Universal Vedanta, A Neo Non-Dualism School

  Dear readers,  Welcome back to our blog. Today we will discuss eleventh shloka of Isha Upanishad.   You can recite the shloka. So, let's start. अन्यदेवाहुः सम्भवादन्यदाहुरसम्भवात् ।   इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥   In English:   “ anyad evahūḥ sambhavād anyad āhur asambhavāt|   iti śuśruma dhīrāṇām ye nas tad v icacakṣire ||” Translation in English:   The result of worshipping manifested is different from the result received by worshipping unmanifested. We heard that from wise people who taught us so.     Let me try to explain the Shloka using a small incident that happened a few days ago. A fake monk named Abodh Lila Das (Changed the name to hide his identity) worships Lord Krishna’s idol. He used to joke about others who worship in different ways than his style of worship. Even he used to mock other renowned Gurus. One day he crossed all limits and mocked Shri Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda, the revolutionaries, reformers, ideals of thou

  Dear readers,  Welcome back to our blog. Today we will discuss eleventh shloka of Isha Upanishad.   You can recite the shloka. So, let's start. अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽसम्भूतिमुपासते।  ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ सम्भूत्यां रताः ॥  In English:  “andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye'sambhūtimupāsate |  tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u sambhūtyāṁ ratāḥ ||”  Translation in English:  Those who worship unmanifested alone enter blinding darkness; and those who worship manifested alone fall into even greater darkness.  Let me tell you a short story of a nature lover Nisarg and his best friend Gurupada associated with a spiritual organization. He blindly follows his Sadhguru who himself declared him as Godman. On a sunny day Gurupada took his friend Nisarg to the ashram of his Guru in Tamilnadu. The Ashram is situated in a forest of foothills. The forest is destroyed to develop the ashram. Nisarg was unhappy about this fact. Gurupada guided Nisarg in different beautiful locations in the ashram. Later, th

Welcome back to my blog. Let me take an opportunity to continue the introduction of Vedanta for the foundation of upcoming episodes on different Upanishads. Links given below to read or listen previous articles or videos. Second part from  https://universal-vedanta.blogspot.com/2022/07/universal-vedanta-introduction-to.html  or listen it at  https://youtu.be/kLlaajXHE-s . First part from  https://universal-vedanta.blogspot.com/2022/07/introduction-to-vedanta-part-1.html  or listen it at  https://youtu.be/bXji-nbAWy4 .  In my last article I mentioned there are 13 Mukhya or Principal Upanishads. They are –  1. Īśā Upanishad 2. Kena Upanishad 3. Kaṭha Upanishad 4. Praṣna Upanishad 5. Muṇḍaka Upanishad 6. Māṇḍūkya Upanishad 7. Taittirīya Upanishad 8. Aitareya Upanishad 9. Chāndogya Upanishad 10. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad 11. Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 12. Kauṣītaki Upanishad 13. Maitrāyaṇīya Upanishad   Can you remember the number of minor Upanishads? Yes, there are 95 of them. Out of these 95,