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 […]
Everything relating to moksha was detailed in Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna. In fact state of moksha salvation can be reached by human beings only through teachings of Bhagavad Gita. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says the ultimate goal of life for all human beings on mother earth was becoming a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed. […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita details two prime reasons for sufferings by people world over. 1. Evolution supported by karma resulted in sufferings untold. This was part of cosmic design. In real life also if we wanted to extract metal from ore, we passed it through various mining machinery and processes that included burning in big ovens. Only then the […]
One should indulge in Bhagavad Gita in a language most dear to us. Only then we can understand the underlying meaning of sacred texts that lay hidden in scriptures. However the original contents of Bhagavad Gita are in Sanskrit all 700 shlokas verses! Having knowledge of Sanskrit or even Hindi is an added advantage. In present times many […]
The teachings of Bhagavad Gita are very much relevant in 21st-century. How? Bhagavad Gita is all about spiritual values following which any human being world over can reach state of enlightenment, become a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed in one’s lifetime. Bhagavad Gita is as applicable today as it was in times of Lord Krishna, […]
The teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita came into existence above 3650 years before now. At that time nothing like Hinduism religion existed. What existed was Sanatana Dharma (now Hinduism religion) in the erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India). Sanatana Dharma, a dharma existing from times eternal represents everything covered in Hinduism religion, prime reason why Hinduism is also called […]
Bhagavad Gita not only says there is a God but it also confirms that other than God nothing existed in cosmos. We as human beings exist because souls’ atmans exist and souls’ atmans existed because God Almighty, Brahman exists. The existence of God in present cosmos cannot be denied. Similar as we can feel presence of a flower by […]
The best commentaries, translations of 700 shlokas verses of Bhagavad Gita containing original Sanskrit text along with Hindi and English transliteration is available for mere $1 from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. Gita press has commentaries on Bhagavad Gita both in Hindi and English by revered Acharyas like Jayadayal Goyandka, Swami Ramsukhdas and Hanuman Prasad Poddar. Commentaries on Bhagavad […]