अहन्यहनि भूतानि गच्छन्तीह यमालयम् । शेषाः स्थावरमिच्छन्ति किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥ – महाभारत, वन पर्व Ahanyahani bhuTaani gacchantih Yamalayam Sheshah sthawarmicchanti kimaaScharyamatah param – Mahabharat, Van Parva Meaning : Everyday, several Jivatmas (embodied souls) proceed to Yamalok (abode of death), implying that they die. Even then, the rest of us remain desirous of attaining immortality, what […]
Lakshman tells the boatman named Guha ferrying Rama across the river, सुखस्य दु:खस्य न कोऽपि दाता परो ददाति इति कुबुद्धिरेषा । अहं करोमि इति वृथाभिमान: स्वकर्मसूत्रै: ग्रथितोऽहि लोक: ।। – अध्यात्मरामायण Meaning : No one can give one happiness or unhappiness. Only the ignorant feel they have acquired happiness or unhappiness because of someone else. […]
ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा | वाराही च तथेन्द्राणी चामुण्डा सप्तमातरः || Obeisance to the seven mothers, Goddesses Saraswati (the wife of God Brahma), Maaheshvarii (the wife of God Shiva), Kaumaari, Vaishnavi, Goddess Varahi (the wife of God Vishhnu), Durga, IndraaNi (wife of God Indra) and Chamunda.
What are the benefits of prayer? 1.) Enhances the potency of chanting the Name of God: A seeker chants the Name of God with the aim of realising God. Only if accompanied by intense motivation for God realisation and spiritual emotion will the Name repeated (chanted) be truly effective. Repeated prayers about being graced with […]
Sadguru (spiritual master) always functions with the power of a resolve. With this gift from God, he spiritually lifts a deserving disciple just by a mere thought that his disciple should progress. A seeker or a disciple of spiritual science cannot reach the spiritual level of 70% unless he has the Guru’s grace and is […]
शिव एको गुरुसाक्षात् गुरुरेव शिव स्वयं | उभयोरन्तरं किंचित् न द्रष्टव्यं मुमुक्षुभि || – श्रीगुरुगीता Shiv eko Guruh sakshaat Gururev Shiv swayam Ubhayorantaram kinchit na drashtavyam mumukshubhih – Shree Guru Gita Meaning : God Shiva is the Guru (Master) and Guru Himself is God Shiva. A Mumukhsu (one having an intense desire to attain God […]
One seeker asked me “Why do you write about all saints ” ? I replied ” My guru has taught us that all the self realised souls are one internally ,only their external forms and their teaching pattern vary to some extent but they tell the same truth but in a different way due to […]
According to the Vedas, the word ‘ahar (nourishment)’ is used in a very broad sense. Every sense organ of the body has its specific ahar. Seeing objects or vision is considered as ahar for the eyes, hearing for the ears, sensation of touch for the skin, smell for the nose and taste for the tongue.The […]
Ordinarily the degree one gets upon the completion of education remains always with him or her. Only if a lawyer, or a doctor commits an unpardonable sin, is the degree taken away. However, in spirituality, one can fall and regress even if one is at 60% or 70% spiritual level, or even beyond it. – […]
