Showing posts with label Hinduism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hinduism. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

An interpretation of Om

OM, when considered as one letter, uttered by the help of one articulation, is the symbol of the Supreme Spirit. But when considered a trilateral word consisting of a, u, m, it implies the three Vedas, the three states of human nature, the divisions of the universe, and the three deities – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, agents in the creation, preservation and destruction of this world; or, properly speaking, the three principal attributes of the Supreme Being personified in those three deities. In this sense it implies, in fact, the universe controlled by the Supreme Spirit - Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Advait in Leonardo da Vinci's words

"As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself” – Leonardo da Vinci

Hindus call it Advait, or non-duality – it simply means believe and pursue with conviction, one thing, one love, one pursuit at a time .

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Sandhya Mantra

ॐ  नमः  शम्भवाय  च
मयोभवाय  च
नमः  शंकराय  च  
मयस्कराय  च  
नमः  शिवाय  च  
शिवतराय  च

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Shanti Mantra


 ॐ ध्यौ शांतिर-अन्तरिक्षम
शांति पृथ्वी शांति-रापः 
शांतिर-औषधयः शांति-वनस्पतयः
शांतिर-विश्वेदेवाः
शांतिर-ब्रह्मा शांतिर-सर्वम
शांतिः शांति-रेवा 
शांति-सामा शांति-रेधि 
ॐ शांतिः शांतिः शांतिः 

Unto the skies be peace, 
Unto the earth be peace, Peace be unto the waters 
Unto herbs and plants be peace.
Unto all the Gods be peace, 
Unto Brahma and unto all be peace.

And may we realize that peace

Sunday, December 20, 2009

"God's attributes"

Courtesy SarvaShiva: http://sarvashiva.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/attributes-of-god/


“Truthfulness, cleanliness, compassion, self-control, magnanimity, contentment, straightforwardness, concentration, sense-control, responsibility, equality, tolerance, equanimity and loyalty. And certainly also knowledge, detachment, leadership, chivalry, influence, power, dutifulness, independence, dexterity, beauty, serenity and kindheartedness, as well as ingenuity, gentility, mannerliness, determination, knowledgeability, propriety, pleasantness, joyfulness, immovability, faithfulness, fame and dignity – all these and many others are the everlasting qualities of the Supreme Lord
Srimad Bhagavatam 1:16