Karma
Broadly speaking, all things in the world are categorized as being either good or bad. Even the karma that one performs, is categorized as: * Good actions or sukarma (Devanagari: सुकर्म ISO15919: sukarma ) and * Bad actions or kukarma (Devanagari: कुकर्म ISO15919: kukarma ) Within the spiritual realm, the
The Saint
Question Shri Maharaj Ji has told us that, “due to Their oneness with God, the words spoken by the Saint , are the same as those of God”. Saint Kabir was a God-realized Saint. And he has said जो करै सो हरि करै, होत कबीर कबीर । jō karai
raddhanta (Devanagari: राद्धांत ISO15919: rāddhāṁta ) means goal. jiva has one and only one goal: to attain anand . That anand is God. So, the ultimate goal or param charam raddhant (Devanagari: परम चरम राद्धांत ISO15919: parama carama rāddhāṁta ) of every jiva is to attain God.
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Mystical supernatural powers are called siddhi (Devanagari: सिद्धि ISO15919: siddhi ). This Sanskrit word which also means perfection. So, attaining any of these psychic powers is also called s iddhi . There are many kinds of s iddhis . All s iddhis, which are attainable by jeev , can be classified into
akarta (Devanagari: अकर्ता ISO15919: akartā ) means the non-doer. Every jiva is akarta but it has been given an eternal servant called mind. Jiva wants limitless, everlasting, ever-increasing ananda . So, mind keeps striving to find ananda . Since, mind is material it performs tamasik , rajasik , sattvik karma and keeps getting entangled
yoga (Devanagari: योग ISO15919: yoga ) has a couple of meaning * union e.g. jiva attains yoga with Bhagawan by doing bhakti . * The eight fold process outlined by Sage Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras . LEARN MORE * Yogmarg — Yogmarg * ashtanga yoga REFERENCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine
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Surrender
The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu scripture containing 700 verses. These verses were sung over 5,000 years ago, by the supreme Lord Shri Krishna to Arjun in the battlefield of Mahabharat. Hence the compilation of these verses is called the “Bhagavad Gita” which means Divine lyric. This scripture
Practical Sadhana
Before Brahm-TheSupreme God Lord Shri Krishna manifested this Sansar-the material world , He was alone. At the time of creation, Shri Krishna opened His eyes and manifested Himself in the form of Karnarnavshayee MahaVishnu . MahaVishnu looked at Maya -cosmic power and the dormant Maya started bustling with activity. Then, MahaVishnu created
Bhakti-yog
कर्म ज्ञान साध्य अन्य, गोविन्द राधे ।भक्ति साधना तो भक्ति साध्य दिला दे। karma jñāna sādhya anya, govinda rādhe ।bhakti sādhanā to bhakti sādhya dilā de। The scriptures tell us that there are three
The Grace of God
Question It is said that God is self-complacent, which means that He does not have any unfulfilled desires. If this is true, then why does God perform any action. He performs not simple small actions but even astonishing works such as creating the world, permeating it and sustaining it? When
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Ordinary men in medieval India considered shoe-makers a low caste since cobblers work with animal hides. Yet, God adored Raidas, a shoe-maker. Why? What is so special about Raidas that God loved him? Four paths have been described in the Vedas as a means for spiritual upliftment. Each of these