hinduism spirituality?

Question

main idea of hinduism is to acheive self awareness so im told

i read some answers and by the answerer it looks as he/she has gained Truth
example of one the answers: i am HE and HE is I and HE is everywhere and so am I

this sentence pretty much seems to me that the person has gained spiritual knowledge

i read the answer but i do not get it

i cannot feel it

it seems almost impossible to reach that goal ever to me

how do some of you feel about this?

do you feel the same way?


sorry for spelling errors btw

Answer 1

NO. I am not He nor is He I. He is great and I am small. We have all the qualities of God but not in the same quantity. Like a drop of water in the ocean has the same qualities of the Ocean but Never becomes the Great Ocean. God never becomes conditioned by material nature nor covered by Illusion. We do as soon as we come to this world. He never forgets Himself we do. I am not nor never will be everywhere. He is. I can never know the mind of every living being. He does. Those who think they are God are DOG. says Bhaktivedanta PRabhuapda. They are Atheists in disguise. If we don't know things as they are, we have every chance of being cheated. This world is the cheaters and the Cheated. Dint' be fooled by false prophets false so called Yogis and so called self realized souls. They are very alluring with their flowery words. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada teachs us how to not be cheated by them. Read Bhagavad Gita As it is. Read it in a mood of sincerely and submisively wanting to Know the Absolute truth, chant the Maha Mantra before reading it. Pray for Krishna to reveal Himself to you and Read it day by day, cover to cover then you will know The Absolute Truth and not be cheated by these rascals who think they know. Any one can read Gita but Krishna Only reveals Himself to the sincere seeker of Him. Krishna (GOd) is the speaker of the Gita. Along with His dear devotee friend Arjuna. Gita is the Litorary incarnation of God. It is worshipabla. (Make sure you read the Pure As it is Gita. Many have been changed. May the Absolute Truth be yours.

Answer 2

Dear Friend,

what you observed is correct.

But nowhere I came across areply (only once I saw ''I am enlightened one'' by some person), stating that that person has realised the TRUTH or reached the Goal.

Yes the vedanta says so and logically takes you such planes from where you will be able to glimpse it, provided the effort is sincere and not testing the veracity in the verses.

I only syggest you to read Yoga Vaashistam by Sage Valmiki.In this great book, which is also called Vashista Geeta , Uttara Raamaayanam , and Gnana Vashistam etc the Vedanta or Spititualism is so logically explained in 24000 verses by Sage Valmiki.He gives no scope for to misunderstand by giving examples and telling parables.He tries to make the point very clear.Inspite of his great efforts it is difficult to grasp the truth as the subject is so.

Those who read give citatations from that book or other books,

Just because I give a quotation from a book , does not mean that I realised the Ultimate Truth .

The answerer clearly says he thinks so or as far his understanding it is like this and he is on the path of understanding.

If there is a realised one , I do not think he will be here answering questions here.I think all are in pursuit of the final answer , how to reach the Goal.how to realise.

That is what I think and understand.In the school of Vedanta I sit in lower classes still understanding the definitions clearly.There a long long way to go ,before me.

Answer 3

All answers are half baked.Very poor interpretation of Vedhaantha.---In Vedham ( the Supreme Authority of Hindu Religion) there are Mahaa(great) Vaakyams(aphorisms)--They are (1) "Aham (I ) Brhmam Asmi"(remain)"=I verily remain the Brahmam----(2) "Tat (Brahmam) Twam(you) Asi"(remain--in Sanskrit in first person Asmi--in second person Asi) "You remain verily the Brahmam" ---(3)"Sarvam Kalvitham Brahmam" =the creator and the material cause of all creation is Brahmam (4) "Hamsa Soham Soham Hamsaha"(I post a seperate Note on this Mahaa Vaakyam)---Prabhu Paadha is not that learned or that Tall to call the Acharyas (Intellectual Giants) who have interpreted Vedhaantha as "DOGs".In "Subhaashadhani" it is said "Vidhya Dhadhaathi Vinayam"=Education/knowledge should give humility-otherwise that education/knowledge is "Useless Tinsel". Prabhupaadha belongs to that category only. His intrepretaion of sri. ".Bhagavad Geetha as it is" is a "Mole Hill " (meant for rustics) in comparison to Acharya sri.Sankara Bhagavat Paadha's(an Intellectual Giant of Gargantuan/Colossal/Humongous dimensions) Gloss(Bhaashyam) of sri Bhagavad Geetha which is "Mount Everest"(meant for Elitists).Kaanchi Paramachaarya Swami(who lived for 101 years)- Sri.Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi was 1,000,000,000 times more intelligent, learned and super Authority on sri.Bhagavad Geetha than this Prabhupaadha. Kaanchi Swami has done Vedha Adyayanam(in all the 4 vedhas) where as Prabhupaadha has NOT done Vedha Adhyayanam at all..

Answer 4

The are two main path to the Absolute Truth. The impersonal path and personal path. The personal is easier to achieve and very joyfull. The impersonal is dry and very difficult and take very long time. Please take the easy one.
Krishna explain in Bhagavad gita as it is:
"The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind."[Bg 15.7]
"I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedänta, and I am the knower of the Vedas."[15.15]
Krishna also explain what is actually the real self awarness as follows:
"And when the yogi engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, achieving perfection after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal."

"A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi."

"And of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me—he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion."[Bhagavad gita chapter 6 verses 45-47]

By practicing bhakti yoga(loving devotional service to Krishna)you feel fully satisfy and the supreme goal is practically already achieved.

Please read the sencond chapter text 7 to 30 to know the real position of the living entity.

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