Blog posts tagged with 'scriptures'

The first day of Chaitra Shukla Paksha marks the beginning of the New Year according to the Hindu calendar and nine days of worship of goddess Durga. To understand the relevance of celebrating any festival and how it augments our spiritual growth, which is the main aim of practicing devotion, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj provides insight into how and what one should pray for during Navratri.

Our greatest benefactor is God. Yet, an even greater benefactor is the Guru . . .

You should never delay practicing devotion . . .

When we feel we are alone with our private thoughts, we commit wrong actions and think wrong things . . .

There was a poor Brahmin and father of a marriageable-aged daughter . . .

Scriptures proclaim that if the mind unites with a pure entity, it becomes purified . . .

God has given the greatest power of knowledge to the human form . . .

There are only three paths or means to attain God . . .

Bhakti is the only way to reach God . . .

Absorption of the mind in God is called devotion, and absorption in the world is called attachment . . .