Chapter 7 - The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization

The Bhagavad Gita is the Ultimate User’s Manual

The Bhagavad Gita is the Ultimate User’s Manual:Knowledge cures Depression!SOURCE: The SleepwalkersA History of Man’s Changing Vision of the UniverseArthur Koestler, 1959Penguin Arkana, 1989, LondonWhatfollows will be my own understanding of the Bhagavad Gita. I fully admit thatby commenting on this sacred text I am challenging myself in a way I neverthought possible. After reading many translations of the text, I realized thatthe Bhagavad Gita is a book that stands the test of time and was…Continue

Started by Eric Allen Bell Feb 2, 2010.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

Om-Guru.comParamahamsa Yogananda was a practitioner of Kriya Yoga who recorded his spiritual journey in the classic work "Autobiography of a Yogi". He was born in Calcutta in 1893. His autobiography was first published in 1946, twenty-six years after he was instructed by his Guru to leave India and go to America to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga (literally, the Yoga of "ritual action").Some unusual events are recounted by his mother…Continue

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Started by Eric Allen Bell Aug 24, 2009.

Ramana Maharshi

Om-Guru.comRamana Maharhshi was a guru of international renown from southern India who taught during the first half of the twentieth century. He was born in 1879 near Madurai, Tamilnadu. His father was a farmer. He was the second of three sons. The family was religious, giving ritual offerings to the family deity and visiting temples. One unusual aspect of his family history was a curse that was put on the family by a wandering monk who was…Continue

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Started by Eric Allen Bell Aug 24, 2009.

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Om-Guru.comRamakrishna Parmahamsa is perhaps the best known saint of nineteenth century India. He was born in a poor Brahmin family in 1836, in a small town near Calcutta, West Bengal. As a young man, he was artistic and a popular storyteller and actor. His parents were religious, and prone to visions and spiritual dreams. Ramakrishna's father had a vision of the god Gadadhara (Vishnu) while on a religious pilgrimage. In the vision, the god…Continue

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Started by Eric Allen Bell Aug 24, 2009.

THE BHAGAVAD GITA SIMPLIFIED

Below is a synopsis of the Gita:Why do you worry without cause? Whom do you fear without reason? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born, nor does it die. Whatever happened, happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever will happen, will also happen for the good only. You need not have any regrets for the past. You need not worry for the future. The present is happening...right now. What did you lose that you cry about? What did you bring with you, which…Continue

Tags: spirituality, self-realization, inquiry, spiritual, vedic

Started by Eric Allen Bell Aug 15, 2009.

Bhagavad Gita

Courtesy of Encyclopedia Of ReligionThe Bhagavad Gita — or, in translation from Sanskrit, the Song of God — is the most important part of the Indian epic poem Mahabharata.Mahabharata was composed by great Indian sage Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa who brought order to the Vedas and thanks to this was named Veda Vyasa (he who separated the Vedas). The poem belongs the historical period of 5000 BC.The Bhagavad Gita is a great…Continue

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Started by Eric Allen Bell Jun 18, 2009.