The modern West’s Recent Desiree to Resolve this conflict

 

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The modern West’s Recent Desiree to Resolve this conflict

 

This division between the two human faculties of faith and reason has done no good to the West, except in the short run; in the long run, it has started proving harmful to the west itself. Hence the west is also making a reassessment of the true relationship between faith and reason. Increasing members of religious thinkers and institution in the West today are seeking to find rational and scientific foundations to their religion buy putting more emphasis on experiment and experience than on creed and dogma. There are also similarly , increasing members of scientists in the West who tell us today that man needs religion and faith, not only that they also hold that these are more important for man compared to physical science; but they also insist that it must be a religion that can stand rational scrutiny ; otherwise , it becomes mere superstition, it becomes cheap magic, it won’t be true religion . But such as approach to religion is not available to them in the West from; their own historic experience, . They are now in search of such an approach in the Indian and other Eastern traditions; there is slowly growing the appreciation in the West that the Indian experience has been quite different in this field from the Western experience; and yet , we ourselves in India, do not know precisely what is the nature of this Indian experience, this unique Indian approach to this great subject!

 

The modern period of history is described as a scientific period, and science is dominated by the spirit of critical reason, questioning, investigation. It is very interesting for us to know how this new spirit appeared and developed in the modern West during the past four centuries. We are also passing through a scientific revolution in India today; we shall be teaching science to every child in our country, from the primary school to the university level; . We welcome this programme of widespread diffusion of science and the scientific spirit in our country. And it is a fact the significance of which we should not miss to note well that we accord this welcome in the very light, and under the very stimulus of our displace it, unlike what it was in the West, We and our national tradition have no fear of physical science, and of reason which is its very lifeblood., on the contrary , we welcome it, because  we see something great in it. What is that something great? As I said earlier, our national tradition recognizes it in its critical spirit, in its sprit of free inquiry, in its search for truth. What a beautiful quality it is to be acquired by the human mind, and to be used by it for seeking truth and verified knowledge!

 

The seed of divinity is present in all of us

 

By Anup Taneja

 Inscribed on the forefront of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi is the famous Greek maxim by Socrates, ‘Gnothi Seauton’, meaning ‘know thyself’. Today, some of us are blissfully unaware of the presence of the Supreme Power right within us and we turn to alcohol, drugs and other intoxicating substances for succour. It is in this context that these words of Socrates have assumed an added significance.

 

In the Chandogya Upanishad it is repeatedly stated, ‘Tat tvam asi’, ‘You are That’, which suggests that the Supreme Lord, the Higher Power, is right there in the innermost recesses of our Being. Meister Eckhart, the great German philosopher and mystic, taught that the seed of God is within all of us. Just as a farmer plants a seed, waters it, takes good care of it, and ensures that the little plant blossoms into a big tree, we too can realise our full spiritual potential by leading a pure life and performing regular meditation over a period of time.

 

 

By observing a mango tree over many seasons wherein thousands of mangoes are produced, we can say with confidence that the potential for these mangoes was present in the single seed from which that tree sprang. Similarly, one should remain aware of the fact that the God-seed is present in all of us, waiting for water, intensive care and proper nourishment to make sure that the seed grows quickly and properly.

 

The Divine thus is the essence of every person in the universe, what Emerson called the ‘Over-soul’. Even though God is one and indivisible, yet he lives in every one of us; it is for this reason he appears to be many. It is a paradox that God, despite manifesting himself as the colourful universe with myriad diversities, remains immaculately pure and untainted. And completely transcends the Universe. Thus, his two aspects – immanent and transcendent – though apparently opposed to each other, should be understood as two sides of the same coin.

 

In the final stages of meditation, when all the selfishness that separates us from the Supreme is eradicated, we discover this Self in the depths of our Consciousness. In yogic terminology this sublime state is called ‘Nirvikalpa Samadhi’ wherein no duality of consciousness is experienced; in this state the seeker soars high in the realm of Pure Consciousness where there is nothing but supreme bliss. Here, all distinctions of time and space get obliterated and the seeker passes from time into the Eternal Now. It is at this stage that the seeker is blessed with the final beatific vision, where he sees the ‘face behind all faces’ – the Ultimate Cause behind all phenomenal existence.

 

We may conclude with the following words of Meister Eckhart: “To get to the core of God at his greatest, one must first get into the core of himself at the least; for no one can know God who has not first known himself. Go to the depths of the soul, the secret place of the most high, to the roots, to the heights; for all that God can do is focussed there.”

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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Towards the Goal Supreme

 

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Towards the Goal Supreme

 

Only he who has succeeded in merging his own will in the Will of God has a right to say, “I am of God has a right to say, “I am being irresistibly driven to do all this. I am the machinery and He is the Operator” That can be done only by a devotee of the highest type, who knows nothing else but God, he never takes a false step even unwittingly; no wicked deed can ever be done by him, his heart remains filled with irrepressible strength and inspiration and is never assailed by despair or depression; and he is moved neither by happiness nor misery . he always has the feeling of “Nor I, not I , but thou, but Thou ,my Lord” Gain and lose, victory and defeat, honour and dishonor, have all becomes the same to him,

 

When some work has to be done, you should be full of activity, setting yourself to it with all your heart and soul. Do not pay the slightest heed to obstacles and hindrances, if they turn up , however insuperably they may seem to be . You will then find that those very obstacles and hindrances will actually help you in some way or other,. Is it always possible to have a favorable atmosphere after one’s own heart? The person who thinks that he will devote himself to the worship of God with a carefree mind, after having completed all his duties and settled all his family affairs satisfactorily, fares like the fool who goes to bathe in the sea but frightened by its dreadful waves , thinks he will go into the water only after the waves have subsided a little and the sea become calm. That never comes about, even if he sits on the beach till the last day of his life. There will always be waves in the sea l. one should boldly jump into the sea, bathe fighting with the waves and get through with it. In the same way, in the sea of the world one must call on God, do spiritual practices and worship Him, fighting all along with the waves. But your hope of realization will never be fulfilled if you sit down hugging your knees in despair , and wait for the right moment and the opportune circumstances to turn up

 

Attaining life in all its fullness

 

By Valson Thampu

 

The goal of spirituality, said Jesus Christ, is to enable human beings to attain life in its fullness. This is the least understood, or most misunderstood, of Jesus’ teachings.

 

One such misunderstanding is that having life in its fullness means becoming richer. This quantitative fallacy equates life with ‘having’ rather than ‘being’. In this view, one’s life is godly depending on how much one prospers. This strange notion drives the prosperity Gospel. It appeals to many Christians, though Jesus himself ‘had nowhere to lay his head’.

 

The second misunderstanding is that it denotes a safe, secure life, free from all suffering. This too is strange because Jesus is known, and revered, for the unthinkable suffering he endured. Christians worship the Cross and pray for total exemption from suffering, which is strange, to say the least. At any rate, life without suffering caricatures life. It has never existed, nor will it ever exist.

 

The more ‘spiritual’ among Christians assume that extraordinary spiritual gifts and powers characterise life in its fullness. So, miracle-workers and the high and mighty in the religious hierarchy are supposed to be ‘filled’ with spiritual power and the extraordinary graces that go with it. But, on a closer examination, many of them prove to be pretty ordinary; well short of the spiritual benchmark of life.

 

 

What then does ‘life in its fullness’ mean?

 

Everything depends on how a person understands himself; for one has to seek and attain this state for oneself. One can seek only as per one’s understanding of oneself. The distorted understandings listed above arose because of a misconception in this respect. We are conditioned to think of ourselves as autonomous and self-contained individuals, sharply distinguished from everything else.

 

According to Jesus, we are to attain ‘life’ in its fullness, not a life of fullness. Seeking the fullness of ‘life’ is quite different from seeking the fullness of one’s life. Life is a great deal more than each one of us, and all of us taken together. The notion that we are discreet, autonomous, selves who ‘own’ their life – as in ‘my life’ – is a delusion. We are part of a seamless web of life that extends to the cosmos. This is intuited in the astrological assumption that the configuration of celestial bodies at the time of one’s birth affects a person lifelong. Ideally, the whole of life should express itself through each individual. One’s life should mirror life in its fullness.

 

Such ‘fullness’ embraces everything and everyone. It excludes none. That is why to the spiritually enlightened, there are no strangers and enemies. The Indic spiritual vision of tatvam asi, that thou art, adumbrates this mindset. Certainly one of its meanings is that labels of otherness should be inadmissible. The proof, therefore, that we are oriented to ‘life in its fullness’ is that we feel at one with all human beings; indeed, with the whole of creation. The entire world is my home.

 

Life can be had only in full, for it is dynamic. Just as we cannot breathe in half – inhaling alone – so also, we cannot live life in part. Restlessness lurks wherever what is meant to be whole is kept in part-ness. Like the two halves of an apple sliced in the middle, it will be burdened with the pressures of disequilibrium. Such a state contravenes the law of nature. Only human beings entertain the delusion that they can live as isolated atoms; or that it is an achievement to do so.

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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How to be a leader Quote Vivekananda

 

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How to be a leader Quote Vivekananda

 “A captain must sacrifice his head’ they say if you can lay down your life for a cause then only you can be a leader. But we all want to be leaders without making the necessary sacrifice. And the result is zero-nobody listens to us!

 

Men are more valuable than all the wealth of the world.

Kindness and love can buy you whole world; lectures and books philosophy all stand lower than these.

 

One of the greatest lessons I have learnt in my life is to pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end….

 

I have been always learning great lessons from that one principle, and it appears to that all the secret of success is there to pay as much attention to the means as to the end.

 

Just as in the case of electricity the modern theory is that the power leaves the dynamo and completes the circle back to the dynamo so with hate and love they must come back to the source there fore do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out form you , must , in the long run, come back to you , if you love that love will come back to you, completing the circle . It is as certain as can be , that every bit of hatred that goes out of the heart of a man come back to him in full force, nothing can stop it; similarly every impulse of love comes back to him

 

Dive into an inner sea of relaxation anytime

 

By Sant Rajinder Singh

 

In our quest for peace and happiness, we often meet obstacles. Some of the challenges that prevent us from leading a life of tranquillity relate to our physical body. Undergoing pain and discomfort in our body makes it difficult to feel peaceful. These drive us to seek solutions to restore our bodily health. Among the many causes of our pain are toxins. And one means of being proactive to restore our physical health is detoxing our body.

 

It is important to realise that some of the toxins that impact our body actually come from the mind. These toxins of the mind arise from various spheres of life, such as our work, relationships, and neighbourhoods. Yet they are not limited to our physical interactions.

 

Throughout the day, we are bombarded with thoughts that affect us mentally and emotionally. While we may have succeeded in detoxing our body, we may still feel agitated and under stress in our mind.

 

Toxins can also come from the world at large. Happenings worldwide can cause fear, stress, and anxiety within us that can affect our body.

 

Toxins of the mind distract us and keep us from our primary goal of finding our way back to God. To resolve this problem, we need to get to the origin of toxins, and this is where meditation comes in.

 

 

Picture the tranquillity of a crystal-clear lake reflecting breath-taking scenery. Immersing into its still waters, calmness washes over us. Stress melts, replaced with profound well-being. Love and joy bubble within. All our problems fade away as we float into the sea of love, happiness and bliss.

 

There is a tranquil lake of profound relaxation within us. Unfortunately, many can not experience it, as it is covered with toxins and pollution, making it inaccessible. Meditation helps us defocus from the distractions that cause these toxins by focusing our attention on the treasures of tranquillity, joy, and bliss within ourselves. Meditation helps us home into God’s love. As we experience this divine love, we are strengthened and can better handle the turmoil of the outer world.

 

The journey begins with removing obstacles to finding our inner spa. Those who want to improve their physical health and well-being go through a process called detoxification, or ridding themselves of impurities. Yet, even after a physical detoxification, we may still suffer from mental stress, anxiety, fear, depression, hopelessness and unhappiness. There is no need to turn to drugs and alcohol and suffer their adverse side-effects to be happy. We can rid ourselves of the mental blockages that keep us from experiencing peace and happiness.

 

By meditating, we can dive into an inner sea of relaxation anytime we want and lead a joyous and peaceful life. People worldwide are turning to meditation as a way to detox the mind and to achieve peace and happiness. A toxic mind blocks our connection with the wellspring of unconditional love, ecstasy and peace. Detoxing our mind through meditation opens us to even greater reward. It clears our mind to experience the spiritual treasures of our soul.

 

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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The Bliss State of Deep Sleep

 

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The Bliss State of Deep Sleep

 
Every one in the world , the rich and the poor, the learned and the ignorant the saint and the sinner, even animals birds and insects , enjoy the blessed state of deep sleep In that state, the blind cease to be blind, the wounded cease to be wounded, the sick cease to be sick. Even the rich having all the objects of enjoyment, pine for sleep and take sleeping pills, if required. A person steeped in sense enjoyments loves sleep as much as a person whose life is full of miseries.

Why is it that all love sleep? In sense enjoyments there is a subject object dichotomy and the triad of the enjoyer, the enjoyment and the object of enjoyment persists. The mind moves from one to the other in quick succession which tires it.

However much a person may enjoy the waking state ultimately the subject –object dichotomy tires him out and the finally longs to go beyond it. In sleep there is no dichotomy no duality. There is only one undivided unity, the Subject alone remains covered with ignorance.

The Bliss of Samadhi

Although we experience grate bliss in deep sleep none wishes to remain sleeping forever. Well can not experience the undivided bliss like that of deep sleep in the waking state? Yes, this is what is called samadhi. In smadhi these are no mental modifications, just as in deep sleep and yet the mind is not steeped in ignorance. This blessed stat of samadhi and the superlative bliss experienced in that state cannot be compared with any of the worldly enjoyments , described before. Although we may not have experienced that state. This is what all saints and sages who have experienced it say.

We have seen that all worldly enjoyments, starting from that of a child to the one experienced in deep sleep, have some blemish or defect. But in the state of the direct experience of the Supreme Spirit, Brahman in the state of Samadhi there are none of those blemishes, just as the various lower grads of pleasures are included in the happiness which a monarch enjoys so also the bliss of realization not only surpass all lower enjoyments they are all included in it . There is a total extinction of suffering, a sense of fulfillments of all duties and none of the desire remain unfulfilled. That is the bliss we must all strive for.

 

The illusion of time we all live with

By Bansi Mahajan

 

There are three kinds of illusions of time. One is claimed by physicists, second, that happens at the mind level, and third, at the spiritual level.

 

After finding the theory of relativity, physicists discovered that time is an illusion. They say everything is relative, there is no Absolute Time, or Absolute Space. Every planet in the vast universe or multiverse has its respective unusual measure of time. The slowing and fastness of time depends on the relative speed. Change in time is constant.

 

At the mind level, fastness and slowing of time is determined by various factors. Firstly, the situation, when we are happy, we feel the time is running fast, and when in distress, it seems to be moving slowly. The duration of time also depends on the nature and aptitude of work. If our job is likeable and of interest, the time goes quickly and if it is not interesting and is forced on us, then it is difficult to spend time.

 

Sometimes movies cover the story of two to three generations in a short duration of 2-3 hours. Also, films we like, make our time pleasant and it flies. Boring ones upset us, and it is difficult for time to go by. It is the same for lectures, sermons, literature and reading materials. We keep looking for new and unusual pastimes to derive happiness, but it remains illusory and the pleasure one derives is often short-lived. Mostly, we postpone our happiness for the future, which is also an illusion and never satisfies us.

 

 

Change in time is a perennial phenomenon. Precise repetition of the same circumstances in time is not possible, but the mind feels, it can get the same experience from our associations as it did in the past, same fun, same talks, and this illusion keeps us motivated.

 

Our whole life is maya, an illusion itself, spiritually speaking. The ultimate truth is that one has to leave the body at some point. But from our early years, we never acknowledge this reality and are busy trying to secure our future. Our short-lived memory aids this illusion of time, though the passage of time changes our physical structure, conditions, status, power, job and home. Evolution is the foundation of time.

 

Krishn says in the Bhagwad Gita 8:16: ‘All the worlds, including the Brahmlok, are bound by time and are subject to rebirth, but for the ones who attain me, there is no rebirth, because I am Kaal Ateet – beyond time, the controller of time itself.’

 

The time – past, present and future – is controlled by the Supreme Almighty. In the Gita 11:32, Krishn states: ‘Time I am, I am Kaalosmi – the great destroyer of the worlds.’ He is the creator in the beginning, sustainer in the middle and destroyer at the end.

 

The cyclical pattern of existence has some method. It is controlled by time, which in turn is governed by the Almighty. All beings are enchanted with this illusion of time and live in it. It is extremely difficult to break free, but the one who totally, exclusively and constantly worships the Supreme, can escape or be least impacted by its chimera.

 

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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Raja Yoga

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 Raja Yoga

A soul devoted and purified by Bhakti-yoga and divinely inspired by dedicated action (karma yoga) is   ready and ripe to sit down and meditate, And that is precisely what Christ enjoins us: “When thou prayed enter into thy closet, and when thou hast set thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret” The ‘secret’ of the Father is the heart as is often insisted on by the Philokalia tradition. “In the morning force your mind to descend from the head to the heart and hold it there” parallel with the Gita instruction Mano hridi niaddhya cha”-Lord jesus Christ have mercy upon me”

 

All of us possess a glorus body which can be made manifest by meditation Patanjali makes mention or it (Kayasampat) in the third chapter of the Yoga Aphorisms and Vivekanda commenting on Patanjali says that nothing can injure this body. “Breaking the rod of time man lives in the universe with this body “Echoes of this can be found in st pauls words “Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you , which you received from God Glorify God in your body and in your spirit which belongs to God

 

As you eat, treat the source, not symptom

 

By Narayani Ganesh

 

There is something to be said in favour of traditional healing systems anywhere in the world that seek to treat the source of the malady rather than address symptoms. For instance, headaches, muscle pain, fever, obesity, low energy are all symptoms of a deeper malaise, but we rush to suppress or obliterate the symptom instead of going to the root cause. This is true of both physical and mental illnesses, for what we see is not what needs to be treated; the cause lies elsewhere; symptoms are warning signals begging us to investigate and apply remedies to the disease.

 

Among the most effective and harmless methods of achieving holistic wellness is to eat right. By adopting the right diet, one can arrest progress of  many diseases and natural health-enhancing foods tend to maintain good energy levels, and are not associated with bad side-effects unless of course for example, one is prone to allergies to specific nuts and spices.

 

According to Ayurveda, health science is divided into eight specialised branches: general medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry plus psychosomatic diseases, diseases related to ENT plus head and eyes, general surgery, toxicology, rejuvenation therapy and aphrodisiac therapy.  Every living and non-living being is a combination of the five basic eternal elements, the panchamahabhootas – earth, water, fire, air and ether. The additional input in the human body is chetna, consciousness, the life spark, spirit or soul.

 

The five elements manifest in the body as tridosha, the three basic principles, subtle energies – vata, pitta and kapha. Air and ether combine as vata; fire makes up pitta, and the earth and water elements combine in kapha. These three basic principles govern all biological, physiological and physio-pathological factors of body, mind and consciousness.

 

At the Kerala Travel Mart 2022 held in Kochi recently, several stalls displayed Ayurvedic products and locally grown spices while others showcased spas, wellness resorts and Ayurvedic hospitals designed as healing getaways, complete with trained doctors, nurses, treatments and therapies.

 

‘Annam Vrittikaraanaam Shreshthaha’ – wholesome food enhances our vitality and strength and makes the body sturdy – advised a board in Sanskrit, displayed at the food court, at the Somatheeram Ayurvedic foodstall that offered delicious preparations conforming to ayurvedic principles. All parts of the banana tree were transformed into delectable dishes like banana flower cutlets that melt in your mouth; a pinkish water drink made with herb and root infusions that serve as a pick-me-up; dried ginger coffee; flattened red rice mixed with palm sugar, moringa (drumstick) soup, millet chapatis and more. Says Somatheeram founder and president of KTM, Baby Mathew, “The 260 dishes compiled based on this ancient science include soups, salads, juices and regular meal items. Soma was a juice consumed for eternity by the gods and theeram means sandy beach – it’s a great combination to heal mind, body and soul.”

 

A combination of yoga, meditation, health-promoting food and salubrious surroundings can create the perfect balance that keeps mind, body and soul together. A Chinese proverb says, “You are what you eat.” This brings to mind the popular nursery rhyme: “It’s a very odd thing /As odd as can be –  /That whatever Miss T eats, /Turns into Miss T!”

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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Control of Breath and Healing

 

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Control of Breath and Healing

 

In India they recognize the power of healing and have studied it as a science, but it is not so much discussed as in the West. The monistic system of healing there is much like the Christian Science conception here. It does not recognize any bodily condition as real. No affliction,. It declares, can touch the soul. It holds one idea only: that the Infinite is One without a second, and Thou are That” free from all impurity, free from all disease, death and misery. Of course if we can rise to such heights of consciousness, everything will roll away from us; but it means a very lofty flight. If there is no body naturally we cannot treat a body; so the true monist cannot deal with either good health or ill health.

The idea of healing which we find in the lives of Jesus the Christ, Sri Krishna , Buddha , Guranga and other great Saviors is the same. There is only one-ideal that the Divine can work wonders through us. Are we willing to give ourselves to that divine Being? Are we really willing to offer our hands, our heat, our mind, everything we possess our every faculty and gift, wholly without any thought of return? If we are then even miracles of healing may be accomplished through us. There are here and there people who succeed in eliminating all their egoistic sense. They offer themselves wholly to God, and God works through them. They do not ask anything in return. And this is the only safe force of healing . The other methods are merely experiments-sometimes they work and sometime they do not.. Or some times they seek to work but the cure is not permanent.

 

Truly righteous living brings happiness to all

 

By Bhupender Yadav

 

All that is righteous is right, but all that is right may not be righteous. To give an example in the legal parlance, living by law is right, but living by moral law is righteousness. ‘Nyaya’ is a Sanskrit word that means ‘right or justice’. Etymologically, the word means ‘that by which man is guided’ to righteousness, to do the right thing. Righteousness is an uncodified moral law that we must turn to for attaching meaning to life.

 

Why are we suddenly finding it so difficult to attach meaning to life, despite doing the right things? We are all constantly complaining about being too overworked, tired, and anxious. More work has brought us more money, amenities and luxuries, but it has taken away our little joys, our peace. That is because in our race to the top, we have lost balance. We need to learn the art of staying calmly active and actively calm.

 

The next obvious question is how does one learn that art? It is easier said than done. To find calmness within, we must first find faith. To find faith we must turn to the philosophy of universal religion that Swami Vivekananda introduced us to. He taught us that to love God, realise Him and feel that ‘all are one’ is the true understanding of religion. It regulates human life. He taught us if there is no inner life, there is no religion either, for how can religion have meaning without faith.

 

 

In moving away from the Inner Self, we have traded faith for symbolism and given it the name of religion. Righteousness is what makes religion dynamic, instead of letting it be some stone-etched concept. It allows religion to flow, prosper and grow. It teaches us that modern is not always progressive, but being progressive that we must all aspire for, because that will help us evolve.

 

The Bhagwad Gita is the message of dharma, righteous living, delivered by Krishn. The very first shlok of the Gita begins with the word ‘dharmakshetra’, the field of righteousness. Dharma connotes righteousness, nobility, proper conduct – a philosophy of life which makes you a worthy and progressive citizen of the world.

 

Progress is not disruptive. It is the natural order of things. Progress does not scatter things, rather it unifies – oneness in all perspectives of life. When someone or society achieves that oneness, it spreads happiness and fulfilment. Sustainable development is the path of righteousness.

 

The equilibrating law of karma is that of action and reaction, cause and effect, sowing and reaping. In the course of ‘rita’, natural righteousness, each man, by his thoughts and actions, becomes the moulder of his destiny. Whatever universal energies he himself, wisely or unwisely, has set in motion must return to him as their starting point, like a circle inexorably completing itself.

 

Sanatan dharma, eternal righteousness, is entirely different from self-righteousness, which not only misleads one but is also disruptive for society. Humanity has suffered since ages because of this self-righteousness, ‘holier than thou’ attitude, of people or sects. Eternal righteousness is rooted in the idea of ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’ – happiness to all.

 

The writer is Union minister for environment, forest & climate change; and labour & employment

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy there was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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What is Vedanta

 

What is Vedanta

  

Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient spiritual philosophies and one of its broadest, based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India. It is the philosophical foundation of Hinduism; but while Hinduism includes aspects of Indian culture, Vedanta is universal in its application and is equally relevant to all countries, all cultures, and all religious backgrounds.

Vedanta affirms:

The oneness of existence,

The divinity of the soul, and

The harmony of all religions.

A closer look at the word “Vedanta” is revealing: “Vedanta” is a combination of two words: “Veda” which means “knowledge” and “anta” which means “the end of” or “the goal of.” In this context the goal of knowledge isn’t intellectual—the limited knowledge we acquire by reading books. “Knowledge” here means the knowledge of God as well as the knowledge of our own divine nature. Vedanta, then, is the search for Self-knowledge as well as the search for God.
What do we mean when we say God? According to Vedanta, God is infinite existence, infinite consciousness, and infinite bliss. The term for this impersonal, transcendent reality is Brahman, the divine ground of being. Yet Vedanta also maintains that God can be personal as well, assuming human form in every age. Most importantly, God dwells within our own hearts as the divine Self or Atman. The Atman is never born nor will it ever die. Neither stained by our failings nor affected by the fluctuations of the body or mind, the Atman is not subject to our grief or despair or disease or ignorance. Pure, perfect, free from limitations, the Atman, Vedanta declares, is one with Brahman. The greatest temple of God lies within the human heart.

Vedanta asserts that the goal of life is to realize and to manifest our own divinity. This divinity is our real nature, and the realization of it is our birthright. We are moving towards this goal as we grow with knowledge and life experiences. It is inevitable that we will eventually, either in this or in future lives, discover that the greatest truth of our existence is our own divine nature.

Vedanta further affirms that all religions teach the same basic truths about God, the world, and our relationship to one another. Thousands of years ago the Rig Veda declared: “Truth is one, sages call it by various names.” The world’s religions offer varying approaches to God, each one true and valid, each religion offering the world a unique and irreplaceable path to God-realization. The conflicting messages we find among religions are due more to doctrine and dogma than to the reality of spiritual experience. While dissimilarities exist in the external observances of the world religions, the internals bear remarkable similarities.
According to the Vedanta teachings there are four paths we can follow to achieve the goal of understanding our divine nature.  These paths are known as the Four Yogas. We can choose a path based on our personality or inclination, or follow the practices of the paths in any combination.

Bhakti Yoga

Bhakti Yoga is the path of love and devotion. The devotee approaches God through a loving relationship. This path emphasizes practices such as prayer, chanting, and meditation on God as a loving presence in our lives.

Jnana Yoga

Jnana Yoga is the path of knowledge. In this path the seeker uses reason and discernment to discover the divine nature within by casting off all that is false, or unreal. This practice shows us that the Supreme Reality resides within.

Karma Yoga

Karma Yoga is the path of selfless work. Those who follow this path do work as an offering to God and expect nothing personal in return. Karma Yoga teaches us to practice detachment and equanimity in our work, and to understand that the results of any actions are beyond our control.

Raja Yoga

Raja Yoga is the path of meditation. Meditation is an important practice in all of the paths as it allows us to experience higher states of

Charvaka’s hedonism, an elixir of happiness

As long as you live, live happily, beg, borrow or steal, but relish ghee, clarified butter.” This is an oft-quoted maxim of Charvaka Darshan, which doesn’t actually reflect the universality of sukhvaad, hedonism and somewhat trivialises the profundity of this outright iconoclastic school of Indic philosophy.
Before proceeding further, let’s understand the concept of hedonism. Hedonism is the ethical theory that pleasure, in the sense of the satisfaction of desires, is the highest good and proper aim of human life.
Ethical or evaluative hedonism claims that only pleasure has worth or value; pain or displeasure has disvalue, the opposite of worth. Jeremy Bentham asserted both psychological and ethical hedonism by saying, “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.” Here, one must mention that hedonism is not completely an exclusive idea propounded by the Charvaka school.
Like Charvaka, Greek philosopher Epicurus also put a great emphasis on pleasure.
  To an uninitiated, Charvaka’s hedonism may appear to be a tad too sensual, corporeal and even carnal. But it’s too general an understanding of a deeper philosophy that humans need to stop desiring anything they don’t naturally need. Humans have been hankering after things they don’t require and, in a bid, to fulfil all the utterly elusive desires, we tend to lose the simplest joys that constitute a healthy and fulfilling existence. It’s like a proverbial Urdu couplet, ‘Na Khuda hi mila, na visaal-e-sanam/ Na idhar ke rahe, na udhar ke hum’ – ‘Neither did I realise god, nor did I find the company of my beloved/ I lost on both the fronts.’
The hedonism of Charvaka had a humanitarian streak to it. Charvaka believed that a joyful existence needs nothing else and individualistic happiness can pave the way for universal happiness. This is of paramount importance. No individual seems to be intrinsically happy. We’re constantly stressed out. To quote Pakistani poet Abdul Hamid Adam, ‘Ulajh ke rah gaya girdaab-e-jahan mein/ khushiyaan aayeen dabe paaon, chal deen sargoshi se’ – ‘Lost in the vortex of life/ I couldn’t discern when joys came tip-toeing and went surreptitiously.’ This is a universal lamentation felt by every rueful individual towards the fag-end of his life. What have we gained in life in this rat race of so-called success and accomplishments? Sadly, cipher; not even a zilch. We’ve deprived ourselves of life’s little joys and innocuous pleasures.
Charvaka exhorts us not to resist or resent the natural flow of happiness, for happiness is but an occasional episode in the painful drama of life. Ergo, enjoy life to the hilt, indulge in pleasures and welcome all that’s good. This is a grateful acceptance of positive energy.
We’re all sullen-faced, sulking souls because we’re too much into the ethical conundrums of good and bad and moral and immoral dilemmas. That palpable vibrancy and vivaciousness is seriously lacking in our lives. A measured hedonistic approach to life can bring back that estranged exuberance. Mind you, Charvaka’s hedonism is neither svairachaar, bohemianism, nor is it nihilistic. It’s an elixir and existentialism of universal happines
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