Universal Vedanta, A Neo Non-Dualism School

  Dear  readers ,  Welcome back to our blog. Today we will discuss fourteenth shloka of Isha Upanishad.   Let's recite the shloka.  सम्भूतिञ्च विनाशञ्च यस्तद्वेदोभयं सह ।   विनाशेन मृत्युं तीर्त्वा सम्भूत्याऽमृतमश्नुते ॥   In English “sambhūtiñca vināśañca yastadvedobhayaṁ saha |  vināśena mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā sambhūtyā'mṛtamaśnute ||”  Translation in English:   The person who knows the unmanifested and destruction both attains immortality through unmanifested by crossing death through destruction.  Let me try to explain the Shloka using the life of Swami Vivekananda. Those days Swamiji was known by his given name Narendranath, a young boy curious to know the truth of this universe.  Narendranath joined a well spreaded movement named Brahma Samaj. He learnt the worship of Brahman (the formless absolute) from this society before receiving Shri Ramakrishna as his Guru. He had a void in his heart though he was practicing meditation of the formless supreme reality. That void was fil

  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