In a democratic setup like India who is primarily above all, the parliament or the courts? Any parliament world over is only meant for establishing laws, nothing more. The execution of these laws is the responsibility of the government. However if the Administration, the policing fail in their efforts then judiciary played its role in maintaining harmony in the society! […]
The meaning of word avatar, the concept was taken by Steven Spielberg from scriptures of Hinduism. As movies were never meant to display absolute reality, nor was it necessitated but in movie Avatar Steven Spielberg clearly displays the ultimate message of Bhagavad Gita that godly powers finally win the end. The main character in the movie finally succeeds in re-establishing […]
We must never relate Hindu mythology to absolute reality. Both these philosophies had distinct paths. As per Hindu mythology Lord Brahma is the creator, Lord Vishnu the maintainer and Lord Shiva the destroyer. From absolute reality point of view all the three Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahesh (Shiva), part of Hindu Trinity of gods were nothing more than […]
Commentaries on Bhagavad Gita were very limited but translations, narratives existed in many hundreds. The original gist of Bhagavad Gita, the original teachings of Lord Krishna, the composition of 700 shlokas verses in Sanskrit with English or Hindi transliteration were available for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60) from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. This is a highly subsidized publication and almost all […]
The present cosmos is covered by veil of illusion (not delusion) as detailed by Adi Shankaracharya in the theory of Advaita Vedanta. As per Adi Sankara the whole cosmos could exist only in thoughts of God Almighty. When perceived from senses point of view things appeared solid including living beings. Perceived from cosmic point of view, broken down to basic […]
The winter was really harsh and a collective group of Indo Aryans migrated from upper reaches of Himalayas to warmer Gangetic plains of northern India. The chieftain of the group had a big umbrella in his hand. This umbrella provided immunity from harsh weather including rains. A large bird who happened to pass by shouted in human language, “What is […]
Vijay, a skinny lad from birth always spent his time doing nothing worthwhile. All the time eating, gossiping he had no goal in life. As time passed he grew in age, a young lad 13 years of age. Whenever his mother Mala asked him for some errand, he whined, made excuses galore. Fed up with uncalled for whining of her […]
If a wolf in sheep’s’ clothing claimed at the top of his voice that he was sheep, would we believe him? Claims do not carry any weightage in the field of spirituality. It was not within capability of Swami Vivekananda to recognize Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, his spiritual master. But Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, an enlightened one had inkling that one like […]
Wisdom (jnana in Hinduism) is the path, gaining enlightenment end goal of human life. In yesteryears various sages and saints succeeded in reaching god via path of bhakti yoga alone (total surrender to God) but in present times none could reach God via path of karma yoga or bhakti yoga alone. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana started their […]
If we desire knowing path to God Almighty then we must indulge in teachings of sages like Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana. Both these spiritual stalwarts reached stage of enlightenment in their lifetime, the only two people to reach God in the last about 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over. Swami Vivekananda, the famous disciple […]
The concept of Mahavideh Kshetra more aptly called Videha Kshetra was symbolic, having nothing to do with absolute reality. On the spiritual level Videha Kshetra stood for human beings reaching stage of enlightenment, stage of absolute purity. When a human being emancipates forever beyond cycle of birth and death, one becomes a pure soul atman in the cosmic journey of […]
In a broader context, when we worked for welfare of entire mankind, all means to an end are justified. If Chanakya (the most able administrator in the history of entire mankind) got hundred Kings eliminated in one night, he did not commit any sin as per Lord Krishna. To save lives of millions of civilians and soldiers if a few […]
Only one who reaches god can claim talking to God all the time. After reaching stage of self realization, god realization one can commune with God on one-to-one basis and that too permanently. Having become a pure soul atman, one could easily talk to God every second of life. As per Hinduism scriptures God Almighty was one and only one, […]
The original dictate, gist of Bhagavad Gita, the sermon given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna… all the 700 shlokas verses in Sanskrit along with Hindi or English transliteration is available with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60). Gita press has branches in most cities of India. They also have very elucidated commentaries on Bhagavad Gita by […]
A guru is needed only on path of pure spirituality, never path of religion (rituals). To expedite ones journey towards God, a seeker sometimes needs clarifying vital issues concerning spirituality. Here Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor) says one must indulge in preaching only after becoming an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina. In the last about 150 years […]
Bhagavad Gita is the foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth. In the sermon of Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna clearly says that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were only attributes of God Almighty, part of Hindu Trinity of gods. In reality in the entire history of mankind, there has never been one called Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu or Lord […]
The word meditation stood for yoga in Hindi. Yoga is derived from root word yog which in Hindi means, effort of our soul atman trying to yoke with God Almighty, its original source (Brahman in Hinduism). In Hindi two yog two equals four. Yoga meditation is the path to reach God in present life. It should not be confused with […]
Normal human beings used their brain 1-2%, the balance always lying dormant, unused. Indulgence in yoga meditation, path of pure spirituality slowly activates this dormant portion of brain. As our spiritual progress, accordingly the evolution of brain! Enlightened ones used their brain 100%. For full activation of brain power practicing absolute celibacy for a minimum period of 12 years in […]
The consciousness of a human being is our soul atman, the spirit within that seems to reside in our heart. In absence of consciousness, the spirit within human body was a lump of flesh and bones, nothing more. The moment death of human form occurred on mother earth, the released soul atman immediately manifested a new body to start […]
Hinduism religion, the foremost and oldest of all religions in world… a failure! When the fox did not get grapes, they were sour! Something not within reach, was elusive always took backseat. It is not for people in West to understand what Hinduism was all about. Floating in shallow waters how could one fathom the depth of jnana wisdom contained […]
It was inbuilt into human psyche to react, to agitate whenever our desires wishes were unfulfilled. To come out of this predicament our indulging in karma, nishkama karma way of life was suggested in scriptures of Hinduism. Nishkama karma yoga means indulgence in karma without caring for fruits of karma performed. The normal reaction to this analogy worldwide was, why […]
When young I had few best friends in whom I could confide my inner feelings. With passage of time we went to different schools and parted our ways. There came a time when I had no best friend. As luck would have it, I made God Almighty my best friend. Whenever I wanted to discuss something, I used to discuss […]
Role of luck directly translates to our karma in past lives. If we get lucky in present life at any given moment of time, all owed its existence to presence of positive residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. What if the residual balance of karma was negative, untold sufferings fate befell us! Luck was not something we waited […]
Those indulging in spirituality often used the word inner self, our true self. What does it actually mean for a traveler of spiritual or religious path? Those travelling path of religion particularly in India believed that they were primarily a soul atman, the consciousness within manifesting human form to work out its karma. Beyond that they did not want to […]
If we seriously desire reading unblemished original teachings of Bhagavad Gita, they are available online with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. The original gist of Bhagavad Gita with Hindi or English transliteration was available for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60). They have many commentaries on Bhagavad Gita by Jayadayal Goyandka; Swami Ramsukhdas… even Adi Shankaracharya. I would advise you going in person […]
Indulgence in karma that creates no further bondage is termed path of nishkama karma yoga. When we offered fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time, we did not create bondage any further. Our desires and resulting attachment caused bondages in day-to-day life. To free self from cycle of such bondages, our indulgence in path of nishkama […]
In the present Kali Yuga… Dark Age, metal age enlightenment was difficult to achieve but not impossible. Scriptures of Hinduism say stage of enlightenment is reached by a human being when karma negates to zero forever. In absence of dross impurity within, the need for a pure soul atman to manifest another body ceases to exist. Truly enlightenment was not […]
Gaining enlightenment was not a property of soul atman, the consciousness within. Enlightenment is gained by the physical manifest self. Reaching stage of enlightenment simply means in absence of dross impurities within, karma negated to zero forever… a soul atman gains absolute purity. Every soul atman keeps manifesting again and again until it reaches stage of absolute purity, 8.4 millionth […]
Amoeba (single cell formation) is the first manifestation undertaken by a soul atman, the consciousness within. Medically I have no idea if bacteria also had souls’ atmans within. As detailed in scriptures of Hinduism, this single cell formation further evolves into multi-cell formation, insect life, plant life, animal life and finally human form. For the entire cosmos cycle to complete, […]
Not having a goal in life, overcome with negativity people sometimes experienced bouts of depression. Such incidents often result from caving in to advice from others than our own voice coming from within. This voice of our soul atman coming from within our heart always guides us on right path. To avoid falling into a trap of negativity we must […]