the body and roam about […]
Hinduism categorizes life into four stages of life… Brahmacharya, Grihastha… Vanaprastha and sanyasa! The Grihastha ashram (married life) is most troublesome if we get a partner opposite of what we expected. Life becomes almost unlivable with a grumbling partner. It is this period that hurt the most. The Brahmacharya stage… life as a child, a teenager… a student […]
With advancement in science the whole world is getting more and more materialistic. Dominated by a bloated ego, mesmerized by glare of worldly riches… people world over were becoming robotic, zombies than they used to be earlier. All were feeling the pinch, missing the personal touch! We believed more in fashion, the outward appearance than inner beauty. Students […]
As long as humanity exists, religions would continue existing on mother earth. Initially came, tree of Dharma. The moment it developed its first branch came Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism! The tree further developed its second main branch and came, Gautama Buddha. Then Jesus Christ (another branch) followed by Prophet Mohammed. All the individual branches further segmented […]
At the time of big bang every soul atman was pure, devoid of dross impurities within! The big bang results in accumulation of dross impurities within. In its cosmic sojourn a soul atman gathers impurities similar as a rolling ball gathers moss. To cleanse self of dross impurities within starts cosmic life cycle of every soul atman. This becomes possible […]
If a student desires becoming a graduate then spiritual awakening is when one completes graduation. When in a class one clears term papers, midsession examinations… tests… they were all different experiences, the intermediate stages of the spiritual evolution. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161219) Bhagavad Gita Study Circle: a meeting […]
The human body is a true replica of entire cosmos. By indulging in our true self, reaching our true self existing in our heart we could become a pure soul atman forever. Nothing related to brain was complex. When we indulged in anything that was spiritual, we could never do it literally. To follow sacred teachings contained in scriptures… […]
The battle of Mahabharata was no ordinary battle… it was a war meant to re-establish Dharma (righteousness). In the Kaurava camp guru Dronacharya asked for Gurudakshina from Eklavya for no services rendered by him to Eklavya. Furthermore he sided, Kauravas who were evil from the beginning. His death at the hand of Pandavas was imminent. Karna, no matter what […]
Hinduism scriptures rightly prescribe birth in human form as the highest stage of evolution. It was only in human form our soul atman, the consciousness within reaches stage of absolute purity when human beings indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation succeeded in gaining enlightenment in present life time. Enlightenment could not be reached in lower stages of life. Prithvi Lok […]
Swami Vivekananda primarily showed mankind how one must indulge in spirituality to reach God in their lifetime. Swami Vivekananda was an apt practitioner of celibacy (Brahmacharya Vrata). He also laid great stress on indulgence in karma. To decimate karma, negate karma to zero … our indulgence in karma was necessitated! Swami Vivekananda showed the entire world how one must indulge […]