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11 questions linked to/from Does Ramanujacharya believe that inhabitants of Brahmaloka attain Moksha when they die?
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What percentage of Hindus belong to a sect that subscribes to the Vedanta school?
Indian schools of philosophy are traditionally divided into two categories, Astika and Nastika. Astika schools accept the authority of the Vedas as divinely revealed truth (shruti), whereas Nastika ...
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Where are Heaven and Hell?
Although it might look a bit kiddish I am curious to know is there any description present in any of the Hindu scriptures that tells us about where the heaven and hell actually are. I have heard ...
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Did Swami Vivekananda, Paramhamsa Yogananda, & Osho Rajneesh really attain Moksha according to Vedic scriptures? [duplicate]
Below slokas from the Gita are actually a bit mystical in nature:
BG 8.23-8.26
— O best of the Bhāratas, I shall now explain to you the different
times at which, passing away from this world, ...
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Moksha for the Soul of Brahma
The life of Brahma is 100 years of Brahma. More information on Hindu Cosmology
We are in 51st year of the current Brahma's Life Year.
I also know that after Brahma dies, Brahma (the soul in that ...
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Contradictory statements in the Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-Gita?
Here in the Bhagavatam it is quoted that
In that planet of Satyaloka, there is neither bereavement, nor old age nor death.http://www.vedabase.com/sb/2/2/27/
But here in the Bhagavad-Gita, it is ...
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Interpreting Bhagavad Gita verse 8.16
I do know that according to Upanishads, All the higher Lokas except Brahma Loka, are subjected to circumgyration/reparation (birth-rebirth).
From Chhandogya Upanishad 4.15.5:
अथ यदु चैवास्मि...
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Any examples where a Smriti has contradicted a Sruti statement?
First of all,by Smriti here i mean only the Dharma Shastras like Manu Smriti,Parashara Smriti etc.
It is very often that i find comments of the following nature here:
"In Hinduism Sruti is the ...
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Does Adi Shankaracharya equate Brahman with the causal body in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya?
As I discuss in this answer, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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Why does Adi Shankaracharya use "going to Brahman" metaphor in discussing why Brahman cannot be gone to?
As I discuss in the this answer, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage ...
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Where are Madhvacharya's Puranic quotes describing the path to Moksha?
In verse 8.24 of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says this:
Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an ...
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Do characters in the same Brahmavidya always have the same caste?
As I discuss in the this answer, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage ...
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