They say that a fool lives to eat and a wise man eats to live. But then the question remains: for what purpose does the wise man live? Living is not an end by itself. There has to be a purpose for man to live for. So what is this purpose?...
Nihar
A sense of purpose appears to have evolved in humans so that we can accomplish big things together, the reasons you get up in the morning. Purpose can guide life decisions, influence behavior...
Gokul Muthupandi
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Sadhu Arunachala of Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, is a good example of perfect devotion to
our Guru, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Some twenty-five years ago the name and fame of Bhagavan Sri Ramana dragged him from England to India, and having come to Bhagavan’s Supreme Abode he never returned...
Living Enlightened Master Acharya Shree Yogeesh discusses sex and spirituality. He states that many westerners and new age thinkers have the misconception that sex leads to enlightenment and liberation. He says those from the east, like India, also have a misconception that it is a dirty topic or that it should never be discussed...
shri dattaswamiAs long as ‘I’ exists, selfishness also exists just like the property of heat exists as long as the fire exists. The root source of selfishness is the I-thought or one’s self-identity. It means that one must try to keep oneself in the state of being attracted to God at all times. It is the only way to be relieved of selfishness forever. A doubt arises at this point that if a devotee is always immersed in God, how can the devotee perform his or her necessary worldly duties? The answer to... moreAs long as ‘I’ exists, selfishness also exists just like the property of heat exists as long as the fire exists. The root source of selfishness is the I-thought or one’s self-identity. It means that one must try to keep oneself in the state of being attracted to God at all times. It is the only way to be relieved of selfishness forever. A doubt arises at this point that if a devotee is always immersed in God, how can the devotee perform his or her necessary worldly duties? The answer to this question is found in the Gita. God says that in the case of such a devotee, who is always immersed in God, God Himself takes up the worldly responsibilities as well as the spiritual responsibilities of that devotee (Teṣāṁ satatayuktānāṁ..., Yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham).
For such a devotee, God is everything. Hence, his mind will not be attracted to anything or anyone else in the world. For such a devotee, if God is present before him in human form like Krishna, it will be very convenient to develop attraction towards Him. Also, such attraction or devotion towards the contemporary Human Incarnation of God will actually be real. This is because, God can easily test the genuineness of the devotee’s devotion. The proof of the purity or genuineness of the devotee’s devotion is his ability to overcome his worldly bonds in order to practically serve the Incarnation and sacrifice the fruit of his work to the Incarnation. For such a genuine devotee, the contemporary Human Incarnation of God is everything as said in the Gita (Vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti...).
Instead of the contemporary Human Incarnation of God, if the devotee chooses to be devoted to the unimaginable God, even developing theoretical attraction becomes impossible. How can you develop attraction to an Entity which you cannot even imagine? So, the unimaginable God is the most inconvenient to develop devotion as also stated in the Gita (Avyaktā hi gatirduḥkham). If the devotee chooses to focus on a representative symbol of God such as an image or a statue, it might be possible to develop some attraction towards it.
But there is no way of proving the genuineness of the devotee’s attraction or devotion to God. Whenever the devotee serves or sacrifices something to God in the form of a statue, God does not actually and directly receive the offerings. The statue cannot test the devotee’s devotion as an Incarnation can. Even the devotee does not get complete satisfaction in worshipping a representative symbol of God as he can get by worshipping the contemporary Human Incarnation of God. When the goal of one’s devotion is God-in-human-form, not only does the practical service and sacrifice done by the devotee fully prove that the devotee’s devotion is actually real but the devotee also gets full satisfaction.
GurenderIt is one way but owing to true path, whatever position you are right now in, better turn that whole into a spiritual practice, that's how various methods came forth, it is not that a person indulged in social activities or day to day family works cannot gain spiritual experiences, he or she very well can.
Jesi situation mein ho, usi situation ke hisab se choose a way of meditation and practice, it will be highly beneficial way then, because you won't be disturbing your karamic debt... moreIt is one way but owing to true path, whatever position you are right now in, better turn that whole into a spiritual practice, that's how various methods came forth, it is not that a person indulged in social activities or day to day family works cannot gain spiritual experiences, he or she very well can.
Jesi situation mein ho, usi situation ke hisab se choose a way of meditation and practice, it will be highly beneficial way then, because you won't be disturbing your karamic debt then.
Punishment given for a sin is only to change the mind of the soul and purify it. There is no trace of revenge in this. The hell is an indication of the intensive love of God to the souls through which God wants to reform the souls. The hell indicates the hectic effort of God put on the soul to reform it and not to leave the soul for its fate.
A father may leave his son since he is not changing inspite of all his efforts. But in the hell God puts serious effort... moreThe way to cancel your sins
Punishment given for a sin is only to change the mind of the soul and purify it. There is no trace of revenge in this. The hell is an indication of the intensive love of God to the souls through which God wants to reform the souls. The hell indicates the hectic effort of God put on the soul to reform it and not to leave the soul for its fate.
A father may leave his son since he is not changing inspite of all his efforts. But in the hell God puts serious effort and succeeds to change the soul. Therefore, even thousands of fathers cannot be equal to God. God is not leaving the soul without changing it and this point is indicated by the punishment and hell.
Therefore, there is no point of excusing the Prarabhdas if this true basis is understood. God will try to change the soul through preaching as far as possible. Punishment in the hell is the last resort. Once the soul is reformed all the sins are smashed since there is neither the necessity of preaching nor the necessity of punishment.
The Divine Father is taking the best care of each soul. Even the punishments given by God here on earth and hereafter in hell, only indicate His anxiety to reform the sinful soul, which is His child. Hell is the reflection of God’s highest kindness, which helps in reforming souls. Hell is not the reflection of His anger or desire for revenge. If we understand this very subtle point, we will be very peaceful about things taking place in this world. There is no error taking place in the divine administration. Everything taking place in this world is the result of the most perfect working of God’s wonderful administration. No soul can even dream of running the world in a better way than the way it is being run. It is our utter ignorance that causes us to misunderstand God and stray (stay) away from the path of self-purification. We are ignorant of the deeds of other souls. We are ignorant of the most wonderful divine administration working in the background. We are ignorant of God’s supreme talents and capabilities in administering and reforming souls. Above all, we are ignorant of the supreme kindness of God towards all souls.
Ravi ChandranA human being will definitely reap the fruits of karma irrespective of good or bad, righteous or unrighteous. You might have heard the story of Angulimaal .His acts were prodigiously barbaric. He used to kill people and used to cut their fingers and wear those as a garland. He came across GOD and then transformation took place but he had to face the repercussions for his abominable actions.
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita stated that even if the most barbaric person if surrenders to... moreA human being will definitely reap the fruits of karma irrespective of good or bad, righteous or unrighteous. You might have heard the story of Angulimaal .His acts were prodigiously barbaric. He used to kill people and used to cut their fingers and wear those as a garland. He came across GOD and then transformation took place but he had to face the repercussions for his abominable actions.
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita stated that even if the most barbaric person if surrenders to Almighty , that very moment, he turns into a hermit but the condition would be to completely surrender to Lord Krishna .
In the next verse Lord Krishna says "Announce it with sheer aplomb that my devotee would never get destroyed".
Bad Karmas are executed due to ignorance and lack of devotion . Once a human being gets imbibed in devotional service to GOD then the light of knowledge gets illuminated inside the human being exterminating the darkness of ignorance.
The reversal that you have mentioned in the title is transformation from an ignorant to a knowledgeable being. Performing wise actions would be possible in the wake of attainment of pure knowledge, the spiritual transcendental knowledge. With every righteous karma accompanied with knowledge , the bad actions would gradually get obliterated. Once the residue of bad karma is wiped out then the final product would be a pure, Godly being .
One more aspect to it. An ignorant committing a misdeed could be absolved but if a person commits a gruesome act even after attaining the sacrosanct spiritual knowledge of the affinity between You(the soul) and the Almighty then it would not be a mistake but a horrendous sin. So devotion towards God leads to knowledge and knowledge becomes the instrument to rectify and reverse the Karmic results.
We inherit KARMIC DEBT which is called Sin by our thoughts and actions.
Once we did that, they become part and parcel of our KARMIC DEBT.
But we can NEUTRALIZE Karmic debt to a very large extend by our future SELFLESS thoughts and actions.
Though NIshkama Karma ( selfless actions without any motive at all) and abandoning the fruits of actions is the best way to eradicate Karmic debt called sin.
Lord Krishna said: “ One who does selfless actions, one who... moreExcellent question Nidhi.
We inherit KARMIC DEBT which is called Sin by our thoughts and actions.
Once we did that, they become part and parcel of our KARMIC DEBT.
But we can NEUTRALIZE Karmic debt to a very large extend by our future SELFLESS thoughts and actions.
Though NIshkama Karma ( selfless actions without any motive at all) and abandoning the fruits of actions is the best way to eradicate Karmic debt called sin.
Lord Krishna said: “ One who does selfless actions, one who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering his actions to God, is not stained or infected by karmic debt, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.”
( BG 5:10 )
Jesus Christ said the same:
" But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,"
Both Lord Krishna and Jesus are telling us that we will derive no karmic debt if we act selflessly (Nishkama Karma) and do all our actions surrendering to God.
Ravi ChandranBY wrong karma do you infer Sin? The quality of karma determines the fruits of deeds. What is destiny? The fruits of your deeds translate into ones' destiny. We call it karma phal. <br />
Suppose a person commits a malicious act. He later on realizes his folly possessing great deal of compunction. In chapter 9 of Bhagvad Geeta , Lord Krishna through Arjuna tells the human kind that even if a person commits the most abominable and pernicious act but if he/she surrenders to ME completely... moreBY wrong karma do you infer Sin? The quality of karma determines the fruits of deeds. What is destiny? The fruits of your deeds translate into ones' destiny. We call it karma phal. <br />
Suppose a person commits a malicious act. He later on realizes his folly possessing great deal of compunction. In chapter 9 of Bhagvad Geeta , Lord Krishna through Arjuna tells the human kind that even if a person commits the most abominable and pernicious act but if he/she surrenders to ME completely without any desire then that person' would be absolved of his sins. <br />
The only clause would be unconditional devotion.<br />
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You mentioned about wise actions. The wise action would be unconditional devotional service towards mankind. Sarvabhoot hite rata: means Welfare of all beings. The karmas to GOD would expunge the evils done in the past. Even if one is stuck in any predicament , He/she would muster the fortitude to subjugate the adversity and pull oneself out of the difficulty with ease and that fortitude would be given by GOD .<br />
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A dacoit turns as Valmiki . Angoolimal who murdered 999 persons and used to wear a garland of fingers as identification comes in contact with LORD and then surrenders to GOD. Angulimall realized his gruesome and barbaric actions and people used to hurl stones at him but the surrender to GOD had transformed him and had given the strength to endure the physical pain . HIs surrender was the wise action that eventually exonerated him from all horrendous actions .<br />
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Surrender to GOD is the wisest action. Surrender detoxifies and absolves you.
Shri Mridul Krishna Goswamiji's recitation of this divine scripture coupled with heart touching bhajans and kirtans are such an attraction to devotees that one can sit for hours and connect with the Lord...
During a memorial event in California, a seeker asks Sadhguru the best way to handle grief over the loss of a loved one. Sadhguru discusses how to approach...
Datta SwamiExcerpt from message of Shri Datta Swami
Realisation & repeated memorization of true knowledge is the only one solution for this problem. The ignorance is responsible for all the anxiety & tensions. One should know that every one has climbed the time (Kala), which is the running train. Death is the station at which one has to get down. Then every one should face Lord for enquiry.
After enquiry one will get either permanent happiness or permanent misery. The journey of this train to that... moreExcerpt from message of Shri Datta Swami
Realisation & repeated memorization of true knowledge is the only one solution for this problem. The ignorance is responsible for all the anxiety & tensions. One should know that every one has climbed the time (Kala), which is the running train. Death is the station at which one has to get down. Then every one should face Lord for enquiry.
After enquiry one will get either permanent happiness or permanent misery. The journey of this train to that station is the human life, which is only a fraction of second when it is compared to the infinite stream of time set up from the beginning of creation. To think that life is very long itself is ignorance. Every one is sitting in a closed compartment & realization of truth is the window through which every one should peep to find infinite time stream. Only on such comparison human life becomes a small fraction of a second. When realization is absent & when there is no comparison lifetime appears to be very long. First one should cross this illusion of time. Similarly, the illusion of place. The earth looks very large under ignorance.
But if one realizes infinite space of this universe the entire, earth is a small fraction of a pinhead. Similarly one gets a comfortable seat and sits on it thinking that he is settled in the life. Another person is moving in the compartment in search of a comfortable seat & according to him he is not settled. But when both these people look out through the window, which is realization of truth, then both realize that both are moving. Similarly one thinks that his co-passengers are his close relatives and is worried about them. But they get down at their respective stations & do not remember this fellow at all. Nobody remembers their relatives of his previous birth.
If one realizes that the so-called close relatives like parents, wife, children etc., are only co-passengers who get down at their stations, he will not have any tension or anxiety about them. He does his duties without these two. Similarly when one thinks that he is his body itself, he feels that diseases damage him.
But if one realizes that this body is only a dramatic dress needed for his role in present drama, he is not worried about damage of body. He feels that as if his shirt is damaged. During journey in train one must constantly think about the interview & prepare for it. In such case he gets permanent happiness after enquiry even though he is traveling in a comfortless 3rd class compartment. If one forgets interview & is attracted by factors in closed compartment, he is going to get permanent misery even if he travels by first class compartment.
Thus, something is good according to ignorant people & that is bad according to realized scholars. This world is full of ignorant people & only very few realized scholars are present. But all souls will realise truth after death when they face enquiry.
Parikshit Sachdev
I've been trying to apply from very long time
unfortunately it is not going through. sad is that no one is replying my email or even when I visit the centre people seem to be not interested and felt
Gurender
What to say of Veda Vyasa ji,
Anything said is not enough,
It is his mere mercy and perfect knowledge owing to which,
Seekers got upnishads in their hands available and Vedas Segregated well.
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