Showing posts with label Om. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Om. Show all posts

Friday, August 8, 2014

The One, Who Is Very Dear To The Supreme Lord..

  1. One who is not under the influence of false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger and proprietorship.
  2. Who is ever satisfied in "self"
  3. Who enjoys within,with no thought of happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat, honor or dishonor.
  4. From whom nobody is hurt and to whom nobody can disturb or distract.
  5. Who sees that there is only one "Super soul" in all beings
  6. Who performs his actions as a matter of duty.
  7. Who offers regular prayers and sacrifices to the Supreme.
  8. Who is free from all kinds of dualities and anxieties.
  9. Who is in knowledge and meditates regularly.
  10. Who sees that in all actions, no other performer is at work other than the three modes of material nature and he is able to transcend these three modes.
  11. Who practices all rituals and sacrifices with the word "Om" and ends them with the word "Tat".
  12. Who knows that absolute truth is indicated by the word "Sat".
  13. Who knows what is to be done and what is not to be done.
  14. Who knows what is to be feared and what is not to be feared.
  15. Who knows what is binding and what is liberating.
  16. Who can distinguish between religion and irreligion.
  17. Who performs actions for the benefit of all.
  18. Who performs such actions which in the beginning is like poison but the end is like nectar.
  19. Who is always in a state of happiness and peace.
  20. Who depends on the Supreme in all his acts and always thinks and worships him.
Such an individual is very dear to the Supreme.
 

Friday, April 4, 2014

AGNI, ARYAN, BRAHMALOKA, GANDHARVA, GARUDA, GURU, INDRA, KALA, JIVA, MANTRA, NIRVANA, MUNI, OM, PURUSA, SANATAN DHARMA, SASTRA...

  •  Agni :                        The demigod of fire.
  • Aryan:                       A civilized follower of Vedic Culture.
  • Asura :                       A Person opposed to the service of the Lord
  • Atma :                        The 'Self'
  • Bhakti:                       Devotional Service
  • Brahma:                     The first created being
  • Bharata:                     An ancient king of India from whom the Pandavas descended
  • Brahmachari:             A celibate student
  • Brahmaloka:              The abode of Lord Brahma, the highest planet in this world
  • Brahma-samhita:       A very ancient text regarding prayers offered by Lord Brahma to Krishna
  • Candala:                     A dog eater
  • Chandra:                     Presiding demigod of the planet Moon
  • Chaturmasya:             The four months of the rainy season
  • Deva:                          A demigod
  • Gandharvas:               Celestial singers and musicians among the demigods
  • Garuda:                      The bird carrier of Lord Vishnu
  • Gunas:                        The three modes of material nature
  • Guru:                          A spiritual master
  • Indra:                          The Chief sovereign of heaven and presiding deity of rain
  • Jiva:                            The soul
  • Kala:                           The eternal time
  • Karma:                        Material activities
  • Karmi:                        One engaged in karma
  • Krishnaloka:               The supreme abode of Lord Krishna
  • Kurus:                         The descendants of Kuru
  • Mahatattva:                 The total material energy
  • Mantra:                       A transcendental sound or vedic hymn
  • Manu:                         The demigod who is father of mankind
  • Maya:                          Illusion, energy of the supreme
  • Mukti:                         Liberation from material existence
  • Muni:                          A sage
  • Nirvana:                      Freedom from material existence
  • Om:                             The sacred syllable that represents the absolute truth
  • Pandavas:                    The five sons of kind pandu
  • Parmatma:                   The super soul
  • Parampara:                  A disciplic succession
  • Prakriti:                       Energy or nature
  • Pranayama:                 Breath control, a means of advancement in yoga
  • Puranas:                      Eighteen historical supplements to the Vedas
  • Purusa:                        The enjoyer, the individual soul, super soul
  • Rakshasas:                  A race of man eating demons
  • Rama:                         An incarnation of Lord Krishna
  • Rupa Gosvami:           The leader of the six gosvamis of vrindavan
  • Sadhu:                        A saint or a krishna conscious person
  • Samadhi:                    Trance, complete absorption in God consciousness
  • Sanatan Dharma:       The eternal religion
  • Sastra:                         Revealed scriptures, vedic literature