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Namaste Kameron,



If you have any questions on VedAnta, I may be able answer most of your questions even though I am not from Ramkrishna school. Actually, Ramkrishna School is also Advaita...

Namaste COJD,



Can you please quote the exact texts/verses which say so. Please enlighten us.

OM

Namaste India Lover,



It is difficult to judge these days. But there are some signs :

a) Self-Realized will never have weaknesses for carnal pleasure. Unless the carnal desires die out...

Namaste,
I stand by what Believer said above. Focus on your goal of God Realization / Self Realisation.
Stop wasting time over non-issues like this one.

OM

Namaste,

I would like to see where in Hindu scriptures it is written that earth is flat. This is a new revelation to me !
In my studies, I have not found in Vedas (including VedAnta) and Bhagwad...

Namaste Significant,

Go ahead ! Everything will change for better if you just change your thoughts. Our thoughts are very powerful. This is what VedAnta in Hindu Dharma teaches us. There is Shiva...

Namaste iis,

First of all, your pseudo name taken on this forum doesn't resonate well with teachings of Hindu Dharma. You are not insignificant ? Who told you that you were insignificant ? If you...

Namaste Red Dragon,
You may try Publication from Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Though it is not really Advaitic but you will get correct word by word translation and translation of the whole verse. Don’t...

Namaste Markandeya ji,

Thanks for your great effort in explaining a very complex thing !

OM

Namaste Nayasurya,

Welcome ! So, nice to see you back !!

OM

Namaste Markandeya,

Very good topic with lots of gems of wisdom within ! Thanks for writing this.

I was slightly confused in the beginning with the usage of some words by you :

a) Brain...

Dear Kallol,



Life or "existence of a being" comes from Consciousness and all elements of Prakriti too come from the same consciousness. So, support of life comes from Consciousness and not...

Namaste Kallol,



Intellect is same as is available in Prakriti. However, at what intensity it shines in a particular mind-body entity depends largely on entity's own samskaars and to some...

Namaste,

My understanding comes from study of Bhagwad Gita, Upanishads and Guru's teachings. If there is any flaw in whatever I say here, is due to my own faulty understanding and not due to any...

Namaste,

In another thread with same name a very good discussion has been there and explanation offered by Sanatan Dharma is really very valuable.



However, can we give a simpler...

Dear all,

That which is Shiva is Vishnu and that which is Vishnu is Krishna and that is Brahman which alone exists. "Sarva Khalu idam brahman" .... "Vaasudevah sarvam iti". There is actually no...

Namaste Viraja,



Actually, identifying myself as better placed spiritually, in itself, is nothing but "ahamkaar". If you ask me, personally, I do have feelings sometimes like "I don't belong to...

Nice pictures, Webimpulse !

OM

Namaste Yajvan ji,



You are right and that is a better analogy to have a first-step understanding of this highly complex scenario. For the people with deeper studies and understanding, this...

Namaste Markandeya,



My this post is not an attempt to contradict you but just to exchange our views for better clarity. Let me give you my understanding in detail :

a) MAndukya Upanishad in...

Namaste Markandeya,



Well chosen words ! However, it is too difficult to grasp for our mind - from where the words and mind return i.e. they cannot reach there.

OM

Namaste Bhairava,



Self :

What is Self ? Self is our essence and that is why it is called "Self". "Self" is Brahman. It alone is the unchanging Reality covering the whole creation through...

Namaste,



Sometimes, internet discussion gives a distorted view of the actual reality on the ground. What Satay says is correct. In fact, Buddha is considered an incarnation of Lord Vishnu by a...

Namaste,

It is hard to believe that a Hindu will destroy some place of worship and build a temple at that place. If some sort of war develops then destruction may take place but it cannot be for...

Namaste Markandeya,

You took my posts wrongly. I was just a participant in the discussion and I never thought that you were against me or my posts. We are all writing here what we think is...

Namaste Srivijaya and Markandeya,

I would just add my two bits here. As I have already told in my previous post that intellectual discussion is not what real Advaita VedAnta is. Meditational...

Namaste M1d,



Let's understand that Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta are not contradictory to each other. I don't consider Buddha's teachings as different from Hindu Dharma. How can it be ? Sanatan...

Namaste Viraja,



The "original cause" -- this question haunts us all. Why ? Because, we all have a feeling that there must be cause for everything. Is a cause necessary for everything ? Can't...

Welcome to the forums, Rasmas ! You may post your queries here or write PM to us, if that makes you comfortable.

OM

Welcome to the forums, Allan !

Please feel free to share your thoughts and ask questions, whenever you need.

OM

Namaste Allan,



When you bring in new Murti for pooja, there is a ritual before Pooja can be started. You should invoke the deity to come and reside in the Murti for accepting your pooja. That...

Namaste SS,



Yes, it is possible and you can very well achieve it. As rightly mentioned in the above post by M1D, Bhagwad Gita teaches us how to behave in any situation. The ideal state is that...

Sub : The fraud of claims of being Student of comparative study of religions

Some scholars like Zakir Naik claim that they are student of comparative study of religions. That is the biggest fraud...

PraNaam !

Yesterday, I was watching a video-clip of a Maulana in India (viral on "Whatsapp") who was giving fatwa on "Whether Muslims should wish Hindus on Diwali, Holi etc.". His opinion was, "It...

Namaste Sunyata,

Welcome back ! :)



Actually, the rituals vary from one temple to the other. By the description you have provided, the temple must be a South Indian type temple. I almost all...

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Namaste Satay,

What you say is what had happened to me and what I too experienced while watching my thoughts. That experience showed me that my "I" was actually just a thought, my whole existence...

Namaste,

Some good insights coming in this thread :



"Just thoughts" ? Why thoughts be just "just" and why don't they deserve any respect when it comes to creation i.e. existence of 'self'...

Dear Bharava8,



I am breaking your question into these sub-questions and their answers :

1. How to be a devotee : Love God with all your heart. But before you can do that you must know who...

Namaste,


Sometimes, I wonder why new entrants to Sanatan Dharma get into such complexities and why can't they start just a born Hindu ? What I mean to say is that first of all respect all...

Namaste,



Ditto !

OM

Good to see you happy here, Unaware ! :)

OM

Dear Anirudh,



The understanding of Satay is correct, imho.

OM

Namaste AIX,

I won't say whether what you hear or feel is normal or abnormal. It is you who has to analyze your situation and conditions to get the right answer because the voices speak only to...

Namaste RD,

I will supplement what Yajvan ji has already said.



Purusha is beyond the concept of form and formlessness. What it actually is cannot be conceptualized. Why ? Purusha is all...

Namaste EM,


IMO, it is a little more than that, EM ! "AUM" is the AnAhat (unstruck primordial) sound which is Brahman. All forms of God and the whole creation too are just manifestation of...

Namaste Roger,

I would try to answer your questions :


Yes. It is always available to anyone and everyone.



Enlightenment and release from the cycles of births and deaths are...

Namaste Markandeya ji,

I cannot say that I am authority on this subject but this is what is taught to us by our parents and the Brahmins while growing up in today's Hindu Families. Astika and...

Namaste Maa,

You have chosen beautiful name for yourself ... Maa means "Mother" in Hindi and Sanskrit and that is such a lovely word !!



Hindu Dharma is not an institutionalized religion. It...

Welcome to the forums, Vedic Thoughts ! :)

OM