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What is real?

Articles, PhilosophyApril 21, 2018254Views 2Likes 0Comments

Once king Janaka was having a nap in the middle of a hot day, with servants faning him and soldiers outside his door, when he saw a dream where he was fighting with an enemy king and ends up losing all his kingdom and possessions. Scared for his life Janaka runs away into the forest…

Rudra

Articles, ShivaApril 21, 2018388Views 1Like 0Comments

namo bhavāya cha rudrāya cha namaḥ śarvāya cha paśupataye cha namo nīlagrīvāya cha śitikaṇṭhāya cha namaḥ kapardine cha vyuptakeshāya cha namaḥ sahasrākṣāya cha śatadhanvane cha namo girīśāya cha śipiviṣṭāya cha ...[5th Anuvaka of Rudram ] Prostration to the one who is the most dear (pleasant), to the one who is the most dreaded terroriser…

Maha Vishnu

Articles, VishnuApril 21, 2018386Views 0Likes 0Comments

ādyo ’vatāraḥ puruṣaḥ parasya kālaḥ svabhāvaḥ sad-asan-manaś ca dravyaṁ vikāro guṇa indriyāṇi virāṭ svarāṭ sthāsnu cariṣṇu bhūmnaḥ ādyaḥ — first; avatāraḥ — incarnation; puruṣaḥ — Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu; parasya — of the Lord; kālaḥ — time; svabhāvaḥ — space; sat — result; asat — cause; manaḥ — mind; ca — also; dravyam — elements; vikāraḥ — material ego; guṇaḥ —…

Bhairava

Articles, ShivaApril 21, 2018603Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bhairava holds within Himself the entire universe by reducing all the shaktis to sameness with Himself and inasmuch as He completely devours within Himself the entire mass of ideation which is responsible for sense of difference - Shiva Sutras. [ Shiva Sutras are a collection of seventy seven aphorisms that are foundational to the tradition…

Guru, God, Self in Teachings of Ramana Maharishi

Articles, PhilosophyApril 20, 2018321Views 0Likes 1Comment

The word Guru is often loosely used to describe anyone who gives out spiritual advice, but in Sri Ramana Maharishi’s vocabulary, the word had a much more restricted definition. For him, a true Guru is someone who has realized the Self perfectly and is able to use the power of that Self to assist others…

Heramba

Articles, GaneshaApril 20, 2018552Views 1Like 0Comments

One of the Tantrik forms of Ganesha is known as Heraṃba. Scholars believe that the name Heraṃba translates to “protector of the weak”. Unlike in his regular iconography, Heramba Ganapati rides a lion and is often depicted with five faces – four elephant heads facing the cardinal directions while the fifth one looking skywards. Heramba…

Yoga Vasistha and Kundalini

Articles, PhilosophyApril 20, 2018293Views 0Likes 0Comments

This is one explanation of how some Yogis can enter into anything, animate or inanimate, and gather knowledge about that. QUOTE Like a smoke rising from fire, the kundalini shakti, freed through the nadis, rising from the muladhara, merges into the cosmic void (vyom). This citizen (nagari, that is Kundalini), like a puff of smoke is a…

Diamond that Cuts through Illusion

Articles, BuddhismApril 20, 2018431Views 0Likes 0Comments

Once Lord Buddha was sitting in Sravasti after his daily works when a senior monk by the name of Subhūti approached him reverentially and asked, “How, Lord, should one who has set out on the bodhisattva path take his stand, how should he proceed, how should he control the mind?” The Buddha in the ensuing…

Ekajata

Articles, ShaktiApril 20, 2018451Views 0Likes 0Comments

Ekajaṭī or Ekajaṭā, (Sanskrit: “One Plait Woman”; one who has one knot of hair), also known as Māhacīnatārā originated in Tibet and later found her way into India during the time of Nalanda in 7th century through the Baudha Tantric master Nagarjuna. Along with Palden Lhamo, Ekajaṭā is considered as the most fierce form of…

Vighnaharta

Articles, GaneshaApril 20, 2018644Views 2Likes 0Comments

The devotee should meditate on Ganesha whose splendor is like the rising Sun, who holds the noose and the gesture of fearlessness in his left hands and the boon-bestowing mudra and a goad in his right hands, whose face resembles that of the elephant, whose dress is red in colour, who is rendered beautiful by…