Revered Hinduism

Personal Article 2: A day with the Guru (and my Parents) Since recent past days, I have had many questions wandering in my mind with no definite answers. I was longing to meet such person who could remove all my delusion. Finally, today I got a chance to meet my Guru and spend few hours with him, along with my parents. Here, I have tried to reproduce the valuable conversations we had in that short period. I have added my own understandings as well, and tried to beautify them (in the form of story/article), but without affecting the principal lessons. Conversation 1 I asked the Guru my first question. Right after listening to my words, he smiled a little and started telling me a story. The story goes like this: Once there was a wise sage. He was very religious. He used to live in a countryside. He had a small hut, and was single. One day, unfortunately his hut caught the fire, and everything he had was gone. So there arose a need for him to migrate to the...

Personal Article 1: Fate & Karma Our life is influenced by two factors. They are Fate and Karma. Both Fate and Karma are pre-written by God at the time of our birth. Fate is called "Bhagya" in Sanskrit. The word Baghya is derived from the word "Bhag" which means accumulated fruit (good results). And the term "Karma" means "Kriya", i.e. action. There are two Karmas: Past Karma and Present Karma. Past Karma are actions done in past lives whereas Present Karma means actions that have been done, or yet to be done, in this current life. Fate determines what fruits are to be enjoyed (suffered) in this current life according to the actions done in the past lives. Our current Fate is the result of our past Karma. And our present Karma will determine our future Fate. Virtuous Karma produces good Fate and sinful Karma produces bad Fate. Actions done in current life, after enjoying some of its portion, will be reserved as Fate for next life, in wh...

Gayatri Mantra, The Mother of the Vedas ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: | तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं | भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि | धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात् || Om, The Material World (mortal world, or Prithvi Loka), The Nether World (hellish world, or Patala Loka), The Celestial World (heavenly world, or Swarga Loka), The Supreme Being, The Source To Be Worshiped, The Divine Light, Its Sacred Truth, We Deeply Meditate, The Intellect, Which To Us, May Light Be Endowed. The Gayatri Mantra, also known as the Savitri mantra, is the Universal Prayer enshrined in the Vedas, the most ancient Scriptures of Man. This Mantra is considered to be the Essence of the teachings of the Vedas. In general term, it translates "Om. Let us meditate upon the glory of Lord, Who has created this Universe (the three worlds), Who is fit to be worshiped, and Who is the remover of all si...