The Effulgence Within

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Evils' Transmigrating to Godliness

Those people that kill the Self, upon giving up their mortal bodies go to the worlds of devils enveloped in blinding darkness, says verse 3 of the Isa Upanishad. The founder of the international society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON), Swami Prabhupada in his commentary says: “Intelligent human... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 3, 2011

The Secret of Reaching the Final Repose

In the previously ongoing dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna we learn that each, according to one’s psyche and through the push and pull of one’s acquired and not innate, temperament, go to different destinations all of which again, being temporal, they are obliged to return to the mortal... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

A Lost Lover's Dream

Come nights in my desolate dunes My ears begin to hear sweet dulcet tunes On the distant horizon I see a beauty chaste Silhouetted amid the starry haze Dazzling, unharried and unhurried She walks daintily her daily lazy rounds Through the recesses Of my imaginary grounds? Lost and absorbed in some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Story from the Beginning until Now

Kabu has desired this. Excuse me for being somewhat verbose but I hope this will help bring all the concepts together in their clarity. Chapter Nine of the Bhagavad-Gita begins with Lord Krishna revealing unto Arjuna the crucial secret of being able to become one with the Supreme, with the assurance... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Contradictions Resolving into One Whole

( Reflection on verses 23, 24 and 25, Ch. 9, of the Bhagavad-Gita ) The journey of the spirit is the story of man’s evolvement, not necessarily, however, in the sense of growth. It can be in both directions - progression or deterioration. But it cannot and does not stop with death, a temporary... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Towards the Inevitable Destination of Mankind

In the exposition of His opulence, Lord Krishna makes Arjuna understand that the aspiration of the purest souls and which you are is to reach My abode, the final resting place of the soul, ceasing the constant cycle of births. Even up to the Brahmaloka, the highest heavens of all material existences... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Million Diverse Faces of the Universal Form

One of the simple yet profound verses in the Puranas, meaning ‘ancient’ Scriptures, says ‘Let knowledge come from all sides’. It is a realistic statement of ‘I am not closed, I am open’, one great teaching against parochialism. Credence is definitely to be given to the various temperaments of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Various Practices, One Realization

In His expounding the regal wisdom of all wisdoms in god-realization, Lord Krishna, upon imparting to Arjuna the knowledge of His mystic opulence and as to how these are to be translated in real-life experience, emphasizes that it is only for men of relentless devoted faith that the Supreme Divine... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Emily Dickinson's Time and Eternity ... (A Repost)

"Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality". The poem is Emily Dickinson’s panoramic vision of Life, Death and Eternity. The speaker says that her life’s busy engagements left her no time to be prepared for Death. So Death... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Always the First Cause

A bit more elaboration on the metaphorical aspects of Ch 9, which begins with Krishna’s promise of revealing to Arjuna ( and to mankind ) the most confidential knowledge of all. He draws Arjuna’s focus on to the subtlest, something which can never be caught or appreciated by non-receptive minds of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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