What about Vedas and Upanishads The Vedas and Upanishads are the foundation for Indian Philosophy. Nobody knows their age. Do not depend on Wikipedia articles about their age and details. Now the question is how they survived for so long. The answer is they are passed through generations via oral transmission by each generation memorizing … Read more
Progress in the spiritual path Often people practice different spiritual paths and at some point in their life, they will be curious to know whether they made any progress in the spiritual path. Kaivalya Upanishad mentions this topic with a concept called “Sarvatma Bhava” Fundamentally there are two types of worship “Saguna” or “Nirguna” in … Read more
Moksha vs Kaivalya vs Nirvana vs salvation details below Moksha is a Sanskrit word, that means liberation from the cycle of births and re-births. Nirvana is a Sanskrit word, more used in Buddhism, means the end of all suffering and dissolves into cosmic consciousness or emptiness. Moksha and Nirvana are synonymous, the end of the … Read more
What is Maya? Maya is a Sanskrit word with no equivalent word in English. Sanskrit māyā, from mā “not” and yā “this. The nearest words can be an illusion, false belief, or mirage. Fundamentally everything that has a finite lifetime that appears in the universe is a part of Maya, this may include our universe … Read more