Saturday, 30 December 2017

Bhishma

O king, on a former occasion, the great ascetic Markandeya had narrated to me this history on the banks of the Ganga. I, therefore, recite to thee.

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Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Mukti

Moksha After Death

1. Salokya Mukti

In salokya-mukti the departed soul goes to ishta-loka (the abode of the Personal God, such as the abode of Vishnu), and stays there blissfully enjoying His presence. A person who has gone through rigorous ethical and moral disciplines followed by right knowledge, right action, non-attachment, and devotional meditation on the Personal God (Vishnu), becomes fit for release or moksha through Ishwara's loving grace.

2. Samipya or Sannidhya Mukti

In samipya or sannidhya-mukti the departed soul enjoys the bliss of extreme proximity to the Personal God. A person who has gone through rigorous ethical and moral disciplines followed by right knowledge, right action, non-attachment, and devotional meditation on the Personal God (Vishnu), becomes fit for release or moksha through Ishwara's loving grace.

3. Sarupya Mukti

In sarupya-mukti the departed soul acquires the form of the Personal God and enjoys intense bliss. A person who has gone through rigorous ethical and moral disciplines followed by right knowledge, right action, non-attachment, and devotional meditation on the Personal God (Vishnu), becomes fit for release or moksha through Ishwara's loving grace.

4. Sayujya Mukti

In sayujya-mukti the departed soul becomes blissfully absorbed in the Personal God. A person who has gone through rigorous ethical and moral disciplines followed by right knowledge, right action, non-attachment, and devotional meditation on the Personal God (Vishnu), becomes fit for release or moksha through Ishwara's loving grace.

5. Krama mukti or Avantara Mukti

Krama mukti or avantara mukti means liberation through stages.

A person who has intensely meditated on Saguna Brahman using the sacred sound symbol Aum or other prescribed methods of meditation goes to Brahma-loka after death. There he attains the knowledge of Nirguna Brahman. When the entire universe is dissolved at the end of the kalpa he becomes one with Brahman and is not born again. This is called krama-mukti or avantara-mukti.

6. Vishishtadvaita Moksha

Those who believe in this school believe that moksha means living blissfully in vaikuntha, which is the realm of the Personal God after the death of the devotee. A person who has attained moksha lives blissfully in vaikuntha in a spiritual body in the presence of God. He/she acquires many divine powers such as omniscience, etc., but unlike God he/she cannot create, sustain or dissolve the world. In spite of the exalted state the devotee has to remain subservient to God. They also believe that Karma Yoga and Jnana Yoga are only aids to Bhakti Yoga. One can be liberated from the bondage of samsara only through God's grace. They suggest that Bhakti Yoga practices are the only means of obtaining divine grace.

7. Purva- Mimamsa Mukti

Devotees achieve moksha through the right performance of rituals as prescribed by the Vedas. Some suggest that the liberated soul goes to heaven (after death) and enjoys heavenly bliss forever. Others suggest that moksha is a state devoid of the possibility of rebirth. You are free from pain and suffering. They do not consider moksha as a state of heavenly bliss.

8. Apavarga Mukti

Liberation or Apavarga is a separation from all qualities. Liberation is a state beyond pleasure, happiness, pain, or any experience whatsoever. It is achieved by cultivating ethical virtues and acquiring the right knowledge of reality. After liberation there is no rebirth.

Moksha Before Death

1. Jivan Mukti/ Videha Mukti

Some Hindus, especially those who follows the Advaita School of Philosophy believes that one can have liberation from samara even when alive. According to them, a spiritual aspirant has to first go through various moral and ethical practices, worship (upasana) of the Personal God, etc. These observances gradually purifiy his mind and make it ready for intense meditation on the Impersonal Divine Reality (Nirguna Brahman).

The intense meditation enables the devotees to attain a condition known as atmajnana or the knowledge of inner Divine Self. Atmajnana destroys the ignorance (avidya) that covers the knowledge of the Reality. As soon as his ignorance is annihilated, the person will be released and becomes a jivanmukta (one who has had jivanmukti).

After attaining jivanmukti a person can no longer think of himself or herself as an embodied being. The body and the rest of the world appears illusory to a jivanmukta. The illusory body will continue to exist as long as the prarabdha karma lasts. When the prarabdha is exhausted and the illusory body dies, the jivanmukta attains his disembodied release called videha-mukti.

2. Sadyomukti

Sadyomukti means "immediate release." Sandyomukti is another way of getting moksha for those who believe in jivan mukti. According to this view, a jivanmukta may totally lose interest in his illusory body immediately after attaining jivanmukti. As a result, his body drops off in a matter of days causing his sadyomukti.

It is also possible that after attaining atmajnana, these liberated souls can no longer identify with their bodies, which along with the rest of the world have become illusory and unreal. So for them, their bodies are not really there and attains sadyomukti.

3. Kaivalya Moksha

This form of moksha is suggested by the Sankhya School of Philosophy of Hinduism. They suggest that the soul or the spirit is purusha (pure consciousness), and the body-mind complex is an evolved form of unconscious primordial matter known as prakriti. Prakriti functions by borrowing consciousness from purusha.

Purusha gets tied down or bonded by aviveka - purusha's false identification with prakriti and its evolved products like mind, body, etc. Such false identification is caused by purusha's ignorance. While in bondage, purusha suffers mental and physical pain because of its false identification with the mind-body complex.

In order to get rid of the false identification and consequent pain and suffering, purusha must acquire the knowledge known as viveka-jnana. When purusha learns viveka-jnana, it realizes that as spirit it is completely different and distinct from prakriti and the associated mind-body system.

When this happens, the devotees will experience the complete cessation of suffering and pain. Thus viveka-jnana causes purusha's moksha by disentangling purusha from prakriti.

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Thursday, 24 August 2017

Kalanukka Uraitah

On August 4,1921, he wrote an article in “ Swadesamitran ” describing his Erode visit, and on the problem of conquering death and living in eternity. In a poem addressed to the god of death, Yama, (“Kalanukka Uraitah”) Bharati wrote that he would never let death come anywhere near him, and that he would kick death with his foot should death dare approach him. It may be surmised that Bharati was becoming sub-consciously aware of the approach of his own death..

The few months before his death, Bharati was completely preoccupied with devotional though, surrendering all of his thinking to Shakti. The story of Prahalda who had unwavering faith in Lord Narayana, who defied his own father and conquered death caused by him held special appeal to Bharati. Shortly before he died, eh wrote a poem as a conversation between the wicket\d father Hiranya and the devoted son Prahada, a poem of rare faith and beauty. The father threatens his son with all forms of torture, and the son constantly and willingly replies to all threat as Om Namo Narayanaya.

Bharati’s death came about in an unusual manner, too. He was in the habit of feeding fruit to the temple elephant at Parthasarathy Swamy temple during his daily visit to the temple. In this fateful day, the elephant had a spell of rut, and in spite of advice from bystanders Bharati went close to the elephant in his usual fashion. The elephant pushed him to the ground, and as if ashamed of his maltreatment of a friend, stood completely still. Kuvali Kannan who heard about Bharati’s accident ran to the poet’s rescuer, and retrieved him from amonth the four legs of the beast.

Bharati became weakened by the shock of this experience, and was afflicted with a stomach ailment soon after. He passed away on the night of September 11, 1921, fully aware of his death, and dressed in his clothes,., the black coat, and the turban.

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Friday, 16 June 2017

Sons of Draupadi - Upa Pandavas

Draupadi had five sons and they were killed while they were asleep, by Aswathama - the son of Sage Drona. 


The names of the five sons of Draupadi were thus –
  1. Prathivindya,
  2. Srutasoma,
  3. Sruthakeerthi,
  4. Sataaneekaa,
  5. SruthasenaAlways,
The root of this death is traced to the time of Raja Harischandra of Kosala.The sage Viswamitra decided to test if king Harischandra really deserved his reputation as a most truthful king. He managed to trick the king into giving up his Kingdom and everything in it, including his clothes and ornaments and forced the king to leave, along with his Queen and son. the sage actually beat the queen to push them out of the kingdom.
The five guardian deities of the kingdom were enraged by this and condemned the Sage. The sage became enraged and cursed them to be born as mortals. Once they begged Viswamitra's pardon, the sage revised his curse, saying that though they would be re-born as mortals, they would get their moksha before forming any attachments that would reduce their status and sanctity as guardian deities.

These guardians were born as the sons of Draupadi, who were killed before they were old enough to earn a name or marry and have any progeny of their own. Their souls attained relief from Sage Viswamitra's curse, while their murderer Aswathama - not content with having killed the five Upa-Pandavas as they were known, decided to summon the Brahmastra and tried to kill the son of Abhimanyu in Uttara's womb. The baby was saved by Lord Krishna and He cursed Aswathama to always roam the lands without attaining moksha.

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Source : Markandeya Purana 

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