Pearls of Wise

 ===================================================================== ===================================================================== Wednesday, December 01, 2021. 6:00. AM. KARMA YOGAM : ======================================================================== ==================================================================== WHAT IS KARMAM ? Karma is a Sanskrit term. It means action or deed. Any physical or mental action is Karma. Thinking is mental Karma. Karma is the sum total of our acts, both in the present life and in the preceding births. Karma means not only action, but also the result of an action. There is a hidden power in Karma or action termed ‘Adrishta’ which brings in fruits of Karmas for the individual. The consequence of an action is really not a separate thing. It is a part of the action and cannot be divided from it. Karma, according to Jaimini Rishi, is the performance of Agnihotra and other Vedic rituals. According to the Gita, any action done with Nishkam

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Tuesday, November 30, 2021. 6:00.AM. Dharma and Sampradaaya : ======================================================================= ====================================================================== #Let us try to understand the words ‘Dharma’ and ‘Sampradaayaa’ in their true meaning. These are words of the Sanskrit language and so their true meaning too should be understood as meant in that language. “Dharyate anena iti dharmah”. That which supports is dharma. That which supports, maintains, nourishes, harmonises, brings together, and unites the inert and the sentient, the individual and the society, nation and the world is dharma. The very substratum of the entire creations is called dharma. The common factor, the essence of countless imaginable creation is dharma. The other names synonymous in meaning in the Vedas are Brahman, Atman,

 ===================================================================== ===================================================================== Monday, November 29, 2021. 6:00. AM. 1.#The Three Gunas and Spiritual Practice 2#.Depression and the Influence of the Gunas in Spiritual Development ======================================================================= 1.The Three Gunas and Spiritual Practice Spiritual aspirants, just as all others in the world, are impacted by the play of the three Gunas the qualities of Nature. These qualities are always in movement, constantly combining, jostling one another, becoming predominant, and then being suppressed as the next movement arises. We can see this play in the spiritual sadhana quite clearly. When there are constant spiritual experiences and a feeling of progress, the vital being in the seeker has enthusiasm, energy and joy. We see here a predominant strain of rajas, tempered by sattwa. When various forms of obstacles arise, however, the ra