Before the sport of Braj, there was a Dev-Asur (divinity-demon) war in which King Dushyant of the Moon dynasty had gone to Himalaya to help Indra, king of the divinity kingdom. While on his return, his chariot had stopped at a hermitage (Kanvāshram) near the river Mālini in Bijnaur Janpadh, situated at the foothills of Himalayas.
Dev (the divine one), Gandħarv (heavenly musicians, a class of demigods in the paradise of Indra), Yaksh (another type of demigods), Kinnar (a mythical class of celestial persons known for their riches) and Nāg (hooded snakes).
According to mythological texts, the world of the dead is a realm distinct from and above the earth in which the souls of dead humans free off their material bodies reside. The concept is that when relatives of these deceased perform an annual offering of food and water, they reach them and feel satisfied. And so, it is said in religious texts that it is essential to make these offerings for the good and well-being of the dead relatives.
The term ‘paradise’ has a relation to joy and pleasure. Any state that provides enjoyment and pleasure is in itself Paradise. In this article we explain the three types of Paradise.
(Kashmir, Tibet and Mansarovar) by the volitional power of Ādi Nārāyan were called divine creation because of their being highly learned and of truthful nature. With time their number increased to 33 crores. Sometimes, these pious, virtuous, saintly and learned humans were addressed as 33 crore divinities.
Because of general or popular belief, a delusory misconception prevails that Divine beings (God or Devta) live in a world above the sky and are invisible to our eyes.
Acceptable Spirituo-Scientific Elucidation The Dictum “Everything that begins has to end”. If there is a beginning, there has to be…
Confusing Interpretations and Recordings Preamble Pralaya or dissolution is part or total annihilation of all that is created. Generally, most…
Sometime after we get conceived and when we are born, we have started our journey as a soul with our consciousness ensheathed within the causal, subtle and gross bodies. We are also born with our consciousness (spirit) in an innermost great causal sheath consisting of the ego (I-ness) and worldly consciousness (the memory bank of mind).
Science will have to grapple with Consciousness and try to come to terms with it. The common contention of Science that Consciousness emerges from the brain will be increasingly difficult to explain. How could the soft squishy content of the cranial box create Consciousness is something of a challenge to solve. The brain is a complex organ with trillions of nerve connections formed by nearly 100 billion neurons. The trillions of functional interconnections can at best explain the physical activities of the body and behaviour.
Well, well, what are we now hearing? “The universe itself is conscious”? This is all about a new scientific concept that is taking shape and is called “panpsychism”.
Material scientists allude stubbornly to the false idea of ‘primacy of matter’. So, they remain confounded and baffled by Consciousness. Questions such as ‘Why we have it? & How we have it?’ have remained unanswered.
Dr. Bruce Greyson is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Science at the University of Virginia. He is considered one of the fathers of near-death studies. At a conference held by the United Nations, Dr. Greyson described documented cases of clinically dead individuals with no brain activity, actually observing from above everything that was happening on the medical table in an out of body experience. He spoke about many such individuals who could clearly describe everything that should have been impossible to describe.
What is the origin of Consciousness? A question that modern-day science seeks to answer about Consciousness. Material scientists generally tend to consider Consciousness as a product of the brain. On the contrary, spiritual scientists believe the brain as a receiver of Consciousness. If it is not an offshoot of the brain, then, indeed, physical bodies are not required for its continued existence, and so, awareness can exist outside human bodies.
The ancient Hindi time scales recorded very early were part of a very ancient text of at least 2 million years old. The text is named ‘Surya Siddhanta.’ The present version of the book available is still 2500 years old, making it the oldest book on astronomy on Earth. Though mythological texts consider the contents of the book as the knowledge given by the Sun god to a demon (asura) called Maya, it becomes illogical to accept that a non-living celestial object like the Sun could deliver knowledge to an entity on Earth. Surya has to be a very bright knowledgeable, divine sage of the early members of creation.