How did Babaji create a palace? Well in lay terms for common people to understand, This is how he did it! By Yogananda On a grand scale, Mahavatar Babaji created a golden palace to fulfill a long-forgotten desire of Lahiri Mahasaya-an event I have recorded in Autobiography of a Yogi. The “miracle” was explained thus: …
Tag: Shankaracharya
Jun 12
Annapurna stotram
These verses were composed by Shankaracharya Maharaj There is a story that Lord Shankar talked about the illusory nature of the world. Now the word , the world is an illusion is grossly misunderstood. Yes we can say it is an illusion when you no longer have a body. But while you have a body …
Apr 24
Why is it advaita ?
The moment you mention one or zero you think there is a count So Hinduism in its infinite wisdom uses the word advaita. Meaning not two. Meaning no scope for counting ShankarAcharya goes way beyond it and says
Nov 26
We practice this unknowingly
One book. Bhagwad Gita. Many great saints have commented on it. Yogananda, Gyaneshwar, Shankaracharya. Perhaps these are the most authentic commentary with each one taking a slightly different view. All correct. So in this verse, Shankaracharya Maharaj tells us to give ourselves up to God. With an unwavering mind. Then he …
Sep 12
Who am I?
A word of caution for those who chose this method to find the Purusha or Atma. Once again, remember, God is beyond this and before you can surrender to God, merge into God, you will have to be at the level of the Purusha or Atma. Merely saying or thinking you are the Atma or …
Feb 01
Meditation on Chakras
I did not get a chance to write yesterdays blogs. I was orginally planning to write about sex, meditation and yoga. Is it wrong? Is it right? Is it a hindrance? Is it somewhere in between? There are some unwritten secrets about shakti and sex which Gurudev talked about and was also written by Shankaracharya (one …
Dec 25
Meditation
Today’s meditation was exceptionally good. After all it was Christmas ! Yogananda maharaja has described that the halfway meditation is when one is at agnachakra the streams of prana are seen rolling back from the body going back to Agnatha chakra This is what I experienced. The color if the streams of Prana or light …
Dec 12
Faith
Today, I had a discussion with Aanal about Faith. Faith in my opinion and also according to the scriptures and very succinctly written by Sri Aurobindo is something that is within and which is part of the soul. This is an inner conviction. Unfortunately, this faith is very poorly understood. What most people have is …
Bhavin
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