A Tribute to Hinduism - Yoga - Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati
... obtaining liberation (moksha) from the material world. It not only points the way to release, but offers a practical means of arriving there. Yoga is a practical path to self-realization, a means of attaining enlightenment by purifying the entire being, so that the mind-body can experience the absol ...
... obtaining liberation (moksha) from the material world. It not only points the way to release, but offers a practical means of arriving there. Yoga is a practical path to self-realization, a means of attaining enlightenment by purifying the entire being, so that the mind-body can experience the absol ...
the yoga boom: a call for christian discernment part 1: yoga in its
... Oneness of Being that is the impersonal Ultimate Reality known as Brahman. In other words, instead of ultimate reality being parushas and prakriti, it is the impersonal Brahman, within which, in a relative sense, exist parushas and prakriti. As yoga was transferred into this philosophical system, th ...
... Oneness of Being that is the impersonal Ultimate Reality known as Brahman. In other words, instead of ultimate reality being parushas and prakriti, it is the impersonal Brahman, within which, in a relative sense, exist parushas and prakriti. As yoga was transferred into this philosophical system, th ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS - rnarayanaswami.net
... The answer to both these questions is a loud and clear ‘no’. Firstly, Upanishads are part of Vedas which describe the Sanatana Dharma (the Eternal and Everlasting Fair-minded, Proper and Right way of living). Sanatana Dharma was practiced by inhabitants of the Indus Valley which was later on called ...
... The answer to both these questions is a loud and clear ‘no’. Firstly, Upanishads are part of Vedas which describe the Sanatana Dharma (the Eternal and Everlasting Fair-minded, Proper and Right way of living). Sanatana Dharma was practiced by inhabitants of the Indus Valley which was later on called ...
Chapter Two Religion : Being and Becoming a Brahmin
... achieved on the material or mental plane. If the perfection is to be achieved or attached, duality is to be resolved not into onel~ess but into non-duality. Life then becomes nothing but meaning". (Prabhupadaswami 795 - 805) If being is equal to living with and at amidst illusions, the stage of beco ...
... achieved on the material or mental plane. If the perfection is to be achieved or attached, duality is to be resolved not into onel~ess but into non-duality. Life then becomes nothing but meaning". (Prabhupadaswami 795 - 805) If being is equal to living with and at amidst illusions, the stage of beco ...
Vedanta
... According to Nakamura, “there must have been an enormous number of other writings turned out in this period, but unfortunately all of them have been scattered or lost and have not come down to us today”.[7] In his commentaries, Shankara mentions 99 different predecessors of his Sampradaya.[22] In the ...
... According to Nakamura, “there must have been an enormous number of other writings turned out in this period, but unfortunately all of them have been scattered or lost and have not come down to us today”.[7] In his commentaries, Shankara mentions 99 different predecessors of his Sampradaya.[22] In the ...
discernment: the message of the bhagavad-gita
... towards him as the easiest way to attain liberation (8:14). • Chapter 9: Raja-Vidya-Raja-Guhya Yoga (The yoga of the sovereign science and the sovereign secret) – 34 verses. Krishna discloses to Arjuna how all beings find their existence in him (9:4-8). He reveals his self, although independent and ...
... towards him as the easiest way to attain liberation (8:14). • Chapter 9: Raja-Vidya-Raja-Guhya Yoga (The yoga of the sovereign science and the sovereign secret) – 34 verses. Krishna discloses to Arjuna how all beings find their existence in him (9:4-8). He reveals his self, although independent and ...
Danielle Powell Religion in Eastern Cultures Dr. Eric Dale Final
... successively. The sixth limb, dharana, means concentration. Once this is achieved, a yogi can move onto the seventh limb: dyana, or meditation. And finally, the last limb is samadhi. This is the final goal of yoga according to the Yoga Sutras, and is described as a state of supreme peace, illuminat ...
... successively. The sixth limb, dharana, means concentration. Once this is achieved, a yogi can move onto the seventh limb: dyana, or meditation. And finally, the last limb is samadhi. This is the final goal of yoga according to the Yoga Sutras, and is described as a state of supreme peace, illuminat ...
Summary Study of Bhagavad-gita As It Is
... original form, purely spiritual and transcendental, unlike the material body that we inhabit. It is said that man is made in the image of God; it is not that God is made up by men in the image of men. Krishna’s form is sat-chidananda, eternally youthful, full of knowledge and bliss. Krishna, or Bhag ...
... original form, purely spiritual and transcendental, unlike the material body that we inhabit. It is said that man is made in the image of God; it is not that God is made up by men in the image of men. Krishna’s form is sat-chidananda, eternally youthful, full of knowledge and bliss. Krishna, or Bhag ...
Karma - Hinduism Today
... describes the karma of the jnani, the knower, who, as Rishi Patanjali says, is established in kaivalya, freedom from prakriti through realization of the Self. Similarly, one's karma must be in a condition of ashukla-akrishna, quiescent balance, in order for liberation to be attained. This equivalenc ...
... describes the karma of the jnani, the knower, who, as Rishi Patanjali says, is established in kaivalya, freedom from prakriti through realization of the Self. Similarly, one's karma must be in a condition of ashukla-akrishna, quiescent balance, in order for liberation to be attained. This equivalenc ...
padayatra - Dr. AV Srinivasan
... movement of planets and other cosmic bodies at the precise moment of birth. The horoscope or diagram drawn up at birth was and often still is seen as a basic guide to future trends and general character, and is often consulted at the time of prospective ventures or betrothals. Nature--water, fire, e ...
... movement of planets and other cosmic bodies at the precise moment of birth. The horoscope or diagram drawn up at birth was and often still is seen as a basic guide to future trends and general character, and is often consulted at the time of prospective ventures or betrothals. Nature--water, fire, e ...
Awareness as the Ultimate Reality of God
... We ourselves dwell in awareness in the same way that objects exist in space. Both the physical space we sense around our bodies and the psychic spaces we sense within them are subjective spaces – the spaces of awareness within which we are aware of things and without which we could be aware of nothi ...
... We ourselves dwell in awareness in the same way that objects exist in space. Both the physical space we sense around our bodies and the psychic spaces we sense within them are subjective spaces – the spaces of awareness within which we are aware of things and without which we could be aware of nothi ...
OUR ARYAN BROTHER. INCLUDING administrative officers, there
... According to this teaching the Creation was really a manifestation or passing into a conditioned state of the Brahman or Eternal Essence; that is, into a concept known as Ishwara, which is Self or Cause of all things. The subtlety of this idea is great, but is comparable to the passing of a man from ...
... According to this teaching the Creation was really a manifestation or passing into a conditioned state of the Brahman or Eternal Essence; that is, into a concept known as Ishwara, which is Self or Cause of all things. The subtlety of this idea is great, but is comparable to the passing of a man from ...
Beyond Karma: Sin in Hinduism
... substitute for, say, God, the Bible, sin, or salvation, as they learn about what non-Christian religions teach. Underlying such a quest is obviously the assumption that all religions conform to a basic pattern (which frequently just “happens” to be that of Christianity), and that studying other reli ...
... substitute for, say, God, the Bible, sin, or salvation, as they learn about what non-Christian religions teach. Underlying such a quest is obviously the assumption that all religions conform to a basic pattern (which frequently just “happens” to be that of Christianity), and that studying other reli ...
Jainism - Philadelphia Project
... knowledge, infinite vision, infinite power, and that they experience infinite bliss. Because of their belief in siddhas and the fact that siddhas are in a sense worshiped by Jains, some observers has mistakenly concluded that Jains does indeed worship gods. The fact is that siddhas differ from most ...
... knowledge, infinite vision, infinite power, and that they experience infinite bliss. Because of their belief in siddhas and the fact that siddhas are in a sense worshiped by Jains, some observers has mistakenly concluded that Jains does indeed worship gods. The fact is that siddhas differ from most ...
Numerical Prefixes
... and adverbs form the backbone of the grammar of most languages. Apart from these, there are words that acquire a special meaning or connotation because of their usage or association with certain phenomena or events etc. ...
... and adverbs form the backbone of the grammar of most languages. Apart from these, there are words that acquire a special meaning or connotation because of their usage or association with certain phenomena or events etc. ...
Mantra Notes from PowerPoint
... • The Tamasic person offers up an empty sacrifice “lacking even the proper mantras or rituals with no faith whatsoever (17:13) • Devotional chanting…is a purification of speech that can contribute much to spiritual progress Well Known Mantras you could practice with • Om Mane Padme Hum – the jewel i ...
... • The Tamasic person offers up an empty sacrifice “lacking even the proper mantras or rituals with no faith whatsoever (17:13) • Devotional chanting…is a purification of speech that can contribute much to spiritual progress Well Known Mantras you could practice with • Om Mane Padme Hum – the jewel i ...
Mahashivaratri - London Sri Murugan Temple
... held it in His neck, which turned blue due to the effect of poison. Shivratri is therefore also a day of thanksgiving to the Lord for protecting us from annihilation. The 14th shloka of Shivmahimna Stotra says: "O three eyed Lord, when the poison came up through the churning of the ocean by the god ...
... held it in His neck, which turned blue due to the effect of poison. Shivratri is therefore also a day of thanksgiving to the Lord for protecting us from annihilation. The 14th shloka of Shivmahimna Stotra says: "O three eyed Lord, when the poison came up through the churning of the ocean by the god ...
News Letter Jun2014-Aug2014
... Brahman (the Absolute Paramatman), who is Changeless Existence, is the only Truth. The world (jagat) is only relatively real because it is constantly changing. Jagat is united with Brahman, but it seems fleeting and unreal because of the superimposition of Maya on the Jiva, which become limiting con ...
... Brahman (the Absolute Paramatman), who is Changeless Existence, is the only Truth. The world (jagat) is only relatively real because it is constantly changing. Jagat is united with Brahman, but it seems fleeting and unreal because of the superimposition of Maya on the Jiva, which become limiting con ...
Newsletter Archives
... thus could not be found. Eventually, an elephant's head was attached to Ganesha's body and bringing him back to life. Ganesha was also made head of the celestial armies, and worshipped by everyone before beginning any activity. This is how he came to be worshipped as the Harbinger of Good, as the re ...
... thus could not be found. Eventually, an elephant's head was attached to Ganesha's body and bringing him back to life. Ganesha was also made head of the celestial armies, and worshipped by everyone before beginning any activity. This is how he came to be worshipped as the Harbinger of Good, as the re ...
Life after death
... body contains is eternal; it is not created and then implanted in a body. Within the Hindu BhagavadGita for example, Arjuna is told by Krishna not to weep at the death of a friend because death is not the end to the circle of reincarnation. There are many forms of belief in reincarnation and there h ...
... body contains is eternal; it is not created and then implanted in a body. Within the Hindu BhagavadGita for example, Arjuna is told by Krishna not to weep at the death of a friend because death is not the end to the circle of reincarnation. There are many forms of belief in reincarnation and there h ...
The Epistemology of the Empiric Reality in Advaita Vedanta
... Epistemology requires the Absolute Cause of Being to be singular and non-changing. If the Absolute Cause was a plurality it would be the title of a category in which the elements were distinct by a more fundamental Cause. An Absolute Cause is also one which affects without being affected itself, rem ...
... Epistemology requires the Absolute Cause of Being to be singular and non-changing. If the Absolute Cause was a plurality it would be the title of a category in which the elements were distinct by a more fundamental Cause. An Absolute Cause is also one which affects without being affected itself, rem ...
LIfe after death
... that a body contains is eternal; it is not created and then implanted in a body. Within the Hindu Bhagavad-Gita for example, Arjuna is told by Krishna not to weep at the death of a friend because death is not the end to the circle of reincarnation. There are many forms of belief in reincarnation and ...
... that a body contains is eternal; it is not created and then implanted in a body. Within the Hindu Bhagavad-Gita for example, Arjuna is told by Krishna not to weep at the death of a friend because death is not the end to the circle of reincarnation. There are many forms of belief in reincarnation and ...
Mantra - bwydiploma
... meditative transformation of the human body-mind and is thought to have magical potency. ...
... meditative transformation of the human body-mind and is thought to have magical potency. ...
IntrotoVedantaPhilosophy
... processes of the origination of order, its evolution, and eventual dissolution. ...
... processes of the origination of order, its evolution, and eventual dissolution. ...
Shankara`s Advaita Vedanta
... Beneath the dualism and the theism of the Vedas and Upanishads then, at the very root of attention, we find an absolute, nondual spiritual unity of matter and spirit that was to be developed by Adi Shankara into a rigorous, non-objective yet conventionally realistic, absolute nondual monistic transc ...
... Beneath the dualism and the theism of the Vedas and Upanishads then, at the very root of attention, we find an absolute, nondual spiritual unity of matter and spirit that was to be developed by Adi Shankara into a rigorous, non-objective yet conventionally realistic, absolute nondual monistic transc ...