Eternal Universal Truth of the Soul (eBook)

Sanatan Dharm As It Is

Rahul Gupta (Autor)

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2023 | 1. Auflage
284 Seiten
Bookbaby (Verlag)
979-8-3509-1378-1 (ISBN)

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Eternal Universal Truth of the Soul: Sanatan Dharm As It Is shares the beliefs and teachings of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharm) to enlighten all of humanity in both the present and future times toward the path to liberation (moksha). Readers will gain further insights about God (Bhagwan), Dharm, the soul (atma), the material world and the spiritual world as well as the creation of the universe, multiverse, love, faith, devotion, compassion, forgiveness, patience, positive attitude, charity, yoga, chakra, Kundalini Shakti, Samadhi, aura, the third eye, meditation, vegetarianism, karma, destiny, death, reincarnation, and moksha. Most importantly, the readers will gain the knowledge and strength they need to never give up, always smile, and find the right solutions for overcoming any difficulties they may encounter in their journeys through life. Through this knowledge, they will find good health, stay blissful, and find peace and contentment in their own lives while being well guided on how to be a winner. This book has been divided into three chapters: Chapter 1: Teachings of Sanatan Dharm (Hinduism) Chapter 2: We Have Seen Bhagwan Krishna Chapter 3: Teachings of Brahmrishi Guruvanand (aka Siddh Guru) Note: All proceeds from the sale of this Book will be donated to charity.

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1.Bhagwan Vishnu Comes to Rescue Their Devotee Prahlad from the Demon King Hiranyakashipu

In their previous lives, Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha were the gatekeepers of Vaikuntha (the spiritual world of Bhagwan Vishnu). They were known as Jaya and Vijaya (the two Gandharv). One day, the four Brahma Kumaras (the young children born from the mind of Brahma Devata), in their desire to meet Bhagwan Vishnu, reached the gates of Vaikuntha. Jaya and Vijaya kept the four Brahma Kumaras from entering Vaikuntha. The four Brahma Kumaras, as part of the divine leela, cursed Jaya and Vijaya to be born in the material world as demons for their refusal to let them enter Vaikuntha. Jaya and Vijaya pleaded with the four Brahma Kumaras to take back that curse.

Bhagwan Vishnu was well aware of the curse and appeared before Jaya and Vijaya. Bhagwan Vishnu told them that the curse of the four Brahma Kumaras could not be completely reversed and gave them a choice of two options. The first option was to be born for seven births as devotees of Bhagwan Vishnu. The second option was to be born for three births as enemies of Bhagwan Vishnu. For both options, they would be born in the material world. After they had served their time in the material world, they would return and be with Bhagwan Vishnu in Vaikuntha.

Jaya and Vijaya, who were devotees of Bhagwan Vishnu, could not see themselves being physically separated from him for seven births, so they chose to be separated for three births as his enemies. Bhagwan Vishnu then ensured that Jaya and Vijaya would be killed by him in the material world as part of his divine leela. In their first life, they were born as Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha; in their second life, they were born as Ravan and Kumbhakarn; and in their third life, they were born as Shishupal and Dantavakra.

Subsequently, Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha were born in the material world to Rishi Kashyap and his wife, Diti. As the two boys grew older, they started becoming violent and spreading adharm. God, in their Varaha avatar (the divine boar), killed Hiranyaksha when he took Earth out of its orbit. After the killing of Hiranyakashipu’s younger brother (Hiranyaksha), demon King Hiranyakashipu became very upset with Bhagwan Vishnu. He wanted to be the most powerful being in the world and to be immortal so that he could not be killed by God. He left his pregnant wife, Kayadhu, and his Kingdom to his ministers and went to the mountains. To fulfill his desire, he performed severe penances for many years in the mountains in the hope of receiving the boon (blessing) of immortality from Brahma Devata.

After a very long time of penance and prayers by the demon King Hiranyakashipu, Brahma Devata appeared before him and asked him what he desired. Hiranyakashipu said, “I want to be immortal.” Brahma Devata said, “I cannot give you this boon of immortality, as I don’t have this capacity. I will give you anything else in my power.” Hiranyakashipu replied, “Fine, I don’t want to killed, either by a man or a woman or an animal, either inside or outside any house or palace, or during the daytime or at night, or on air or water or land, or by any weapon, either projectile or hand-held, or in any month of the year.” Brahma Devata then granted Hiranyakashipu this wish.

While Hiranyakashipu was doing penances in the jungles, Indra Devata and other Devata of Indra Loka attacked the Kingdom of Hiranyakashipu and captured Hiranyakashipu’s pregnant wife, Kayadhu, to kill the potential demon child in her womb. Rishi Narad came to the rescue of Kayadhu and protected her and the baby in the womb from the Devata. He told the Devata that the baby boy being born was a devotee of Bhagwan Vishnu and was not a demon. Indra and the other Devata apologized to Kayadhu and Rishi Narad. Rishi Narad then took the pregnant Kayadhu to his ashram (spiritual hermitage)and took care of her. He told Kayadhu, “Your Kingdom is in ruins since the attack of the Devata. You should go back to your Kingdom, but only when your husband Hiranyakashipu returns from his penances.”

In his ashram, Rishi Narad taught Kayadhu about the glories of Bhagwan Vishnu. In the womb, the baby listened to all the teachings that Rishi Narad was imparting to his mother, Kayadhu. Due to the divine grace of Bhagwan Vishnu, Kayadhu remained pregnant for a very long time until her husband returned from his penances.

Hiranyakashipu, after being granted his wishes by Brahma Devata, became very powerful. He rebuilt his Kingdom and brought his wife, Kayadhu, back home from Rishi Narad’s ashram. After some time, Kayadhu delivered a baby boy who was named Prahlad, a dear devotee of Bhagwan Vishnu. Soon, Hiranyakashipu conquered all the Earth and other parts of the Universe, including taking Indra Loka from the Devata He started spreading evil and demanded that everyone worship him as a god. He did not want people to worship Bhagwan Vishnu or any other avatar of God.

Rishi Narad comes to the rescue of pregnant Kayadhu from the Devata

From a young age, Prahlad had always sung glory and praise to Bhagwan Vishnu (because he had learned about God when he was in his mother’s womb in the ashram of Rishi Narad). In time, his father, Hiranyakashipu, became very angry with his young son about chanting the glory of Vishnu in spite of his best efforts to stop him. Prahlad would always chant, “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya.”Hiranyakashipu com-manded his soldiers, “Kill this young boy as soon as possible because he is a devotee of my enemy, Vishnu.”

The soldiers took Prahlad to a prison and attacked him with sharp weapons, but Prahlad prayed to Bhagwan Vishnu, and the weapons did not hurt him. The soldiers then put Prahlad in front of the feet of an elephant to crush him, but Prahlad prayed to Bhagwan Vishnu, and the elephant picked him up and placed Prahlad on his head. Then the soldiers threw him into a pit of poisonous snakes, but Prahlad prayed to Bhagwan Vishnu, and the snake bites had no effect on him. The soldiers tried to boil him in a huge pot of boiling oil, but nothing happened to Prahlad because he prayed to Bhagwan Vishnu. Then the soldiers threw him from a cliff, but Bhagwan Vishnu protected him by personally appearing and catching Prahlad.

Hiranyakashipu’s sister, Holika, had a blessing that she could not be burned by fire as long as she wore a special shawl to cover her. Becoming frustrated by being unable to kill Prahlad, Hiranyakashipu asked Ho-lika to sit on a burning pyre with little Prahlad. Holika, covering herself with the special shawl, sat on the burning pyre with Prahlad in her lap. Prahlad prayed to Bhagwan Vishnu, and by the grace of Bhagwan, the wind blew the special shawl covering Holika’s head off of her and onto Prahlad’s head. This protected Prahlad from burning. However, Holika was burned to death.

Hiranyakashipu was angry with his son, Prahlad, because he had been unable to kill him, despite so many efforts. Hiranyakashipu summoned his son to his palace and asked him to stop worshipping Vishnu and instead pray to him; this way, Hiranyakashipu would spare his life. Prahlad refused to pray to his father and again started praying to Bhagwan Vishnu. Prahlad told his father that Bhagwan is present everywhere in the world and that he should also pray to Bhagwan Vishnu.

Hiranyakashipu said to his son, “If Vishnu is present everywhere, then he should be present in this pillar.” Hiranyakashipu struck the pillar with his fist to see if Vishnu was present. The pillar cracked, and there was a huge roar. Out of the pillar came the avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu called the Narasimha, who was half lion and half man. He took Hiranyakashipu to the doorstep of the palace (which is neither inside nor outside), at dusk (which is neither day nor night), placed him on his lap (which is neither water, land, nor air), and killed him with his lion claws (which are neither projectiles nor handheld weapons) in the extra leap month of the Hindu Lunar calendar, thereby honoring the boon given by Brahma Devata to Hiranyakashipu.

After killing Hiranyakashipu and his army of demon soldiers, Bhagwan Narasimha was furious, causing everyone in the world to tremble with fear. Bhagwan Narasimha was angry about the pains, sorrow, and torture given to his dear devotee, Prahlad. Brahma Devata and all the other Devi/Devata, Bhagwan Shiv, and Mata Parvati, came to pacify Bhagwan Narasimha as part of the divine leela. Mata Parvati (wife of Bhagwan Shiv and sister of Bhagwan Vishnu) took the avatar of Mata Pratyangira Devi to calm her brother Bhagwan Narasimha. The presence of Prahlad and Mata Pratyangira Devi together soothed Bhagwan Narasimha. Bhagwan Narasimha then crowned Prahlad as the new King.

Prahlad being saved by Bhagwan Vishnu despite several attempts by his father to hurt him

Teachings of this story:

1.A bhakt (devotee) of Bhagwan should never lose hope and never break down and must continue to fight in spite of all adversities in life. Bhagwan wants us to have confidence in ourselves and in Bhagwan, and...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3509-1378-1 / 9798350913781