My Interview / Podcast on Spirituality
I recently did a podcast over Zoom with PhilosopherJay YouTube Channel. Topics covered include: How I left Finance and transitioned into spirituality Why is spirituality essential? What is Advaita Vedanta? The unnecessary quarrel between Dvaita and Advaita Vedanta (dualism and non-dualism) What is Maya? Is going to temples and performing rituals sufficient to attain to […]
Soul is Not Limited by Space & Time – When Maharshi Gave Details of a Beach He Never Visited
The Self (Soul) is an Omnipresent (present everywhere) & Omniscient (all-knowing) reality. Sri Ramana demonstrated this very truth to his disciples by revealing the details of a beach he had never visited. A couple from Peru, who had heard of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s greatness, came to the Ashram. Being poor they had to save enough […]
Woman Sannyasin Who Courageously Meditated at the Time of Death
The following story has been narrated by Swami Atulananda of the Ramakrishna Mission. It appeared in his essay: Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita published in the Prabuddha Bharata in November 2003. In India I once visited a hospital where sannyasins (monks who have renounced the world) alone were received as indoor patients. There had been a […]
A Dying Person’s Last Thoughts Determine the Condition of his Soul After Death
The following article has been excerpted from the essay: Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita by Swami Atulananda of the Ramakrishna Mission. His essay appeared in the Prabuddha Bharata Magazine in November 2003. A dying person’s last thoughts, determine the future state of his soul after death. There is a story in the Mahabharata which illustrates […]
What is the Proof of Vedanta? How Do We Know God & Soul Exist? (VIDEO)
In this video we visit the answer to some fundamentally important questions namely: What is the proof of Vedanta? How do we know that by following the teachings of Vedanta we will actually attain to Soul-realization, or God-realization? How do we know that the Soul exists or that God exists? How do we know that […]
Vedanta Does Not Support Absolute Ahimsa (100% Non-Violence) – Maharishi Ramana & Tiger Skins
Why was Maharishi Ramana often seated on tiger skins? Isn’t this against Ahimsa? In this video we use the answer to this question to arrive at a greater truth which is that the concept of Absolute Ahimsa, i.e. 100% non-violence at all times and under all conditions, is actually not supported by Vedanta. This is […]
God is One, His Names and Forms Are Many | Swami Sivananda (VIDEO)
Can a devotee of Lord Shiva visit the temples of Lord Vishnu, or of Devi (i.e. the Divine Mother Gayatri, or Kali, or Parvati etc.)? A disciple once asked Swami Sivananda of the Divine Life Society, this question. The God-realized sage responded by outlining the fundamental Advaita Vedantic truth of the Oneness and the Sameness […]
The Path of Spirituality is as Difficult as Walking on a Razor’s Edge
It is a known fact that whenever a sadhak (spiritual aspirant) begins to walk on the road towards God-realization, he/she is often beset with tremendous challenges. These challenges strike at the sadhak from 2 opposite directions. 1. Outside Challenges The first set of difficulties come from outside – from the materialistic world, in which all […]
Cremation or Burial | Which is Better for the Departed Soul? (VIDEO)
It is a well-known fact that Hindus cremate the dead. But what is perhaps lesser known, is that in ancient Vedic times, the Hindu people not only cremated the dead but also buried them. The 10th Mandala (Chapter) of the Rig Veda documents both the customs of burial and cremation as practiced by the Vedic […]
Understanding the Many Gods in Hinduism
Why do Hindus worship so many Gods? Is Hinduism a polytheistic religion? Why is the cow sacred? Why is the river Ganges considered so holy? Why is the sun worshiped? These are some of the questions that naturally arise in most people’s minds when they look at Hinduism from the outside. For those of us […]
What is the Difference between a Human Being and God?
They say that God has made man in his image. So is there anything that differentiates a human being from God? The answer is a surprising one! – Ignorance. Ignorance is what separates man from God. Our souls are already a part of the divine consciousness of God, yet we remain ignorant of this truth […]
Discover Your True Self – You are Not a Body but a Soul
“We are here to awaken to the reality of our true identity – that we are sparks of the Eternal Imperishable Spirit, who is the source of all Creation and the very essence of our being.” – Shriram Sharma Acharya You are a Soul Infinite, Immortal and Perfect Nearly 2,500 years ago, the great sages […]
Do We Have a Soul? Three Powerful Truths that Point to its Existence
“There are some who are exclusively modern, who believe that the past is bankrupt time, leaving us no assets, but only a legacy of debts. It is well to remind ourselves that the great ages of renaissance in history were those when man suddenly discovered the seeds of thought in the granary of the past.” […]
Who is God? The Surprising Answer Behind the Origin of the Universe
“The Universe is founded in Consciousness and guided by it. Just as the Soul is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so is the Supreme Soul (God), the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the Universe.” – Aitareya Upanishad Who is God? – It will perhaps come as a surprise […]
Why Has Science Not Found God?
“As man becomes conscious of the stupendous laws that govern the universe in perfect harmony, he begins to realize how small he is. Something deeply hidden has to be behind things. And yet people say there is no God.” – Albert Einstein Science has not found God, because so far it has not looked in […]