PROMISES TO GOD

God, the supreme power has given us the opportunity to Neutralise the good/bad deeds which we have done since past births. For this the almighty has gifted this precious life to wash up and clear the balance in our accounts which is getting accumulated since ages.

For washing up, one has to follow the path shown by the god for clearing the deeds. This can be done by enchanting the name of God in all good bad times during stay at earth. This stage when completed is termed as Salvation.

The speed for clearing the deeds and attaining salvation is a very slow process for a Soul. So the soul requests the god/messenger of god to send them in a live form (human) where the process for Salvation is fast. As human form is the only form which is subjected to perform Karma however other living things can not perform the same.

Every soul before taking birth in human form promises the messenger that they will follow their steps and clear out their accounts rapidly. But after entering the materialistic world most of the soul forgets the main aim and they starts accumulating deeds whether positive/negative.

Due to the above fact the soul has to take repetitive births for zeroing the outcome of the deeds performed and spending too much time in living form. It is  must for every human being that they try to fulfil the promises they made to the god and dissolve themselves in the holy feet after attaining salvation.

QUESTION: IF GOD FORGIVES EACH ONE OF US FOR OUR MISTAKES, WHY ARE THERE PLACES LIKE HELL?

If god forgives each one of us for our mistakes-

First of all, there is no role of God here. As we all know, we are bound to perform Karma. We do good or bad with anyone, it will add good or bad deeds in our accounts. Forgiving here means that, we have to burn our sufferings due to deeds performed by us (due to both +ve/-ve deeds). Only by chanting the name of God, we can burn all sufferings, and get closer to the god and finally our soul attains Salvation (moksha).

So, we can say that, God will forgive us when we walk on the path of the god [i.e. meditation (to purify our soul), chanting of hymns (chanting god’s mantra to reach near to god), performing desire less karma (so that no addition of deeds in our accounts) etc.]

Salvation (Moksha)

For Hell or Heaven

As we all know, we have to suffer good for our positive deeds and bad for our negative deeds. So if we do good, we have to spend some of the time in Heaven and vice versa in case of bad deeds i.e. we have to spend time in Hell.

And most of us don’t know that our basic aim in this living world is to attain Salvation (moksha) of our souls, which is travelling in this living world from years by taking many births (84 lakhs birth) and is under love for this materialistic world (moh, maya, lust).

So, majority of people, doesn’t know or does not walk on the path of God, even they don’t believe in Karma (deeds) not even God, so there are Hell & Heavens available to serve them accordingly as per their deeds.

Hell or Heaven - Both Temporary

QUESTION: WHY DO PEOPLE SEEK SALVATION? WHY NOT CONSIDER- "LIFE IS LIKE A GAME, LOVE TO PLAY & HOPE IT DOESN'T END"

Above all of your questions, we all know, Life will end once our time comes. So, whether you play, you enjoy, you make friends or whatever, IT WILL END ALSO, EVEN THE HOPE (referred in the question).

And you are only thinking of positive things, life also shows us the negative part of it, like death of beloved ones, health ailments, troubled relationships etc.  The word you referred “HOPE” actually doesn't exist in case of Rebirth, means you cannot be millionaire or king in next birth if you hope.

If all the positive things you mentioned get converted into negative one, you will feel sad, but Salvation or say when you walk on the path to achieve the stage of Salvation, you will be untouched by sorrow & grief. I mean, your mind will know the fact, that everything in this living world is materialistic and will end up for sure. But we do not have to grief or feel pain in that cases which may occur from time to time.

Salvation is the stage by virtue of which we will get rid off from the process of Rebirth.

Salvation (Moksha)

 I mean, everything in this world will end, So why so materialistic about it.

DEFINITION OF SOUL

SOUL is a form of (inner) energy, an unique particle of God which is roaming in the universe. This SOUL wants to get back to its parent, to meet its end/ to mix again from where it has been derived (GOD), but unfortunately does not have the adequate power to reach its origin. 

Only Soul has the capability, which provides us the inner power to run our body apart from outside power we get from food, air & water. The Soul does not require food, air, water or anything to survive. Hence we can say that “SOUL IS A UNIQUE AND A VERY MINUTE PARTICLE OF GOD”, which cannot be seen through naked eye.

SOUL- Never Dies (Intangible)

BODY- Always Destroyed in the End (Tangible)

SOUL has the power to ENTER/ EXIT the body as per God’s wish, however God’s wish is based on the DEEDS (Karma) performed by the living being.

As stated, the SOUL does not have so much power to reach its destiny, so it waits outside the living world (universe) and waits for the god’s direction to enter the cycle of birth & death. As GOD, the almighty being so generous, he favors the SOUL (as it is a part of it) and directs him to enter a body to ENERGIZE it, so as to reach the God’s place and achieve SALVATION. After attaining the phase of Salvation, Soul never enters the living world.

It is as simple as that, A DROP OF WATER WAITING TO END IN THE OCEAN.

QUESTION: IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXIT THE CYCLE OF KARMA?

Yes, By attaining Salvation (Moksha), It is possible to exit the cycle of Karma. 

SALVATION (Moksha in Hindu Mythology) is the process by virtue of it the Soul cannot enter in any life cycle and will never come to existence in future. In short, the soul exempt to born & death cycle and attains peace.

Salvation (Moksha)

But one thing we must all understand, people thinks that by only doing good with others will lead us to exit the cycle of Karma, which is wrong. One has to burn all their positive and negative deeds for exiting the cycle of birth & death. Remember, only by doing good with others will again add positive deeds (karma) in our accounts, which will again provide us good results which we have to undergo in this materialistic world.

Importance of Karma Yoni (Human Life)

So, If we want to exit the cycle of Karma, we have to follow the path of Moksha, by means of devotion to the god, meditation, chanting of mantras/ hymns, worshiping, remembering god in each phase of life etc.

Guru (Master) & God
Guru (Master) & God....Contd..

QUESTION: DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN FOR A REASON?

"Karma” is an action performed by a living individual / human being which allows them to experience its consequences, in coming future.

Consider an example of a ball:- Suppose we throw a ball on a wall, what will happen? The ball hits the surface of the wall and tries to come back to its position or somewhere near to it.

Meaning of it,

“What you throw, Will revert back” or say “Reap what you Sow”

What are we suffering is an output of our positive/negative deeds, which we have accumulated from our past births which means:-

REASON BEHIND OF EVERYTHING IS UR PAST / PRESENT DEEDS

Importance of Karma Yoni (Human Life)

QUESTION: EITHER NOTHING LIKE GOD EXISTS OR IF GOD EXISTS, HE/SHE/IT CAN'T INTERFERE IN OUR LIVES IN ANY WAY, IF WE PRAY OR BELIEVE IN HIM/HER/IT. DO YOU THINK IT'S A RIGHT CONCLUSION, OR IS THERE SOME FLAW IN THIS?

God doesn't exist - In that case, He can't interfere in our lives.

Answer:

Air is everywhere, but we are unable to see it, still we believe that air exists. Now people will say that, we can feel air but not god.

For feeling the touch of god, we have to walk towards the path showed by him, which take us near to the God. 

Also, think and recollect the experiences from our daily life in which we feel that, this thing can be worse but something charismatic happened and we are saved. I hope this will happen to all of us, in small as well as big things.

As per our holy books, we are not allowed to challenge the existence of God.

OR

God exists - In that case, We can have two more cases:  

1) God is an individual with his own free will -  So what type of individual God is? Is he punish or reward people based upon his own pleasure and not by their deeds? He only like those people, who admire him and pray him. That's sounds more like a Devil and not God.  

Answer: 

God creates the Universe and organisms as per his will, but the individual gets reward/punish as per his deeds. So there is no wish of God in the suffering.

2) God is an Institution with some defined set of Rules - In this case, If rules are already defined (like Do good have good), how can our prayer can change them?

Answer: 

Yes we can say that the rules are already created in the form of our holy scriptures like Vedas, Purans, Mahapurans,Gita. But remember, God is supreme, he is not like humans, he can forgive and always provide us the chance to change or rectify our sins by means of Worship, chanting of his name, verses, hymns, mantras.

In Hindi it is said as “Bhagwan apse badla (revenge) nahi lena chahte, apko badla (changed person) hua dekhna chahte hain”.

QUESTION: WHAT COMES AFTER LIFE?

It depends upon our Deeds (Karma).

1.) If we burn ALL of our deeds (whether positive or negative), Salvation (Moksha) will be achieved. But if SOME of our deeds (say 5%) are remaining (to burn), and if we are near to the death bed, God will allow us to take next birth as human again, so as to burn the remaining deeds which enable us to achieve Salvation (Moksha). 

2.) Else, if the deeds are not burned or suffered, we will have to take birth in form of animal, birds etc., which is called as BHOG YONI (means only to suffer).

TYPE OF YONIS- DIVYA YONI, BHOG YONI & KARMA YONI

Human Beings- Only comes under Karma Yoni (who can burn their deeds by worshiping god, chanting the name of god, meditation etc.)

All other Animals, Birds etc.- Comes under Bhog Yoni (who can not perform Karma, they are born only to suffer as per their deeds performed in their past birth)

"Only Human beings are able to perform Work (Karma)"

What is the importance of Karma Yoni?

Refer:- Importance of Karma Yoni (Human Life)

QUESTION: HOW MANY SUPREME GODS ARE THERE THREE OR ONE IN INDIAN HINDU BELIEF?

LORD SHIVA is the topmost and supreme god as per Indian Hindu belief, as Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra are derived from the Lord Shiva itself and they all are parts of him.

As for successfully driving the cycle of whole Universe, when Shiva (The Supreme God) associated with Rajo Guna, he acts as Brahma (Creates Universe). Further when associated with Satva Gun, he acts as Vishnu (Preserves Universe) and subsequently when linked with Tamo Guna, he acts as Kaal Rudra (Destroys Universe).

Birth of Other Gods from Lord Shiva

In short,
BRAHMA:                  “The Creator of the Universe”
VISHNU:                     “The Protector of the Universe”
KAAL RUDRA:           “The Destroyer”

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Role of Supreme Gods in Creation of Universe

QUESTION: CAN PEOPLE KNOW THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE OR DOES ONLY GOD KNOWS?

God is supreme and above all, he knows everything, past, present and even future. So there is no comparison of Humans with God.

People can know, but they are unaware of the fact that "Why they are here on earth".

Due to lack of guidance and in absence of Master (Guru), nobody knows the basic aim of life, which is to attain Salvation. Birth in form of Human is precious and we are wasting it by collecting the materialistic things. However basic needs are only Food, Clothes & Home.

Why we are here, is an interesting thing, we must have to understand.

Refer the link:-

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/significance-of-birth-in-hindu-mythology_3.html

QUESTION: IN VEDAS IT IS MENTIONED THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD WHO IS BODY LESS AND WHOSE IMAGE CAN'T BE MADE. THEN WHY WE WORSHIP 3 GOD'S, SHIVA, VISHNU AND BRAHMA? ARE THEY MESSENGER OF THAT PRIME GOD?

Because, We enters in the 3 different phases of life:-

1.) Birth (BRAHMA: “The Creator of the Universe”)

2.) Nourishment (VISHNU: “The Protector of the Universe”)

3.) Death (KAAL RUDRA:“The Destroyer”)

As per Ling Puran, All the three Gods are the part of Lord Shiva, he is the main prime god. For successfully driving the cycle of whole Universe, when Shiva (The Supreme God) associated with Rajo Guna, he acts as Brahma (Creates Universe). Further when associated with Satva Gun, he acts as Vishnu (Preserves Universe) and subsequently when linked with Tamo Guna, he acts as Kaal Rudra (Destroys Universe).

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http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/03/birth-of-universe.html

QUESTION: WHY DOES HINDUISM BELIEVE IN THE PRINCIPLE OF RE-BIRTH AND PAST LIFE KARMA AFFECTING YOU IN THE PRESENT BIRTH?

The principle of "Rebirth and Sufferings from Past Life Karma" has been written in our ancient scriptures, holy books viz. Vedas, Puran, Bhagwat Gita etc. 

Lord Brahma, the inventor of the universe, designed / created PURAN, so that it builds the base of the society which further directs the individual to their basic means of life. Purans are the books of Hindu legends and contains religious instructions. Purans narrates the history of the universe from creation to destruction, role of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu philosophy.

Lord Brahma wrote the Puran consisting of 100 Crores Verses (Shloks), which was further translated by our ancient Saint Ved Vyaas (Maha Rishi Ved Vyaas).

He briefly converted those 100 Crores Verses into 4 Lakhs Verses (Shloks) and divided the same into 18 Purans.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/03/brief-history-of-purans.html

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/03/number-of-verses-in-18-different-purans.html

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/03/the-18-primary-puranas.html

QUESTION: WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE HINDU GOD AND WHY?

LORD HANUMAN or BAJRANG BALI

As per my view, he is the only one God, who was blessed from all the Dominant Deity (Swami) of 9 Planets (Grahs). All of the 9 masters gave boon to Lord Hanuman that,

“Any Individual Who Worship You (Hanuman Ji) Will Remain Unaffected From All Of Us”

We Indians are very much concern about the Grahas (Planets) and their movements which also affect the conditions of the individual. The 9 planets situated in Universe which governs our lives (as per hindu myths) are stated below:-

1.           Surya
2.           Chandra
3.           Mangal
4.           Brahaspati
5.           Buddh
6.           Shani
7.           Shukra
8.           Rahu
9.           Ketu

BY WORSHIPING HANUMAN JI MEANS THAT WE WILL NOT BE ILL AFFECTED (if any in our destiny) AS PER THE BOON GIVEN TO HIM BY ALL THE 9 GRAHS.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/03/choosing-favourite-god-isht-devtacontd.html

LORD HANUMAN

QUESTION: WE SAY NOTHING CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT GOD'S WILL. SO IF I MURDER SOMEONE IT MEANS GOD WISHED I DO THAT. SO ISN'T IT GOD WHO IS TO BE BLAMED?

A question, I found on internet, is worth to answer,

“We Say Nothing Can Happen Without God's Will. So If I Murder Someone It Means God Wished I Do That. So Isn't It God Who Is To Be Blamed?”

Answer:- Everything which is happening to us in our daily life is not based on God’s will, we are suffering on the basis of our Karma (deeds), which we have accumulated in the past.

So we cannot blame God for some murder or anything, it was that person’s negative deeds (from past) which results in his murder.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/importance-of-karma-yoni-human-life_17.html

However, Earthquakes, Volcano Eruption, Drought etc. are natural disaster, but still we are also responsible for these disasters.

QUESTION: DOES RELIGIOUSLY FOLLOWING THE STORIES IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY LEAD TO THE ATTAINMENT OF PEACE MORE THAN JUST FOLLOWING ITS METHODS OF SPIRITUALITY?

1.) “Following the stories in Hindu mythology lead to the attainment of peace”- Following the stories written in our holy books, ancient scriptures just allow us to builds a base for the society which further directs the individual to their basic means of life. Purans (which also consists of stories) are the books of Hindu legends and contains religious instructions. It narrates the history of the universe from creation to destruction, role of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu philosophy.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/03/brief-history-of-purans.html
 

2.) “Following its methods of spirituality”- For attaining peace, one should have the devotion (bhakti) and guidance (path to achieve God), which he gets from our holy books and ancient scriptures. But the process to attain God is same, chanting of mantra (hymns) and burning of deeds and reach the final destination (salvation or peace). 

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/salvation-moksha.html
 
As said by saints “Kalyug Naam Adhara” means “In Kalyug, only by reciting the name of God will lead you to the peace or moksha”.

QUESTION: AS WE KNOW, EVERYTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF KARMA (DEEDS), IT IS THE RESULT OF OUR PAST DEEDS, BUT WHICH IS OUR 1ST BIRTH AND ON WHAT TYPE OF DEEDS, GOD SENT US ON THIS EARTH? (I AM TALKING ABOUT THE 1ST BIRTH)

The Question "WHICH WAS OUR FIRST BIRTH & ON WHAT BASIS GOD SENT US IN THIS WORLD", keeps me busy from inside by thinking again & again. Yet I was unable to get the answer.

But, few days back, I went to ISKCON Temple at Nehru Place, New Delhi. I asked the above mentioned question to a fellow disciple, who was available there. 

She replied:-
Actually, we were born with Lord Krishna in our 1st birth, and there was no such specific reason, why we born with him. She said, Lord wants us in that Yoni or Birth, so he born us and kept us nearby.
But, in that birth, we were jealous of our God, or we carried a bad thinking, so we generated negative deeds, on to which we are here and trying to burn our sins.

I asked what Jealousy, she gave an example like, apart from Radha Rani, there were too many Gopis (female followers of Krishna) present out there, who were not close to Lord as Radha Rani, so they feel jealous of her.

I again asked her, is this logic is written somewhere in any scriptures, she said no, our guru replied at many occasion for the same question.

I don’t know this is correct or not but still there is some logic behind.

Please provide your views.

Lord Krishna with Radha Rani and other Gopis

QUESTION: DOES KARMA EXIST? IS IT TRUE THAT WE NEED TO BEAR OUR KARMA IN THIS VERY LIFE? OR IS THERE THE SYSTEM OF VARIOUS BIRTHS IN WHICH WE LIVE LIFE, TO FULFILL OUR DEEDS?

QUESTIONS ACROSS MANY PEOPLE MINDS:-

Does karma exist? - Yes, Karma do exist.

Why? - We have seen a lot of people, different people of different religion, different caste, but all of them are not equal in aspects  like education, health, money, occupation etc. We also saw that some are poor, some are rich, even some were rich but now they are poor and vice versa.

By looking such a huge difference, I or anybody thinks why they are like that, why there are above us or below, what they have done so they are here? This question takes us to the process of KARMA.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/importance-of-karma-yoni-human-life_17.html

Is it true that we need to bear our karma in this very life- Actually, this is not true, Karma’s result can be carry forwarded even in our next lives also, because even at the end of our life (at old stage) we are bound to perform karma. And output of that we be faced at our next birth either in form of human or animals, birds, organism etc.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/type-of-yonis-divya-yoni-bhog-yoni.html

Or is there the system of various births in which we live life to fulfill our deeds?- Yes, there are system of births, if the results of our accumulated deeds are not possible to suffer in current birth, we have to take birth again & again, until it becomes to zero.

And when it comes to zero, we will attain Salvation.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/salvation-moksha.html

QUESTION: DOES GOD DECIDE WHETHER WE WILL END UP IN HEAVEN OR HELL, OR THE CHOICE IS OURS?

HELL OR HEAVEN is based on the very common principle, which is:-

"WHAT YOU SOW SO YOU REAP"

So, we are the one, who can guide our self for the path, which takes us to Hell or Heaven. It all depends on the what type of deeds we do throughout our life.

Heaven- described as the holiest place where Souls of good people resides. Good people here referred to the persons, who added a lot of positive deeds (Karma) in their account during their stay at earth.

Hell- Just opposite to Heaven is a place, which also comes after the life ends. This place is full of pain, misery, sufferings and in fact it is a home full of negativity inside.

Those, who accumulated more of Positive deeds will headed to Heaven. And those, who accumulated more of Negative, will lead to Hell.

But if a person, by chanting the name of God, burns both of the deeds, will achieve the Salvation (Moksha), and will be away from both Hell & Heaven.

http://basicsofhumanlife.blogspot.in/2014/02/hell-or-heaven.html

WHY SOUL NEEDS BODY

“Soul is a unique and a very minute particle of god”, which cannot be seen through naked eye. It does not require food, air, water or anything to survive, but has the capability to provides us the inner power to run our body, which we cannot get from food, air & water.

The SOUL (which is roaming  in Universe before entering anybody) wants to get back to its parent (GOD), to meet its end / to mix again from where it has been derived (GOD), but unfortunately does not have the adequate POWER or ENERGY  to reach its origin.

It is as simple as that, A DROP OF WATER WAITING TO END IN THE OCEAN.

The SOUL does not have so much power to reach its destiny, so it waits outside the living world (universe) and waits for the god’s direction to enter the cycle of birth & death.  As GOD, the almighty being so generous, he favours the SOUL (as it is a part of it) and directs him to enter a body to ENERGIZE it, so as to reach the God’s place and achieve SALVATION. After attaining the phase of Salvation, Soul never enters the living world.

THE THREE GUNAS - RAJO, SATVA & TAMO

Gunas are attributes, qualities which define the character of the individual.

Tamo Gunas are the lowest form of Gunas that arise from the desires and greed of the mind. It showers inertia, selfishness, shrewdness troubling others and keeping everything without progress.

Rajo Gunas involve intellect and need a conscious mind to perform them. It signifies ego, bravery, jealousy, wars, struggles and helping with a motive.

Satva Gunas are entirely spiritual and are based on wisdom, consciousness and awareness of the being. It is the light, the purity, the kindness charity and compassion.

Briefly, Gunas have the following characteristics:-

1.) Satva Guna - Illuminating.
2.) Rajo Guna - Activating.
3.) Tamo Guna - Restraining

When there is Disbalance of these Gunas, the Universe comes into existence. Each and every individual has to control / balance their level of Gunas.

1.     First, control the lowest one i.e. Rajo Guna, as it reduces the speed of progress of an individual’s growth. This Guna can be control only by the proper use of other 2 Gunas viz. Rajo Gunas & Satva Gunas.

2.   Secondly, after eliminating the Tamo Guna, hit on the Rajo Gun, as it also decelerates the person’s spiritual growth and sometimes helps Rajo Guna to exaggerate.  Only Satva Guna has the power to eradicate this Gunas.

3.    Finally, try to leave the Satva Gunas also, as it take the person soul near to the God, but does not permits to dissolve in it. So, leaving Satva Guna is also very important in everyone’s life.

The one who exterminate these 3 types of Gunas, gets enlightened and reaches the final destination (God’s Feet) and attains Salvation (Moksha)