I am totally awed being born in India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha)… citadel of Hinduism, foremost of all religions existing on mother earth. Born in a Jain family, right from six years of age I believed more in principles of Bhagavad Gita given by Lord Krishna than scriptures of Jainism. The reason was clear. I did not believe in age-old rituals […]
Everything depends on our goal of life! As my goal of life from the very beginning was spiritual… I indulged in precepts of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (that form part of Hinduism philosophy) to reach God in my lifetime. As ordained in scriptures of different religions of world… we as a soul atman manifested present human […]
Hindus and Indians do not hold different meaning. If a foreigner asked me who was I, my answer would be an Indian. If he further asks my religious affinity… I would say I am a Jain (born in Jain community). But above all I was a true Hindu as from six years of age I followed teachings of Bhagavad Gita […]
Scriptures like Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises)… part of Hinduism sacred texts contained truth and only truth. Nothing in Bhagavad Gita or the Upanishads diluted with passage of time. Spirituality in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads starts from the point where science ends. Albert Einstein, the famous physicist was a great lover of Bhagavad Gita for it details everything relating […]
From beginning of life I did not believe in religious practices (rituals). All rituals were necessitated in yesteryears when spirituality was still in its nascent stages. After evolution of spirituality the need to worship God, indulging in religious practices was practically a waste of time. Most who indulged in religious practices feared god! Travelers of spiritual path never feared God… […]
To understand concept of origination of various religions including Christianity and Islam… our indulgence in concept of dharma (righteousness) was necessitated. In India… it is primarily termed Sanatana Dharma… something that exists from times immemorial! Going back to a time when not even Lord Krishna appeared on the scene! What existed? It was only dharma (precept of righteousness) that […]
Commoners, masses definitely believed holy books blindly but not all. Holy books are primarily divided into two categories… religious and spiritual. Most religious books relate to rituals that had no relation to spirituality. If we desire reaching God in present life our indulgence in spiritual books was necessitated. Following path of religion (path of rituals) none reached God in present […]
Must we really indulge in mythology? Can we not manage our life without it? From six years of age I have not indulged in even a single book of Hindu mythology. Why? My goal of life always was reaching God in present life. In the initial stages of life I realized that religion had no place in realizing our true […]
Both Hindu Dharma and Science had no relation in practical life. Hindu Dharma relates to journey of our inner self… the reality of our soul atman, the spirit within. Science relates to the physical manifest world. For mankind to exist, to make life on mother earth lively, to earn our bread-and-butter, to keep human beings occupied with karma science was […]