SWAMI SWARUPANANDA: December 2015

Thursday, 10 December 2015

WHAT IS GOD?

God is the one who creates, maintains and destroys this creation.

When we see this beautiful world around us we are charmed with the magnificence of the it, and soon the idea creator developed . Since we have a limited sized body and shape , we also thought God to be of some sort of humane and imagined God to be having limbs like us to carry out works and senses like us to collect information and look after the creation.

Vedanta however describes God to be in a different way. it says the one who identifies oneself with the consciousness pervading the Maya is Eeswara or God.

So we see that the conception of God has got nothing to do with any size or shape, though however we can imagine a shape to God but consciousness doesn't have got any shape.

What is this consciousness anyway?

--- this is the subject of Vedanta, consciousness. To make people aware of this consciousness one is introduced with the idea of sentient and insentient. To know about this consciousness the whole Vedanta is devoted. Upanishads are the part of Vedas and they speak of this consciousness.

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

What is Vedanta

Vedanta is an eternal knowledge that shows and takes one to the realm of supreme bliss surpassing this phenomenal world that we experience.

Vedanta speaks about the real identity of us.
It is the Upanishads which reveal this knowledge to know the Self or Atman.

The Veda has basically the ritualistic part, and the knowledge part. In the ritualistic part all the different rituals are described and directed. Whereas the knowledge part speaks of the Self or Atman or Brahman, the real identity of us. This is also known as Upanishads or Vedanta.

The Conquest day

Bhagavan, the core and founder of International Vedanta Society had been in a tour to Europe last year. He celebrated our Independence Day last year there at the foreign land, in those countries that happen to rule over us for decades. He m

ade them understand that India is a great country with rich tradition where from the world has seen dawn of new civilization time and again. Bhagavan carried the same ancient old message to those countries; the message of Love. Bhagavan's Love broke all the barriers of differences between countries and civilisations and cultures and many, many people took refuge in Him. He returned from His foreign trip on 15th of August 2011, the Independence Day; a day really to be remembered for true independence. He brought humankind a new era, a new freedom from all bondages, lead His followers to rejoice in bliss: “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”. He is the dawn of a new civilisation, Love embodied. He won the world with His Love. 15th of August shall also be observed as the day of conquest . I wish everybody Happy Independence day and rejoice this Day of Conquest.
Jay Bhagavan.