by Satinder | Jun 12, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
First 11 verses of ईशोपनिषद् īśopaniṣad in Devanāgarī The Goal and the Uniqueness of Vedānta-1 The purpose of Vedānta is one and only one: To help cognize in oneself by oneself the one unchanging conscious principle—the Universal Witness—which is the real Self...
by Satinder | Jun 12, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
WHAT IS ŚRADDHĀ श्रद्धा ? ‘When the student is ready, the teacher appears!’ In this regard, the Sanskrit word श्रद्धा (śraddhā) is very meaningful: it is made by conjoining two words–śrad (सत्य truth) and dhā (घारण embrace); literally, the ability to embrace or...
by Satinder | Jun 9, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Lord Krishna Quilling Paper Art work by Shally Dhiman DO NOT WORRY! The message of the Gītā starts with verse eleven of chapter two (BG 2.11) and concludes with verse sixty-six of chapter eighteen (BG 18.66). If we look at the first word of BG 2.11 and the last word...
by Satinder | May 29, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
यह सच? या वो सच? Is this True? Or Was that True? In the Indian tradition, the philosopher-king Janaka of Videha is presented as a knower of the Self par excellence. In the great epic, Ramāyaṇa, he figures as the father of Sita-ji. In the Bhagavad Gītā (3.20), Sri...
by Satinder | May 27, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Developing Right Orientation to Cognize the Truth! Inwardness of spirit, cultivated through self-control and contemplation, enables the student of the scriptures to grasp their subtle meaning, which otherwise remains hidden from the merely intelligent reader. ~Huston...
by Satinder | May 23, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
UN-COVERING AND DIS-COVERING! The real teachings and the teacher of Self-Knowledge do not “give” us anything new or “add” to our knowledge in any way. They only remove the wrong notions we are having about our true nature. When the mistaken...
by Satinder | May 18, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
SELF-KNOWLEDGE: PATH TO LIBERATION-1 Self-Knowledge means knowing the Truth of one’s own Real Nature (the Self). To know this truth, one does not have to acquire anything new. One has to re-cognize this Truth within oneself as the ever-exiting, ever-present Pure...
by Satinder | May 13, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
Learning at the Feet of the Master! Once upon a time, a farmer’s cow fell sick due to some stomach problem. His friends advised him to consult a doctor who used to prescribe natural remedies. The doctor advised the farmer to give the following preparation to the cow...
by Satinder | Apr 13, 2016 | Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
WHO AM I? THE MECHANICS OF PERCEPTION: At a given time when we perceive the phenomenal world of objects, there are three things involved: the knowing “subject,” the “process of knowing,” and the known “object.” Generally this is...
by Satinder | Mar 29, 2016 | Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
THE GLORY OF VEDĀNTA, THE SCIENCE OF “NOT-TWO!” Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) the famous Austrian existentialist philosopher once told Professor K. Satchidananda Murthy that, “there is no metaphysics superior to that of Shankara.” Understanding “Pure...
by Satinder | Mar 26, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
WHO IS GOD? Hari Om! Facebook discussion: March 25-26, 2016: “The highest forms of knowing, loving and doing and the ultimate goals of all learning should be the knowledge of God and loving service of God’s creation.” In response to the above post on...
by Satinder | Mar 14, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
KNOWLEDGE THAT FREES US FROM ALL SORROW In the Indian culture, the Vedas represent a vast body of ancient wisdom texts that prescribe a religious and spiritual way of life. The Vedas denote a body of knowledge through which we come to know about the goals of human...
by Satinder | Feb 29, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
The Path. The Pointers. The Paradox After paradoxically searching for something which is essentially our very own nature (svarūpa) or trying to become what we already are, one gradually realizes that one needs to do very little in the realm of self-realization. ना...
by Satinder | Feb 19, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
KNOW THYSELF: PUT AN END TO ALL YOUR STRUGGLES All struggles are born out of the desire to become somebody else. The desire to become somebody else is born out of self non-acceptance. And self-non-acceptance is born out of ignorance about the intrinsic fullness of our...
by Satinder | Feb 13, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
NO WAVE. NO OCEAN. WATER ONLY! Once upon a time, a tiny wave felt inadequate and insecure. It felt daunted confronting the vast expanse of the ocean. It used to get splashed by other bigger, stronger waves all the time. It wanted to matter, to count, to make a...
by Satinder | Feb 10, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
TWO BIRDS ON A TREE WHO AM I?[1] When a question is asked, “Who Am I?” what does the word ‘I’ refer to? The word ‘I’ can be used in three different senses. It can refer to: 1) the body-mind complex, or 2) the ego (ahaṅkāra) or 3) the self (ātmā) A clear...
by Satinder | Feb 3, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Cut-and-Paste Spirituality! Internet has brought many boons–it has provided us with an easy access to information; through better connectivity, it has redefined our social outreach–we can now be friends with people we may possibly never meet and post what...
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