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दीप जी द्बारा दिया गया इस पुस्तक का रिव्यू :
The Enlightened (Part-1)
(Source: Buddhachrita by Ashvaghosh, 2nd CE)
It was well past midnight.
About 2500 yrs, ago the young prince of Kapilvastu (Land of Rishi Kapil), of shakya-kul from Ikshvaku lineage of Survanshi Kshatriyas was wide awake.
He had been standing at the balcony of his palace, for quite a long time, peering at nothing in the darkness.
His mind was made.
All his life he had known life as full of pleasures. However, last week had turned his life upside down.
He had, for the first time, come across the great sufferings of human life ie Sickness, old age and death.
He had learnt, to his shock, that all humans,whether they be mightiest kings, , most breathing beauties or strongest warriors , they all must grow old, be weak, be sick and die.
This revelation has shook his soul. Now, he could not enjoy the pleasures of his youth, seeing the temporal nature of them and the suffering waiting ahead.
His heart was only at some peace after he had met the ascetic who had renunciated the worldly pleasures & attachments and was doing tapa for liberation from death and other miseries of life.
Now , he also had decided to be an ascetic himself and through his tapa seek the remedy of sufferings, not only for himself, but for all mankind.
His father was shocked to hear of his intentions and beside forbidding him, had also arranged for his son to be engulfed in pleasures of wine, women and food as a last resort to change his mind.
This particular night he had fallen asleep after long hours of wine, women and music. When he suddenly wokeup, all were sleeping in tortuous postures all around him. The sight he saw had almost made him cringe. The faces of the greatest beauties of the land which used to enchanted him, now looked almost outright ugly with the twisted sleeping postures, open mouth, dripping saliva and flowing make up.
He was disgusted with his life and now felt sure to go far from all of this and find freedom in solace of the forest. He had to leaving his son and wife behind. However, the remedy he would find would help them also.
He swung from the balcony and walking on rooftops reached the stable, got his horse and soon vanished into darkness.
A fortnight of travelling has passed. He had left his royal clothes, jewels and his horse behind. He had been travelling through forest tracks on foot. At one time he remembered his ancestor Prince Ram who had once left his kingdom and lived as an ascetic for 14 years to honour an oath of his father.
He had passed Rajgriha, the capital of the mighty Magadh Empire and reached the ashram of Rishi Arada on his quest. The Rishi had taken him as a disciple and had taught him the mysteries of mind, soul and universe as well as practices of Dhyana and Tapa. He had visited Rishi Udarkas and learnt under him also.
Now he had arrived at an ashram in the city Gayapuri, named on Rishi Gaya.
He had joined 5 Ascetics and alongwith them started practicing the hardest Tapa. The practices requires starvation for days, sitting in extreme temperatures and other very painful hardships.
Now, 6 year had passed and he didn't find himself any further in his quest for knowledge.
He was now very weak from abstaining from food,just skin and bones.
Now he felt that this weakness can only be a detriment and the body and mind should not be so weak as to obstruct his quest.
Unsure, he rose from his tapa, and to the criticism of his 5 fellow ascetics, started wandering.
He passed the river Falgu and sat under a fig tree.
He had been offered Milk and rice by Sujata, a kind girl of the village and the subsequent energy rush in his starved body and fading consciousness and given him a new vigor and clarity of purpose.
He had made a firm resolute of rising only after realizing the true nature of live and universe.
It was past midnight. Deep in meditation, his resolve was getting weak under constant challenges by his desires, fears, weaknesses from depths of own subconscious.
After a seemingly very long and tenous struggle to maintain his pointed concentration on his quest during his dhyana, suddenly all the hurricanes in his mind vanished & the truth, as if , lit every corner of his mind with bright warm light.
He had it. He had learnt the truth of life. He was now enlightened.
He was no longer just Siddharth, now he was an arhat (one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence), Jina (Ultimate victor), Gautam (Remover of Darkness) & Buddha (Enlightened) .
Later people would revere him Tathagat (Who came thus) & Bhagwan (Blessed one) also.
Free from his bonds he could also remember his previous births as Bodhisattva (Individual on path of Bodhi-Chitta, awakening).
Finally he knew the mystery of life and suffering.
(Continued ....)
It was well past midnight.
About 2500 yrs, ago the young prince of Kapilvastu (Land of Rishi Kapil), of shakya-kul from Ikshvaku lineage of Survanshi Kshatriyas was wide awake.
He had been standing at the balcony of his palace, for quite a long time, peering at nothing in the darkness.
His mind was made.
All his life he had known life as full of pleasures. However, last week had turned his life upside down.
He had, for the first time, come across the great sufferings of human life ie Sickness, old age and death.
He had learnt, to his shock, that all humans,whether they be mightiest kings, , most breathing beauties or strongest warriors , they all must grow old, be weak, be sick and die.
This revelation has shook his soul. Now, he could not enjoy the pleasures of his youth, seeing the temporal nature of them and the suffering waiting ahead.
His heart was only at some peace after he had met the ascetic who had renunciated the worldly pleasures & attachments and was doing tapa for liberation from death and other miseries of life.
Now , he also had decided to be an ascetic himself and through his tapa seek the remedy of sufferings, not only for himself, but for all mankind.
His father was shocked to hear of his intentions and beside forbidding him, had also arranged for his son to be engulfed in pleasures of wine, women and food as a last resort to change his mind.
This particular night he had fallen asleep after long hours of wine, women and music. When he suddenly wokeup, all were sleeping in tortuous postures all around him. The sight he saw had almost made him cringe. The faces of the greatest beauties of the land which used to enchanted him, now looked almost outright ugly with the twisted sleeping postures, open mouth, dripping saliva and flowing make up.
He was disgusted with his life and now felt sure to go far from all of this and find freedom in solace of the forest. He had to leaving his son and wife behind. However, the remedy he would find would help them also.
He swung from the balcony and walking on rooftops reached the stable, got his horse and soon vanished into darkness.
A fortnight of travelling has passed. He had left his royal clothes, jewels and his horse behind. He had been travelling through forest tracks on foot. At one time he remembered his ancestor Prince Ram who had once left his kingdom and lived as an ascetic for 14 years to honour an oath of his father.
He had passed Rajgriha, the capital of the mighty Magadh Empire and reached the ashram of Rishi Arada on his quest. The Rishi had taken him as a disciple and had taught him the mysteries of mind, soul and universe as well as practices of Dhyana and Tapa. He had visited Rishi Udarkas and learnt under him also.
Now he had arrived at an ashram in the city Gayapuri, named on Rishi Gaya.
He had joined 5 Ascetics and alongwith them started practicing the hardest Tapa. The practices requires starvation for days, sitting in extreme temperatures and other very painful hardships.
Now, 6 year had passed and he didn't find himself any further in his quest for knowledge.
He was now very weak from abstaining from food,just skin and bones.
Now he felt that this weakness can only be a detriment and the body and mind should not be so weak as to obstruct his quest.
Unsure, he rose from his tapa, and to the criticism of his 5 fellow ascetics, started wandering.
He passed the river Falgu and sat under a fig tree.
He had been offered Milk and rice by Sujata, a kind girl of the village and the subsequent energy rush in his starved body and fading consciousness and given him a new vigor and clarity of purpose.
He had made a firm resolute of rising only after realizing the true nature of live and universe.
It was past midnight. Deep in meditation, his resolve was getting weak under constant challenges by his desires, fears, weaknesses from depths of own subconscious.
After a seemingly very long and tenous struggle to maintain his pointed concentration on his quest during his dhyana, suddenly all the hurricanes in his mind vanished & the truth, as if , lit every corner of his mind with bright warm light.
He had it. He had learnt the truth of life. He was now enlightened.
He was no longer just Siddharth, now he was an arhat (one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence), Jina (Ultimate victor), Gautam (Remover of Darkness) & Buddha (Enlightened) .
Later people would revere him Tathagat (Who came thus) & Bhagwan (Blessed one) also.
Free from his bonds he could also remember his previous births as Bodhisattva (Individual on path of Bodhi-Chitta, awakening).
Finally he knew the mystery of life and suffering.
(Continued ....)
Viral Ideologies!
Presently the humanity is facing maybe it's greatest threat so far, and mostly in self isolation. As isolation is an abnormal state for our species due to its social nature, we have taken to Social Media for our needs of social interaction. This has led to exponential rise in the communication on WA, Twitter, FB, Insta etc.
The exchange in most of the groups has a common element, besides certain particular topics, a common recurrent theme remains Pro vs Anti GOI or specifically as per the spirit of present Indian politics, Pro Vs Anti Modi debates.
No problem with any type of debates.
However, the debates are accompanied by continuous flow of 'content' such as forwards, memes, clips, jokes etc.
The content was generated by almost none of the forwarders, who in fact in almost all cases don't have a clue about the source and the path of their forwards.
Almost all of such content are manufactured and forwarded by a specialized industry as per need of their owners or clients.
However, why most of the people (unpaid) so eagerly push the content into so many forums? Sometimes with a sense of importance?
Why people get into so many online debates? Why people sacrifice time, effort and relationships over such arguments?
Is it just availability of lots of spare time?
Or it it some other urge? An urge to convince people? To bring them to our school of thought? Why does the idea of changing the other person's bent does excite us.
The excitement of being proved right? Of being not wrong?
Is it about vanity? Is it about recognition of intelligence?
Or do certain ideas motivate us to spread them?
Isn't this the cause of creation of so many books, forums, newspapers, blogs(like this one) , clips and all, when most of the spreaders only bear the costs and not enjoy the returns?
We have seen lacs of people sacrificing their lives for campaigning for their party, religion or ideology. Communism, Parties and Religions are what they are only due to such selfless campaigners?
Was it actually selfless? Didn't the success of bringing more into their fold did propel them? How the joy of achieving more followers of the ideology justify any cost?
Do certain idea, ideologies once seeded in minds do grow much faster then other, do they create the urge to spread seeds by thought, action and words of the individual?
Do the ideas make the individual, like, a carrier of the thought and spreader of its seeds?
In this way, aren't ideas like a contagion?
Do ideas have own existence, as if living organisms, at the plane of common consciousness? Don't they fight for dominance over each other? for elimination of other ideas? On Physical planes also, by battles, conflicts etc?
Human are born, they live and die but aren't ideas living over millenias, by using individuals as careers?
Aren't ideas and ideologies the players and the careers the pawns in this plane of common consciousness?
Is your mind space the actual territory for whose occupation battles of ideologies go on for centuries? Is occupation of your mindspace the power of these ideologies?
Finally, isn't the term 'Viral' now used for successful ideas achieving exponential growth very apt?
Whats the antivirus to maintain our thought process and evolution?
Simple, by not getting carried away!
By letting torrents of narratives & contents pass around the rock of oneself &
after critical analysis pick up the pieces worth adding to one's mind space.
Who?
One used to think it was him/her.
Then one realized it were his thoughts.
Then one later realized it was one's personality that framed those thoughts.
Then one later realized it were one's hardwired instincts and chemical variations that created hie personality.
Now,one knows one is none of these.
One is Him.
Him above his instincts , chemistry or personality.
One is him,
The unborn, the continuous....
Life Time Mind, Externalize
I traveled for a long time in land near and far away,
It was my thirst that never let me sit still or stay,
The quest was to find the answer to the question ultimate ,
The purpose of life, what, how.and where to find my own fate,
Slowly and slowly the realizations dawned to me,
Till one day i could see, as clear as it could be,
To my shock amd surprise the purpose was so simple,
To live and enjoy the happines presnent around us in ample,
This is the only life that all of us have got,
Also, this day, this hour, this minute, it returns ever not,
Be still, expand awareness, open your eyes and u can see,
Hear, touch, feel the world you forgot to with be,
Mind when internalized can eat hours and days altogether,
Mind when externalized can work most and also enjoy the time at its leisure,
Life is but time, and master of time is the mind,
Freedom is by Learning the secret, the best of its kind,
Slow down, see, hear, touch, feel and involve,
And start to think as the world slows its revolve
With externalized awareness, see yourself in the world outside
Also you see then, the whole world in your inside,
Hacking The Clock Or The Non Linear Time!
Is Time Linear?
What actually is Time?
Is time actually a construct?
Though we have clocks that measure time upto Nanoseconds or lesser, but can they actually measure time, which has no physical attribute that can be measured?
The clocks actually just count the cycles of a consistent oscillating process and then compare it to the revolution time or rotation time of Earth.
On the practical side:
Time remains the most precious but unreplenishable resource exhausting every second, mercilessly.
Can nothing be done to slow the time even minutely! Can a few minutes be added? Will we ever come out of this shortness of Time?
Answer is 'Yes'.
The secret lies in our minds. Time has one more diamension, present in our minds.
Time exists in our minds as well. Which means that Time moves as slow or as fast as we percieve it to.
For example, imagine a 100 m sprint. A Casual watcher who is bored, daydreaming or talking would almost fail to notice anything except the start or finish. An avid watcher would watch the race as it happens but at a very fast speed, too fast to watch all contestents. But the sprinter, for him the time slows down before the race starts, remains slow and becomes slower as his chest touches the ribbon. The experince of these persons of the same 10 seconds quite differ. For the casual watcher, these 10 seconds did not exist at all, for the avid watcher these were like 10 seconds and for the sprinter the time almost took half a minute as per his own perception. In sports many a time a batsman, bowler, golf player or football player finds himself watching the ball frame by frame, almost as if in a slow motion.
For example, imagine a 100 m sprint. A Casual watcher who is bored, daydreaming or talking would almost fail to notice anything except the start or finish. An avid watcher would watch the race as it happens but at a very fast speed, too fast to watch all contestents. But the sprinter, for him the time slows down before the race starts, remains slow and becomes slower as his chest touches the ribbon. The experince of these persons of the same 10 seconds quite differ. For the casual watcher, these 10 seconds did not exist at all, for the avid watcher these were like 10 seconds and for the sprinter the time almost took half a minute as per his own perception. In sports many a time a batsman, bowler, golf player or football player finds himself watching the ball frame by frame, almost as if in a slow motion.
This is the power of concentration. The deeper the concentration, the slower is the time. Vice versa, the more fragmented the focus, the lesser aware the mind, the faster is the time. Amphetamines and other stimulats raise the wakefulness to this end.
So, by reducing the extra worries and random thoughts awareness can increase.
Strangeness:
Another example: visiting an unknown place seems to take more time than a known place at the same distance. In fact, always, going to an unknown place seem to take a lot more time than coming back. Reason is awareness, in this case known as strangeness.
A strange unknown environment raises concentration or awareness and then the time slows down.
Another well known example, while running and falling the time slows down.
Also a strong slap and its stimulus to the mind, slows down time considerably. This technique is used heavily in Zen temples, where a master sometimes slaps or hits a pupil who seems to be at the threshold of enlightent, who is missing the final piece of the jigsaw, who is missing just the "bit".
In such a case, a slap or a hit might bring him to the strangeness state of mimd, that moment of time of heightened awareness when everything comes into place and the light is switched on in the dark, as if a myopic suddenly got the correct glass suddenly.
This is the value of strangeness.
In fact enlightemnt is nothing but a moment of strangeness after one or more lifetimes of query, search and meditation.
The strangeness is also the reason, that travelling helps so much in this query. When going through unknown areas and meeting strange people, one is in a deeper awareness,can question, observe and think over the same things, that he would miss entirely at his own home.
Another exaple of this is that while we can notice all the cobwebs and spiders in the drawing room of a host we are visiting, we do do not notice much larger ones in our own drawing room.
So, the secret of the time is the awareness. By keeping our minds lighter loaded and externalising our minds, we can improve our awareness and then we can be far more efficient, productive and successful. Hours, Days, months and Life will all become longer in your own frame of reference resulting in success and thereby happiness
Some suggestions to this purpose are organizing things and routine, cutting down TV time, being online once in a day or only as per need rather than the present 'always on' system, Reducing the 'multitasking' as far as possible and greatest of all, by meditating.
Good luck to you in developing awareness and harnessing the most previous resource of time!
Anxiety is Actually Ignorance!
One was a worried, anxious person who thought himself as an earthly being on an earthly journey to divinity, till one realized that one was actually a free divine being on a short earthly journey back to divinity!!
Being a good me rather that a bad him!
In social circles, among co-workers, within friends we often get the feeling of lesser-ness compared to someone we highly appreciate. It may be his/her behaviour, smartness, attitude, leadership or any other attribute that we appreciate and one may find oneself seriously wanting in that attribute per his own assessment.
However trying to be that person maybe a serious folly.
First of all no one has been sent empty hand to this world. We all r unique in our own ways. Even if we r unaware, we may posses unique skills, arts, ways and quirks of our own far surpassing many others.
Before getting introduce to computers at an age of 20, I never imagined I could be a near-wizard on them.
Similarly before climbing the stage or
Picking up a drawing book I never imagined I was so good in them.
So shun all fears, pick up things, fail in some and excel in some. Its worth it.
Also many of use feel as a misfit many a timed and underate self due to this alleged shortfall.
Trust me it's not a shortfall at all. All the great achievements of of human history have been mostly due to some misfit, some oddball, some idiosyncratic guy, rather than run of mill standard shape and size cool people.
So cherish ur oddness, it's ur out-of-box-Ness, ur originality that comes handy many a times and accomplishes where the "fit" ones fail one after other.
So, first no need of feeling smaller, we r just different.
Celebrate your you-Ness, after all there is only one of you in the whole damn world.
Secondly appreciate others, try to improve on ur shortfalls too, but don't ever try to be another copy of that person. That might turn out to be a fiasco as while two of that person might be excess, also in effort of becoming him/her u may turn out to be neither u nor him.
So lets just identify our shortcomings, improve upon them, find our unique skills and excel in them and confidently take our place.
Becuase as we discussed used, its always far far better to be a Great version of self that being a poor copy of someone else.
Faith, Belief, Religion, Spritualism, Adhyatm, Dharma & Hinduism : At a Glance
Let us study and analyse these concepts one by one
A. Belief :-
Definition:
Oxford :
"An acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof."
"Trusting something without proof."
A. Belief :-
Definition:
Oxford :
"An acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof."
"Trusting something without proof."
B. Faith:-
Definition:
Oxford: "A strongly held belief."
Definition:
Oxford: "A strongly held belief."
C. Religion :-
Definition:
"An institution that mostly sets itself as definer, custodian & ultimate authority of the faith."
Definition:
"An institution that mostly sets itself as definer, custodian & ultimate authority of the faith."
Oxford :-"A particular system of faith and worship."
Wikipedia :-
"From L. religionem (nom. religio) "respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods, sense of right, moral obligation, sanctity", "(obligation, the bond between man and the gods") is derived from the Latin religiō(Meaning: to bind), the ultimate origins of which are obscure."
"From L. religionem (nom. religio) "respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods, sense of right, moral obligation, sanctity", "(obligation, the bond between man and the gods") is derived from the Latin religiō(Meaning: to bind), the ultimate origins of which are obscure."
D. Spiritualism :
Wikipedia :
"Spiritualism is a religious movement based on the belief that the spirits of the dead exist and have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. "
Wikipedia :
"Spiritualism is a religious movement based on the belief that the spirits of the dead exist and have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. "
E. Adhyatm:-
Adhyayan +Aatm ie study of self,
Adhyayan +Aatm ie study of self,
Adhyatm is Belief and practice of following :
- The truth of universe is within self,
- Objective is realization of universe through self Realization.
F. Dharma :
Wikipedia :
"Key concept with multiple meanings in Indian Religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. There is no single-word translation for dharma in Western languages.
Wikipedia :
"Key concept with multiple meanings in Indian Religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. There is no single-word translation for dharma in Western languages.
In Hinduism, dharma signifies behaviors that are considered to be in accord with Ṛta, the order that makes life and universe possible, and includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and "right way of living".
In Buddhism, dharma means "cosmic law and order", and is also applied to the teachings of Buddha. In Buddhist philosophy, dhamma/dharma is also the term for "phenomena".
Dharma in Jainism refers to the teachings of tirthankara (Jina) and the body of doctrine pertaining to the purification and moral transformation of human beings. For Sikhs, the word dharm means the path of righteousness and proper religious practice."
In Buddhism, dharma means "cosmic law and order", and is also applied to the teachings of Buddha. In Buddhist philosophy, dhamma/dharma is also the term for "phenomena".
Dharma in Jainism refers to the teachings of tirthankara (Jina) and the body of doctrine pertaining to the purification and moral transformation of human beings. For Sikhs, the word dharm means the path of righteousness and proper religious practice."
G. Hinduism :
Wikipedia:
"Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life,widely practised in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as Sanātana Dharma, "the eternal tradition", or the "eternal way", beyond human history. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founder."
Wikipedia:
"Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life,widely practised in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as Sanātana Dharma, "the eternal tradition", or the "eternal way", beyond human history. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founder."
Belief of Hinduism :
Hinduism does not have a "unified system of belief encoded in a declaration of faith or a creed", but is rather an umbrella term comprising the plurality of religious phenomena of India.
Hinduism does not have a "unified system of belief encoded in a declaration of faith or a creed", but is rather an umbrella term comprising the plurality of religious phenomena of India.
The word Hindu :
Wikipedia :
"Starting with the Persian and Greek references to the land of the Indus in the 1st millennium BCE through the texts of the medieval era, the term Hindu implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) river. By the 16th century, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims."
Wikipedia :
"Starting with the Persian and Greek references to the land of the Indus in the 1st millennium BCE through the texts of the medieval era, the term Hindu implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) river. By the 16th century, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims."
Conclusion : Hindu is an alien word for India, used by Persians as a geographical notifier.
So called "Hinduism" is a foreign word used by western people as a superset of people (Other than Abrahamic Religions) of South Asia and their Beliefs, cultures, traditions and ways of life.
Is Hinduism a Religion?
According to the Supreme Court of India,
"Unlike other religions in the World, the Hindu religion does not claim any one Prophet, it does not worship any one God, it does not believe in any one philosophic concept, it does not follow any one act of religious rites or performances; in fact, it does not satisfy the traditional features of a religion or creed. It is a way of life and nothing more".
Hinduism includes a diversity of ideas on spirituality and traditions, but has no ecclesiastical order, no unquestionable religious authorities, no governing body, no prophet(s) nor any binding holy book; Hindus can choose to be polytheistic, pantheistic, panentheistic, pandeistic, henotheistic, monotheistic, monistic, agnostic, atheistic or humanist. Ideas about all the major issues of faith and lifestyle including: vegetarianism, nonviolence, belief in rebirth, even caste, are subjects of debate, not dogma.
Because of the wide range of traditions and ideas covered by the term Hinduism, arriving at a comprehensive definition is difficult. The religion "defies our desire to define and categorize it". Hinduism has been variously defined as a religion, a religious tradition, a set of religious beliefs, and "a way of life".From a Western lexical standpoint, Hinduism like other faiths is appropriately referred to as a religion. In India the term dharma is preferred, which is broader than the Western term religion.
Supreme Court , further :
"Hinduism does not have a "unified system of belief encoded in a declaration of faith or a creed, but is rather an umbrella term comprising the plurality of religious phenomena of India."
Hindu Dharma comprises of 4 major Dharmic Schools ( 'Hindu', Buddhist, Jain, Sikh) which include a diverse paradigm of philosophies:
"Hindu", Buddhist, Jain, Sikh
"Hindu", Buddhist, Jain, Sikh
The Explanation II of Article 25 reads:
"...The reference Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing Sikh, Jaina or Buddhist religion and the reference to Hindu religious institutions shall be construed accordingly,"
Common Beliefs of Dharmic Schools:
Reincarnation,
Karma,
Moksha,
Advait
&
Above all "Omkar"
Reincarnation,
Karma,
Moksha,
Advait
&
Above all "Omkar"
Omkar : Om is the most important spiritual sound. It refers to Atman (soul, self within) and Brahman (ultimate reality, entirety of the universe, truth, divine, supreme spirit, cosmic principles, knowledge), Akalpurush, Advait (Non Duality).
Advaita: The term Advaita refers to its idea that the true self, Atman, is the same as the highest metaphysical Reality (Brahman).
In other words : All living beings /things are forms of same indivisible Brahman.
Plurality: The belief that there can be multiple ways of religion/spirituality/faith and all may co-exist together.
Opposite: Binarism, the belief that there is only one true religion , an essential belief of Abrahamic religions .
In other words : All living beings /things are forms of same indivisible Brahman.
Plurality: The belief that there can be multiple ways of religion/spirituality/faith and all may co-exist together.
Opposite: Binarism, the belief that there is only one true religion , an essential belief of Abrahamic religions .
Conclusion:
As evident from above, Hinduism is neither a faith or religion, but plural way of life of Indian cultures whose spiritual belief generally based on Reincarnation, Karma, Advait , Moksha through self realization, and there being no fixed way, sadhak is encouraged to find and follow his own preferred way of self realization.
Not For Me!
His eyes slowly opened.
To his amazement, he was finding himself himself in a unique, magical and serene place.
He was lying on a cloud.
The ambience had was a different slight bluish diffused light.
He was feeling as if in a dream and trying to understand his environment.
He recalled his most recent memory of him lying in a bed of some hospital and Doctors and Medical staff moving around him in their uniforms. He recalled himself being in acute pain also.
Now, where was he? Which was this place? Must be a dream?
He slowly rose and stood up. Suddenly he heard a voice calling his name. He turned to find an old man at a distance, with a white flowing beard and a face which was as if glowing, sitting on a golden throne, beckoning him to come to himself.
He approached the old man in heightened amazement and asked in a quivering voice :
"Who are you? Where am I?"
The old man said "I am your God. You are with me."
He said: "You mean I am in heaven!"
God: "Nope. U were in heaven earlier, when u were alive."
He asked in a shock : "What? And Hell!?"
God: "That was also there."
He:"What? Meaning?"
God: "That, ur life, was everything. U cud make it Heaven or Hell also. If u were happy, then it was heaven, if you were sad it was hell."
Man: "Lord, What r u saying? I was told that u are the most merciful and award the good people by bringing them to heaven."
God: "And where did I say or write so? It's u humans who say and write such things. And where is the mercy in giving something after death?"
Man: " Then what about those pleasures of heaven like golden Palaces, beautiful consorts, delicious cuisine, finest wines.. Such pleasures for an eternity? "
God :" Eternity? Meaning millions, Billions, trillions of ur years? "
" Forget such an infinitely long period, can u enjoy the luxurious pleasures of most decelicious food etc, even for one month, without being fed up of it? Can u eat ur most favorite food for three days consistently? Even ur most favorite food would taste like poison to u by the 4th day. Then any pleasure would feel like pain of hell in long run or no? Also, just think about how it can be justified to award or torture someone for "eternity" for his/her act in a life of 1, 10 or even 100 years? "
Man:" But Lord that's u taking our test about who is Good and who is Bad, no? Good ppl go to heaven and Bad ppl go to the hell. "
God:" Really? Ok take it this way, you all believe I am all knowing and almighty also, or not?
If I am all knowing then what's there that's unknown to me and that I need to conduct a test to find out? "
Man:" Then why did u make sin and virtue? "
God:" Why I would I, God, make such thing as sin?"
Man:" Yes lord. It wasn't you, it was Satan who created Sin, in rebellion against you . "
God:" But as per you it was I who created Satan, because, as per you, nothing happens without my will, no?
Man:" But satan rebelled, Didn't he Lord?"
God: "Could this alleged rebellion have happened without my will, my being almighty and all? Or cud I have been unaware of the future while making him, being omniscient either?"
Man: "Lord I am highly confused!"
God: " It's simple. You have beliefs that your almighty and all knowing God created Satan, who created sin in rebellion with him,no?
Now these beliefs are contradictory as well as mutually exclusive & therfore cant all be true at the same time. Therefore there can't be no such thing as a God-Satan duality or if Satan exists then there can't be no such thing as a God. And if everything happens in the world by my will, why would I torture u for an eternity for being an agency of my own will?"
Man:"Then these books I have been following my whole life?"
God:" I never wrote a Book and why would I need a Book or a person or any medium to get to you. I should have given everything to you when I created you or not? So I did. I gave you wisdom, rationale, distinction of Good and Bad. Now live ur life freely with happiness. Tell me did u feel right when giving pain to others?"
Man:" Not at all, but while giving pain to others, I was thinking of myself as fighting being your soldier, so that those who don't believe in you are eliminated and your kingdom should be everywhere. "
God:" When I alone is the creator, father and master of whole infinite universe of Billions of galaxies stars, planets, then where is the question of wars & kingdoms on specks of planets to be won and lost?
Man: "Then plz tell me, what is there at all after death?"
God:" Nothing! Death is the end, period."
Man:"Nothing after death? Then what's the objective of living the life?"
God: "The only objective of the life is to live this beautiful wonderful life with joy, happiness and bliss. What could be a greater objective!"
Man: "OoooooKkkkkkk! Now I see, but Plz tell me. All these religions, do they all worship you actually?"
God: "Only those worship me who love all humans, animals, beings, things i.e. all my children."
Man : "Is this form your true form?"
God: "Whatever you form u see me in your mind and imagination that is my form. Otherwise all animals, things, you yourself are my forms. Why should I need a form like a human or why should that only be my form."
Man:"Lord, if there is no Heaven or Hell, where do u live? What is this place?"
God: " I am everywhere. In each and every living being and thing, in every particle. And this place here where we are talking is in your own mind."
Man: "Then can I talk to you anytime?"
God: "Why not? Whenever u in a peaceful state ask your mind a question, you will get my answer too."
Man: "God then isnt it wrong that People are fighting and slaughtering each other over difference in Belifs, religions, scriptures etc? Why don't u do something?"
God:" I already did. I gave everyone wisdom and thinking capability. Do they use it? They simply follow whatever they see their parents, elders, peers doing. Why don't they apply their own minds to what they are told. "
Man:" Then how come u talked to me today then?"
God:" Because u had conflicts and grave doubts about what you were doing. That's why I am asking your question from inside your own mind. "
Man:" Now I get it. Now if I go back, I tell spread your message to everyone, all my life. "
God :" No. You didn't get it even now. Don't live and do things for me. Live for urself with joy. Love others, love the world, love the life, love urself. Not for me but because it feels Good. "
Man:" Oh! Now I see it. Wonderful is your creation."
He bowed in deference. When he rose there was no one around. It was dark. He had a feeling of falling, falling continuously for long, then he passed out.
When he again opened his eyes, this time he found himself in an ICU of an hospital. His wife, his kids had gathered around him. His family was crying as well as smiling.
They told him, he had an accident an dhis heart had stopped. Doctors declared him dead and were going to keep him in the morgue when suddenly there was a spasm in his body and his breath returned.
All were taking it as a God's Miracle.
He smiled and embraced his family.
When coming out of the hospital he saw an old man cleaning the stairs. The old man smiled at him and went on with his work.
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