By Dinesh Nath

Adi Shankara gave road map for the success on the spiritual path. He prescribed four qualifications to gain spiritual wisdom. Once practices with sincerity and surrender, success is ascertained.   1. Viveka (Discrimination) : First qualification to walk on the spiritual path is to have viveka (power of discrimination): Discrimination between what is real and what is unreal. Whatever that changes is unreal and whatever doesn't change is real. 2. Vairagya (Dispassion): The second qualification to gain spiritual wisdom is to have vairagya (dispassion), once the first qualification (ability to discrimination between real and unreal) is gained, dispassion automatically follows it. Dispassions is not droping things in life it is just droping the feverishness to gain or get rid of something. It is simply going beyond craving and aversion. 3. shat Sampatti (Six Wealth): The third qualification to gain spiritual wisdom is to have what is called shat Sampatti (...

Sri Madbhagwad Geeta is considered as one of the most profound scripture available on this planet which is always revered as true source of spiritual knowledge. Literal meaning of Sri Madbhagwad Geeta is 'Song of God'. Its a conversation between Arjuna and Lord Sri Krishna where Lord Sri Krishna explain the detailed mysteries of this Universe as well as Brahman and help Arjuna to come out of the deluded state of mind and be free. In this post I am puting the overall view of this wealth of knowledge. It has 700 verses which has been distributed in 18 chapters. I remember, in September 2006 I went to Mumbai to attend satsang with Guruji where HE said if you want to attend satsang, next time read Geeta and then come. So while going back to Gujarat (where I used to work) I baught Bhagwad Geeta and read it (Reading itself is an experience as I felt much more free and happy during those days). Recently We were listening the commentary of Guruji on Bhagwad Geeta and HE said every chap...

I am posting this as I think it is necessary. I feel most of today's India don't even know what are our great scriptures are. Even a week ago, I also didn't know all about it. So I felt, it will be good for general awareness and I encourage my blog readers to make a link to this post or copy this post to their own blogs, so that people at least know about the wealth our country has given to the world :) 1. Vedas: There are four Vedas. According to to the Muktikopnishad they had 21, 109, 1,000 and 50 branche s (Total of 1180 branches) . a. Rigved b. Yajurved c. Samved d. Atharvaved 2. Vedangas: There are six Vedangas (parts of the body of the Vedas): a. Vyakaran: Science of Grammer. b. Jyotish: Science of Astrology. c. Nikrukt: Detailed dictionary of vedic words. d. Shikcha: Science of pronunciation. e. Chand: Poetry of Vedas. f. Kalp Sutras: Vedic Dharma 3. Upveds: There are four upveds: a. Arthved (science of sociolo...