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The Upanishads say that God-realisation is not possible through the mind; just as ‒ १.    यन्मनसा न मनुते येनाहुर्मनो मतम् ।    (केन॰ १ । ५) २.    न तत्र चक्षुर्गच्छति न वाग्गच्छइत नो मनः ।    (केन॰ १ । ३) ३. नैव वाचा न मनसा प्राप्तुं शक्यो न चक्षुषा ।   (कठ॰ २ । […]

There is a verse in Srimad Bhagavadgita –   Naasato vidyate bhaavo naabhaavo vidyate satah | Ubhayorpi drusthontstvanayostadarshibhih || (Gita 2/16)  The unreal has no existence, and the real never ceases to be.  The reality of both has been perceived by the seers of truth.”   (1)   The first part of this verse is –   Naasato vidyate […]

It is written in the scriptures that in the human body there is predominance of actions. When man has a desire to acquire something, then there is an inclination to act. An action is of two kinds – duty (kartavya) i.e. what ought to be done and “non-duty” (akartavya) i.e. what ought not to be […]

The body has several limbs such as hands, feet, senses, life, mind and brain etc., which work to maintain the body. The functions of various limbs are different. We give and take with hands; walk with feet. The functions of senses, life, mind and intellect are different. All the limbs while functioning are engaged in […]

Of all the spiritual practices for attaining one’s salvation,  Devotion  “Bhakti” is best of all ‒  ‘त्रिसत्यस्य भक्तिरेव गरीयसी भक्तिरेव गरीयसी ।’ (नारदभक्तिसूत्र ८१)  Remembrance and repetition of the Lord’s Name is devotion (bhakti).    The meaning of “bhajan”  is to take in (be absorbed).  Just as food, water and air are taken-in by the body,  […]

[An aspirant should study this article with a pure and concentrated mind in seclusion.  Instead of having an eye on the literal meaning of words, he should try to grasp the deep meaning of the article with ultimate goal in view and then become silent from within and from without.   By doing so, he […]