Bhakti Yoga—Love for Love’s Sake
Bhakti is intense love of God. Bhakti Yoga is the path of devotion. It appeals to the majority of mankind. ‘Love for Love’s Sake’ is the motto or formula of a Bhakti-Yogin. God is an embodiment of...
YOGA: The Four Paths
The four main spiritual paths for God-realisation are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Karma Yoga is suitable for a man of active temperament, Bhakti Yoga for a man of devotional temperament, Raja...
The Four Types of Devotees
Bhagawaan Sri Krishna says:‘Four types of virtuous people worship Me, O Arjuna: (a) those in distress, (b) the seeker of material prosperity, (c) the seeker of knowledge, and, (d) the wise.’ (Gita 7.16)
The first type is...
The Doctrine of Reincarnation
The doctrine of reincarnation or transmigration of souls is a fundamental tenet of Hinduism. The word reincarnation literally means embodiment again, coming again into a physical body. The individual soul takes again a fleshy covering....
The Doctrine of Reincarnation
The doctrine of reincarnation or transmigration of souls is a fundamental tenet of Hinduism. The word reincarnation literally means embodiment again, coming again into a physical body. The individual soul takes again a fleshy covering....
Bhagavad Geeta 18:4-5—Moksha Sanyasa Yoga—The Path of Liberation by Renunciation
निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम |
त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविध: सम्प्रकीर्तित: || 4||
niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama
tyāgo hi puruṣha-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ
Learn from Me the truth about this abandonment,...
The Law of Karma Part 3
The Three Kinds of Karma: Sanchita, Prarabdha and Agami
Karma is of three kinds, viz., Sanchita (accumulated works), Prarabdha (fructifying works) and Kriyamana or Agami (current works). Sanchita is all the accumulated Karmas of...
Bhagavad Geeta 18:03—Moksha Sanyasa Yoga—The Path of Liberation by Renunciation
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिण: |
यज्ञदानतप:कर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे || 3||
tyājyaṁ doṣha-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣhiṇaḥ
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti chāpare
Some sages declare that all action should be relinquished as...
The Glorious Heart of Sri Raama
What the Hindu and Indian civilization owe to Sri Rama cannot really be estimated. In the Valmiki Ramayana we read of the prophesy of Brahma: “As long as the hills stand and rivers flow, so...
