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We know of so many people who are facing impossible situations and problems and they are helpless. They do not know what to do or whom to ask.
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Why did Rama 🏹 not change the law if he was the king and why did he not change the law for the love of his wife? Can we not say that for him Sita did not mean much?
Even though Rama’s Rajdharma compels him to abandon Sita to keep intact his people together as well as to set an unprecedented example of public
If we have a soul in our body then how come ghosts 👻 enter in the body and take possession of it?
Soul is there in everyone but it is veiled. To bring the soul in front, ordinarily man requires few births. It’s like a son of
Since some time, I see that philanthropy has become like a fashion in the society I live in, I find it absurd and feel its just showing off as in look how good I am doing or what a good person I am as if they are not sure and they need people to tell them so. I find it absurd how people call themselves a philanthropist. Can you please explain about this idea😏
All these are three inferior kinds of philanthropy. The third may prepare us for spiritual life but generally they keep us tied to the circle
They call Rama 🏹 an ideal man but I think he must have been ideal thousands of years back, how can he be ideal and relatable today?
It’s a mistake to think that Rama is not relatable today as even today he is an example of a perfect man. Rama lays the
Please help me with analogy for understanding this passage from the book, The Synthesis of Yoga 🧐
It means that on one side we say that ultimately it is the Divine Will that happens. So in that case are our prayers and
Correct me if I am wrong, I believe there is no concept of Dharma in the west so there is no concept of Adharma thus everyone has become selfish and they want to do what they feel like basically follow their impulses, so how can we save India from this false sense of Freedom, how to teach children and how to help the west out with our Indian ideals🇮🇳?
Yes the idea of freedom means different things to the East and the West. In the Western context there is the liberal idea of doing
What is the meaning of true individuality, and what is the difference between being rude or mean and having an ego? Are these three concepts connected, and if so, how🤔?
True individuality is the psychic being. But before it is developed nature erects a temporary individuality that is the self of ego and desire that
Why we need to know about Rama or Krishna and old India, isn’t all that outdates? What will we learn in Modern India from them today?
Rama and Krishna are the two names that have governed the Indian psyche and moulded the Indian thought and temperament for so long that it
How was Arjuna related to Sri Krishna🦚? Kunti was the biological daughter of Shurasena, a Yadava ruler. Her birth name was Pritha. She is said to be the reincarnation of the goddess Siddhi. She was the sister of Vasudeva, Krishna’s father. Thus, Kunti is the sister of Vasudeva who is Krishna’s father. Her son, Arjuna thus becomes Krishna’s cousin. I found this information online, can you please tell me if this information is correct.
Krishna and Arjuna were first cousins. But their relationship goes much deeper. Sri Krishna reveals in the Mahabharata that they are Nar (human) and Narayan
Many times we see a person with mediocre talent and efforts get success (sometimes unprecedented) quickly and others with much better abilities and hard work keep on struggling to get their rightful dues. What could be the reasons for this disparity🤨? Could deity worship and performing some specific rituals influence the outcome?
We feel a sense of injustice because we assume that outer success is some kind of a reward that God should give for good deeds.
For most of us moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth-death) is the ultimate goal. Isn’t this an escapist and pessimistic approach? In my view this is not true. Instead of Moksha, we should seek peace, power, prosperity and happiness/bhoga in this world itself. This world must have been made for this, otherwise these things would not have existed and whenever we fell short in our efforts to attain them, God helps us at our call through his different forms. Is my belief correct😕?
You are absolutely right. If the Divine wanted Nirvana then there would have been no world at all. The real meaning of Moksha was freedom
How can I control my eating habits🍕🍰? Since I live away from home and don’t have the set up to cook, I often end up ordering food, junk, sweets, trying new foods and cold items, which has made me develop a sweet tooth. I know this is not good but what to do to control it.
Probably there is a need to find goals that can engage you fully and activities that can make you happy. When we get deficient in
Worldly desires are not created by man in the lab. They are given to him naturally. If everything is created by the divine then these desires also must have their right place and purpose in the whole scheme. Then why consider it as a hindrance in spiritual progress? Why are we taught to limit them rather than teaching us to fully aspire for their fulfillment as a duty? What is the purpose of these materialistic desires in our existence🥧🏓👕?
The purpose of desire is to shake up the inert tamasic state in which man may sink and, like the stone, neither seek nor aspire,
Is it true that Hitler wanted to invade India 🇮🇳, is it true that this was his final destination? So then there must me thousands of World War stories, movies, etc and not one is talking about this event, why?
That Hitler wanted to invade India is mentioned in a well researched book titled Hitler’s God by George Vreikheim. Of course he may not have
What is the difference between realising one’s psychic being🌟 and realising one’s soul? Both are immortal in essence, both are a portion of the Supreme and both give us liberation from our surface nature. Of course, while the Atman is a static entity and psychic being evolutionary, I was still wondering where exactly is the difference between these two realisations?
The soul is the seed, the core around which the psychic being develops through an evolutionary process. In essence they are one and the same.
[1] How should one celebrate Diwali🪔 while following the path of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo? [2] Do festivals like Navratri, Diwali, Holi and lots other, still hold any true significance in today’s world, and if not, what should be the approach of ordinary people towards these celebrations?
[1] There is no Diwali celebration in the Ashram. As the Mother used to give Darshan marking it as Kali Puja. If we wish to,
I had a doubt about the other paths of worshipping the Divine Mother and are those worshippers too involved in the divine work which integral yoga aims at? If someone is in the tantric upasana of Maha Kali, who is none other than the Divine Mother in her personality of strength, and he completely surrenders to her will, would he too be joined in the work of manifesting divinity in matter🧐? Or would he go to the path of oneness with her, or the path of traditional concept of Moksha?
Different forms and names, whether of the Ishwara or of the Divine Mother are there precisely because each has a specific power and purpose in
How to improve my stamina as I get very tired while playing cricket🏏?
Deep breathing exercises and mild aerobics. Also ensure that you are taking enough fluids with salt and sugar in sufficient amount. Learn proper simple