The concept of life and death becomes clear through teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita! As detailed in Bhagavad Gita… we were primarily a soul atman, spirit… on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations that entailed an earthly journey of 96.4 million years! In its cosmic sojourn… the pure soul atman gathered impurities similar as a rolling […]
Music is the language of soul! It was only through voice, thoughts god communicated with us! Thoughts were universal language of communication! One soul connected to another only through medium of thoughts! If we desire reaching god in present life… we had to curtail incessant flow of thoughts to our brain in totality! And in this game of life, the […]
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 […]
The best way to meditate was detailed by Maharishi Ramana… one who reached God in his lifetime! All his life Maharishi Ramana indulged in path of self enquiry (path of Neti… not this, not this) to cut shackles of karma forever! Unless we negate karma to zero… we could never reach stage of enlightenment! The purpose of all yoga meditation […]
Even as of today… where communities, people do not have enough sources to build a temple… they just select a tree or a stone and considering it a symbol of god… pray to it! The Pipal or a banyan tree is considered pious of all. Whatever the means available in India… people pray to God accordingly! In yester era […]
Mythology does not relate to reality. It was an abstract way to highlight importance of various precepts of a particular religion. Existence of 330 million gods (33 crores) in Hindu mythology was meaningless… does not carry any real weightage in field of religion or spirituality! When Hindu people went to Hindu temples… they prayed to different gods as pleased […]
From times immemorial… citizens of erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) were bonded together through inherent laws of discipline… a philosophy which was coined by Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism… preceptor) as… Live and let Live! This fundamental principle of life was applicable to all sects, castes, societies… religious and cultural groups living in India! The biggest power of India was art […]
Enlightenment … the concept, philosophy is best detailed in scriptures of Hinduism… primarily, Bhagavad Gita (teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battle of Mahabharata) and various Upanishads (independent treatises)! As detailed in Bhagavad Gita… enlightenment simply means human beings reaching end stage of cosmic life… 8.4 millionth manifestation… when our soul atman, the spirit within finally liberates self […]
Before finding a spiritual advisor… we ought to know the correct definition of spirituality! As per scriptures of Hinduism… spirituality was the path to reach our inner self, our consciousness that existed within our heart! The path of spirituality is always travelled all alone. Why? To realize our true nature… to realize our true inner self… our following path of […]
As civilizations progressed ahead… the need for human beings to go to inner reaches of Himalayas for living life of a recluse… a hermit was not necessitated! It is apparent if we study life of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana… the two spiritual stalwarts who reached stage of self realization in their lifetime. Both these spiritual masters never […]
Hinduism… the only religion of world that would survive all rigors of time! The teachings of Lord Krishna contained in 700 shlokas verses of Bhagavad Gita never diluted with time! It is above 3600 years, whence came Lord Krishna in Dwapar Yuga! The original teachings of Bhagavad Gita… the sayings of Lord Krishna… are available intact for mere Rs. 40/= […]
Experiencing spiritual enlightenment was not that easy. However, when it comes… one finally comes face-to-face with God Almighty! Veil of illusion removed forever… we finally as a soul atman gained absolute purity forever! If we analyze the requisites for reaching stage of spiritual enlightenment… we find the following were extremely necessary: 1. Following path of absolute truthfulness always and […]
When I started my journey of spirituality six years of age… I had no inkling what God was all about! By 13, my simple desire, wish turned to firm conviction… come whatever may, in this very life I shall see and meet God! No matter how best I tried… I could never get a spiritual master (preceptor) to guide me […]
Anything in field of spirituality that leads to God is the correct path. All my life I followed path of contemplation, path of self enquiry… path of logistical reasoning to reach God in present life! By following gist of Bhagavad Gita… teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battle of Mahabharata, I finally reached God in the wee […]
The sermon of Bhagavad Gita was given to mankind by Lord Krishna above 3600 years before now, above 1500 years before to coming of Jesus Christ. In times of Lord Krishna no religion like Buddhism, Christianity or Islamic Dharma existed. Simply stated Jesus was born more than 1500 years later to sermon of Bhagavad Gita. Jesus Christ was born […]
God is neither a spiritual being nor a fake. When the fox could not get grapes, they turned sour. If we are not able to conceptualize concept of God Almighty does not mean we lessen our faith in God. At no stage of life we must lose our faith in God, no matter what. How many people remembered God in […]
In Hinduism Yoga stood for meditation in English. Yoga is the path to God and so is meditation. The precept of yoga meditation can lead human beings to stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (stage of absolute nothingness) when not a single thought entered our brain uninvoked. This is the stage of absolute calm, total bliss. When we indulged in contemplation, self […]
After coming of Gautama Buddha how many people in Buddhism gained enlightenment? Perhaps none! Meditation was never practiced the way it was done in Buddhism. Yoga meditation, the precept is explicitly detailed in Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism, foremost of all sacred texts existing on mother earth. Indulging in yoga meditation means indulging in path of spirituality to reach god, […]
Pursuing Hindu mythology what do we expect gaining in life? Hindu mythology relates to parables to explain hidden deeper inner meaning of life. If we sincerely desire knowing god, realising god our indulgence in path of spirituality was mandated by god. In present times none could reach God via path of religion (rituals). Going to temples churches and mosques one […]
Vishnu Purana formed part of Hindu mythology. Stories in mythology were parables to explain hidden deeper meaning of life. Direct references to big bang theory are contained in more authentic scriptures of Hinduism like Upanishads (independent treatises). As detailed in Upanishads the present cosmos came into being when God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism), size of half a thumb exploded self […]
When human beings indulged in yoga meditation, we activated dormant lying portion of brain. This results in deeper introspection within. Now we could access feelings at much deeper level. We become more conscious, more active in the journey of life while indulging in yoga meditation. Normal human beings indulged in feelings on a shallower level. Only by indulging in […]
Our ego is that false perception of self identity which keeps our true inner self obscured from human intellect (buddhi in Hinduism). Because of our ego we identified self with the physical manifest form. The reality was vice versa. Our true inner self was our soul atman, the spirit within existing in our heart. In absence of ego (Aham in […]
Since inception, beginning of present cosmos God Almighty alone was the truth of life. In absence of God Almighty the manifest creation could not exist. As detailed in Upanishads (independent treatises) the present cosmos came into being when God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) exploded self with a big bang. God Almighty, size of half a thumb was that singularity explosion […]
Living according to Bhagavad Gita way of life simply means indulging in karma nishkama karma way of life. We must always indulge in karma as a trustee… a custodian, caretaker of things that already belonged to God Almighty. We must live like a true soldier of God, as nothing truly belonged to us. Primarily we were a spirit… a […]
All holy books primarily contained same message that God Almighty was one. Christians called it water, Muslims Pani and Hindus jala. The content of all was the same. The teachings of all enlightened ones could vary but not the end goal. As all preceptors gained enlightenment in their lifetime, reached the same source from where they started their initial journey… […]
Do human beings have an independent mind? We only had a brain that works like a receiving and transmitting station. All prayers emanate from our true inner self… our soul atman, the spirit within or our ego (Aham in Hinduism)! Those with a bloated ego never experienced fulfillment of their prayers. From six years of age I have never experienced […]
If Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed existed in world today… would have life simplified for commoners, masses? A blunt no! The teacher remaining the same still one student comes first and the other last. It was not capability of teacher that was in question; it was merit of student that decides our level in the journey of […]
If Sage Yajnavalkya or Vashistha appeared today, would they seem old-fashioned? To commoners, masses in present times even Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed would appear old-fashioned. Such terminology did not exist in field of pure spirituality. As none reached god via path of religion (rituals), why indulge and mar our present and future. Human life must […]
The physical manifest life was primarily governed by science but our inner journey was totally governed by saints who succeeded in reaching God in their lifetime. By saints I do not mean Swami, mendicant, recluse living in religious centers life Haridwar, Rishikesh or Varanasi. The word saints here stood for enlightened ones life Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ, Prophet […]
Spirituality relates to our true inner self and technology, a part of science was necessitated for living a meaningful human life. In absence of spirituality life simply could not exist. As we were primarily a spiritual being… a soul atman, the spirit within on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations… we could not survive in absence of spirituality […]