In present times even Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel or Lal Bahadur Shastri would suffice to make India superpower number one but Chanakya was always the main choice. To demolish existing ills, make the society arise from slumber coming of a Chanakya was the call of day. The problems that ingrained into every strata of society can be resolved only with an […]
Science has its limitations. It demands proofs that are not forthcoming in field of pure spirituality. Everything in domain of God Almighty was based on absolute faith in God (termed shraddha in Hinduism). Through limited parameters of science mankind could not be able to prove or disprove existence of god. The nearest mankind could go was so-called God particle. But […]
By limiting our desires and wishes we could establish control over five senses. Control over ego was also necessitated. We just could not remain mesmerized by glare of worldly riches. The essence of life lay in our thinking prowess. Moving from Tamas to rajas and finally sattva was totally dependent on karma indulged by us. Indulging in good karma, […]
If Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel or Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister of India in present times… could we expect a single instance of rape occurring in the country! In no time they would have succeeded in changing the entire scenario of country. We just could not take excuses that we were a coalition. We had our limits. One who […]
All human beings have been endowed with a free will and power of discrimination exercising which we distinguish right from wrong. Karma was the controlling inherent ingredient of cosmic system. By moulding our karma, indulging in positive thoughts all the time we could become absolute master and controller of present life. Only when we left things to chance, destiny seemed […]
After death of human body the released soul atman immediately manifests a new body to start new journey of life. For the deceased human being it was the end of journey forever. In the next manifestation our soul atman would manifest a new body on mother earth but based on residual balance of karma at the time of death. If […]
Imagine one KG of pure gold in a lump of hundred KG of gold ore. Can this one KG of pure gold separate itself from 99 KG impurities of its own! Unless the ore passes through various mining machinery and processes one KG of pure gold could not be separated from surrounding impurities. Same is the case with a […]
The jnana wisdom contained in Bhagavad Gita was given to mankind by ancient sages and Rishis belonging to erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) but its practice is more prevalent in developed countries than India. Indians have a habit of preaching but not following the dictum. We tend to preach what we do not follow ourselves. The glowing faces of people in […]
1. We must form a definite goal in life and pursue it with all eggs in one basket. 2. We must practice Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy) to channelize sexual energy towards the only goal of life (sexual energy is the most potent of all energies made available to mankind by grace of God). 3. Indulge in positive thinking most […]
Human beings who indulged in their passion, something dear to our heart would always make it to the end. Only by pursuing our passion one gains absolute success, never otherwise. From six years of age I pursued by passion… go in search of God. 37 years of age I finally reached God. There was no limit to inconsistencies, pitfalls […]
The doctrine of reincarnation and karma is ingrained into every Hindu living in India. From the very beginning Hindus are taught rather told by elders in the family and also outside that we were primarily a soul atman and would keep manifesting form after another based on karma. This resulted in Hindus neglecting the present. Most Hindus cared for after […]
Travelers of spiritual path require negating karma to zero. We also need negating ego to zero. Establishing absolute control over five senses and mind was another necessity of spiritual path. In the circumstances was it possible to enjoy material comforts while indulging in spirituality? The human body was only a medium for soul atman within to work out its […]
Everything contained in Bhagavad Gita was allegorical pointing towards very crucial and deep meaning of life. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita was soul atman existing in our heart as our consciousness. Lord Krishna is always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the human body (Chariot) we called Arjuna or let us say owned by Arjuna. And what does this simile convey. […]
None has seen Brahman (God) and also could ever see. The highest representative of God on mother earth was an avatar (God manifest in human form). The status of an avatar was much above an enlightened one. Lord Krishna practically was the first avatar who advent on mother earth to spread cosmic wisdom invoked directly from domain of God Almighty. […]
In United States of America how many original American aboriginals lived! The figure could be counted on fingers. Yet everyone living in America feels proud to be called an American. India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha) is primarily a Hindu nation. About 600 years of Mughal rule resulted in mass conversion of Hindus to Muslims. Hinduism primarily should be called Sanatana Dharma, […]
Every single human being on mother earth has spark of divinity within to gain enlightenment in present life. Still most, world over pursued path of religion (rituals) than path of pure spirituality that led human beings towards enlightenment and finally salvation moksha. The only handicap was inbuilt fear. All spiritual wisdom contained in world emanated from India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha). […]
As detailed in Upanishads (independent treatises) when dissolution of old cosmos occurs (Pralaya in Hinduism) all souls atmans in cosmos automatically reached 8.4 millionth manifestation, last in cosmic life cycle. In absence of dross impurities within all souls atmans carried the volume of half a thumb. At the time of big crunch the whole visible cosmos reduces to size of […]
In yesteryears when yogis contemplated in confines of deep dense forests, upper reaches of Himalayas… facilities for shaving of beard were non-existent. Furthermore, the introspection, contemplation continued for days, weeks… even months. In such adverse circumstances there was no alternative for these sages, Rishis but to manifest long beards. For a serious traveler of spiritual path, hygiene was of […]
Stage of enlightenment and then moksha salvation was not that easily achieved. God Almighty ordained a long journey of 1.1 million manifestations in human form before human beings liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever. Even though moksha was the ultimate goal of life for all human beings on mother earth, there was never a need for hurry. […]
Seemingly spiritual people were travelers of religious path (indulging in rituals) having nothing to do with spirituality. True travelers of spiritual path were always after realizing self and realization of god requires being 100% truthful. Practicing untruthfulness how could we be spiritual? 100% truthfulness was necessitated to listen to sweet small inner voice of our soul atman coming from […]
In the fight between truth and untruth stands power of God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism). In times of strife, extreme tribulation came, a messiah, savior to re-establish Dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). Truth triumphs in the end for it had direct support of God Almighty. Duality was part of nature, manifest visible life. If we have […]
Death in any form on mother earth results in soul atman manifesting another life form. It was natural, inevitable. In case of accidental death the scenario was different. Accidental deaths do occur in cosmic system. Suppose one was destined to live 84 years of age and at 60 one dies in an accident. Then the released soul atman would manifest […]
In pursuit of God from six years of age I tried indulging in various yogic exercises asanas. No matter how best I tried, I did not succeed. My body lacked the necessary flexibility. I became interested in aerobics. To maintain my body healthy I became a morning jogger. For indulging in yoga meditation, a healthy body was necessitated and that […]
Nothing in field of spirituality could be measured by limited parameters of science. Spirituality starts from the point where science ends. Science demands proofs that are not forthcoming in the field of pure spirituality. We cannot see soul atman neither God. Yet we could fill presence of God Almighty in day-to-day activities of life similar as we can feel presence […]
Amongst vast paraphernalia of translations, commentaries available world over… Ishadi Nau Upanishad (commentary on nine principal Upanishads) from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India was the most commendable. Individual commentaries by Adi Shankaracharya on all nine principal Upanishads were also available. Gita press is a non-profit organization just sustaining itself by selling their products even below cost price. Gita press has centres […]
The efficacy of any mantra was understanding, its essence. We could always chant a mantra in our mother tongue or language convenient to us. In my childhood many mantras were given to me, which I could never understand. When I asked the giver (so-called religious or spiritual teachers) the meaning of mantra, they hesitated for they knew nothing. With passage […]
The concept of immortality was wrongly understood by most, world over. Immortality was never gained in physical form. When we as a soul atman reached stage of absolute purity, this stage was termed immortality as soul atman within finally emancipated self from cycle of birth forever. No more manifestation of a body, the soul atman gains immortality forever. In absence […]
Consciousness existing in our body was the only truth of life. In absence of consciousness, the spirit within no living form on mother earth could ever survive. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita the present journey of life belongs to our soul atman, a consciousness within. Our soul atman manifest human form to work out its karma, remove dross impurities within. […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita explicitly says that every human being on mother earth had the spark of divinity within to gain enlightenment in present life. Swami Vivekananda summarizes the divinity of soul atman, the consciousness existing in our heart in our body. By undertaking spiritual journey all human beings on mother earth could take their soul atman to stage […]
The most famous proponent of self enquiry, who am I was Maharishi Ramana one who succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment in his lifetime. Maharishi Ramana also mastered the art of Neti (not this, not this) to negate everything that was not God and finally reached God in the end. Lying in shavasna pose of yoga (the dead pose) […]