Brahman

Renunciation as dealt in the previous part will have to be practised and not just reading about it in the scriptures. Similarly dwelling in consciousness is the sure sign of wisdom.Sri Ramakrishna said that a shallow man, having read a few ...

Continued from Sri Ramakrishna's Smile 'Brahman is Truth, Knowledge and Infinity,' says Vedanta. This includes the ever blissful nature of Brahman, for that which is Infinite is blissful. There is no joy in the limited. Thus, to realize God or ...

Continued from the previous part-Mind, Meditation and the Self.This article is narrates a transformation story of a lion, who taught himself to be a sheep, which, reveals the truth that meditation transforms.As per a transformation story, a pregnant lioness, while pouncing ...

No religion can give it to you because it is already yours. You 'are already That. Transcend the thinking mind. You have no enemy other than yourself, and no friend greater than yourself in this process. If , for example, you ...

Transcend the Thinking Mind Look around with a silent mind. There is nothing but the Brahman everywhere. Every object is nothing but the Brahman . The world when see through a quiet mind (silent mind) is the Brahman. Hush the mind. ...

Kali here, Kali there and Kali everywhere! Sri Ramakrishna dissolved Himself in Mother Kali. He experienced Mother Kali, in both the absolute and the ephemeral. The Master's words of wisdom pierce through the misconception of considering Kali, the Shakti or ...

Continued from the previous part-Dissolve the mind The No-mind is ThatThe mind in this alert state is a mind at meditation. The mind at meditation is no longer a thinking, projecting, conditioned mind. Where the mind has thus dissolved itself, ...

The Four Veils Over RealityLet us now see how we can annihilate, or dissolve the mind. The mind - with its thoughts, perceptions, and projections - exists only because of four interpretations; quality, activity, adjective and relationship (guna, kriya, visesa, sambhandha).Because ...

Remove the MindThe projecting, conditioned mind is to be destroyed, annihilated, and transcended. If the mind is to be exhausted, the various spiritual disciplines (sadhana) that have been prescribed have to be followed. The process by which the mind ...

All Upanishads are attempting to say what they consistently are unable to express - the Inexpressible - for the 'Truth' never can be expressed in words. Language (sounds or words) and our experiences of the 'Infinite' belong to two different categories. ...

An anecdote from the Yoga Vasishtam, a conversation between Vasishta and the bird Bhushandi throws light on the ultimate truth, the eternal Brahman and the nature of a true Jnani.Vashishta queries Bhushandi how he could always remain stable, not ruffled ...

Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad says that man has five lights that guide him. A short story from this Upanishad reveals the truth.A venerable sage who was wise once came to the court of King Janaka who was also wise.King Janaka who wanted to ...