ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः । Brahman is the only truth, the world is unreal, and there is no difference between Brahman and individual self !!
With my limited powers and limited knowledge, I find that I can never measure up to the demands of gaining the securities and pleasures that I seek. This is why life seems to be a problem. Only when you reach thirty‑nine or forty, when you undergo what is sometimes referred to as the ‘Mid-life crisis,’ …
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To be displeased requires nothing but yourself. It is not the world that displeases you; you are displeased with yourself. And whatever pleases you is going to be time-bound. Because any kama काम, any pleasure, you pick up is limited by nature — in terms of time, content, and degree, the one who is displeased …
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In the Bhagvata, Ramayana, and the Mahabharata, Rama, Krasna and certain others are presented as avataras अवतार. ‘Avatara’ means ‘God incarnate.’ What are these avataras? In general, we can divide the orders of reality into three. One is the absolute reality, parmarthika पर्मार्थिक, that which is satya-jnana-ananta-brahman सत्य-ज्ञान-अनन्त-ब्रह्मन्, free from all attributes, and upon which …
According to the Tantra, the Ultimate Reality is Chit चित्, or Consciousness, which is identical with Sat सत्, or Being, and with Ananda आनन्द, or Bliss. This Ultimate Reality, Satchidananda सत् चित् आनन्द, Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, is identical with the Reality preached in the Vedas. And man is identical with this Reality; but under the influence …
According to Advaita Vedanta, there is but one Atman, one Self, eternally pure, eternally perfect, unchangeable, unchanged; it has never changed, and all these various changes in the universe are but appearances in that one Self. Upon its name and form (नाम, रूप) painted all these dreams; it is the form that makes the wave …
Within law is bondage; beyond law is freedom. It is also true that freedom is of the nature of the soul, it is its birthright: that real freedom of the soul shines through veils of matter in the form of the apparent freedom of man. Every moment of your life you feel that you are …
Manifesting the Divinity within! 