No Hindu will say "I am a sinner" since sin in Hinduism means “Ignorance of the truth that one is the immortal soul within the body (Atman) and not the perishable material body.” SIN MEANS KARMIC DEBT.
PLEASE READ WHAT LORD KRISHNA SAID ABOUT SIN.
Lord Krishna said:
“Even if you are the worst sinner in the world; You can still cross the ocean of Sin; By a bark of (JNANA) wisdom.
As the blazing fire burns wood to ashes, Arjuna, so does the fire of true knowledge (JNANA) which will burn all SIN “karmic debt” to ashes.”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4:36, 37)
PLEASE READ WHAT LORD KRISHNA SAID ABOUT SIN.
Lord Krishna said:
“Even if you are the worst sinner in the world; You can still cross the ocean of Sin; By a bark of (JNANA) wisdom.
As the blazing fire burns wood to ashes, Arjuna, so does the fire of true knowledge (JNANA) which will burn all SIN “karmic debt” to ashes.”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4:36, 37)
Lord Krishna gave utmost importance to mind and thoughts throughout the Bhagavad Gita.
According to Lord Krishna, the first step is to gain clarity on any situation by developing a clear, calm and collected mind.
One way is introspection, another way is by distancing yourself from the situation - not physically but mentally - where you look at it as an outsider and have a bird's eye view of it.
We can always revisit anything that happened to us at work or at home and visualize what would have happened if we did certain things in a totally different way than what happened.
This way instead of lamenting about something that happened, we will be in control of what happened and will be in control of future events.
According to Lord Krishna, the first step is to gain clarity on any situation by developing a clear, calm and collected mind.
One way is introspection, another way is by distancing yourself from the situation - not physically but mentally - where you look at it as an outsider and have a bird's eye view of it.
We can always revisit anything that happened to us at work or at home and visualize what would have happened if we did certain things in a totally different way than what happened.
This way instead of lamenting about something that happened, we will be in control of what happened and will be in control of future events.
All of us will attain Spiritual Maturity slowly and steadily. Like a small sapling plant becoming a giant Banyan tree tree one day, even the worst among us will slowly change and become better and eventually attain spiritual maturity.
We have nothing to worry, except worry itself.
It is very difficult to describe how change comes, but that happens in the life of everyone.
ROME was not built in a day.
Neither U and I.
But we can be assured a completely change will happen within all of us and we will attain spiritual maturity
It is ordinary human beings like you and I slowly becoming yogis one day and as such everyone will go through the transformation I described.
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It is a glutton worm that one day becomes a beautiful butterfly. Similarly, it is a person who is the most materialistic one day becomes a YOGI.
We have nothing to worry, except worry itself.
It is very difficult to describe how change comes, but that happens in the life of everyone.
ROME was not built in a day.
Neither U and I.
But we can be assured a completely change will happen within all of us and we will attain spiritual maturity
It is ordinary human beings like you and I slowly becoming yogis one day and as such everyone will go through the transformation I described.
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It is a glutton worm that one day becomes a beautiful butterfly. Similarly, it is a person who is the most materialistic one day becomes a YOGI.
Hindus do not worship idols. Hindus use idols like everyone else to focus on the God who has no name or form (nama-roopa).
Hindus never ever say or believe Idol is God.
God is not a man;
God is not a woman;
Nobody knows what God is.
That is the reason why in many scriptures God is referred as “it”.
To say “God is a father” or “God is a mother” is strictly to help a devotee to concentrate on God during the initial stages of his or her devotion.
In Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20 reads "His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye."
As well as Yajurveda 32:3 reads "na tasya pratima asti" "There is no image of Him."
When a devotee progress in his/her devotion, devotee will see God he or she is seeking has nothing to with a human attributes.
Hindus never ever say or believe Idol is God.
God is not a man;
God is not a woman;
Nobody knows what God is.
That is the reason why in many scriptures God is referred as “it”.
To say “God is a father” or “God is a mother” is strictly to help a devotee to concentrate on God during the initial stages of his or her devotion.
In Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20 reads "His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye."
As well as Yajurveda 32:3 reads "na tasya pratima asti" "There is no image of Him."
When a devotee progress in his/her devotion, devotee will see God he or she is seeking has nothing to with a human attributes.
Ashramas and Ashrama Dharma are very important even today, since, Rishis developed this system in tune with the physical and mental development of a human being.
According to Hindu scriptures, human life is believed to comprise four stages based on physical and mental development.
Every human being is forced to go through these four stages in life called "Ashramas" for smooth functioning of life.
Rishis wanted all of us to go through all 4 Ashramas
Brahmacharya 8 to18 Student life
Grahasthya 18 to 40 Married life…
Vanaprastha 40 to 65
Sanyasa 65 to death
RUNNING AWAY from Garhasthya is a big mistake. That is the reason why even Rishi Veda Vyasa asked his son Rishi Suka to get married.
According to Hindu scriptures, human life is believed to comprise four stages based on physical and mental development.
Every human being is forced to go through these four stages in life called "Ashramas" for smooth functioning of life.
Rishis wanted all of us to go through all 4 Ashramas
Brahmacharya 8 to18 Student life
Grahasthya 18 to 40 Married life…
Vanaprastha 40 to 65
Sanyasa 65 to death
RUNNING AWAY from Garhasthya is a big mistake. That is the reason why even Rishi Veda Vyasa asked his son Rishi Suka to get married.
Lord Krishna said: "Arjuna, become a Yogi!"
A Yogi lives like a Lotus leaf. Rain drops falls on a Lotus leaf, but Lotus Leaf is not affected by the rain drops; Similarly A Yogi lives in the world, but the Yogi is unaffected by the world. That is the reason why Lord Krishna said: "Arjuna, become a Yogi!"
Lord Krishna said:
“ Just as the ocean is unaffected by the waters of innumerable rivers flowing into it; A yogi is unaffected by the sensual pleasures due to the positive and negative reactions to actions he or she does…”
( Bhagavad Gita 2:70 )
Like in the lives of everybody else, things come and go in a Yogi’s life.
But yogi does not exhibit any emotion when things are great or when things are bad.
Many have no idea that they do not have to a Hindu to become a Yogi......
There are billionaires who live the life of a Yogi, since they fit the definition of a Yogi.
A Yogi lives like a Lotus leaf. Rain drops falls on a Lotus leaf, but Lotus Leaf is not affected by the rain drops; Similarly A Yogi lives in the world, but the Yogi is unaffected by the world. That is the reason why Lord Krishna said: "Arjuna, become a Yogi!"
Lord Krishna said:
“ Just as the ocean is unaffected by the waters of innumerable rivers flowing into it; A yogi is unaffected by the sensual pleasures due to the positive and negative reactions to actions he or she does…”
( Bhagavad Gita 2:70 )
Like in the lives of everybody else, things come and go in a Yogi’s life.
But yogi does not exhibit any emotion when things are great or when things are bad.
Many have no idea that they do not have to a Hindu to become a Yogi......
There are billionaires who live the life of a Yogi, since they fit the definition of a Yogi.
Lord Krishna said: “According to people’s born aptitudes (Gunas) and professional interests, I created the four divisions called Varna system of human society.”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4:13)
Lord Krishna further said:
“A learned and enlightened person sees with equal vision a learned Brahmin, an outcast, a cow, an elephant, or a dog”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5:18 )
There is no word “Caste” in Hindu scriptures. The English word "caste" derives from the Spanish and Portuguese” Casta”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4:13)
Lord Krishna further said:
“A learned and enlightened person sees with equal vision a learned Brahmin, an outcast, a cow, an elephant, or a dog”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5:18 )
There is no word “Caste” in Hindu scriptures. The English word "caste" derives from the Spanish and Portuguese” Casta”
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।
भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन॥ २६॥
हे अर्जुन! जो प्राणी भूतकालमें हो चुके हैं, तथा जो वर्तमानमें हैं और जो भविष्यमें होंगे,(उन सब प्राणियोंको तो) मैं जानता हूँ; परन्तु मुझे (भक्तके सिवाय) कोई भी नहीं जानता।
Arjuna, I know all beings, past as well as present,nay, even those that are yet to come; but none, devoid of faith and devotion, knows Me. (7:26)
भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन॥ २६॥
हे अर्जुन! जो प्राणी भूतकालमें हो चुके हैं, तथा जो वर्तमानमें हैं और जो भविष्यमें होंगे,(उन सब प्राणियोंको तो) मैं जानता हूँ; परन्तु मुझे (भक्तके सिवाय) कोई भी नहीं जानता।
Arjuna, I know all beings, past as well as present,nay, even those that are yet to come; but none, devoid of faith and devotion, knows Me. (7:26)
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, in the 15th chapter called "Purushottama Yoga" Lord Krishna describes about the upside down tree of Samsara (repeated cycles birth and death and reincarnation) with its roots above and branches below.
According to him this tree should be chopped with the "axe of detachment", to attain salvation.
Lord Krishna said:
“It is said that there is an imperishable Asvattha tree with its roots above and branches below and whose leaves are Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is knower of the Vedas.”
(Bhagavad Gita 15:1)
Lord Krishna said:
“The branches of this tree nourished by Gunas spread above and below have sense objects as twigs. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the karmic debts of the human society.”
(Bhagavad Gita 15:2)
According to him this tree should be chopped with the "axe of detachment", to attain salvation.
Lord Krishna said:
“It is said that there is an imperishable Asvattha tree with its roots above and branches below and whose leaves are Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is knower of the Vedas.”
(Bhagavad Gita 15:1)
Lord Krishna said:
“The branches of this tree nourished by Gunas spread above and below have sense objects as twigs. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the karmic debts of the human society.”
(Bhagavad Gita 15:2)
Lord Krishna gave utmost importance to mind and thoughts throughout the Bhagavad Gita, especially in the 6th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.
• Lord Krishna said: " Those who have control over the mind, mind is a “friend”; but for those who have no control over the mind, the mind acts like an “enemy.
• (Bhagavad Gita 6:6)
Lord Krishna said:
" One who can control the mind and attain tranquility, to that man “heat” and “cold” , “pleasure” and “pain”, “honor” and “dishonor” are the same."
( Bhagavad Gita 6:7 )
• Lord Krishna said: " Those who have control over the mind, mind is a “friend”; but for those who have no control over the mind, the mind acts like an “enemy.
• (Bhagavad Gita 6:6)
Lord Krishna said:
" One who can control the mind and attain tranquility, to that man “heat” and “cold” , “pleasure” and “pain”, “honor” and “dishonor” are the same."
( Bhagavad Gita 6:7 )
Did Lord Krishna say anything about" Why do we take birth, if we have to die later?"
That is a million dollar question, WITHOUT any clear cut logical answer.
1----Only thing Lord Krishna said is that people take birth due to their past karmic debts incurred during their last birth (incarnation).
2---Each of us are responsible for our birth. God has nothing to do with that.
3- We continue this cycles of birth and death, until we exhaust all our karmic debt and then we attain salvation.
4---- Lord Krishna said: “God does not decide what each person should do, nor he induce people to act, nor does he create fruits of any action. Each person acts according to his/her Vasanas (Past and present perceptions of mind). ”
( Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5:14)
That is a million dollar question, WITHOUT any clear cut logical answer.
1----Only thing Lord Krishna said is that people take birth due to their past karmic debts incurred during their last birth (incarnation).
2---Each of us are responsible for our birth. God has nothing to do with that.
3- We continue this cycles of birth and death, until we exhaust all our karmic debt and then we attain salvation.
4---- Lord Krishna said: “God does not decide what each person should do, nor he induce people to act, nor does he create fruits of any action. Each person acts according to his/her Vasanas (Past and present perceptions of mind). ”
( Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5:14)