– Deva Narayan Across many cultures, religions, and beliefs, the one path mentioned repeatedly to attain divine enlightenment is the vanquishing of the ego. It is an act that is mentioned in every holy text and it is only through this act that a believer finally finds their God. Great sages of history have […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) When in Confused State of Mind Always Look to Higher self For Guidance अर्जुन उवाच | व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे | तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् || 3.2|| Arjuna uvācha vyāmiśhreṇeva vākyena buddhiṁ mohayasīva me tad ekaṁ vada niśhchitya yena śhreyo ’ham āpnuyā|| 3.2|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Having A Fixed Mind on Divine/Real Goal Helps in Developing Love Towards Divine and Detachment Towards Lower Vasanas विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिन: | रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते || 2.59|| viṣhayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’pyasya paraṁ dṛiṣhṭvā nivartate|| 2.59|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 59: Aspirants may restrict […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Realizing the Divine and Showing Ways to Achieve it is the Essence of all Divine Scripts यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वत: सम्प्लुतोदके | तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानत: || 2.46|| yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ|| 2.46|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 46: Whatever purpose a tiny well of water […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Soul Can Neither be Created Nor Destroyed, It was, It is and It Will Always be There अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् | विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति || 2.17|| avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati|| 2.17|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 17: […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Permanent Happiness Can Only be Attained in Union With Divine यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ | समदु:खसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते || 2.15|| yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛitatvāya kalpate|| 2.15|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 15: That individual, O Arjun, greatest of men, who is […]