The Soul, Material world and detachment
the cosmic power of The Supreme God is called Maya shakti (Devanagari: माया शक्ति ISO15919: māyā śakti ). It is also referred to as just * Maya (Devanagari: माया ISO15919: māyā ). * Prakriti (Devanagari: प्रकृति ISO15919: prakr̥ti) It is fully controlled by God. मायां तु प्
The Nature of God
Sanskrit word for bliss is anand (Devanagari: आनंद ISO15919: ānaṁda ). Anand is the original name of God because it signifies the true nature of God. In other words bliss is not a characteristic of God. Neither is it one of the attributes of God. Instead anand is God . Just
The Soul, Material world and detachment
Brahmand (Devanagari: ब्रह्माण्ड ISO15919: brahmāṇḍa ) means an egg-shaped space that consists of many lok (Devanagari: लोक ISO15919: loka ). Many of these lok support life. The world is amazingly gigantic. Modern science has shown that there are billions of stars in one galaxy and billions of
Karma
Vedas prescribe religious practices according to ones varna and ashram . These are called varnashram dharma (Devanagari: वर्णाश्रम धर्म ISO15919: varṇāśrama dharma ). This dharma is referred to by many names * dharma * karma dharma * karmakand * apar dharma (Devanagari: अपर धर्म ISO15919: apara dharma ) means inferior duty, * agantuk
The Soul, Material world and detachment
According to our invaluable scriptures, mainly Mahabharata, Manu Smriti and Shrimad Bhagvatam etc. the concept of eternal and cyclical time is a very important aspect of philosophy. Kaal (Devanagari: काल ISO15919: kāla ) has a few meanings in Sanskrit language. For various other meanings please refer to kaal . In this
Bhaktiyog
Seeing the tribulations in our present day society, people often say, "it is ghor Kaliyug " means " Kali yug has reached its peak". And these words seems to be validated by the news on TV, newspapers etc. So are we unfortunate to be present be living in
The Saint
Vedas proclaim Guru (Devanagari: गुरु ISO15919: guru ) is essential for spiritual growth of every jiva . Such a person should * know all the scriptures and * should have realized God. Surrender to such a saint. Accept him as your spiritual master and serve him whole-heartedly. They further warn to choose a
The Nature of God
Vedas assert that Shri Krishna is The Supreme Brahm. Vedas also proclaim that nothing about Him is finite. He has countless names, countless forms, countless lilas , countless attributes, countless lok and countless saints. An attempt to enumerate His names is laughable. Yet, there might be some sadhaks who want to
Bhaktiyog
Spontaneous love for Shri Krishna aroused in the heart of a most fortunate jiva is known as raganuga bhakti (Devanagari: रागानुगा भक्ति ISO15919: rāgānugā bhakti ) . Those who follow the precepts of raganuga bhakti are not ruled by the scriptures at all. Still, beware, disobeying or dishonoring
Surrender
Question God is patit-pawan — the redeemer of the fallen. If God truly forgives all sinners, then why am I still suffering the consequences of my past actions? Why hasn't His forgiveness hasn't reached me yet? Answer You've touched upon a profound spiritual question that
The Saint
The title Paramhansa (Devanagari: परमहंस; ISO 15919: paramahaṁsa) denotes a highly elevated spiritual state and is used in two principal contexts, corresponding to the two eternal forms of The Supreme God: Nirakar Brahm (formless) and Sakar Brahm (with form). 👤 Nirakar Paramhansa (Non-Duality) This term is used for those who
The Nature of God
The scriptural name of Hinduism is Sanatan Vedic dharm . Vedas are the final authority on Hinduism. Vedas proclaim that Shri Krishna is The Supreme God . Ved Vyas has explained that He appears mainly in three different forms, i.e. Brahm , Paramatma and Bhagavan . The Shrimad Bhagawat Mahapuran asserts – वदन्ति