Merging into god is a valid path.. according to Vedanta. When Lord Chaitanya traveled in South India, he converted many Vedantas, Jains, impersonalists to Vaishnavism.However, the Chaitayna Charitamrita says that those who have no emotions and want to merge into the supreme take birth among...
Sure Ratikali, thanks for explaining. and the jnani must take up the path seriously by getting the appropriate guru.. Sometimes people talk for years, I want to seek God - and they don't act on it, or they simply don't hear what is the process, due to sloth, or some bad cycle of karma which they...
this awareness is absence in western tradition --so everyone is doing a bear hug.. I mean it signifies love - so that's not bad, but if someone has undesirable qualities, you will be likely to contract it, thats why yogis and spiritual people do not touch others.
of course brahmin and whoever else have the right to maintain purity.. you do pick up others aura, and karma even from sitting on their seats, eating their food, touching them.
i see hindu guys holding hands and touching (from affection) in india all the time. Not touching others is a brahmin thing. Men and women do not touch.each other.
Apparently you start the process from jnana given by the Lord in Gita chapter 2., You dont just squeeze your eyes and start getting realizations out of nothing. thanks for answering Vinak.
Those who've realized knowledge --what have they realize? How are we to know if they are just repeating something they read, imagining, or they are truly conscious and witness what they talk about ? what kind of jnana do they realize that is independent of book jnana?.
(Book) jnana is the nautical chart to steer the ship of Bhakti. Bhakti rasamritsindhu has the required knowledge -which is still valid, if the candidates are genuine. Goswami's words can never go wrong. .
i think if you can give to a beggar, do it,, dont think if he is sadhu or not.. For non begging sadhus, you have to see from distance their qualities to make them out.
knowledge helps one to make critical judgements. In the Bhagawat mahatmya, prelude to the Bhagawatam, its said, "In Kali, those who pose as saints are engaged in preaching false doctrines. Those who have appeared to renounce the world are rich in worldly possessions, and become family men." The...
right - I fully agree with the last.. you must be intellectually able to make the right decisions.. krishna gives the knowledge, and we obey -to start with. There are many people telling you please do offerings to Krishna and accept me as your guru..Broadcasts. Thats where you have to be sharp...
Its normal when people become disgusted with a system to vent anger and keep pounding on one thing the way Cassandra is doing.
Being a non vegetarian person doesn 't mean one cannot make accurate observations. Although it may be riddled with negative obsessions. However, if you fix one problem...
His prowess is described in the Purana called Ramayan..The word is often translated as monkey --a pesky mischievous creature (which is highly offensive) Vanaars are superhumsn.
the Hindu idols take their descriptions from Vedas -- Veda means divine knowledge. I dont think rats at all --that one is made up. People invent all kinds of crazy things..Nor monkey either, but vanaar -- beings from the heavenly sphere with great mystic powers that has an appearance of monkey...
"tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaḿ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
SYNONYMS
tat that knowledge of different sacrifices; viddhi try to understand; praṇipātena by approaching a spiritual master...
thank you dear. when the time is ready, the guru appears all by Krishna's doing.. You can go in search of a guru also, once you feel that you have the capacity to follow, and have the qualities of meekness etc, and you understand how to recognize a guru by lakshana --qualities.. It has nothing...