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Who is God?

Posted on August 23, 2012 by gokulmuthu

Each of our bodies consists of innumerable cells, each of which is a living being by itself. Still, we identify it as our body. Similarly, what we call our ideas and thoughts are based on the ideas and thoughts that … Continue reading →

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Law of Karma

Posted on August 23, 2012 by gokulmuthu

Freewill is the foundation of all actions of man and the possibility of man to improve himself. Exercise of freewill is in the context of a cause-and-effect system in the world. Every result should be appropriate to the action causing … Continue reading →

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Bhagavad Gita – Essence and Summary

Posted on August 13, 2012 by gokulmuthu

New page is put up with two booklets – “Essence of the Gita” and “Bhagavad Gita Summary”. Click here to go to the page. Download article as PDF

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Sankara’s Advaita Formula

Posted on July 3, 2012 by gokulmuthu

Happy Guru Purnima !!! Sankara presents the Advaita Philosophy in the famous three short lines: brahma satyam jagat mityaa jiivo brahmaiva na parah Unfortunately, this has been the cause of a lot of confusion about Advaita and the cause of … Continue reading →

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Five lessons on Advaita Vedanta

Posted on June 5, 2012 by gokulmuthu

In his lecture on the book Jiva Yaatra, Swami Paramarthanandaji talks about five lessons on Advaita Vedanta. He mentions that if a person understands and assimilates these five lessons, that is Jnaanam and that is Mukti. I have tried to … Continue reading →

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