Allegorically Krishna represents soul atman existing in human body. In times of extreme distress, calamity and on a spiritual journey when Arjuna faced Kauravas in the battle of Mahabharata, his contemplation (chintan) on spiritual aspects of life was at its peak. And in those moments he finally reached state of enlightenment. It was then the entire wisdom of Bhagavad Gita […]
Avatar of an avatar, such a precept did not exist in Hinduism. Lord Krishna is himself an avatar of his era, a savior messiah. In the entire history of mankind Lord Krishna can be considered the first avatar who truly manifest on mother earth to save mankind in times of extreme strife, tribulation. Avatar in Hinduism stood for an […]
Krishna holding universe in mouth is symbolic. Allegorically seekers, travelers of spiritual path come into contact with Lord Krishna on one-to-one basis when they succeed demolishing their ego in totality and also indulged in spirituality 100%. At any given moment of time either ego or Lord Krishna prevailed. Most human beings dominated by a bloated ego failed to hear […]
It is not important where Krishna gave updesh to Arjuna but why Krishna gave updesh to Arjuna. Lord Krishna gave updesh to Arjuna because he asked for it. All discourses by Lord Krishna were perennial but how many people world over heard it. The numbers can be counted on fingers. For travelers of spiritual path, seekers the voice […]
It is an absolute fact of spiritual life that Lord Krishna existed within us as our soul atman. Prime reason why to reach Lord Krishna within, one has to take inner journey that too guided by sermon of Bhagavad Gita. Allegorically Krishna is soul atman existing within our heart. Arjuna a spiritual traveler by birth did not want to […]
Krishna helps one only when we helped ourselves. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna clearly says the whole cosmic system is directly governed by laws of karma, as we sow so shall we reap nothing more or less. If we seriously desire help of Lord Krishna then we need taking inner journey towards consciousness, soul atman existing in heart. Indulging […]
Allegorically both Krishna and Vishnu are cosmic entities but Krishna also existed in real life. Lord Krishna is the voice within; the voice coming from our heart when we were truthful is that of Lord Krishna. We can hear it only if we were 100% truthful and also demolished our ego in totality. The total essence of spirituality is […]
Lord Krishna in his sermon of Bhagavad Gita says when life comes full circle, when society reaches its lowest ebb advents a messiah an avatar, a savior to salvage mankind from whatever is left. Lord Krishna advent in Dwapar Yuga when strife, tribulations were at its peak! In present Kali Yuga Lord Krishna says he would advent as Kalki […]
The one and only method of self-realization is detailed below: 1. To reach state of absolute purity as a soul atman, the spirit within we need demolishing our ego in totality. Only then we could abide by dictates of Lord Krishna coming from within our heart. If the ego was dominating, we failed to hear the sweet small inner voice […]
There were two very detrimental aspects of self realization: 1. People continued indulging in religious practices (rituals) despite journey of self-realization demanding otherwise. None in this world reaches stage of self realization indulging in religion. Journey towards self-realization demands our indulgence in spirituality detailed in Bhagavad Gita. And indulgence in Bhagavad Gita is always via contemplation (chintan) as nothing could […]
There were not many methods of self-realization; in fact right practice of self realization is one and only one. Indulging in Indian spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita when seekers successfully remove dross impurities within, one becomes a pure soul atman forever. The cycle of birth and death for a pure soul atman ceases to exist. In the west […]
When we extracted one KG of pure gold from a lump of hundred KG of gold ore what do we do! We initially crushed the entire lump into small pieces then passed it through running water. This removed all the dirt within and hundred KG lump of gold now reduces to 79 KG in all. And what does this mean? […]
If we try to understand the meaning of self realization, the present query would not exist. We reached self-realization only after cutting all earthly bondages forever. So much so that we even liberated self from cycle of birth and death gaining moksha salvation at the end of journey Self realization in English stood for state of enlightenment, the stage […]
Self realization in Hinduism and enlightenment in English meant the same. Both stages meant human beings reaching God in their lifetime. Reaching God means in absence of dross impurities within, the soul atman existing in our heart reaches state of absolute purity. This pure soul atman finally liberates itself from cycle of birth and death. Realization of self means […]
In present Kali Yuga state of self realization can be reached when we followed path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom), the spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita. Self realization in present Kali Yuga cannot be reached via path of karma yoga or bhakti yoga alone. To cut darkness of ignorance, wisdom of Bhagavad Gita is necessitated in present times. […]
Journey towards self realization is an inward journey conducted via contemplation (chintan) towards our soul atman, spirit existing in our heart. I started in search of God six years of age. By 37 years of age I finally succeeded in reaching God. A time period of 31 years multiplied by an average 10 hours of contemplation every single day […]
Even after gaining enlightenment, even after reaching state of self realization one never gets to know what one has achieved. The symptoms are nowhere expressed in any literature. Every single journey by individual human being towards God would be different. In the wee hours of third of August 1993 when I had a direct Sakshatkar with God Almighty on […]
Can we climb Mount Everest just by reading books? To climb a mountain and that too the highest mountain in the world we need to be proficient in mountaineering. Similarly to indulge in spirituality to reach state of self realization we have to master the delicate art of contemplation (chintan) so that we could continue with our inner journey all […]
What happens when a block of silver is left in the open! After some time it develops a black coating. Even though the entire block is pure silver but on the outside is the dirt. Similar is the case of a self realized person. Once a human being reaches state of self realization, it remains permanent forever. But due […]
Self realization, god realization, enlightenment liberation from cycle of birth and death all meant the same. When we realize our true nature, reach our soul atman existing in heart it is called self realization. As souls atmans were God Almighty in miniscule form and having the same essence, self realization is also called god realization. When a person realizes […]
In earlier era in the erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) highly evolved Sages and Rishis indulged in Vedas to reach cosmic end of life, the state of self realization, god realization. Until that time the human brain had not yet fully evolved. The jnana wisdom contained in Vedas was limited to sages and Rishis, even scholars finding it difficult to decipher. […]
I started on path of self realization six years of age. When I was around five years of age I succumb to typhoid fever. The doctors tried their best and bade me goodbye. They said if I survived next 24 hours then I would be okay. My mother must have truly loved me for the next 24 hours I was […]
Everything contained in Bhagavad Gita is allegorical. Arjuna was a spiritual traveler from beginning of life. In the midst of battle of Mahabharata while contemplating on vital issues of battle he suddenly reached stage of self realization, god realization. This happened because he gave more preference to voice of Lord Krishna coming from within than his own ego. Lord […]
In the spiritual journey towards self realization we have to let go all worldly attachments forever. This includes all earthly relationships including that of parents, brothers and sisters, close relatives and friends. For a true seeker, traveler of spiritual path the whole world becomes one large family. Furthermore all women are imbibed with Moha (extreme emotional attachment) that was […]
How many self realized persons we want in India? One two four or more than hundred! Since 6 1/2 years of age I was in search of a spiritual master who could clarify my queries within. No matter how best I tried I could not get one. My father being a scientist of international repute, sometimes I accompanied him on […]
For a human being to reach state of self realization we have to start early in life. God Almighty ordained a long journey of 1.1 million manifestations in human form before human beings realized self but if we wanted to complete journey of self realization in present life time we have to not only indulge whole time but wholeheartedly. […]
Some of the following facts of Hinduism are eye opening. 1. Hinduism is not only the oldest religion of world but also the wisest. Hinduism gave to mankind wisdom of Bhagavad Gita following which even Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed succeeded in reaching state of enlightenment. 2. Hinduism also advocates that following the teachings of Lord Krishna […]
What is the value of Buddhism compared to Hinduism, the two can never be compared! One is the mother religion and other only an offshoot. Hinduism religion is also called Sanatana Dharma, eternal Dharma existing from times immemorial. Even before a single religion existed in world existed Sanatana Dharma! Following precepts of spirituality contained in Hinduism primarily Bhagavad […]
Yes from dharmic point of view eating meat is a sin only in some circumstances. For dinner if we require one duck and land hunting three then for the extra two killed, we have sinned and shall be punished by god. To meet our basic requirement if we eat meat it is not a sin. People living in tundra […]
Survivor of Hinduism was never at stake, not now or in future ever! Hinduism is one religion in entire world that has sustained all rigours of life on mother earth and would continue to do so. Temporary even China feels it has surrounded India from all sides through malpractices but wait for a few years, China would surrender back the […]