Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
Sushupti (Devanagari: सुषुप्ति ISO15919: suṣupti ) is dreamless sleep. God has given the jiva a mind. Mind is the worker. Its nature is to be constantly working. Mind is active even while sleeping mind. It is dreaming. The material mind has a finite limit of the amount of
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
Svarupa lakshana (Devanagari: स्वरूप लक्षण ISO15919: svarūpa lakṣaṇa) means the essential distinguishing characteristics of the entity. For example svarupa lakshana of fire is to burn and to produce light. svarupa lakshana of jiva is to to serve God. LEARN MORE * Tatashtha lakshan REFERENCE Who am I? Who
vibhinnamsha (Devanagari: विभिन्नांश ISO15919: vibhinnāṁśa ) are parts of God that are different from Him. They are conscious and eternal but are not omniscient, omnipotent like Him. These are the jiva , who are a part of His jiva shakti .
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
Being free of difference from objects of a separate nature. See advaya jnana An entity is called vijatiya bhed shunya (Devanagari: विजातीय भेद शून्य ISO15919: vijātīya bhēda śūnya ) when the entity is non-different from objects of the different nature as its own. Jiva and
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
Yamaduta (Devanagari: यमदूत ISO15919: yamadūta ) are servant of the Yamraj . They carry out the orders of Yamraj. At the time of death of rajasik or tamasik person these Yamdoot pull the soul out and drag the jiva out of the body and take them for to narak for punishment.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
During maha pralaya all jeev remain immersed in Karnarnav (Devanagari: कारणार्णव ISO15919: kāraṇārṇava ). LEARN MORE * Virja nadi
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
The yoni in which a jiva is entitled to perform fruit bearing karma is called karma yoni (Devanagari: कर्म योनि IS)15919: karma yoni) . There are 8.4 million types of material life forms. Each of these life forms is called yoni . Out of all these only one
The Soul, Material world and detachment
Do atheists believe in God? Discover why the universal quest for Happiness is actually a quest for the Divine, as explained by Vedic wisdom and Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj.
Practical Sadhana
Question I spend 45-60 minutes daily for Sadhana , but I don't feel that I am making adequate progress. What should I do? Answer Sadhana means "practice". The aspirants of divine love need to practice focusing their mind on Divine Hari and Guru. To increase the speed
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
Rakshasa (Devanagari: राक्षस ISO15919: rākṣasa) refers to a being in whom the Tamas guna of Maya (mode of ignorance) of Maya is predominant. They possess many supernatural powers; however, being inherently malevolent, they use these powers to harm others. They are the natural enemies of the devatas (celestial
The Grace of God
Question We are unable to fully understand the meaning of scriptures written in Hindi such as the Ramcharitmanas. Yet, Shri Maharaj Ji in His lectures cites evidence from Sanskrit scriptures such as the Vedas, Puranas, Gita and Bhagavat and at times from books we have never before heard of. This
The Soul, Material world and detachment
The three types of sufferings experienced by mind and body in the material world are called tritaap (Devanagari: त्रिताप ISO15919: tritāpa ). Tri (त्रि) means three and taap (ताप) means afflictions. So, as the name suggests these afflictions can be divided into three categories. Daihik taap