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 Vivekanan...

  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 differen...

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.  विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद्वेदोभयं सह ।   अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्ययामृतमश्नुते ॥   “vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yastadvedobhayaṃ saha |  avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtamaśnute || |”  Translation in English:  He who knows Vidya and Avidya both, crosses over death by Avidya and attains immortality through Vidya.    One day divine sage Narada was crossing a deep forest. The forest was known for a cruel dacoit Ratnakar. Everyone told sage Narada to change the route to save his life because Ratnakar does not show any emotion while looting and killing anyone. Sage Narada smiled and chanted “Narayana, Narayana.”. He entered the forest; chanting and walking. After walking for 2 hours, he noticed bones and dead bodies of some passers. He understood he had already entered the area of the fero...