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Bhagavan Shri Krishna graced the creator Lord Brahma with the knowledge of the Vedas . Then Lord Brahma created the brahmand . Shri Krishna also apprised Lord Brahma that each jeev is born with three types of spiritual debts called tririn (Devanagari: त्रिऋण ISO15919: trir̥ṇa ). Also, Lord Brahma was
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Pran means vayu - air. Panch means five. Panch pran (Devanagari: पंचप्राण ISo15919: paṁcaprāṇa ) are the vital vayu that ensure proper functioning of body. Sthool sharir of the jeev is made up of Panch Mahabhoot . These pran are the vital force to keep the sthool sharir functioning
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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
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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
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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
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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
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During Satyug , human beings were spiritual, humble, co-operative and satisfied with life. But in the Tretayug , these qualities gradually started diminishing. In order to have the society continue to function in a coordinated manner with everyone owning the accountability for their work, the Vedas recommend that human beings be classified
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Saint Ved Vyas has described the common nature of human beings, in this verse. He says there are four types of Human beings: एके सत्पुरूषाः परार्थ घटकाः स्वार्थान् परित्यज्य ये, सामान्यास्तु परार्
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Question When I was in elementary school, my parents said to me, work hard for 6 years and you will graduate with flying colors. Once I graduated from elementary school and joined middle school, my parents said, “just” 4 more years of hard work and you will get admission in
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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
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Behavior contrary to righteousness defined in Vedic Scriptures is called adharma . It is characterized by following four attributes * falsehood or asatya (Devanagari: असत्य ISO15919: asatya ) * violence or hinsa (Devanagari: हिंसा ISO15919: hiṁsā ) * lusty desires or trishna (Devanagari: तृष्णा ISO15919: tr̥ṣṇā ) and * hatred or dvesh (Devanagari:
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What is the greatest delusion? Discover Yudhishthira's profound answer to the Yaksha Prashna in the Mahabharata: the human denial of death and the illusion of immortality.