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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Vedic meter | | | |  Vedic meter: Practising The Presence of God
I love the saying: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life". The past isn't important, for, from today onward, we can change. My guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, often said, "Forget the past". The thought of past mistakes pulls us down. People also live too much in their victories. In self-pride they say, "Oh, I did this and I did that", but that's history. The Bhagavad Gita tells us to give the results of our actions to God. I was surprised to hear Yogananda say, "God is pleased when you give him your mistakes". If you dwell on the thought, "I made a mistake", you close the door to self-improvement.
(See also: Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond,
Body Mind and Soul)
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Make The Most Of Your Life
We have our ups and downs, successes and failures, elations and disappointments. Nothing is certain but change. Winners turn losers and vice versa, for that is the law of nature. Impermanence is a permanent feature of life. The best way to deal with the transiency is to learn to maximise our spiritual quotient. Many of us know of Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People where he elaborates on habits we need to acquire in order to be effective. Twenty virtues have been elaborated by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
(See also: Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond,
Body Mind and Soul)
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| | | |  Vedic meter: The logic behind the concept of KarmaHinduism and Karma
In simple terms, the law of karma suggests that a person's mental
and physical actions determine the progress of his life on earth. What ever
actions he undertakes, both his good and bad actions, impact his life in
several ways and bring twists and turns in the course of his life. His bad
actions lead him to suffering and unhappiness, while his good actions lead him
to happiness and spiritual success.
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Totally Involved - Completely Detached
When your source of motivation comes from your spiritual basis, you will naturally experience an equanimous detachment, while at the same time being fully dedicated to and acting toward your goal. The chairman of a large corporation once told us: If you worry about the fruits, then you have your attention on the scoreboard and not the ball. If you concentrate on the ball, the scoreboard will happen automatically. If you are looking at the scoreboard, you will lose the ball. If you do good work, you will get the returns, so do not worry about them. The Bhagavad Gita further explains: Do your worldly duty, but do it without any attachment to it or desire for its fruits. Keep your mind always on the Divine.
See also: Spirituality At Work, Work
As A Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Based Leadership
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| | | | |  Vedic meter: Seeing The Eternal In The Temporal
Have you ever faced a challenge at work and felt stuck in finding a solution? Or, felt alone in your work with no one to support you in your efforts? These are examples of when it's important to step back and see our work from a broader perspective. Einstein explained this well when he said that we cannot solve our problems at the same level that we created them. We've found that this ability to see our work from a broader perspective requires an internal shift in our vision that we like to describe as "seeing the eternal in the temporal". This is the wisdom that Krishna taught Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita: When one sees Eternity in things that pass away and Infinity in finite things, then one has pure knowledge . (18:20)
See also: Spirituality At Work, Work
As A Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Based Leadership
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Encyclopedia II - Yoga - Notable YogisHistory is replete with Yogis that have inspired people for many generations. Yogini Meera from the Bhakti tradition, Shankaracharya from the Jnana Yoga tradition, Patanjali, who formalized the system of Raja Yoga, are just a few examples.
Among modern Yogis, Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a Bhakti Yogi, stands tall. A devotee of Mother Kali and a teacher of Advaita Vedanta, he preached that "all religions lead to the same goal." His student, Swami Vivekananda, a follower of Adva ...
See also:Yoga, Yoga - Yoga practice and intention, Yoga - The word yoga, Yoga - Diversity of yoga, Yoga - Yoga and religion, Yoga - Common themes, Yoga - Origins, Yoga - Hindu yoga, Yoga - Bhagavad Gita, Yoga - Patanjali, Yoga - God in Yoga philosophy, Yoga - Hatha yoga, Yoga - Natya yoga, Yoga - Buddhist yoga, Yoga - Yoga and tantra, Yoga - Notable Yogis Read more here: » Yoga: Encyclopedia II - Yoga - Notable Yogis |
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Four Ways of Showing Devotion to GodBhakti Yoga: Four Ways of Showing
Devotion to God
The Bhagavad Gita recommends Bhakti
Yoga towards attaining moksha . Krishna tells Arjuna that a person
who thinks of Him at least at the time of his death is liberated of all his
sins. Krishna explains the four types of devotional service rendered to Him:
One who thinks of Him at the time of distress is the aartha.
One who is worried by the struggle for prosperity, power, self and property
is the Artha-arthi .
A third who yearns for the realisation of the atman
is the jijnaasu . The fourth is the jnani
. He is immersed in the Brahmathathwam and looks for
the Lord in all possible places; he yearns for nothing.
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| | | | | |  Vedic meter:
Spiritual Theosophical
Dictionary on
Yudishthira
Yudishthira (Sanskrit). One of the heroes of the Mahabharata. The eldest brother of the Pandavas, or the five Pandu princes who fought against their next of kin, the Kauravas, the sons of their maternal uncle. Arjuna, the disciple of Krishna, was his younger brother. The Bhagavad Gita gives mystical particulars of this war. Kunti was the mother of the Pandavas, and Draupadi the wife in common of the five brothers - an allegory. But Yudishthira is also, as well as Krishna, Arjuna, and so many other heroes, an historical character, who lived some 5,000 years ago, at the period when the Kali Yuga set in.
(See also: Yudishthira , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul,
Spiritual Dictionary,)
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| | | |  Vedic meter:
Indian Hindu Dictionary on Mahabharata
Mahabharata: an epic poem of ancient India detailing the history of the evolution of mankind through the lineage of the Bharata family. Written by Veda Vyasa, the poem of 100,000 verses is the longest epic poem in the world. It also contains the philosophical treatise, the Bhagavad Gita.
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also: Mahabharata , Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Does Hinduism support Caste system?Hinduism does not support caste system. The focus of Hinduism is on
the individual and his salvation not on his caste or its privileges. Scholars
tend to quote the Purushasukta as the basis for the emergence of caste system.
There are also references to caste system in the Bhagavad gita. But for a
serious student of History, it becomes obvious that these references appear to
be deliberate manipulations and later day interjection intended to justify a
system that was otherwise fully unjustified. The Manusmriti, in the form
that is available today did more damage to Hinduism and the self esteem of many
Hindus than Islam and Christianity.
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Pairs of Opposites and The Golden Mean
We live in a world of opposites where gain and loss, good and bad, pleasure and pain, life and death are as inevitable as the two sides of a coin. Yet, there is an underlying unity between the two contrasts. One of the principal polarities in life is the one between the male and female side of human nature. The sublime union between these two aspects is symbolised by Lord Siva's depiction as a dynamic unification of the two, as the half-male, half-female Ardhanareeshwar.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
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| | | | | Vedic meter: Encyclopedia II - Aum - When you pronounce AUM: "A - emerges from the throat, originating in the region of the navel U - rolls over the tongue M - ends on the lips A - waking, U - dreaming, M - sleeping It is the sum and substance of all the words that can emanate from the human throat. It is the primordial fundamental sound symbolic of the Universal Absolute." [1].
In fact, when correctly pronounced, or rather, "rendered", the "A" can be felt as a vibration that manifests itself near the navel or abdomen; the "U" can be felt vibrating the chest, and the "M" vibrates the cranium or ...
See also:Aum, Aum - The Significance of the Symbol Om, Aum - Aum in Hindu tradition, Aum - Origin, Aum - Philosophy of AUM, Aum - Om in Jain tradition, Aum - Om in Buddhist tradition, Aum - Om in Sikh tradition, Aum - When you pronounce AUM:, Aum - Some quotations from Hindu scriptures regarding AUM, Aum - Other traditions interpretations and understandings Read more here: » Aum: Encyclopedia II - Aum - When you pronounce AUM: |
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| | | |  Vedic meter: Gopala - Many Things To Many People
This day, over 5,000 years ago, Krishna appeared on Earth as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. Because of his human form and behaviour, not many knew He was God incarnate. But while rendering advice to Arjuna at Kurukshetra, Krishna unabashedly reveals - in the Bhagavad Gita - that he is infinite, his vibhutis or divine manifestations and opulences being unlimited. No one, not even the gods, can know him completely. Krishna then proceeds to impart what he calls the most sovereign knowledge and profound mystery, contemplating on which alone one can attain moksha or liberation.
(See also: Gopala , Indian Festivals,
Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and
Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)
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