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Spirituality

Hindus worship various gods and goddesses. Like Ganesha for success. Lakshmi for wealth. Durga for protection. Similarly, why is Shivalinga worshipped? As you mentioned yesterday, Shivalinga is a very powerful symbol of divine power working on earth. It is representative of the union of Shiva and Nature. So is Shivalinga worshiped to seek prosperity, nourishment, strength from Prakriti that is Parvati and wisdom, knowledge from Shiva🤔?

As to what one can ask is upto the one who is worshipping. As Sri Krishna says in the Gita that whatever god one worships

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I have a question on one of the verses of Mundaka upanishads 11) But they who in the forest follow after faith and self-discipline, calm and full of knowledge, living upon alms, cast from them the dust of their passions, and through the gate of the Sun they pass on there where is the Immortal, the Spirit, the Self undecaying and imperishable.

es and unfortunately this kind of teaching, whatever its merit to the individual seeking moksha, did much harm to the collective march of mankind and

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It will be of great help to me, Our Kuldevta is Shiva but I am more drawn towards Shakti – mainly in her form as Gauri and to some extent in her form as Durga. Shiva has many forms – benevolent as well as fierce so I worship him in his gracious form of Umapati – the householder as in this form I can worship both Shiva & Shakti with their child Ganesha. 🙏 [conti]

Unwavering faith in the Divine Mother (in whatever form you may feel drawn towards) is the single most important condition that takes care of the

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I am a 70-year-old religious man and I regularly watch and read your talks and answers. I don’t know why, but I find all your responses related to rituals and worship very rigid. According to you, these things don’t hold much importance, perhaps because they are not emphasized in your favorite text, the Gita. Step out of your air-conditioned drawing room and comfortable environment—only then will you understand the importance of worship and rituals, which are for common people who struggle daily even for basic needs😳. [conti]

But who is saying that one ‘should not do’ Pooja and rituals if one wants to or is naturally interested and attracted towards them? All

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I am 29 year old. From the very early childhood l am so attracted towards traditional spirituality, After joining society, Maa is so merciful to me and I can feel the guidance of her intuitively, the way serious of events happen. But last month I  visited Ramkrishna mission, now the childhood attraction is arising again. I want to give myself totally in divine hands and wanted to join as brahmchari there, which can further led to sannyasi. The way I visited there is also dramatically , like mother wanted me to experience that🫤. Then I prayed to mother to show the path ,what to do and just open the post (book Supreme) mother say there …[conti]

It is a genuine feeling, a truth energing from the past life. It is neither a vital being guiding you nor any hallucination. It is

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