FREEDOM through VEDANTA
Total Mental Freedom
“Dogma is always based on belief, whereas Vedanta is about study, research, discovery, experience, and enlightenment.”
Don’t divisions among people seem to be deepening with each passing day?
Have you ever pondered the reasons behind religion-based conflicts?
They are nothing but a clash of ideologies. People of one religion want to completely annihilate the people of another!
From rigid doctrines of organised religions to personal faith, belief systems hold immense power, influencing our perspectives and actions.
Let’s have a look at organised religions, in which adherence to prescribed beliefs is non-negotiable, and why their followers are sometimes not just violent but also murderous. These religions enforce dogmatic elements, demanding conformity from their followers without question.
Vedic wisdom offers a profound alternative, in which even the faintest concept of belief does not exist. It is a journey of both spiritual and intellectual evolution. It’s about engaging in self-discovery, culminating in the realisation of the all-pervading Self, personified as Krishna.
Unlike organised religions that limit the human spirit, Vedanta transcends dogma. The entire dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, is about introspection and discernment, and certainly not imposition.
The culmination of Vedanta is the attainment of Self-knowledge, transcending all dualities of our mundane existence.
Embracing Vedanta requires a departure from the mentally enslaving chains of blind belief, inviting true seekers to listen, study, observe, analyse, process, and arrive at a higher understanding.
True knowledge is the way to rise above divisive forces and embrace spiritual enlightenment. Dogma is always based on belief, whereas Vedanta is about study, research, discovery, experience, and enlightenment. So, let’s cast aside the constraints of dogma and embark on a journey of self-discovery and liberation through studying Vedanta.
Stay blessed.
Thank you.
Jai Shri Krishna.
Tavamithram Sarvada 
Vedanta and Sanatan Dharma gives true knowledge and clear choice to the practitioner to seek the true knowledge. But in general people follow the instructions from religions leaders with blind belief and hence the distortion in the true content . As against Vedanta knowledge most of the other religion offers one way instructions .
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Tell me honestly – how many are interested in true knowledge?
Most are interested in stories, ‘magic’, ‘miracles’, and other such things, for which, one does not have to use their brains.
The other reason is the idea of duality that has been so deeply etched in the psyche of most people.
Do you remember SBG 7:19?
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते |
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः || ७ १९ ||
bahoonaam janma naamante
jnaana-vaan-maam prapadyate
vaasudevah sarvamiti
sa mahaatmaa sudur-labhaha (SBG 7:19)
“Therefore after innumerable births, the one who has perfected his or her wisdom, understanding fully My universal reality, surrenders to Me and SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL IS VERY RARE.”
Now, how many people really want to be that rare person?
Here again, ‘Surrender to Me’, said by Krishna, does not mean going to His temple and falling on the ground, but completely internalising SBG 10:20
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः |
अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च || १० २० ||
ahamaatmaa gudaakesha
sarva-bhootaa-shayas-thitaha
ahamaadish-cha madhyam cha
bhootaa-naam-anta eva cha (SBG 10:20)
“I am the Self, O Gudakesha (Arjuna), situated within all living entities. I am the origin, the middle and also the end of all beings.”
In spite of such a clear Shloka teaching Advaita or nonduality, isn’t it the ignorance and laziness of the masses that is abused by fake religious men, women, and organistaions?
Wait for one of my future posts in which I will bash the mass business of ‘Karma clearing’, past life regression, and other such fraudulent businesses.
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Understanding this is crucial in shedding dualism and studying Advaita Vedanta.
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