Some religious scriptures definitely increased our faith in God and others increased superstition! All depends on our choice… making a distinction between truth and false, right from wrong! Religious scriptures primarily do not lead one towards God Almighty. Indulging in rituals we never gained anything in spiritual life. If we seriously desire reaching God in present life… our indulgence in […]
God of entire cosmos was one… called Brahman in Hinduism, the creator of entire cosmos! Human beings become man God like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed after gaining enlightenment. Hordes of gods and goddesses existing in different religions of world were only attributes of God, having nothing to do with absolute reality. Lord Krishna in […]
If our goal of life was spiritual then belief in God was an absolute must. In absence of 100% faith in God we could never successfully travel spiritual path. Belief in religion, following religious practices (rituals) was not necessitated if we desired reaching God in present life. Spirituality though part of religion was totally distinct from it. God can be […]
What happens when we neared the 70th floor of Empire State building… we were closer to our goal (the top of Empire State building)! We could view greater part of New York than before. What happened when a student clears 12th standard (grade). One was nearer to becoming a graduate. The goal of meditation was reaching God. In […]
In higher stages of spiritual pursuit… in a state of trance, deep contemplation… we as a soul atman could see our body very distinct from our real self, the soul atman! We could all the time realize that we are primarily a spirit distinct from the body. We as a soul atman could also leave the body and roam about […]
Hinduism categorizes life into four stages of life… Brahmacharya, Grihastha… Vanaprastha and sanyasa! The Grihastha ashram (married life) is most troublesome if we get a partner opposite of what we expected. Life becomes almost unlivable with a grumbling partner. It is this period that hurt the most. The Brahmacharya stage… life as a child, a teenager… a student […]
With advancement in science the whole world is getting more and more materialistic. Dominated by a bloated ego, mesmerized by glare of worldly riches… people world over were becoming robotic, zombies than they used to be earlier. All were feeling the pinch, missing the personal touch! We believed more in fashion, the outward appearance than inner beauty. Students […]
As long as humanity exists, religions would continue existing on mother earth. Initially came, tree of Dharma. The moment it developed its first branch came Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism! The tree further developed its second main branch and came, Gautama Buddha. Then Jesus Christ (another branch) followed by Prophet Mohammed. All the individual branches further segmented […]
At the time of big bang every soul atman was pure, devoid of dross impurities within! The big bang results in accumulation of dross impurities within. In its cosmic sojourn a soul atman gathers impurities similar as a rolling ball gathers moss. To cleanse self of dross impurities within starts cosmic life cycle of every soul atman. This becomes possible […]
If a student desires becoming a graduate then spiritual awakening is when one completes graduation. When in a class one clears term papers, midsession examinations… tests… they were all different experiences, the intermediate stages of the spiritual evolution. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161219) Bhagavad Gita Study Circle: a meeting […]
The human body is a true replica of entire cosmos. By indulging in our true self, reaching our true self existing in our heart we could become a pure soul atman forever. Nothing related to brain was complex. When we indulged in anything that was spiritual, we could never do it literally. To follow sacred teachings contained in scriptures… […]
The battle of Mahabharata was no ordinary battle… it was a war meant to re-establish Dharma (righteousness). In the Kaurava camp guru Dronacharya asked for Gurudakshina from Eklavya for no services rendered by him to Eklavya. Furthermore he sided, Kauravas who were evil from the beginning. His death at the hand of Pandavas was imminent. Karna, no matter what […]
Hinduism scriptures rightly prescribe birth in human form as the highest stage of evolution. It was only in human form our soul atman, the consciousness within reaches stage of absolute purity when human beings indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation succeeded in gaining enlightenment in present life time. Enlightenment could not be reached in lower stages of life. Prithvi Lok […]
Swami Vivekananda primarily showed mankind how one must indulge in spirituality to reach God in their lifetime. Swami Vivekananda was an apt practitioner of celibacy (Brahmacharya Vrata). He also laid great stress on indulgence in karma. To decimate karma, negate karma to zero … our indulgence in karma was necessitated! Swami Vivekananda showed the entire world how one must indulge […]
We are presently passing through Kali Yuga (Dark Age, metal age) when above 85% people followed path of untruth. Dominated by a bloated ego, most pursued materialistic goals in life. None was at fault. We only failed to exercise control over five senses and mind. Rather we acted like a slave to our senses. An ideal society, the other […]
Must we ever indulge in scriptures literally? Krishna displaying whole cosmos in his mouth is an allegorical statement. It simply signifies that an avatar who understands everything relating to cosmos can impart teachings of Bhagavad Gita to mankind to reach stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation! Everything relating to origin of cosmos could not be visualized by commoners, masses. Krishna doing […]
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 […]
Shiva lingam denotes union of soul atman and mother earth. Sexual energy is the most potent of all energies made available to mankind by grace of God Almighty. Channelizing, transmuting sexual energy towards the only goal of life human beings finally manifest absolute success, destiny… reached their goal of life! Shiva lingam represents the creative power existing in cosmos. It […]
Moksha salvation announces a soul atman gaining absolute purity forever. In absence of dross impurities within the pure soul atman finally emancipates from cycle of birth and death. Karma negated to zero, the need to manifest a body any further ceases to exist. After reaching stage of moksha salvation, the liberated soul atman finally enters abode of God (kingdom of […]
Inherently all girls were beautiful, the body pigment hardly playing any role in beauty. Is it not a fact of life… beauty always lay in the eyes of the beholder! The mother whether fair or dark skinned… for a child she was always the most beautiful person on earth. The reason was a child (who was always truthful from within) […]
I started in search of God six years of age. At that young age I was fascinated by spiritual stories doing the rounds of my house. After dinner late in the night elders used to tell stories relating to Lord Krishna, his escapades! Stories about other enlightened souls also did the rounds. My interest in spirituality grew manifold. Meanwhile something […]
If a teacher asked all students in class to write an essay on God… all the narratives would be different from each other. As many human beings, as many paths to God Almighty can there be. The reason was apparent. Everyone interprets the situation based on our buddhi (intellect). Every single individual on mother earth was distinct, having a different […]
We need becoming our true self if our goal of life was spiritual, never otherwise! We would want to become a pure soul atman, reach our true inner self existing in our heart… only if we wanted to reach God in present life. The scriptures of spirituality say journey of spirituality was always traveled all alone! On path of […]
In ancient times in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) many sages and Rishis went in search of cosmic truths of life we called God! All were interested in knowing the entity of God. All wanted to know who the creator was, our relationship with him… the purpose of making entire cosmos! Doubts were many but resources very limited! And then these […]
The curse is always placed by one individual on another of we could say, by one soul on another soul! To undo the same, to neutralize a curse we need to be forgiven by the one who had cursed us. There was no other remedy. There were two paths to undo a curse. The physical path, when we could […]
We never do karma, we always indulged in karma based on our needs of day-to-day life; our goal in life. Even if we sit idle, totally motionless… karma keeps performing! Every single thought precipitates into an act of karma. Karma does not constitute physical indulgence alone. Karma does not directly relate to field of spirituality. It is indulging in […]
The character of Krishna in Mahabharata represents soul atman existing in human body. Lord Krishna is always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the (chariot) human body manifested by soul atman of Arjuna. From this analogy Lord Krishna getting old does not mean anything. A soul atman is indestructible, could not be created or destroyed! In physical life also Lord […]
A traveler of spiritual path from beginning of life, many times my soul atman within prompted me on right path. Dominated by an ego (Aham in Hinduism) I failed to pay attention to voice of soul atman coming from within my heart. This not only caused heartburning but also a great regret later in life. When our soul atman […]
Unable to conceptualize entity of Brahman (God Almighty), the creator of entire cosmos… mankind wanted to believe, worship God in Sakaar form (having a form). Brahman always was Nirakaar (having no form) and Nirguna (without an attribute). To worship, pray to God in a temple… idols of various gods and goddesses were created by mankind. Lord Krishna in […]
Death was an ongoing process in cosmic life cycle. One that takes birth also has to die. If the concept of death was predestined, known in advance… life simply could not exist on mother earth. Imagine if I knew in advance I would die at 70 years of age, life would truly lose its meaning. Instead of living life, one […]