Bhagavadprapti (Devanagari: भगवद्प्राप्ति ISO15919: bhagavadprāpti) means attaining God. We are endowed with the sensory capabilities to see, to touch, to hear, to smell and to taste the material objects. For all mayabadha jeev these five senses are made by Maya. Some people’s senses are more

You have seen and heard living beings being born in multiple ways. In the scriptures you might have heard of some types of births that might be difficult to comprehend. And, there might be some that you have not even heard. So here we briefly describe the types of life

Seven sages in the Vedic scriptures are collectively referred to as Sapt rishi (Devanagari: सप्तर्षि) ISO15919: saptarṣi). The Sapta rishi are commended several times in the Vedas and Hindu  literature for their tremendous contributions to the world. They are also called manasputtra of the creator Brahma. They possess

The five senses in scriptures are called gyanendriya (Devanagari: ज्ञानेन्द्रिय   ISO15919: jñānendriya). It is a blended Sanskrit word created by combining gyan which means knowledge and indriya which means sense. Each of these preceptory subtle senses originate from one panchtanmattra. Each panchtanmattra creates one

Following the Vedic societal rules of righteous living is termed as following dharma. One living such a life stands on following fours pillars * truth (Devanagari: सत्य ISO15919: satya) - being truthful in ones everyday dealings. * mercy (Devanagari: दया ISO15919: dayā) - compassion towards others misery. * austerity (Devanagari: तप ISO15919:

Roopadhyan (Devanagari: रूपध्यान ISO15919: rūpadhyāna) means loving remembrance of the Lord. This is the science of devotional meditation. Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj emphasized on this way of doing devotion to The Supreme Lord. The scriptures and Saints have been referring to this by many terms such

There are places where sinners are sent to suffer terrifying recompense after death. These abodes are collectively referred to as narak (Devanagari: नरक ISO15919: naraka). Narak is also the abode of Yamaraj, the god of death. This lok is located beneath the earth, in the southern part of the brahmand.

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

The five obstacles of mind, which prevent jeev from going towards the ultimate goal of life, are called Panchklesh (Devanagari: पंचक्लेश ISO15919: paṁcakleśa). Panch (Devanagari: पंच ISO15919: paṁca) means five, klesh (Devanagari: क्लेश ISO15919: kleśa) means obstacle.   These five obstacles are described by Sage

Before sending soul in the Sansaar-The World our beloved father and well-wisher God gives every soul eighteen things. These are namely a mind, an intellect, five karmendriyan and five gyanendriyan, a gross material body and the panch pran. Trisharir is one way of grouping them in 3 bodies. Panchkosh (Devanagari:

According of Bible of Bibles by Kersey Graves at present there are 11 major prevalent religions in the world. All of these religions believe in The Supreme God. The Supreme God is the Lord of the entire creation. That Supreme God is addressed by various names like God, Paramatma (Devanagari:

Scriptures describe many methods of sadhana bhakti. Saint Prahlad propounded by nine ways of performing devotion to God. These ways together are called Navadha bhakti (Devanagari: नवधा भक्ति ISO15919: navadhā bhakti), which translated to nine methods of devotion. These ways are most widely accepted and are advocated by most

At the time of creation tamas guna of Maya creates five subtle elements. Together these are call panchtanmatra (Devanagari: पंचतन्मात्रा ISO15919: paṁcatanmātrā). Each of these elements creates one of the Panch mahabhoot. The originating subtle element becomes the quality of the originated gross element.  The five

Shadvikar (Devanagari: षड्विकार ISO15919: ṣaḍvikāra) is made by blending two Sanskrit words. * shad - six * vikar - changes or deformations Every material body in the entire creation goes through the following six states. These are * Exists or asti (Devanagari: अस्ति ISO15919: asti) - body starts to

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

Though all jeev are eternal servants of God, He has given us permission to serve Him with any of the following devotional sentiments. These sentiments are called bhav (Devanagari: भाव ISO15919: bhāva).  Also, He promised to reciprocate every bhav in intensity and sentiment. 1. Shant Bhav 2. Dasya Bhav