The Rishis in ancient India were the enlightened beings who understood the inner world and its relationship with the external world. Therefore, all ancient Indian knowledge came from the Rishis. Normally, the Rishis were also the Gurus who imparted knowledge to their disciples. The word Veda means knowledge. It is derived from the Sanskrit word…
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The mercurial nature of the mind has always been a challenge for almost everyone. From the mighty Kings and warriors of ancient India to the novices on the path of Yoga, everyone struggles to keep the mind focused on something spiritual. It is not that you cannot make the mind concentrate on something. On the…
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The word Hindutva means the essence of being a Hindu. In other words, it means the essence of Hindu Dharma. However, lately, politics and the western media have degraded Hindutva to mean Hindu nationalism. Hindu Dharma is better known as the Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana means eternal. Dharma stands for the eternal truth, the rules of…
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Upanishads are like the gist of the Vedas. They are also referred to as Vedanta, which means the final part of the Vedas. Most of them are very short documents containing a few verses. Most of which came from the Upanishads, Vedantic knowledge was taught only to the “Adhikari” or to the qualified one to…
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Almost everyone is afraid of death. Be it animals, insects, or humans, the most basic instinct in every living creature is to avoid death. Therefore, even nature provides the mechanism of using certain hormones in the body to protect itself from harm. If you observe closely, even in your own body, millions of cells die…
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