If Sarada Ma Was Lakshmi, Why Was She So Poor? Understanding the Lakshmi (Money) Siddhi of God-realized Sages
Ma Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth in Hinduism. She is that power of the Supreme Consciousness that bestows material prosperity. Since God-realized sages have climbed to the summit of consciousness and become one with the Supreme, they are said to possess Lakshmi Siddhi or complete power over money. Is this claim true? – Can […]
Vedas Say There is Only ONE God in Hinduism? Then Why Do We Worship So Many Gods? (VIDEO)
Uplift your consciousness! Receive daily Advaita Vedanta quotes from great Rishis. Subscribe to the Spiritual Bee on WhatsApp. Ekameva Dvitiyam shloka from Chandogya Upanishad (6.2.1) belonging to Sama Veda explained. This video is excerpted from – What is Nirvikalpa Samadhi? What is Maya? How Does One God Appear Divided into the Many Gods of Hinduism? […]
Is Brahman (God) Nothingness? Advaita Vedanta on the Nature of God (VIDEO)
Uplift your consciousness! Receive daily Advaita Vedanta quotes from great Rishis. Subscribe to the Spiritual Bee on WhatsApp. Understanding the Mahavakya, “Prajnanam Brahma”, from the Aitareya Upanishad 3.1.3, belonging to the Rig Veda. This video is excerpted from – What is Nirvikalpa Samadhi? What is Maya? How Does One God Appear Divided into the Many […]
What is Nirvikalpa Samadhi? What is Maya? How Does One God Appear Divided into the Many Gods of Hinduism? (VIDEO)
Uplift your consciousness! Receive daily Advaita Vedanta quotes from great Rishis. Subscribe to the Spiritual Bee on WhatsApp. Explained In This Video: 00:00 How can the Gods of Hinduism be Maya? 01:35 Is God (Brahman) nothingness? Is God a void? 04:03 How Sarada Ma saw Ma Kali Pratyaksha (living form)! 05:03 Sarada Ma could talk […]
How Do We Know God Exists? What is the Proof? The Final Answer Given by Swami Vivekananda (VIDEO)
Swami Vivekananda himself saw God Pratyaksha i.e. face-to-face first in Savikalpa Samadhi during which he saw the living, talking, smiling Ma Kali. And secondly during Nirvikalpa Samadhi when he directly experienced the Infinite Sat-Chit-Ananda Divine Consciousness, also known as Brahman or God the Absolute in Advaita Vedanta. It is from this substrate of Consciousness that […]
Practice Remembering the Self, Whenever You Think You are the Body
Uplift your consciousness! Receive daily spiritual quotes from great Rishis. Subscribe on WhatsApp. Sri Ramana’s service to humanity consisted in showing clearly that perpetual dhyana (meditation) is only abidance in the Self. “You think you were born one day and will die some day. Consider who is born and is to die. Do such thoughts […]
When an Atheist & Some Religious Fanatics Met Sri Ramana Maharshi
Uplift your consciousness! Receive daily spiritual quotes from great Rishis. Subscribe to the Spiritual Bee on WhatsApp. The following essay titled ‘Silence’ was written by Suri Nagamma, a direct disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi, in the magazine: Sri Ramana Jyoti Souvenir, 1969 (page 67). SILENCE Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi always gave prominence to mauna – […]
The Soul is Omnipresent, Formless, Birthless & Deathless
“According to Advaita Vedanta, the Self, the Atman, in you, in me, in every one, is omnipresent. You are as much in the sun now as in this earth, as much in England as in America.”
– Swami Vivekananda
“Do You Protect Me, or Do I Protect You?” A Profound Spiritual Experience of Swami Vivekananda
The ancient temple of Kshir Bhavani had long ago, been destroyed by Muslim invaders. When Swami Vivekananda thought of repairing it, he suddenly heard the celestial voice of the Divine Mother speak to him in an Akashvani.
Counting of Age by Years is Ignorance – Soul is Ageless, Without Beginning and End
Deer often mistake a mirage for water and jump into it. Similarly we also think and act as if we shall live on earth forever. We mistake the ephemeral world for real, and cause ourselves endless sorrow.
God is Within, Yet We Search For Him Here and There
SRI RAMAKRISHNA: As long as man feels that God is ‘outside’, seated in a temple or in some other holy place he is ignorant. His situation is like the man holding a lantern in his hand, looking for a matchbox.
Idol Worship – Form of God Needed to Steady the Mind. Muslims & Christians Too Use Forms
Swami Sivananda: Generally, people say Hindus are idolaters. But a Muslim too has the symbol of Kaaba to remind him of Allah. Similarly, the Christian has got the Cross. The truth is that an anchor is needed in the beginning in order to steady the mind. So forms are necessary.
Only a microscopic minority are capable of taking up Nirguna Upasana (worship without name and form). 99% percent of devotees need a name and a form to fix their mind on God.
God Can Be Seen When the Scum of Maya is Set Aside
SRI RAMAKRISHNA: Sat-Chit-Ananda (pure consciousness) is covered by the scum of Maya. He who puts the green scum aside can see God.
My Religion is True, Others are False, This Belief is Not Right
The one thing necessary for realization is whole-hearted and whole-souled devotion to God. Muslims, Christians and Hindus are all longing for the same God; but they do not know that He who Krishna is also Christ and Allah.
God is one, but He has many names. The Substance is one, but is worshipped under different names according to the time, place and nationality of His worshippers. All the different Scriptures of the world speak of the same God.
How Can I Realize God? Answer From Sri Ramakrishna
Suppose an addict wants to get intoxicated on hemp? Will only crying ‘hemp, hemp’ help him get intoxicated? it will not. The addict will have to put some effort into it. Similarly just crying ‘God, God’ alone will not make us realize Him.
Did Radha Actually Exist?
The scholars of the modern age say that Radha is a very recent addition to the Krishna cult. Can you tell me whether Radha existed or not? A disciple once asked Mother Mirra this question.
God Prefers the Sincere Bhakti of a Villager, Over the Bookish Knowledge of Priests
Once in the 1940s, I was sitting outside the hall with many devotees. Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi was reclining on a couch. A group of learned pandits was discussing passages from the Upanishads with great enthusiasm and profundity. All, including Bhagavan, appeared to be attentively listening to the interesting discussion when, all of a sudden, […]
Let Me Tell You One Thing – God Can Be SEEN
Let me tell you one thing. God can be seen. The Vedas say that God is beyond mind and speech. The meaning of this is that God is unknown to the mind attached to worldly objects. Vaishnavcharan (A noted devotee of the Vaishnava sect and an admirer of Sri Ramakrishna.) used to say, “God is […]