Ever since advent of mankind, path of contemplation, logical enquiry was travelled by various sages and saints of different era that existed in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India). Nowhere else in the world people indulged in path of contemplation, self enquiry, logical reasoning to realize what was God.
As the evolving brain of human beings matured, some sages and saints of yester era (called Rishis in those times) invoked direct words of God Almighty termed Vedas (Hinduism revelations). Vedas were the first words in the entire history of mankind that were invoked for the first time on mother earth.
Before invocation of Vedas human beings indulged in yagnas (rituals) to appease various gods and goddesses! With invocation of Vedas, highly evolved sages and saints for the first time realized that it was not hordes of gods and goddesses that mattered but God Almighty, creator of entire cosmos was one and only one termed Brahman in Hinduism.
Life that seemed frightening before invocation of Vedas became easier to travel! Faced with fury of nature, people fearing it to be wrath of various gods and goddesses indulged in prayers, worship galore. With invocation of spiritual messages focus of life shifted to indulgence in path of jnana yoga than indulgence in path of appeasement of various gods and goddesses.
With passage of time various sages and saints finally realized that instead of worshipping various gods and goddesses, one must indulge in worshipping Brahman, the one and only creator of entire cosmos. As spirituality advanced further various sages and saints compiled Upanishads (independent treatises). And finally comes, Lord Krishna to give mankind sermon of Bhagavad Gita.
Regarding stage of moksha salvation, we must always bear in mind that moksha salvation can only be achieved through path of spirituality, never religion (path of rituals). The concept of duality did not exist in scriptures of Hinduism. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita, various Upanishads (independent treatises) and Vedas (Hinduism revelations) other than God Almighty (Brahman) nothing existed in cosmos.
All man gods till date like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or prophet Mohammed reached stage of enlightenment following teachings of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads and Vedas. Both Mahavira and Gautama Buddha gained enlightenment in India. Jesus Christ came to India to assimilate teachings of scriptures of Hinduism. In times of Prophet Mohammed the boundary of erstwhile Bharatvarsha lay with Persia, the region to which prophet Mohammed belonged.
Prophet Mohammed must have seemingly gained his jnana wisdom from erstwhile University of Taxila that presently lay in Pakistan. Jesus Christ gained his jnana wisdom from both Nalanda and Taxila universities of yore. After Gautama Buddha none in Buddhism reached stage of enlightenment. After Jesus Christ none in Christianity gained enlightenment. Following scriptures of Buddhism or Christianity none could reach stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana).
Enlightenment is not that easily achieved prime reason why in last about 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over only Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana finally succeeded in reaching God. India was the spiritual citadel of world is and shall continue to be for times to come. None world over could inherit this jnana wisdom contained in India. People in West were more inclined towards commercial activities, as they sometimes illegally indulged in patenting spiritual precepts existing in India from beginning of time. For ignorants there was no place in the field of pure spirituality.
By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref 150912)
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