Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says all prayers offered to various gods and goddesses (various attributes of God Almighty) ultimately get addressed to God (Brahman) himself. As medium of prayers was never one-sided, if we desire something from God we ought to give something in return. God answers those prayers that catered to welfare of entire mankind, never the […]
All souls atmans clustered in core of sun remained inert until mother earth became conducive for life. After formation of solar system and mother earth cooling to levels that could sustain life, souls’ atmans immediately started manifesting body after another. All human beings evolved from stage of animals. Our life is directly governed by karma indulged. As our karma, accordingly […]
It is a big misnomer that peace of mind demands indulgence in any kind of yoga. Ask Bill Gates who does not believe in yoga yet he beams total peace of mind within. Peace of mind ensues from establishing control over five senses and mind, subduing our ego in stages (Aham in Hinduism). Lessening of desires and wishes spells […]
When our heart stops beating, the physical body becomes dead and the released soul atman immediately manifests a new body provided matching parents were available on mother earth! When human beings indulging in spirituality reached stage of enlightenment, the soul atman liberates forever from cycle of birth and death. A pure soul atman in absence of dross impurities within need […]
Looking deep within we would realize that meditation is the path through which we indulged in yoga (the root word yog). Meditation was always performed indulging in contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! The precept of meditation was not a proprietary of any religion. Even before Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism) came into being, yogis in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) indulged in […]
The precept of reincarnation relates to our true inner self, soul atman existing in our heart and not the manifest physical body! With death, all relationships of present life come to naught. The karmic balance of present life transfers to next manifestation. Our present wife may become our son in next manifestation. We ourselves could become wife to our present […]
When we were totally truthful in life, the voice of spirit within existing in our heart tries to communicate with us. Remaining truthful from six years of age I could very distinctly hear the sweet small promptings of my soul atman coming from within. Guided by this inner voice I finally completed my spiritual journey. It was only in […]
Indulgence in meditation leads to clarity of thoughts, invoking lesser thoughts directly proportional to our spiritual progress! As queries within us reduced gradually, the invocation of thoughts also reduced proportionately. At the end of spiritual journey, yoga meditation one finally reached stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (state of absolute nothingness) when not a single thought entered our brain uninvoked! The […]
If we listen to the sweet small inner voice of our soul atman, spirit existing in our heart… we would realize our passion, our goal of life! The voice of our soul atman was distinctly audible only when we were truthful all the time in all affairs of life. Those dominated by a bloated ego failed to hear promptings of […]
Our true inner self, the spirit existing in our heart was the ultimate master and controller of human body. The present journey of life was undertaken by this spirit, consciousness existing in our heart. To cleanse self of dross impurities within, to work out its karma our soul atman, the spirit manifested human body. The ultimate goal of life […]
As a karma Yogi treads higher levels of spiritual realm, our intake of food reduces considerably. The purer we became from within, lesser the requirement of external energy leading to reduced intake of food. Lower consumption of food, lesser work for our body to digest it! This helps body to live longer! In nutshell, lesser the wear and tear of […]
The original commentary of Adi Shankaracharya on Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit is available with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. They also have the original commentaries of Adi Shankaracharya on 11 principle Upanishads (independent treatises). Gita press has offices in most big cities of India. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161206) Bhagavad […]
Feelings of enjoyment always come from within! Forming a definite goal in present life and pursuing it with all eggs in one basket… we could channelize all our energies behind that single goal of life. Never looking back in past, we could relish every single moment of life. Human form was the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle… how […]
If we had a positive outlook in life, if we never looked behind (remembered our past)… if we could overpower five senses then we were bound to become positive, invoke positive thoughts all the time. Hinduism scriptures bluntly say practicing absolute celibacy we could stop flow of negative thoughts to our brain in totality. All seekers, sages… Rishis all the […]
Can a brain survive in absence of heart? Our brain acts as a receiving and transmitting station, nothing more! Of itself, it could never function independently! All thoughts invoked by human beings were primarily orchestrated by soul atman existing in our heart. Whenever we indulged in something… it was either our ego (Aham in Hinduism) or soul atman that acted. […]
Everything in human life was mysterious, unexpected because the reality of life was intangible, hidden from human beings! As a human being we could realize the reality of life by plunging in path of spirituality head-on. It is only traveling path of spirituality we realized… we were primarily a spirit, soul atman on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million […]
Nirguna simply means a God without attribute! Hinduism scriptures say God Almighty was one and only one (Brahman in Hinduism), one without attributes… the one and only creator of entire cosmos. As mankind found it difficult to pray to Nirguna (attribute less), Nirakaar (having no form) form of God… most human beings world over indulged in Sakaar form of God […]
The concept of an avatar… savior, messiah is best detailed in Hinduism scriptures. An avatar was distinct from an enlightened one like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed! An avatar manifest on mother earth to re-establish dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness)! In Dwapar Yuga came Lord Krishna and in present Kali Yuga would advent Kalki […]
Karma is that inherent ingredient of cosmic system that facilitates movement of life on mother earth. In absence of karma nothing in cosmic system would move… everything would become stagnant, decay and die! As per Jaina doctrines every single thought precipitates into an act of karma. How intrinsic was karma can be gauged from the fact that negating karma […]
Primarily, even spiritually the nature of Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna was same. Lord Vishnu represents a liberated soul atman… termed Siddha in Jainism! Lord Krishna is an embodiment of God Almighty, manifest in human form! Lord Krishna gained enlightenment at a very young age. His dancing on Kaliya Naag (serpent) represents full awakening of kundalini shakti at a very […]
In times of extreme strife, tribulation advent an avatar (God manifest in human form) of that era! No matter how best soul atman of Lord Krishna tried, it could not manifest a body on mother earth. The brother of Krishna s’ mother Kamsa was hell-bent on eliminating Krishna as astrological readings said that one born to Devaki would be the […]
To cleanse self of dross impurities within, to become a pure soul atman… all human beings on mother earth engaged in karma, the path of action! We must never forget, as detailed in scriptures of Jainism… every single thought precipitates into an act of karma. Indulging in karma human beings did not reach stage of enlightenment. It was negation […]
Teachings of Bhagavad Gita, the sermon given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battle of Mahabharata made him reach stage of enlightenment! In absence of teachings of Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna could never have gained enlightenment in his lifetime. The delicate relationship between the seeker and the sought was understood only by Arjuna and Lord Krishna. The kundalini of […]
In the wake of dharma, when society reaches a point of no return… practicing forgiveness, cowardice was not the call of day. Despite all efforts when Kauravas did not agree to give Pandavas a small piece of land… Lord Krishna emphasized on Arjuna to face the situation head-on. He advised Arjuna to prepare self to fight the enemy full-thrust. Lord […]
Everything in life depends on how early we decide our ultimate goal of life! I decided my goal of life six years of age. I truly wanted to become a rich man but something within my heart fluttered all the time as if wanting to say… go in search of god wholeheartedly! I was confused but slowly I realized it […]
The Doha of Kabirdas relates to Mann not mind. Mann in Hindi translates to Chitta, something existing in our heart! In our heart resides our soul atman, the consciousness! Spiritually Mann, Chitta relates to our soul atman, the spirit existing in our heart. Mind of entire cosmos was one. Human beings only have a brain that works like a […]
Our soul atman, the consciousness within manifested human form for the first time after crossing 7.3 million manifestations in insect, plant and animal life. It is an absolute fact of life stated in Hinduism scriptures that all human beings evolved directly from stage of animals. Stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation… emancipation from cycle of birth and death forever can […]
Between the inner voice and us existed, our ego. Remaining truthful all the time we could distinctly hear the sweet small promptings of inner voice coming from within. A bloated ego needs to be subdued before we could hear the inner voice of our soul atman. At any given moment of time either our ego or inner voice was active. […]
The inclination to follow spirituality though inherent in all human beings was difficult in practice! Most human beings world over followed path of religion (rituals) than path of pure spirituality! The reason was apparent… nothing in scriptures could be followed literally, it demands path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach hidden underlying principles of life contained in sacred texts. […]
Everything in life results from residual balance of karma of the moment. As our balance of karma, accordingly shapes our destiny. We all the time are bonded by shackles of karma. If we do not indulge, shape our karma… we remain a slave of our destiny! It is the resultant karma that decides whom shall we get to marry! […]