The whole doctrine of Bhagavad Gita rotates around inscrutable law of karma… as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more! People are poor in their thinking never in deeds. At times we notice one may be poor but intellectually rich. At other times we notice a so-called rich but mentally destitute, poor! People beg owing to […]
The human death announces released soul atman again manifesting a new form to start new journey of life. This circle of life continues until a soul atman reaches cosmic end of life, 8.4 millionth manifestation. Based on residual balance of karma at the time of death our soul atman keeps changing form after another. None could interfere in the inscrutable […]
From six years of age I developed a good habit of jogging. Initially it was a small distance which finally increased to about 7 km. I went for jogging in the early hours of the morning around 4:30 AM. I loved this time of Brahma Muhurta when I could contemplate on God Almighty even while jogging. In my childhood days […]
Simply wanting never helps. We have to work around things and reach our goal of life! If I wish I could go to moon… what does that mean? Will I ever get the desired results? Look within and try to locate the fault. Why worry about karma of past life that was never in our control. If we suffered in […]
Who can understand us better than us! By looking within, following path of truthfulness we could catch the culprit. Exercising power of discrimination we can distinguish right from wrong. Exercising willpower we could distinguish truth from false. Such things result from absence of a goal in life and the. Napoleon Hill in his book “law of success” tells us […]
Negation of ego is the biggest obstacle on path of pure spirituality. We can transcend ego only by subduing it in totality 100%. This becomes a reality pursuing path of nishkama karma yoga. We have to become a trustee in the journey of life. For a true nishkama karma Yogi everything all the time belonged to God Almighty. We were […]
No translation of Bhagavad Gita could be accurate. One must only indulge in commentaries and that too published by Gita press, Gorakhpur, India… the only authentic source! Gita press has commentaries on Bhagavad Gita both in Hindi and English by Jayadayal Goyandka, Swami Ramsukhdas and Hanuman Prasad Poddar. Commentary on Bhagavad Gita by Adi Shankaracharya is also available. Gita […]
As per Bhagavad Gita all earthly relationships come to absolute naught the moment one reaches stage of enlightenment. Even when embarking on spiritual journey one was absolutely clear that slowly with passage of time all earthly relationships would be left behind one by one. For an enlightened one the whole world becomes one large family. Enlightenment is reached cutting shackles […]
The 10th avatar of Lord Vishnu… the awaited Kalki avatar not only exists in this world but also closely monitors all the happenings of the world. Only at the opportune moment would Kalki avatar surface. We are passing almost five o’clock in the morning. The dawn has yet to begin. Between 5 AM and 6 AM lay Mahabharata or all […]
Nothing in scriptures could be understood literally. Everything contained in scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads… even Vedas was allegorical, metaphorical… could be understood only through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! Lord Shiva opening his third eye means advent of an avatar on mother earth (God manifest in human form)! Advent of an avatar does not mean destroying the […]
Yoga derived from root word yog means effort of soul atman wanting to yoke with Parmatman (God), Brahman! Yoga is indulged through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach hidden underlying precepts of spirituality contained in scriptures of different religions of world. Path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) primarily means indulging in contemplation. For negating karma to zero, path […]
In search of a spiritual master from six years of age I finally found that none in this world paralleled teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita. If I could just follow Bhagavad Gita somehow! As nothing in Bhagavad Gita could be understood literally I started my indulgence with contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach hidden truths of life contained […]
Spiritual enlightenment demands our indulgence in yoga meditation. The process of yoga meditation demands our traveling path of jnana yoga and jnana yoga demands our indulgence in contemplation to reach hidden underlying cosmic truths of life contained in scriptures of different religions of world. Contemplation though part of thinking process relates more to questioning than answers. Contemplation in conjunction with […]
No matter how best we try, it was just not possible to read our way into spiritual enlightenment! The reason was apparent… nothing in Bhagavad Gita or different scriptures of various religions of world could be understood literally. All scriptures demand reading in between the lines, we need reaching the hidden underlying meaning through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! […]
What could be more pleasant than indulging in yoga meditation! It is following path of spirituality, indulging in yoga meditation human beings finally reached stage of enlightenment… became a man god like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed! Becoming a pure soul atman is our cosmic goal of life on mother earth. By negating karma to zero […]
Indulging in religious practices one could never reach stage of immortality. To understand precept of immortality one needs traveling path of spirituality. Belief or no belief we were primarily a spirit, a spiritual being manifesting human form to remove dross impurities within. The human form was but a medium to work out our karma. Indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation when […]
Immortality never relates to children. Immortality always belonged to our true inner self existing in our heart as soul atman, the consciousness! When human beings gained enlightenment and finally moksha salvation, our soul atman gets liberated from cycle of birth and death forever. This stage of emancipation from cycle of birth and death is termed immortality as soul atman need […]
Law of karma clearly stipulates… every single thought positive or negative precipitates into an act of karma! The doctrine of Bhava karma in Jainism clearly says if a murder has been committed even in our thoughts… the sin has been committed! It is a different matter that potency of sin committed in thoughts was much less than actual murder. […]
Atma jnana implies self realization! Traveling path of spirituality, indulging in yoga meditation when human beings finally reached stage of enlightenment… this stage was termed Atma jnana or Brahma jnana! In spiritual context enlightenment, spiritual awakening, full kundalini awakening, stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Atma jnana, Brahma jnana… self realization, god realization… all mean the same! Establishing absolute control over […]
Lord Krishna is considered God incarnate on mother earth… an avatar of his era, God manifest in human form! The usage of word incarnate was metaphorical. To highlight greatness of Lord Krishna, an avatar… the symbol of incarnate has been used. In reality, a commoner who in times of extreme strife, tribulation takes upon self responsibility of putting the society […]
Everything told in Bhagavad Gita was allegorical pointing to a deeper spiritual meaning! Lord Krishna is a soul atman of Arjuna, always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the chariot (body) belonging to Arjuna. If Lord Krishna says I exists in every age, we all know that souls atmans were indestructible… could neither be created nor destroyed. Lord Krishna […]
Practicing Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy) human beings could realize any goal of life. By channelizing sexual energy behind the only goal of life we could become absolute master and controller of life. Sexual energy is the most potent of all energies made available to mankind by grace of God Almighty. Swami Vivekananda the great disciple saint of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa […]
Voluntary non-indulgence in sexual activity was termed Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy)! The feeling of practicing Brahmacharya Vrata must come from within. We must never suppress sexual urges, but subdue them from within by practicing celibacy mantra. A celibate always works like a dam channelizing sexual energy towards the only goal of life! By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man […]
Lord Brahma is only an attribute of God Almighty (Brahman) and forms part of Hindu mythology. A man bachelor is called Brahmachari and Lady Brahmacharini as one needs abstention from a sexual relationship if we were to pursue Brahman (God) in our lifetime. The behaviour, demeanour (AcharaN in Hindi) must be conducive to reaching Brahman (God) in present life. […]
My personal notion is enlightened ones never die. They lived in their teachings all the time. From six years of age I followed teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, teachings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana in the books available world over relating to them… finally gaining success at the end of spiritual journey. Guided by these spiritual […]
Abstaining from a sexual relationship not only physically but mentally was termed Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy). Sexual energy is the most potent of all energies made available to mankind by grace of God. Channelizing sexual energy by practicing Brahmacharya Vrata spelled absolute success in life. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161114) […]
How many spiritual masters do we think existed today! No matter how best I searched from six years of age… I could not get one! Contemplating the cause I finally realized the abstract truth of life. Spiritual masters never die… they lived in their teachings all the time. I started following teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita… teachings […]
All my life from six years of age I considered Lord Krishna as the best spiritual master world ever had. There was nothing more pure sacrosanct than teachings of Bhagavad Gita. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna simply says… we were a soul atman that manifests human body to cleanse self of dross impurities within. Traveling spiritual path, indulging in […]
Searching for a guru spiritual master from six years of age and finding none I looked within. Contemplating on the issue again and again I realized that enlightened ones who tread on mother earth never really died. All lived in the teachings left behind. I started my indulgence in teachings of Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna and books relating […]
Jainism says it was next to impossible to gain moksha in Kali Yuga! Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says stage of moksha salvation can be achieved in any stage of life, irrespective of yugas! Making distinction between spirituality and religion, indulging in 700 shlokas verses of Bhagavad Gita we must try to reach the hidden underlying meaning. This became […]