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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The Dhyana-Bindu Upanishad (The Essence of Meditation)

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 The Dhyana-Bindu Upanishad  (The Essence of Meditation) One who is of a firm mind and without the delusion (of sensual pleasures) and ever resting in Brahman, should see like the string (in a rosary of beads) all creatures (as existing) in Atman like odour in flowers, ghee in milk, oil in gingili seeds and gold in quartz. The Dhyana-Bindu Upanishad, one of the 21 Yoga Upanishads attached to the Krishna Yajurveda, stands as a profound treatise on the practice of meditation and its transformative power. The text delves into the nature of Dhyanabindu, focal point of meditation, and offers insights into the techniques, benefits, and stages of meditative absorption. Its exact origins and dating are uncertain but it is believed to have been composed between the 5th and 8th centuries AD. The text opens by declaring Vishnu as a great Yogin. It describes silence as "the highest place"; it states that there is a soul in every living being just like there is fragrance in flowers, oil i...
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If God is present everywhere, why do we need temples?

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  If God is present everywhere, why do we need temples? Once a visitor asked Swami Vivekananda, “Why do we go to temples when god is everywhere? Swamiji smiled and offered to answer his question in the evening. The person turned up later that evening but was late, Swamiji asked him why he was late. The person said, “The air in my car tires seem to have reduced and I couldn’t find any air pumps to refill them”. Swami instantly asked him why didn’t he open the valve of the tire and filled it with the limitless air around. The person answered, “How can I do that, we need an air pump to push the air into the tire so it goes inside”. Swamiji replied, “It seems your tire situation has answered your previous question, Despite having limitless air around you, you need a pump to concentrate the air & push it into the tire, similarly temples are centers of concentrated positive energy & the atmosphere within the temple influences the atmosphere within the person towards positivity ...
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