Here comes the difference between a Guru and a guru. A Self-realized Guru will not even think in those lines. If he has even traces of these qualities, one has to stay away from him. However, there are possibilities for a Self-realized person to fall down from his highest level. The moment they think about the qualities that you have mentioned, they begin to accrue karmas.

Some Gurus are abusing people sexually and taking all their properties and money.These Gurus say that they are Self-Realized and are not bound to Karma and can do anything!!!Can a self-realized soul do these things?

Thank you for such precious information Manblunder...Is there a Variation of Panchadasi that Lord Shiva Practise?And one question about Mrytyumjaya and Mryt Sanjeevni, are they the same?

Thank you for such precious information Manblunder...Is there a Variation of Panchadasi that Lord Shiva Practise?And one question about Mrytyumjaya and Mryt Sanjeevni, are they the same?

1. Shankara and Ramana are realized persons and the messengers of God. Adi shankara is said to be an incarnation of Shiva. They had the twin task of making people to follow religious path and also aspire for liberation. The same Shankara interpreted Upanishads explaining that Brahman has no form and told us to seek Him within. One's spiritual journey can begin only with visits to temples, performing rituals, etc and this is what I have mentioned in this article. This fact has been repeatedly emphasized through out this site. Ego, etc will be discussed in the next part. 2. Rituals are surely an impediment to realization. Once perfection is attained in rituals, one is automatically taken to the next stage. The mind will tell him, shun rituals and move forward. One may look small in front of a person who is involved in rituals. This is because of lack of faith in what we follow. When one wants seek Brahman, he has to seek Him with complete faith, come what may. We have to forget about what people think about us. The connection between Brahman and the one who seeks Him is very secretive like the sacred marital relationship. 3. The whole universe is pervaded by soul, both living and insentient. Living beings including plants grow faster due to their association with Prakrti. If we say that insentient beings do not have soul, God's omnipresence becomes questionable. Insentient beings also grow because of the soul. but their association with Prakrti is very limited. 4. The most difficult aspect is surrendering to God. Most of us do not how to make the surrender. This is not the easy path, but this is the only path. I will write about this in my future articles. Thanks for raising these questions.

1. One question, we all believes "Adi Shankara" and Ramana Maharishi are great saints and rishis who realized Brahman. But they never avoided the idol worship or visiting the temples. I think still we need God to keep avoid our "I/Ego" by surrendering to God. 2. When people talking about self realization,Brahman , will this create ego in mind against people who following rituals.3. Only living beings have soul? 4. Will that be easy by achieving realization by surrendering to god, so that we can avoid the ego ? will this be easy path for self realization.

Thank you sir.

1. Yes. You are right2. Brahman is universe in layman's language and others term it as Prakṛti.3. This is due to group karma. This has not been discussed much. I have written about in this site, several times. Why many people should die during tsunami? Cause is group karma. Scientifically we call this as DNA and others call this as hereditary. Everything depends purely on the "Law of Karma".4. Karma begins to operate immediately after birth and continues to operate throughout the present life. It is a continuous process.I think I am able to answer all your doubts. In the process, not only you and I learn, but other who happen to read this also are benefited. Our ultimate aim is that everyone should have adequate spiritual knowledge to attain liberation. I will continue to write on Advaita philosophy. This posting is only preliminary.

Thank you sir, Please excuse me if i ask any basic preliminary question. But i would like to clear this from you. And also hank you so much for writing and sharing your knowledge to this world. Now i back to my understanding,1. karmic account is accumulation of all my thoughts. soul is witness of thoughts. We call the soul as Brahman. 2. Since i didnt realize Brahman, Can i say Brahman is universe in layman language?3. Will fetus can carry the parents of the karmic/subconscious thoughts?. In Some case , we observed that artist sons perform very well in thier parents field.4. My another basic question, whoever borns in this world with puru mind. At what age or what period , the mind influenced with my previous karmic account/previous karmic subsconscious mind.

I am trying to interpret Advaita in a simple way. Soul always stands as witness as Soul is Brahman. Soul will never cause any action, as it is only a witness. Karmic imprints are attached to the causal body, which is made up of prāṇa. When the fetus is formed these karmic imprints are placed in the fetus, and this have I have already explained in Vedanta series and other articles published in this site. Essence of karmas are embedded in the subconscious mind. If a person's subconscious mind is already embedded with thoughts about wealth and this thought gets embedded in his karma. Now the Law of Karma takes over. When the subconscious mind attached to the causal body, which travels along with the Soul, the particular subconscious mind enters a fetus. The choice of fetus does not only depend on the thought about wealth, but also other thoughts and actions that he has done during the present life. He continues his desire for wealth. in the next birth he begins from where he had left in the present birth, however is subject to other karmic imprints. If he has many bad karmas, he will not be able to achieve what he has desired in the present birth. Thank you for this note.