Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita

Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita  

“Life in the world alone leads to one result, meditation alone leads to another. So have we heard from the wise.”

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Golwalkar Mission of Hindu Rashtra

Golwalkar's View on Territorial Nationalism

Golwalkar was of the view that territorial nationalism was inadequate to define nationhood. Regarding territorial nationalism, he narrated a telling example: once in the Zoology department of a college, the students planned to crack a joke with their old professor. They removed the legs of a water bug and joined the legs of another species to it. They brought it to their professor and asked him in a puzzled tone, “Sir, we could not make out what this is. What new type of bug is it”? The old professor examined it under a microscope and remarked gravely, “How is it, boys, you do not know such a simple common bug as this? The name of this bug is ‘humbug’.” Golwalkar opined: “It is this ‘humbug’ type of nationalism that was vivified. Such a nation cannot be a living body and so it is that we see today, the germs of corruption, disintegration and dissipation, eating into the vitals of our nation for having given up the natural living nationalism in the pursuit of an unnatural, unscientific ...
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Nirvikalpa Samādhi (Samādhi without Distinctions)

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  Nirvikalpa Samādhi (Samādhi without Distinctions)  Nirvikalpa Samādhi (Samādhi without distinctions or without mental modifications) is a profound meditative state described in yogic and Vedantic traditions as the highest form of absorption, where the mind becomes completely still, all dualistic thoughts, concepts, and mental fluctuations (vṛttis) cease, and consciousness rests in pure, non-dual awareness. Etymology  Meaning Nir  = without, beyond. Vikalpa  = distinction, differentiation, thought-construction, imagination, or mental modification. Samādhi  = complete absorption, integration, or union (from sam + ā + dhā, "to put together completely"). In this state, the usual division between knower, known, and knowing collapses. There is no subject-object duality, no egoic "I," no perception of the world or body as separate, and often no recording of the experience in ordinary memory (similar to deep sleep but with full awareness of pure existence/consci...
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Dalits Participation in the 1857 Revolt: Mythical Narratives

The Dalits of northern India have an emotional link with the 1857 War of Independence for they believe that it was initiated by them. They claim that the Soldier Revolt by the mostly Dalit Indian soldiers in the British Army that took place in Barrackpore in 1857, snowballed into the War of Independence. In the Majhauwa village of Azamgarh district of UP there are four cemented stones shich are called Shahid Baba by the villagers. The Dalits of this village worship these stones with red powder for their future happiness. On enquiring about the history of these stones, the village school master said that four Chamars of this village laid down their lives during the 1857 rebellion. These four men started appearing in the dreams of the villagers and conveying messages saying that if they prayed to these four martyrs they would all prosper. Since then they have been incarnated as gods in the eyes of the villagers and pray them for happiness and prosperity. These are examples which show how...
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