Tag Archives: liberation

Two Attitudes

Posted on June 11, 2016 by gokulmuthu

tvameva maataa ca pitaa tvameva tvameva bandhu sca sakhaa tvameva tvameva vidyaa dravinam tvameva tvameva sarvam mama deva devaa This is a popular Hindu prayer, which is Universal like most Hindu prayers. A self-centered worldly man thinks that his mother, father, … Continue reading →

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All is One

Posted on January 7, 2016 by gokulmuthu

(An edited version of this article was published in the March 2017 issue of Vedanta Kesari, the monthly magazine published from Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) “There exists only One, and not two. It is Satchidananda alone that has taken all these various … Continue reading →

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Karma and Surrender

Posted on May 9, 2015 by gokulmuthu

A friend recently asked, “Isn’t it unfair to free a person from karma if he surrenders to God, as Krishna mentions in the Gita 18.66?” Here is the answer. Every action creates an consequence that has to be faced sooner or … Continue reading →

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Liberation and the steps to it

Posted on November 12, 2014 by gokulmuthu

Moksha (liberation) is merely dropping the deep rooted wrong notion that ‘I am an individual’. Dropping a deep rooted notion usually involves these steps: 1. Be open minded by dropping biases 2. Calm down to be able to listen 3. … Continue reading →

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Tolerance in Hinduism

Posted on August 4, 2014 by gokulmuthu

Hinduism is considered as the most tolerant of all the popular religions of the world. Hinduism’s tolerance or rather acceptance of people who do not believe in religion and people of other religions – Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, Muslims – is … Continue reading →

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