Yoga is a spiritual science. योगश्चित्तवृत्ति निरोधः yogaścittavr̥tti nirodhaḥ "Yoga is a science to control the mind", as mind is the only source to free us or to bind us. The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word yoga (Devanagari:
The term gyani (Devanagari: ज्ञानी ISO15919: jñānī ) means those who walk on the path of gyan . These people desire to attain Nirakar Brahm . it is commonly known that for attaining any goal one needs to attain knowledge of the goal. Then one pursues that goal. Finally one attains
Seven sages in the Vedic scriptures are collectively referred to as Sapt rishi (Devanagari: सप्तर्षि) ISO15919: saptarṣi ). The Sapta rishi are commended several times in the Vedas and Hindu literature for their tremendous contributions to the world. They are also called manasputtra of the creator Brahma. They possess
The five obstacles of mind, which prevent jeev from going towards the ultimate goal of life, are called Panchklesh (Devanagari: पंचक्लेश ISO15919: paṁcakleśa ). Panch (Devanagari: पंच ISO15919: paṁca ) means five, klesh (Devanagari: क्लेश ISO15919: kleśa ) means obstacle. These five obstacles are described by Sage
the cosmic power of The Supreme God is called Maya shakti (Devanagari: माया शक्ति ISO15919: māyā śakti ). It is also referred to as just * Maya (Devanagari: माया ISO15919: māyā ). * Prakriti (Devanagari: प्रकृति ISO15919: prakr̥ti) It is fully controlled by God. मायां तु प्
Sanskrit word for bliss is anand (Devanagari: आनंद ISO15919: ānaṁda ). Anand is the original name of God because it signifies the true nature of God. In other words bliss is not a characteristic of God. Neither is it one of the attributes of God. Instead anand is God . Just
Brahmand (Devanagari: ब्रह्माण्ड ISO15919: brahmāṇḍa ) means an egg-shaped space that consists of many lok (Devanagari: लोक ISO15919: loka ). Many of these lok support life. The world is amazingly gigantic. Modern science has shown that there are billions of stars in one galaxy and billions of
According to our invaluable scriptures, mainly Mahabharata, Manu Smriti and Shrimad Bhagvatam etc. the concept of eternal and cyclical time is a very important aspect of philosophy. Kaal (Devanagari: काल ISO15919: kāla ) has a few meanings in Sanskrit language. For various other meanings please refer to kaal . In this
Seeing the tribulations in our present day society, people often say, "it is ghor Kaliyug " means " Kali yug has reached its peak". And these words seems to be validated by the news on TV, newspapers etc. So are we unfortunate to be present be living in
Vedas proclaim Guru (Devanagari: गुरु ISO15919: guru ) is essential for spiritual growth of every jiva . Such a person should * know all the scriptures and * should have realized God. Surrender to such a saint. Accept him as your spiritual master and serve him whole-heartedly. They further warn to choose a
Vedas proclaim that Shri Krishna is The Supreme Brahm. Vedas also proclaim that nothing about Him is finite. He has countless names, countless forms, countless lilas, countless attributes, countless lok and countless saints. An attempt to enumerate His names is laughable. Yet, there might be some sadhaks who want to
Spontaneous love for Shri Krishna aroused in the heart of a most fortunate jiva is known as raganuga bhakti (Devanagari: रागानुगा भक्ति ISO15919: rāgānugā bhakti ) . Those who follow the precepts of raganuga bhakti are not ruled by the scriptures at all. Still, beware, disobeying or dishonoring