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What is Satsang and what are its benefits?

5th December 2018sandipaniNo Comments#Bhaishri, #jigyasa, #PujyaBhaishri, #questionsanswered, #saints, #satsang

Satsang means meeting saints/ great people who implement what our scriptures tell us and have experienced God and exchanging good thoughts with them. Through this, an individual becomes selfless and benevolent. Thereafter, this individual will be led towards a selfless goal and activity and be inspired to serve others. Consequently, not only will this individual...

Why does every Hindu prayer and function start with “Aum”? What do the Vedas say about “Aum”?

5th November 2018sandipaniNo Comments

“Tasya vāchakah pranavah” – Upanishad Pranav or the Aumkār is the syllabic form of the Supreme Being. It is a sound synonymous with God. It is the origin of all the words and sounds. The entire creation, scriptures and music have sprung from this sound. This supremely blissful sound sustains the entire universe. The three...

Why do we fast for specific months and days?

12th October 2018sandipaniNo Comments

There is a well thought out reason for everything our Rishis prescribed to us. In India most of the fasts are in the monsoon season, July to November. This was so that people mostly eat meals only once a day and in general eat a lot lighter because our body’s digestive power is much weaker...

When can liberation be attained?

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

Liberation means freedom; not from life, but freedom from attachment, illusion, desires, anger, greed and many demonic matters. In short, annihilation of ignorance/ illusion is liberation. Thus liberation is not just emancipation from the body, but it can also be attained spiritually.

What should be the most superior subject matter from our religion for us?

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

The essence of Hindu religion is humanity. I believe that any system must have human being at the centre. I had read somewhere 'A society where a person is in the centre and objects in the circumference is a healthy society and a society in which the objects are at the centre and a person...

Are there any restrictions to attain God, such as, cast, colour, language or creed?

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

God has no secrets, divisions or differences, but only those who know this secret understand this. Every living being is a part of God. Therefore, attaining and experiencing God is a birth-right for every living entity. There are no differences in cast, class, language or gender in attaining God. As a matter of fact, one...

What does the word “Kalyān” mean? On Television everyone says “Kalyān ho” what is that? Even in ślokas this word is found. Please explain.

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

Kalyān is a Sanskrit word which according to scholars has evolved from the word "kalya" meaning a new dawn. That which brings a new dawn, a new beginning in your life, is "Kalyān". One in whose life there is always a new beginning, a new dawn, for whom every day is a new day, the...

What makes a person religious? To be a good human being, does one need Religion and good deeds? What classifies as being religious – going to temples, meditating or personal worship of God? Please guide.

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

The term Dharma (Religion) has many connotations. It means quality, duty, etc. Dharma is the sum total of qualities that enable us to attain spiritual emancipation. Dharma enjoins being truthful, ethical, having love, compassion and mercy for mankind, and all God’s creations. Dharma forewarns us against lies, violence, deceit, etc. in order to create a...

How can one recognize a real Saint? What are the indications of a real Guru?

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

He whose life embodies the truth is a real saint. The characteristics of a saint have been described by Sage Kapil in Kapilopakhyan, by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita and by Lord Ram in Aranya kānd of Shri Ramcharitmanas. Seekers of knowledge should read these scriptures for further guidance on this matter. One should...

Whom do we call our real guru? One who gives us guru mantra and ties a sacred mala or the one from whom we get inspiration to attain God and follow in his footsteps?

3rd April 2018sandipaniNo Comments

In the word ‘Guru’, ‘Gu’ means darkness, while ‘Ru’ means light. So Guru means the one, who removes the darkness of our ignorance with the light of his knowledge. Merely by giving out a ‘mantra’ or tying a sacred mala on your neck, one cannot become your Guru. According to Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, a Guru...

Category: Knowledge – Jigyasa

What is Satsang and what are its benefits?

Why does every Hindu prayer and function start with “Aum”? What do the Vedas say about “Aum”?

Why do we fast for specific months and days?

When can liberation be attained?

What should be the most superior subject matter from our religion for us?

Are there any restrictions to attain God, such as, cast, colour, language or creed?

What does the word “Kalyān” mean? On Television everyone says “Kalyān ho” what is that? Even in ślokas this word is found. Please explain.

What makes a person religious? To be a good human being, does one need Religion and good deeds? What classifies as being religious – going to temples, meditating or personal worship of God? Please guide.

How can one recognize a real Saint? What are the indications of a real Guru?

Whom do we call our real guru? One who gives us guru mantra and ties a sacred mala or the one from whom we get inspiration to attain God and follow in his footsteps?

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