1) Believe in god! - you're accepted - Aastik 2) Don't believe in god! - You're accepted - Nastik 3) You want to worship idols , please go ahead. You are "saakaar-brahm poojak" 4) You dont want to worship idols, please go ahead. You are "Niraakaar-brahm poojak" 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. You will be Hindu. 6) You want to accept a scripture as it is. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Go ahead 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Puranas - Go ahead. 10) You just don't like reading. No problem. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( Bhakti- Devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti! No problem, dude. Do your Karma with full heart. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. Go ahead. No problem at all. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God. Great ! Be a Sadhu! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only. - Welcome. "Vrukshavalli Amha Soyare" (Trees are our friends) 15) You believe in one ulrimate God or supreme energy. Superb! Follow Advaita Philosophy. 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. 17) You don't want a Guru. Go ahead. 18) You believe in Female energy. Welcome! Shaakt is another form of Hinduism. 19)
You believe every human is the same. Yeah! You're awesome, come let's
celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have anything to do. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! Celebrate it. Spread happiness. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its perfectly fine. You will be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Please go ahead. 23) You don't like to go to temples, no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that your religion is a way of life. With freedom. 25)
You believe that everything have God in them. So you worship your
mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything have God in them - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve bhavantu sukhinah" (May all live happy.) You represent this! *HINDUISM is not a RELIGION.... It is WAY OF LIFE*
In the pantheon of saints and yogis in modern India, one name stands
out: Devraha Baba, who is believed to have lived up to the age of an
amazing 250 years. Yes, there is proof that he was indeed over 250 when
he gave up his body in 1990. But it is not important how long he lived,
it is important what level of spirituality he achieved and what he
contributed to the society. For somebody like me of the post-Independence generation, we grew up
reading about the living legend named Devraha Baba. There used to be his
black and white or sepia photographs -- matted locks and all - in
newspapers and magazines, aloft a ‘machan’ (wooden platform), blessing
people, from pauper to the prince, by putting his foot on their heads.
Eminent people who sought him out regularly included Mrs Indira Gandhi
and Rajiv Gandhi, He also ‘touched’ the lives of visiting dignitaries
from abroad. There are various claims of Baba’s longevity, starting from 150 years
and above. The most credible account comes from none other than Dr.
Rajendra Prasad, the first President of Independent India. Dr Prasad
wrote in his autobiography that he could personally establish that
Devraha Baba was at least 150 years old. At the age of 73, more than
fifty years ago, Dr Prasad wrote that his father had sat at the feet of
the Baba as a child - that is, in the middle of the nineteenth century -
and Devraha Baba was already elderly at that time. The appearance of Devraha Baba at the Kumbh Mela which takes place
every 12 years was recorded 12 times. The last time he was at the
Allahabad Kumbh Mela in 1989. Famous BBC correspondent Mark Tully has
recorded his observations of the Baba from that Kumbh Mela, which formed
a chapter in ‘Penguin Book of Indian Journeys’. Tully was told that one
reason for Baba’s amazing longevity was that he was forever in Uddiyana
Bandha (literally, ‘upward energy lock’, it moves the energy up from
the earth, water and fire centers into the heart or air chakra). When Tully asked, “What does the Baba eat?” his interlocutor replied:
“Air. He does not even eat fruit. You see, any great yogi can extend
his tongue from inside until it touches the top of his head. That’s
where the nectar is situated and one drop of nectar is all you need to
live for a very long time.” So, a fairly scientific hypothesis of how Baba dramatically prolonged
his lifespan is that he drew his required energy from cosmic sources,
thus eliminating the toxic fallout (free radicals, etc) that occurs from
eating food. Secondly, meditation and a hermit lifestyle lowered his
metabolism, minimizing wear and tear in the body. Thirdly, yoga postures
and mudras stimulated his endocrine system. From most accounts, we know that Devraha Baba was born in the Deoria
district in Uttar Pradesh and was the eleventh in the lineage of Sri
Ramanuja Acharya who founded Vaishnavism. Though an itinerant yogi,
Devraha Baba was often stationed in Mathura on the banks of river
Yamuna, where huge crowds would gather to have his darshan and
blessings.
We may never fathom the higher levels of spirituality he achieved, but
we can salute what he contributed to the society. His very existence
inspired people to believe in and take to the yogic path. All-loving and
prescient, he guided people who sought him out on the right course to
take in life. Apocryphal anecdotes have him warning famous personalities
against impending danger. One life Yogiraj Devraha Baba transformed is that of Brahmrishi Shri
Guruvanand Swami (called ‘Gurudev’ or ‘Guruji’ by his devotees), who in
turn is changing the lives of millions in present times. Devraha Baba
brought Guruji to his ashram to save his life from a terminal illness.
He predicted that Guruji would achieve the pinnacle of spirituality and
he will use that divine energy to serve humanity. Yogiraj’s predictions
have come true. Guruji has invoked all Chakras of his Kundalini and with
42 years of rigorous Sadhana he has acquired all Siddhis. Brahmrishi Shri Guruvanand Swami is using the enormous divine energy
that he has acquired to help those in distress and to uplift the lives
of hundreds of thousands of people around the globe. He has traveled to
over 170 countries to teach people the art of living a moral, spiritual
life. Guruji has made it very easy for us to understand the true meaning
of religion so we can overcome our Karmic debts while we fulfill our
worldly duties. The World Spiritual Awareness Forum is delighted that Gurudev will
grace the First International Guru Poornima to be held at New Jersey
Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ, on July 12, 2014. This event, that
is open to public, is getting very enthusiastic response from all over
the world. Over 500 spiritually-inclined attendees are expected from
India and other countries. A Courtesy of www.thesouthasiantimes.info › new york YOU LIVE THOUSAND YEARS :D LOVE YOU BABA <3<3<3 :D
The Somnath temple is the first among the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines
of the Lord Shiva. It is a tourist as well as a pilgrimage spot. This Indian temple is
believed sacred due to the various legends connected to it. Somnath means
"The Protector of the God Moon ". The Somnath temple had been
destroyed many times by the Islamic ruler Mahmud of Ghazni. Hence it is called "The
Shrine Eternal". This is one of the most famous of Hindu temples in India. According to legend, Soma, the moon god constructed the
temple in gold, Ravan in silver, Krishna in wood and king Bhimdev of Anhilwad
in stone. Soma constructed the temple as a gesture after Lord Shiva cured him
of an illness. This illness was caused by his father-in-law Daksha Prajapati's
curse. Daksha cursed him to wane as he was infatuated with Rohini
and was neglecting the other 26 wives, all 26 of whom were the daughters of
Prajapati. It is said that Brahma advised Soma to build the temple in honour of
Shiva. According to the Shivapurana legend,once Brahma and Vishnu had an
argument over the supremacy of creation. To examine them, Shiva pieced
the
three worlds as a big endless pillar of light,the jyotirlinga. Then
Vishnu and Brahma separated their ways upwards and downwards to find the
end of the
light.Brahma told a lie that he had found the end of light.Shiva came to
know
about the lie and cursed him that he would have no place in ceremonies
while Vishnu would be worshipped till the end of time.Shiva appearing as
a fiery column of
light is considered a jyotirlinga.There were 64 jyotirlingas. Among
them 12 are considered as holy and auspicious. Each of the twelve
jyothirlinga sites takes the name of the presiding deity - each
considered a different manifestation of Shiva.At all these sites, the
primary image is a lingam representing the beginning and end symbolizing
the infinite nature of Shiva. The twelve Jyothirlinga are Somnath in
Gujarat, Mallikarjuna at
Shrisailam in Andra Pradesh, Mahakaleswar at
Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Omkareshwar in
Madhya Pradesh, Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, Bhimashankar in
Maharastra, Viswanath at
Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Triambakeshwar in
Maharastra, Vaidyanath
Jyotirlinga, Deogarh in Deoghar, Jharkhand, Nageswar at Dwarka
in Gujarat, Rameshwar at
Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and Grishneshwar at
Aurangabad in Maharastra. Recently this Hindu temple was reconstructed in November 1947,
when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel visited the area for the integration of Junagadh
and mooted a plan for restoration.The current temple was constructed in Chalukyan style or Kailash Mahameru
style.The temple's tower is 15 meters in height,and it has an 8.2 meter tall
flag staff at the top.
They are Saint's, They are not the Family People, But the Whole World is a Family For Them, VASUVIDHA KUTUMBAKAM , The World is one Family, They are Not Ignorant or Indifferent About People, But Do Seva and Service To Make People Feel Comfortable and Relieved from the Attack of Calamity and Disaster and Drought of Nature. They are Awakened in Front of War's Frowing Eye's, They Punish Wicked People With the Dazzling Sword, They Protect Helpless People in Adverse Condition .They Rescue Wounded Soldier from the Warfront and Send Them Back To Life from the Living Hell. They Spend Sleepless Night's By the Touch of Serene Hand on the Forehead of Contagious Morbid Patient, They Fight With Hunger, They Save the Starving Uprooted People Who Flown Away By Dreadful Wave of Flood, They Serve Food To the Drought Affected Farmer Who Feed Us, But Can't Get Food For Their Own Survival. The Saint's of INDIA Who Are Alert, Awake and Bring Us into Awareness in the State of Meditation. They Live Life Just like A Dewdrop on Lotus Petal :D, JAI BHARAT, JAI BHARAT SEVA ASRAM SANGHA.
