The liberated soul atman becomes free of gravitational pull of solar system and can venture to any part of cosmos at will. Free from cycle of birth and death it exists in Vaikuntha (kingdom of God). The liberated soul atman of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa can be invoked by any human being on mother earth to seek its blessings. So […]
Following path of spirituality, indulging in sacred texts of different religions of world one could progress spiritually. Spiritual awakening results when our karma negates to zero. By establishing absolute control over five senses and mind when one reaches stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (absolute nothingness)… Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead bloomed fully. One immediately becomes […]
The spine of present-day India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha), the sacred scriptures of Hinduism… what else does the world possess in terms of spiritual value. If sacred text like Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises) did not exist in present times… none world over including India could gain enlightenment in present life. The sleeping tiger is about to rise. Beyond 2025 […]
By making a distinction between religion and spirituality, we could indulge in introspection, logical reasoning… self enquiry as practiced and reached by Maharishi Ramana and reach zenith of spirituality. The initial progress would definitely be very slow but not in later stages when we learnt the intricate art of transmuting sexual energy towards the only goal of life. […]
Welfare of mankind… the only reason why human beings took to path of spirituality! No enlightened soul indulged in spirituality for individual uplift, to reach stage of enlightenment. The ego needs to be killed in totality before we merged self with God Almighty forever. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161018) […]
Whatever bad karma we indulged in present life can be undone by indulging in prayaschitta, asking God for forgiveness for deeds committed knowingly or unknowingly. By working for welfare of mankind at large, we could sometimes definitely receive grace of God and undo our sins but not always. What of sins committed in previous manifestations? As we were primarily […]
As ordained by God Almighty… a maximum portion of karma fructified immediately. So that intelligent human beings do not interpolate inscrutable law of karma, a portion of karma was hid by God Almighty. Not everything fructified immediately. A portion of karma termed Prarabdha karma could fructify now, a few days later, few months later and few years later or even […]
Correctly stated, all our sorrows and happiness in present life resulted from our karma of present and past lives, not past lives alone. By indulging in good karma, positive karma in present life we could scuttle negative effects of negative residual balance of karma, neutralize it and manifest destiny in present life. Unless we acted positively in present life… we […]
By walking path undertaken by Swami Vivekananda… when we worked for welfare of mankind at large all the time, we only saw things that were positive. Only when our vested interest interfered, we looked at negative things in life. Some people who were not comfortable with teachings of Swami Vivekananda planned an extempore lecture of Swami Vivekananda. They were […]
When young and pursuing God, I was given a copy of “law of success” by my uncle! This book does not directly relate to spirituality at all. But nonetheless I read it all. I kept reading it again and again. This book helped me concentrate all my energies behind a single goal of life. It taught me power of transmutation. […]
Must we wait for luck to improve present life or must we indulge in our part of karma to manifest our present and future. Luck results from manifestation of positive residual balance of Prarabdha karma from previous manifestations. We could be lucky only if we had a positive residual balance of karma in our kitty from previous manifestations. What if […]
The inherent knowledge of Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads was integral to every Hindu living in India or outside. Right from childhood stories relating to Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads were told by elders in the family or outside and in yester era it was the only pastime. So much so that need to ritually study Bhagavad Gita or Upanishads did not […]
Belief or no belief, can we be separated from God Almighty ever? A soul atman was integrally connected to God Almighty. If an individual grain of sand is an independent soul atman, the whole mound God Almighty. The collective power of all souls’ atmans in cosmos in their pure form is what we called God Almighty in all its glory. […]
Control over mind power gets established moment we overpower five senses. Control over five senses can be established by gradually establishing control over desires and attachments of which Moha (extreme emotional attachment) is the most difficult to control. As control over desires and attachments increases day by day, lesser thoughts entered our brain. By indulging in karma nishkama karma […]
On a personal level if someone hurts us than we could forgive one but what if a whole system goes astray… beyond all stages of sanity. This is what happened with Kauravas. Collectively they were responsible for practicing adharma (lawlessness). Lord Krishna intervened and advised Pandavas to face the situation head-on by indulging in a battle of Dharma (righteousness). […]
Desires act as fuel for increasing attachments day by day. More the attachments, greater our sufferings! For human beings to reach God, our attachments must reduce to zero. We need indulging in nishkama karma yoga, never attaching self to fruits of karma performed. Desire for God was like having a lifelong desire to climb Mount Everest. Staying wherever we […]
The prime reason for calling India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha) as karma bhoomi was… it was only from India (present-day Hindustan) that human beings reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally moksha salvation. In Christianity only Jesus Christ reached the stage of enlightenment and in Buddhism only Gautama Buddha. In Islamic Dharma only Prophet Mohammed gained enlightenment in his lifetime. […]
The philosophy of life detailed in Bhagavad Gita directly relates to path of spirituality to reach God in ones lifetime. One must never indulge in Bhagavad Gita if our goal of life was not spiritual, reaching God in present life. Most followers of Hinduism hesitated indulgence in Bhagavad Gita as family ties, all attachments to family members get broken […]
A soul when it manifests a body is termed consciousness. A soul exists in our body in our heart. In absence of consciousness in our heart, the body does not carry any meaning. A soul atman is the true essence of life. Other than world of souls’ atmans nothing existed in cosmos. If an individual grain of sand is […]
If we seriously desire indulging in yoga meditation as detailed in scriptures of Hinduism, we must indulge in introspection, self enquiry as practiced and preached by Maharishi Ramana. Yoga meditation could never be learnt literally through books. To reach hidden inner meaning contained in scriptural texts of different religions of world… our indulgence in self enquiry was an absolute […]
The word yoga is distinct from yogic exercises. When we say we were indulging in yoga, we were actually indulging in yogic exercises. Yoga as detailed in scriptures of Hinduism was derived from the root word yog which in Hindi stood for synthesis, the effort of soul atman trying to merge with Parmatman (God Almighty, Brahman). One indulging in […]
Hinduism must rightly be coined as Sanatana Dharma, something that exists from times immemorial. Dharma (righteousness) was inherent in all living beings. One could not survive in absence of Dharma. Before invaders from West (who pronounced H for I) started calling people living east of river Indus as Hindus, the whole umbrella philosophy that existed in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now […]
Can we pull a plant to make it grow? Can we induce a flower to smell? Can a teacher force a student to come first in class? As per law of karma, every life in cosmic system moves of its own including human beings. Lord Krishna born an ordinary mortal succeeded in awakening kundalini at a very young age […]
Nishkama karma yoga is a precept that relates to pure spirituality. Anything that was negative does not relate to spirituality. If we talk of nishkama karma yoga then it relates to positive karma, good karma alone. Indulging in good karma, positive karma… nishkama karma way of life results in consequences never affecting us. A true spiritual person, one who […]
Ego (Aham in Hinduism) is a property of physical manifest self. In absence of ego no human being would indulge in karma. Everything would simply decay and die. To travel spiritual path, we need to overcome ego forever. Devoid of ego our karma negates to zero. Ego can be overcome only by indulgence in nishkama karma yoga, offering […]
One or two enlightened ones came every 100 to 200 years on mother earth. That was how God Almighty ordained cosmic system to be. Imagine if 50 Gautama Buddha came simultaneously. There would be total chaos as whom to worship or not. In the last about 150 years only two enlightened souls manifest on mother earth… Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa […]