The commentary by Srila Prabhupada is irrelevant in present times. It concerns path of bhakti yoga through which none could reach God in present times. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana the two spiritual stalwarts who reached God in their lifetime initially started their search of God via path of karma yoga and bhakti yoga but finding God could […]
As a human being, in manifest physical self can one ever reach nirvanic goal of life? The physical manifest life was but a medium for our soul atman to reach stage of absolute purity. Concepts like enlightenment, kaivalya jnana, Nirvana exist for travelers of spiritual path, never travelers of material world. A commoner, one from masses not interested in travelling […]
What is migraine? Medical science has not been able to determine causes for migraine. I experienced bouts of severe migraine since childhood. Not knowing cause of such severe headaches my parents gave me balm to apply on forehead. Sometimes it gave relief, at other times induced me to sleep. Sometimes the migraine halted in hours, at times persisted for days. […]
In yesteryears when human beings had not yet evolved to the stage they are today, seekers reached stage of enlightenment through path of bhakti yoga that demands total surrender to God Almighty. Such a surrender and finally acceptance by God Almighty in present times of Kali Yuga… Dark Age, metal age seemed totally impossible. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana […]
How do we define moksha? In Hinduism, even in Jainism moksha is the stage when an enlightened one left mortal frame forever. The soul atman finally liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever. The liberated soul atman finally enters abode of God, kingdom of God (Vaikuntha in Hinduism)… never kingdom of heaven (swarga). Mukti… liberation from cycle […]
Yoga meditation was the precept, travelling path of spirituality our goal of life. Enlightenment can only be gained by travelling path of spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita. Ever since souls atmans separated from their source God Almighty himself (Parmatman in Hinduism), they desire regaining their lost original pure prime pristine primordial form at the earliest. Yoga is derived […]
Spiritual awakening the term by itself was never wanting, neither did it relate to any religion. The actual meaning of word “spiritual awakening” lay in Bhagavad Gita, foremost of all scriptural text available on mother earth. As we were primarily a spirit, a soul atman on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations, the present earthly journey of […]
In a broader context India means land of Sanatana Dharma, where Dharma (righteousness) exists from times immemorial. Even with passage of time, nothing in Bhagavad Gita (foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth) diluted. The teachings of Lord Krishna are still available intact and that too for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60) with Hindi or English transliteration from Gita […]
God Almighty, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent creator of all cosmos that consisted of many universes, every universe consisting of billions of galaxies, every galaxy consisting of billions of stars and our solar system, a small star family. Still, we think of God as a delusion, misconception? It is not for science to realize entity we called God Almighty. Science […]
When young six years of age I used to accompany my mother to Jain temples for religious gatherings. Born in a Jain family I started following Jain religion (Jainism). But at this young age I had many queries within relating to god. I just wanted to satisfy myself by seeing God once. How to do it was the problem! […]
Though I understand nothing of chakras but their opening was absolutely real. I can vouch for opening of chakras with 100% authority. In my search for God six years of age I did not understand ABCD of religion or God. At that young age I did not know, there exists a word like spirituality in scriptures. Even after repeatedly […]
Yes, gaining enlightenment means reaching stage of immortality forever. What do we mean when we talked of immortality? It was for certain that immortality could never be gained physically in human form. That was not the intention of god. Immortality, the stage of absolute purity is always gained by our soul atman, the consciousness within when our karma negates […]
Hinduism religion termed a way of life primarily has two distinct paths to follow, one path of religion (rituals) that most people in India presently followed and other path of spirituality that directly helped human beings in realizing their true inner potential, realizing self, reaching god. Spiritualism is different from spirituality. Spiritualism is a belief developed in Western world […]
As detailed in scriptures of different religions of world the most a human being could become in present life was man god like Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor), Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed. Becoming a man god, gaining enlightenment and finally moksha salvation meant a soul atman gaining absolute purity forever. A purified soul atman need not […]
As detailed in scriptures of Hinduism God Almighty (Brahman) was not the form of human beings. It always acts as a Dhrishta (onlooker) never interfering with creation of his. The whole cosmic system was governed by inscrutable laws of karma and evolution. As our indulgence accordingly manifests our destiny! How could we blame God Almighty for our sufferings or woes? […]
Every second thousands of thoughts flowed to our brain incessantly. To stop the flow of these thoughts in totality our indulgence in nishkama karma yoga was necessitated. Working with an unattached attitude is what nishkama karma all about. We had to live like a trustee… a custodian, caretaker taking care of things that already belonged to God Almighty. Furthermore […]
Almost all school going Hindu children believed in Allah. In junior classes we were always taught that God was one but had different names. It may be called as Sanatana Purusha, Parmatman, Bhagwan, Ishwar and khuda, Allah, Hari and Karta etc. As we grew in age, our religious beliefs narrowed. Being a Hindu we limited our belief to calling […]
If I get to become Prime Minister of India even for 24 hours, I would dismantle the present political system by imposing emergency and converting the whole system into presidential system as in USA. Then I would pass a decree that the tenure of executive president would be five years. Having become executive president, I would implement the following […]
In yesteryears when people… commoners, masses were not able to conceptualize Nirakaar form of God (having no form) various sages and saints wrote many parables, religious stories to convey the hidden inner meaning. Everything in Hindu mythology relates to a moral in the story. Everything was symbolic. But with passage of time people identified the story as a true narrative. […]
In all 700 shlokas verses of Bhagavad Gita wherever God has been referenced, it points to the ultimate reality… Brahman in Hinduism, the one and only creator of entire cosmos! As per Lord Krishna nothing other than Brahman existed in cosmos. Lord Krishna also emphasizes not to worship various forms of gods and goddesses which were only attributes of God […]
Must we run after fruits of karma… performed by us? The path of nishkama karma yoga of Bhagavad Gita clearly says indulge in karma but never attach self to fruits of karma performed. Working for results and working with unattached attitude are two different aspects of life. King Janaka and JRD Tata, the two Karma yogis par excellence all […]
Can we ever have faith in present times in a so-called religious preacher, master or guru, one who had yet to reach stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana)? Mahavira 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor rightly said, “Do not preach unless you become an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina… a Mahavira”. In the last about 150 years amongst 7000 million […]
Before India gained independence in 1947 it was a conglomerate of above 600 princely states spread all over India. Different cultures, different upbringing, different beliefs all combined under one umbrella termed Hinduism religion. Primarily Hinduism religion must be called Sanatana Dharma something that exists from times immemorial. Sanatana in Hindi stands for eternal. In present times Hinduism religion is […]
We were primarily a soul atman, never the manifest physical human form. The moment we reached 8.4 millionth manifestation, last in cosmic life cycle… stage of (Nirvikalpa Samadhi), that stage is termed realizing self, realizing god, gaining enlightenment. The moment our kundalini awakened fully Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain opens fully. Our brain becomes 100% […]
In my childhood I read a story in a newspaper or magazine about brain being different from mind. At that young age I did not realize the underlying meaning of that article. But as I contemplated on same I realized everything stated in that article was absolute truth. Human beings truly had no independent mind. We all had a […]
As a physical manifest human being, you are justified in your concern. What if you were not a physical manifest human form but a soul atman, the consciousness within on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations that entailed an earthly journey of 96.4 million years? As per scriptures of Hinduism we were primarily a spiritual being that manifested […]
Born in a Jain family, even after an earthly journey of 59 years I have not been able to separate Jainism from Hinduism. From six years of age I was after absolute truth. Realizing that Lord Krishna came above thousand years earlier to Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor) I somehow believed more in teachings of Lord Krishna than preaching […]
It was 1:45 AM in the morning, third of August 1993 and I was in deep sleep. All of a sudden I felt gasping for breath. Something within telling me to get up and go to the terrace on the top floor! When I reached the top I was instructed to come back with the lightweight chair I used for […]
Fear of death was the biggest fear experience by mankind. We could forever become free from all types of fear by travelling path of pure spirituality that directly led to God Almighty. The reason behind was self-explanatory. As we were primarily a spiritual being… a soul atman, the consciousness within manifesting human form, the fear by physical manifest form resulted […]
There was never a time for meditation. One could indulge in meditation any given moment of time. Meditation was not a defined path. All my life, I indulged in meditation via path of contemplation, self enquiry, logical reasoning. To know God, to realize God our reaching hidden underlying precepts of spirituality contained in sacred texts of different religions of world […]