Religion is not what you are born in. It is what you experience. Religious texts only help you in attaining this experience. Religion is always personal, like it was followed centuries before in India.
Only with the advent of foreign nationals who had their own faith, which they used as a socially binding factor this idea has changed in India.
In an age when religious preaching has become a norm, a rethinking is necessary. Just one question is enough for this rethinking.
Am I following this religion for boasting in public,...
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Bhagavad Gita and Action
by Anantha Narayanan
I have heard from lot of people that through Bhagavad Gita God endorses "Fight" and some others mention "Inactivity". Let me try to understand why people say like this.
In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna calls upon Arjuna for fighting his relatives. As a normal human being we are like Arjuna. We cannot fight our relatives (near and dear ones). After all why should one fight to kill such people whom you love. Our thoughts revolve around this "sentiments" because our point-of-view is very limited. We are wearing biased glasses....
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Discovering our true identity
by Anantha Narayanan
Who am I?
The most famous question which made Swami Vivekananda start searching his guru, the phrase recommended by Sri Ramana Maharshi as the only mantra which will lead to self-realisation is the most powerful one can ask himself.
What is our identity? Its not definitely our body, says those who have experienced this great powerful self. If we are not to be identified as this body, then what else?
It is our self. It resides in our heart (not the physical heart) but the more powerful one on the right side of our chest. It...
Friday, November 1, 2013
Why pray/meditate daily?
by Anantha Narayanan
I am not sure whether you pray daily. If you do, then you know the path to our self-realisation. If you do not, you are turning your back towards our end goal in this life.
What is Self-Realisation?
The basic premise of self-realization is that there exists an authentic Self (or 'soul') which has to be discovered by psychological or spiritual self-striving....
Popular Posts
-
We can find out the time of high tide from Tithi: but not from the date according to modern calendar. He is how one can find the Tithi: C...
-
If you are living in India and if you travel a lot through Indian Railways you know what I am going to write. The Railways created by the B...
-
Pondicherry is a very pleasant place to walk. But make sure that it is not in the months of March to May that you are visiting for the sun w...
-
Week of travel, weaker me Peek of faith, stronger me Lack of hope, worried me Nothing can be done, its all God's grace.
-
Religion is not what you are born in. It is what you experience. Religious texts only help you in attaining this experience. Religion is al...