Author Archives: gokulmuthu

Bhakti and Jnaana

Posted on April 18, 2008 by gokulmuthu

A spiritual seeker asked a question “How to unify Bhakti and Jnaana in life?” Here is an attempt to answer the question. First to start with, we have the example given by Sri Ramakrishna. “In the infinite ocean of Sat-Chit-Aananda, … Continue reading →

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PowerPoint Presentations

Posted on April 6, 2008 by gokulmuthu

I had prepared a PowerPoint presentation on Karma Yoga sometime back and recently created one on Jnana Yoga. I have uploaded them at http://www.esnips.com/web/gokulmuthu-Presentations Download article as PDF

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How do the different Yogas work?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by gokulmuthu

The purpose of all “Yoga” is to take the practitioner one step closer towards developing the right identity. A gross person identifies himself with the body and other things physical things that are related to the body. The perfect person … Continue reading →

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Meditation

Posted on March 18, 2008 by gokulmuthu

Recently a friend referred me to a website which had an impressive collection of different kinds of meditations. He had tried one of them – watching the breath – and found a deep inner peace. He was very surprised that … Continue reading →

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Principles of Hinduism

Posted on February 19, 2008 by gokulmuthu

Recently on a mailing list a person posted the basic tenets of Jainism and Buddhism. He stated that Hinduism is too complex to have a distilled list of basic principles. Here is the list of the basic principles of Hinduism. … Continue reading →

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