If scriptures of Buddhism say, everything was impermanent… nowhere it is spelt out that state of enlightenment, the end stage was impermanent. After 12 years of tapasya (practice of absolute celibacy) human beings finally reached stage of kaivalya jnana (stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi). Once a bud becomes a flower, it could never become a bud again. Once a […]
The most beautiful thing in this world given to mankind by God was power of free will, following which human beings gained enlightenment in their lifetime… became a Mahavira or Buddha! How noble to realize that human form was the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. It was only in human form our soul atman, the spirit within […]
As ordained by God, stage of enlightenment can be reached only by scuttling Moha forever. As a Lady Moha (extreme emotional attachment) was one thing that was extremely difficult to negate. In absence of Moha, we could never overpower five senses and mind. Unless we establish absolute control over five senses and mind, stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana), stage […]
Idol worship relates to path of bhakti yoga. In present times one reaches God via path of jnana yoga and karma yoga, never path of bhakti yoga alone. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, the guru of Swami Vivekananda initially started in search of God via path of bhakti yoga but finding God could not be reached via path of bhakti yoga […]
There were two aspects to human life… the physical form and the subtle in form of consciousness, soul atman existing within our heart. Remaining physical we could never understand domain of God Almighty. To understand anything relating to God… our diving deep into the bottomless pit of jnana (wisdom) contained in scriptures of different religions of world was necessitated. […]
Who says a soul gets punished when it goes to hell? In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna simply says that going to heaven or hell was a property of soul atman, never the manifest physical human form. As detailed in Upanishads (independent treatises), both heaven and hell (swarga and naraka in Hinduism) were places for stay of souls atmans. […]
Searching for something that was dear to our heart, following our passion we should choose our profession goal of life. Anything that did not fall within parameters of passion… we would fail in that undertaking. To gain absolute success in life… our following desires of our heart were necessitated. For deep within our heart resides our soul atman, the consciousness […]
Mental peace can only be achieved if we engaged self in something that was dear to our heart, a passion indulging in which we lost track of time. Right from six years of age I was so engrossed in search of God, not for a single moment in life I got bored. Mental peace was at its extreme. Even in […]
Every single human being on mother earth had a dual personality. One, the physical manifest self controlled by ego and the other, the world of soul atman existing in our heart. Prompted by ego sometimes we become extremely negative. It was at this moment unknowingly we hurt self. Our soul atman, the spirit within always guides us on right […]
As God Almighty was one and only one termed Brahman in Hinduism… all other gods and goddesses were creation of mankind. As it was not possible for mankind to visualize, conceptualize the invincible, the omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God… various manifestations of God were created by mankind. Like in Hinduism those worshipping air created God Varuna, those worshipping sun […]
Hinduism believes in continuity of life. Because of this belief, scriptures of Hinduism say the journey of life truly belongs to our soul atman, and never the manifest physical human form. Before manifesting human form for the first time, a soul atman has already manifested in insect, plant and animal life. In 1.1 million manifestations in human form a […]
One human life differed from another owing to mental prowess alone. One with stronger willpower could overpower one that had weaker willpower. Picking or no picking of negative energy solely depended on our own willpower. If our willpower was strong, not even God Almighty could interfere in that. Those in search of God always encounter God when he […]
The liberated soul atman becomes free of gravitational pull of solar system and can venture to any part of cosmos at will. Free from cycle of birth and death it exists in Vaikuntha (kingdom of God). The liberated soul atman of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa can be invoked by any human being on mother earth to seek its blessings. So […]
Following path of spirituality, indulging in sacred texts of different religions of world one could progress spiritually. Spiritual awakening results when our karma negates to zero. By establishing absolute control over five senses and mind when one reaches stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (absolute nothingness)… Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead bloomed fully. One immediately becomes […]
The spine of present-day India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha), the sacred scriptures of Hinduism… what else does the world possess in terms of spiritual value. If sacred text like Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises) did not exist in present times… none world over including India could gain enlightenment in present life. The sleeping tiger is about to rise. Beyond 2025 […]
By making a distinction between religion and spirituality, we could indulge in introspection, logical reasoning… self enquiry as practiced and reached by Maharishi Ramana and reach zenith of spirituality. The initial progress would definitely be very slow but not in later stages when we learnt the intricate art of transmuting sexual energy towards the only goal of life. […]
Welfare of mankind… the only reason why human beings took to path of spirituality! No enlightened soul indulged in spirituality for individual uplift, to reach stage of enlightenment. The ego needs to be killed in totality before we merged self with God Almighty forever. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161018) […]
Whatever bad karma we indulged in present life can be undone by indulging in prayaschitta, asking God for forgiveness for deeds committed knowingly or unknowingly. By working for welfare of mankind at large, we could sometimes definitely receive grace of God and undo our sins but not always. What of sins committed in previous manifestations? As we were primarily […]
As ordained by God Almighty… a maximum portion of karma fructified immediately. So that intelligent human beings do not interpolate inscrutable law of karma, a portion of karma was hid by God Almighty. Not everything fructified immediately. A portion of karma termed Prarabdha karma could fructify now, a few days later, few months later and few years later or even […]
Correctly stated, all our sorrows and happiness in present life resulted from our karma of present and past lives, not past lives alone. By indulging in good karma, positive karma in present life we could scuttle negative effects of negative residual balance of karma, neutralize it and manifest destiny in present life. Unless we acted positively in present life… we […]
By walking path undertaken by Swami Vivekananda… when we worked for welfare of mankind at large all the time, we only saw things that were positive. Only when our vested interest interfered, we looked at negative things in life. Some people who were not comfortable with teachings of Swami Vivekananda planned an extempore lecture of Swami Vivekananda. They were […]
When young and pursuing God, I was given a copy of “law of success” by my uncle! This book does not directly relate to spirituality at all. But nonetheless I read it all. I kept reading it again and again. This book helped me concentrate all my energies behind a single goal of life. It taught me power of transmutation. […]
Must we wait for luck to improve present life or must we indulge in our part of karma to manifest our present and future. Luck results from manifestation of positive residual balance of Prarabdha karma from previous manifestations. We could be lucky only if we had a positive residual balance of karma in our kitty from previous manifestations. What if […]
The inherent knowledge of Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads was integral to every Hindu living in India or outside. Right from childhood stories relating to Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads were told by elders in the family or outside and in yester era it was the only pastime. So much so that need to ritually study Bhagavad Gita or Upanishads did not […]
Belief or no belief, can we be separated from God Almighty ever? A soul atman was integrally connected to God Almighty. If an individual grain of sand is an independent soul atman, the whole mound God Almighty. The collective power of all souls’ atmans in cosmos in their pure form is what we called God Almighty in all its glory. […]
Control over mind power gets established moment we overpower five senses. Control over five senses can be established by gradually establishing control over desires and attachments of which Moha (extreme emotional attachment) is the most difficult to control. As control over desires and attachments increases day by day, lesser thoughts entered our brain. By indulging in karma nishkama karma […]
On a personal level if someone hurts us than we could forgive one but what if a whole system goes astray… beyond all stages of sanity. This is what happened with Kauravas. Collectively they were responsible for practicing adharma (lawlessness). Lord Krishna intervened and advised Pandavas to face the situation head-on by indulging in a battle of Dharma (righteousness). […]
Desires act as fuel for increasing attachments day by day. More the attachments, greater our sufferings! For human beings to reach God, our attachments must reduce to zero. We need indulging in nishkama karma yoga, never attaching self to fruits of karma performed. Desire for God was like having a lifelong desire to climb Mount Everest. Staying wherever we […]
The prime reason for calling India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha) as karma bhoomi was… it was only from India (present-day Hindustan) that human beings reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally moksha salvation. In Christianity only Jesus Christ reached the stage of enlightenment and in Buddhism only Gautama Buddha. In Islamic Dharma only Prophet Mohammed gained enlightenment in his lifetime. […]
The philosophy of life detailed in Bhagavad Gita directly relates to path of spirituality to reach God in ones lifetime. One must never indulge in Bhagavad Gita if our goal of life was not spiritual, reaching God in present life. Most followers of Hinduism hesitated indulgence in Bhagavad Gita as family ties, all attachments to family members get broken […]