A religious person is one who apart from daily routines of life indulges in prayers, worship to god. A truly sincerely religious person never misses a gathering, congregation on fixed dates and ritually goes to temples, churches or mosques. A religious person is satisfied praying to god, worshipping god. No matter what hardships in day-to-day life, the prayers and […]
Brahman in Hinduism is that cosmic entity, primordial cosmic energy, big bang explosion of which resulted in creation of present cosmos. Upanishads (independent spiritual treatises) part of Hinduism detailed in absolute clarity everything relating to origin of cosmos. Imagine a situation in cosmos when old cosmos is dissolving. This dissolution of cosmos (called Pralaya in Hinduism) occurs at a […]
In a room that can accommodate a maximum of 20 persons and is open from the top having no roof, what if we start pouring more and more people into the room from the top. It is possible that the room easily accommodates 10 more people making it 30. What if 10 more are dropped from the top? Now the […]
Rightly stated from the very beginning of life spirituality was always one and only one, there never were different kinds of spirituality on mother earth. Once the definition of spirituality becomes clear, we shall realize of our own that there never was more than one type of spirituality on mother earth. Spirituality primarily stems from the root word […]
In Yester era accomplished sages and Rishis deeply immersed in thoughts of God Almighty to reach cosmic truths of life contained within. To contemplate (indulge in chintan) on vital issues of life in isolation these sages and Rishis often went to deep dense forests in Himalayas. It is then these sages and Rishis discovered that there was more to […]
When comes the time for Janmashtami, Hindus flock in hordes in Hindu temples to pray to, worship Lord Krishna. How many realized that Lord Krishna, the spirit existed within us? Indulging in worship of Lord Krishna in temples is whimsical, feigning ignorance! Lord Krishna truly existed in our heart as our soul atman, the consciousness within. Instead of […]
100% spirituality can be taught apart from religion, so is advocated by Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, the foremost of all sacred texts existing on mother earth. There is nothing more pure more sacred than teachings of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita. Human beings reached state of enlightenment only when they followed teachings of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita in […]
The answer to the query, why are we here exists in Indian in scriptures like Bhagavad Gita and also Upanishads (independent spiritual treatises). We as human beings exist due to world of souls atmans, the consciousness existing in our heart. It is this spirit, soul atman within that manifested human form to work out its karma, dissolve dross impurities […]
Spirituality can never be taught as everything spiritual always comes from within, the entire A to Z. Spirituality is taking inner journey towards the spirit, consciousness existing in our heart as our soul atman. Spirituality is trying to merge with the source God Almighty, Brahman in Hinduism from where it emanated. Ever since souls’ atmans separated from Brahman, […]
As far as human beings are concerned there were two aspects to life, the materialistic or the spiritual approach! We can choose follow one that suits our appetite, our inherent thinking. Neither in materialistic or spiritual world should anything be enforced on an individual by parents or elders in the family. Following anything forcibly never bore desired results. It […]
Rightly stated a spirituality bookstore simply could not exist. When the correct definition of spirituality eluded most, how could one make a book store for spirituality! Even if one makes a bookstore relating to spirituality, how many buyers would be there! In the last about 150 years amongst 7000 million people existing world over only two spiritual stalwarts successfully […]
Spiritually true creativity is growing from within. Indulging in books when students ran after marks, good grading and not wisdom, we were not growing from within. One who comes first in the class is a student who always indulges in the subject deep within. Externally indulging in books for the sake of numbers meant nothing. Class after class […]
The practice of spirituality directly relates to human brain. Normal human beings used their brain 1 to 2% the remaining always lying dormant. When we indulged in spirituality the dormant lying portions of our brain start activating! This happens because way of practicing spirituality is via contemplation (chintan) and chintan uses brain power to its full capacity. So […]
Spirituality is always practiced in isolation, never in company of others. Spirituality can never be taught, it has to be learnt from within indulging in contemplation (chintan). In yesteryears to indulge in spirituality, contemplate on God sages and Rishis went to deep dense confines of jungles (forests) in the Himalayas. For this very reason Maharshi Ramana advocated practice of […]
Religion primarily is when a flock of human beings with similar ideology collected together to pray to God, worship God. But such religious practices never lead one to God Almighty. To merge with God, to become one with God our indulgence in spirituality is necessitated. Spirituality is that essence of religion following which human beings left the garb of […]
The word Spirituality itself defines all. As per Spirituality detailed in Bhagavad Gita we are primarily a spirit, a spiritual traveler on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations. On the earthly plane we all have independent identities related to our parents. Same is the case in spiritual world. Only when we indulged in spirituality did we realize we were […]
Faith in God is spelt shraddha in Hinduism. We must possess 100% faith in God to gain success in spiritual life. Similar as one can detect the presence of a flower by its fragrance, we can also detect presence of God in day-to-day affairs of life simply by possessing 100% faith in God. Those who did not believe in […]
Spirituality directly relates to our thinking, our mental prowess. If we were positive in life, invoked positive thoughts most of time our spiritual journey expedites as invocation of positive thoughts helps overpower five senses and mind early. Positivity also helps one establish total control over ego. When we were spiritual our sphere of working greatly expanded. We could visualize beyond […]
About non-vegetarians Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita clearly states that consuming non-vegetarian food by a seeker, traveler of spiritual path is not advisable. Non-vegetarian diet produces tamasic pravattis whereas a traveler of spiritual path should all the time remain sattvic both in eating habits and also thoughts. Invoking impure thoughts is prohibited on path of pure spirituality. Consumption of […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita has not directly detailed explicit meaning of dreams but Upanishads (independent spiritual treatises) explained meaning of dreams as thus: Dreams are a means through which our consciousness, soul atman existing in heart conveys to us its logical goal of life. Here we need to understand that present human form is manifested by spirit, consciousness within. […]
Arjuna s’ role in Bhagavad Gita symbolizes journey of a spiritual seeker who seeks reaching God in one’s lifetime. Even while facing the enemy in the battle of Mahabharata head-on Arjuna was so engrossed in thoughts of God Almighty that he suddenly reached state of enlightenment and in those moments the sermon of Bhagavad Gita was delivered to him by […]
All the 700 shlokas verses contained in Bhagavad Gita are compilation of sermon rendered to Arjuna by Lord Krishna, an avatar of Dwapar Yuga in the battle of Mahabharata. The teachings of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita are priceless. Following the gist of Bhagavad Gita anyone with spiritual inclinations world over can follow spirituality to its logical end, become […]
Only people with spiritual inclinations should read Bhagavad Gita. Half-heartedly nothing can be understood in Bhagavad Gita. Most indulged in teachings of Bhagavad Gita in their spare time. Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual treatise detailing intricacies of spiritual journey. How we can demolish ego, how to overpower five senses and mind, how we can practice nishkama karma yoga, how […]
Not only Bhagavad Gita has all the answers necessitated to reach god but the deadly combination of teachings of Bhagavad Gita and 11 principal Upanishads (independent a spiritual treatises) form core of entire spirituality contained in Hinduism. Knower of Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads gets to know everything relating to God right from stage of big bang to dissolution of […]
Bhagavad Gita accords highest status to women and there is no exception on that. The reason is simple. When souls’ atmans wanted to manifest a life form they found mother earth suitable for progeny. Immediately hurtling souls’ atmans started manifesting body after another. In the entire cosmic system the status of a soul atman is supreme only next to […]
Bhagavad Gita that primarily relates to Hinduism is much more than Christian Bible. The teachings contained in Bible emanated from Jesus Christ, an enlightened one. In the west in the entire history of mankind only two spiritual stalwarts succeeded in reaching state of enlightenment Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed. Comparatively in India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha) hundreds succeeded in reaching state […]
Bhagavad Gita teaches mankind the difference between spirituality and religion! It shows mankind a sure shot method, path to reach god, state of enlightenment in their lifetime. The teachings of Bhagavad Gita all the 700 shlokas verses contained therein were full of spiritual wisdom following which any one belonging to any religion, faith or belief world over can easily […]
As per Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita the present cosmos came into being when Brahman, God Almighty exploded self with a big bang. The big bang theory is not a hypothesis but an actual fact of cosmic life. In absence of big bang theory the present cosmos just could not exist, create! The principle behind formation of present cosmos […]
The right age to read Bhagavad Gita is earlier the better. There is a great anomaly worldwide practiced by people that Bhagavad Gita should be indulged in Vanprastha or Sannyasa ashram. But if we look at spiritual history of entire world particularly India (erstwhile Bharatvarsha), we shall find that all enlightened ones started early in age. To achieve the […]
Bhagavad Gita, the sermon delivered by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battle of Mahabharata is one without a single flaw! The teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, the entire 700 shlokas verses contained truth but only truth. Not even a single line or word could ever be belied. There was nothing more truthful in entire world than […]