Islam's root in Sanatana Dharma

Some people view other religions as mere offshoots or pseudo-religions when compared to Hinduism. Today, I will give you my conclusion, drawn from various Puranic and Tantric narratives (though not explicitly stated in any single Purana), regarding the origin of Islam, its object of worship, and its connection to Sanatana Dharma. I will address questions such as why Islam prohibits idolatry and alcohol, and why some Muslims become radical.

Sanatana Dharma is the sole religion originating from Shiva's will and destined to endure. Hindus who criticize Allah are, in fact, criticizing Parabrahma. Lord Shiva permits the existence of all other religions in the world.

What is Islam, and who is Allah? 

Islam, in essence, is the worship of Parabrahma. The deity Muslims call Allah is our own four-headed Lord Brahma in his nirguna (formless) aspect.

According to a Tantra, Lord Shiva told Parvati that only Vamacharis and sanyasis are permitted to worship the male deity alone. A Devata without Prakriti (Shakti) is considered Nirguna, which aligns with the Quran's description of Allah as formless and bodiless. Some Tantras also describe direct methods of worshipping this formless Parabrahma. Thus, Allah is without a doubt that Parabrahma.

Why do Muslims destroy idols or become radical?

This is because they are daityas who have attained human form. In reality, the human body (manushya yoni) is merely a vessel for the soul. Consequently, we carry traits from our last yoni. Just as someone who was a bird or animal in his last yoni retains certain characteristics, demons also take human birth. The Padma Purana states that Satyuga was devoid of demons, Treta had few, Dwapara had more, and Kali Yuga would be filled with daityas – a situation that parallels the rise of Islam.

This pattern of destroying temples and killing Brahmins, which surprises Hindus as being a sign of Kali Yuga, has persisted for innumerable Kalpas. Stories of daityas receiving boons from Brahma and Shiva and then battling devatas in Swarga are common. The Ramayana recounts how Rama killed countless demons attacking rishis and disrupting yagyas. Destroying idols and yagyas, and killing Brahmanas and rishis, is not a new phenomenon. Daityas are the adversaries of devatas like Indra, Varuna, Agni, Surya, and Chandra. Not Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

The distinction between a danava and a manava lies not in belief in God. A danava may perform tapasya as intensely as a rishi, but their behavior defines them.

Who were the pagan idols destroyed in Mecca? 

One was Hubal, the god of rain and a warrior. You know what this god in called in Sanatana Dharma.

How was Islam formed? 

The story of Samudra Manthan, where Vishnu gave amrit to the devatas, is well-known. However, what's unknown is that the daityas received liquor. Seeing the intoxicated demons unable to think clearly and giving away precious things to devatas, Shukracharya cursed Varuni(wine). Brahma too, promptly followed suit, cursing Varuni (liquor). This is why liquor is forbidden in the Vedas, except in acharas above Dakshinachara, and why it is also forbidden in Islam. 

I believe this was the point when Brahma and Shukracharya, through divine will, decided to establish their own religion in Kali Yuga, one that would last until the end of time. In Sanatana Dharma, moksha is central. Even the most wicked daityas attained moksha when killed by gods. Therefore, despite being a religion of daityas, moksha remains accessible to them through the worship of Allah.




Likewise, every religion that you see on earth is connected in some way or the other to Sanatana Dharma. Not even a leaf can exist without the permission of Shiva. Let alone a religion with billions of followers.

Through this post, I believe I had addressed everything you'd need to know about Islam through our religion's lens. That is why, do not criticise Allah because when you criticise him, you are criticising your own god.

Vinayak Dosha: Signs and Solution

We know about Navagrahas and their malefic effects. But in some stotras and mantras, we also read about vinayak graha, skanda graha,etc. Today I will talk about vinayak peeda, the signs, and its solution.

To know this, you have to first know who are Vinayakas. We believe that Vinayaka is one of the names of Lord Ganesh. But that is not fully true. The story is that in one of the kalpas, Vinayakas were rakshasas born from the sweat of Lord Shiva. They were fierce, extremely powerful, unstoppable and cause a lot of upheaval. Lord Shiva made Ganesha the lord of these vinayakas.

The dosha is controlled and sustained by Lord Ganesha via these vinayak grahas.

What are the signs and symptoms of Vinayaka Dosha or Vinayak Pida?

In dreams he sees: 

- The person sees water bodies like lakes, oceans,etc. that seem to be bottomless. Or he sees himself swimming in water bodies.  Or, he sees that he is losing control and drowning in these bottomless waterbodies.

- He sees men without beard and moustache wearing brown clothes.

- He sees himself sitting on backs of carnivorous animals and birds especially tigers and vultures.

- He sees himself sitting in a place surrounded by donkeys, cremation ground caretakers, and camels.

While awake he experiences the following:

- Even if he goes anywhere he feels as if his enemy or someone suspicious is following him.

- He is always anxious and irritable.

- The work that he starts always fails. In some cases we see that the person always fails in the first attempt and only gets success in the 2nd or 3rd attempt.

- He remains sad for no reason at all or for very futile reasons. Or, his mind remains disturbed for some or the other reason.

- A woman troubled by Vinayaka doesnt get married, and the married woman doesn't bear a child.

- The brahmin fails in becoming an acharya.

- Students are unable to research and gain knowledge.

- Business owners dont have profits in their business and farmers are unable to grow crops.

Some people are born with these symptoms. In the kundli, Ketu and Budha control Vinayak pida. Malefic position of these planets indicate Vinayak pida. The reason a person gets vinayak pida is because of not giving due respect to Lord Ganesha where needed.

The remedy for this, in puranas is to do Vinayak Snaan. I am sharing here a simpler remedy here, which can be followed by any one. The remedy is to chant Ganesh Atharvashirsha 1000 times. During sadhana, you must meditate as if you are being showered by a holy water that is purifying and giving every inch of your body a calm, golden shine.

After you're done with 1000 recitations, you need to recite this atharvashirsha 1 time before doing your nitya paath, before reading your books, before beginning a trip be it religious or non-religious, and before any other important task.

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Getting a Diksha without a Guru: Dakshinamurti Prayog

 One of the biggest problems we face in Kaliyug is lack of gurus or gurus that are not money-driven. That is why, I am sharing a special prayog to get diksha.

The prayog is dedicated to Lord Dakshinamurti. And it is said that the power of the diksha received through this method is even greater than getting a diksha from a human guru.

1. Do this prayog on a Shukla paksha Trayodashi at Nishakaal.

2. Sit on a red velvet aasan or a kushasan.

3. Light a diya and chant 1 mala of ganesh naam mantra.

4.Do namaskar of Lord Shiva in the shivling you have at home.

5. Write the mantra that you desire to get diksha of, on a bhojpatra or a piece of paper. The mantra should be written with yellow ink. At the store, you will get lekhani and ashtagandha. By adding a few drops of water you will be able to create yellow ink. If you dont get a large enough bhojpatra, tear a piece of an A4 paper. Ruled notebook page is not allowed because it has lines.

6. After this, chant 1 mala of Dakshinamurti gayatri and 1 mala gayatri mantra of the god you want a diksha of. Then, staring at the mantra itself while simultaneously meditating on Lord Dakshinamurti in the shivalinga, chant the mantra written on the bhojpatra for 108 times.

7. Then go to sleep. In your sleep if you see auspicious dreams, then it means that you have received the diksha. If you do not see any dreams or if you see inauspicious dreams then you wont get that mantra's diksha.

8. For sleeping, your head should be east side and you should sleep by turning on the right side. i.e. your eyes will be towards north direction.

That is it. Hope that using this one of a kind prayog, people get diksha of their desired mantra.

Some important points to consider:

• Sadhaks, you will always only get diksha of mantras that god knows you're capable of doing a sadhana of.
• Getting a diksha from a devta like Dakshinamurti doesn't relieve you of following procedures and rules necessary for your mantra.
• The easiest mantras to get diksha of, are of navagrahas. At the same time, they are the ones who give the fastest results, the most stable results while getting pleased with the least amount of puja.
• Only seek dikshas of mantra whose method you're capable of following.

Some recommended mantras for first time diksha:

1. Gayatri Mantra - A mantra whose diksha is given to everyone in Sanatana Dharma in other yugas. It is a siddha mantra that gives 360' benefits. If you havent received Gayatri diksha yet, this is the 1st mantra you should ask for.
2. Vishnu Ashtakshari Mantra - It is not a siddha mantra. The siddhi is achieved on 32 lakh chants. But it is a necessary sadhana for all vaishnavas.
3. Shiva Panchakshari Mantra - Like the above, a compulsory mantra for Shaivas capable of fulfilling all desires. Siddhi is achieved on 24 lakh chants. 
4. Navgraha Beej Mantras - They are the easiest to get a diksha of and you have the highest probability of getting a diksha of it. An energised yantra and panchopchar puja are mandatory without which the japa will not show results.
5. Kuber Mantra - For copious money, prosperity and all other material forms of wealth.

Gayatri Mantras: The center-point of all gods

Every Sanatani knows about mool gayatri and how there is a gayatri of other gods. This article is going to talk about why there are so many gayatris, why each god has a different gayatri, and what is their purpose.

Gayatri mantra is among the first mantras that one gets a diksha of. Without mool gayatri, there is no road and there are no steps. Not just for vaidik sadhaks, but even for vamachari, kulachari, chinachari sadhaks - gayatri is irreplaceable. 

For each achar there are methods of worshipping gayatri, with minor differences. Mool gayatri is a mantra who sadhana is mandatory for every sadhak before he starts a purascharan of any god. First the sadhak has to do atleast 1 lakh japa of mool gayatri. Then, he has to keep on worshipping her for 3 months atleast and let her be the protector and nourisher of his/her life. 

Only when the sadhak has done this, does he get the permission from his guru to do purascharya of other gods. The significance of mool gayatri doesnt end here. It doesnt matter which god/goddess you are worshipping, you still need to do 10,000 japa of mool gayatri before starting the purascharan of any god. Keep in mind that in this phase, you need to do mool gayatri and that specific god's gayatri. 

This rule of 10,000 Mool gayatri japa is necessary even for yakshini/apsara sadhanas. Now imagine how important would it be for the main devtas. 

Now lets talk about what role Mool gayatri and the isht devta's gayatri play. Here, I am not going to talk about benefits but rather the effects they have.

Mool Gayatri Mantra benefits:

1. Prana Shakti jagaran

2. Kriya Shakti jagaran

3. Iccha Shakti jagaran

4. Indriya nigrah

5. Dharma nishtha-taa

Mool gayatri japa makes your praan, kriya and iccha shakti strong. Praan, Iccha & Kriya shakti are the 3 forms of energies in our bodies. 

Praan shakti refers to physical strength. Mool gayatri removes your diseases, physical pain, lethargy and gives you a calm mind, strong physique and a stable body. When praan shakti is absent, you become fidgety, anxious, lethargic. Your mind keeps on wandering and is not able to focus. Mool Gayatri helps you bring yourself back and rebuild these energies in you.

Iccha shakti is the sankalp shakti. This refers to will power and determination. When iccha shakti is absent, doubts creep in your mind about the mantra/stotra you're going to chant. You cave in and disrupt your sadhana because of even the smallest obstacles or disturbances. You start a lot of sadhanas but end them midway, which in turn incurs you durbhagya(bad luck). When the iccha shakti is strong, your faith in the mantra/stotra becomes deep and unshakeable. You believe in yourself, you believe in god, you feel worthy of getting whatever it is that you've asked for and you see yourself completing the sadhana as it is supposed to be.

Kriya Shakti is the shakti of action. A person with kriya shakti follows the rules and principles set for a particular mantra or stotra. He doesn't act lazy. He doesn't look for cheat codes. Pujas, havan,etc. dont seem laborious to him. And even if they are laborious, he does them with excitement of the blessings he's going to receive at the end of the sadhana.

Mool Gayatri blesses you with calm and controlled senses. It makes you follow the procedures mentioned for your acharan with stability, discipline.

Now, the god's gayatri:

As we know each god has its own gayatri. If mool gayatri is to be chanted 10,000 times before any sadhana, what role does the specific god's gayatri play? The answer is that it is for bhakti and mantra veerya.

The Mool Gayatri - be it chatushpaad, tripada or sri vidya gayatri - they all are to be chanted before because the give us the beforementioned benefits.

The isht gayatri on the other hand gives 2 very specific benefits - a)It gives devotion towards that god b)it makes the ishta mantra more potent. The isht gayatri only needs to be chanted 1 mala during the purascharya days at the end of the main mantra japa.

Sadhaks, it is my personal experience that there is a day and night difference between chanting just mantra, vs. chanting the mantra + 1 mala of isht gayatri. I recommend everyone doing mantra sadhana to incorporate chanting 1 mala of isht devta's gayatri to see more potent benefits.

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Daan: Its Significance & Types

In an article I shared some time ago, I talked about the power of daan. Today I will talk about the same in detail and how you can benefit from it.

The greatest dharma in various yugas was/is as follows:

Satyuga(also called as krit yuga) - Tapasya

Treta yuga - Gyaan i.e. wisdom (not the same as knowledge)

Dwapar yuga - Yagya

Kali yuga - Daan or Donation

In Kali-yuga, Daan is the most powerful and quickest in showing results. That is why one should donate every day. 

Kali-yuga is the yuga of karma. Anything did by you, positive or negative quickly shows its effects on your life in this age. Many say that there are people in powerful positions who are doing crimes or awful deeds yet nothing is happening to them. However, in reality, they definitely pay for their deeds very soon after doing it. But it won't necessarily be visible to the world. 

Whenever you will try to go away from a truthful and honest way of living - either by trying to cause loss to others or by sacrificing your own self - you will have pain. This is what bad karma really is. To do good karma is to say, do and think what is true & honest - nothing more than the truth, nothing less than the truth. If you say/do/think more than what things really are by exaggerating it - it will cause pain to others and in turn, you will feel the effects of this. If you compromise with the truth and say/do less than the truth - you will betray your own self and get hurt in life. Life is about balance. Anything in excess - including love, power, strength, money, food, medicine - are all bad. 

This way sadhaks, every person suffers from their karmas. It is my experience, that no matter how many angles the outside world may look at, it is always someone's wrong actions that lead him to pain. Wrong actions don't mean just criminal actions, but anything that is opposite to the laws of nature and wellbeing of the people influenced due to that action - and this includes you yourself. 

It is mentioned in purans that at any given moment, we are carrying sins of not just few births, but of billions and billions of Kalpa. One kalpa is equal to 4.32 billion years. So, how many years in crores of kalpas? And what would be total number of sins? Uncountable. Yet, there is one good aspect of sins. That the moment a person accepts his deeds, he is quickly forgiven. But, since the number of sins are practically uncountable, even if one simply goes on and on asking for forgiveness, his entire life will be not suffice.

By chanting mantras, you can speedily remove all your sins. Yet, they are still not that fast to burn sins of crores of kalpas and need decades of continuously chanting that one mantra alone. Havan is more powerful than japa, yet, doing havan with thousands of aahuti every day for even a few days is not feasible. Vrats are way more powerful than mantras for burning sins. Yet, even they require you to fast on every specified tithi for atleast one decade for complete freedom from sins.

However, daan is the most powerful out of them all. When you give away even simple things like just 1kg of rice or other similar grains, you burn every single sin of dozens to hundreds of births instantly. Those who donate with belief in the power of God, will physically experience like a weight has been lifted off your head, and instantly feel relaxed.

Donation doesn't just burn sins, it increases punya, increases sukh, makes you attractive, creates saubhagya, gives courage and victory. That is why sadhaks, do daan. Donate as much as you can. 

Shastras have mentioned various daan according to a person's wishes. Whatever you want, you should donate it first, then it will come to you. This is the rule. For wishes where donating something first is not possible, shastras have mentioned what should be donated instead. Today I will be mentioning them all. Only certain things can be donated for burning sins. All others are for specific wish fulfilment. Sadhaks, whatever we donate in this life is what we receive when we die. I won't mention this benefit in the paragraphs ahead and should be understood for each item. Also, burning sins doesn't automatically increase your punya. So you should be specific about what you want.

1. Grains & Water - The most powerful daan among all is the daan of grains and water. Grains should always be donated with water. Donating grains and water removes our sins of hundreds of births, increases punya, gives strength and radiance, gives saubhagya and fulfils all material wishes.

2. Salt - Donating salt increases appetite and gives good health. When a person on death bed is not dying and unnecessarily suffering, then salt should be donated for him. That will give him swarga or moksha very soon.

3. Jaggery - Donating jaggery gives vigour and sweet foods in life.

4. Ghee - Donating ghee gives physical strength, improves the wellbeing of your entire kul and gives sadgati to pitrus.

5. Black sesame - Donating black sesame gives strength and removes the fear of death. It burns the sins of thousands of births. It pleases all the navagrahas and brings their blessings.

6. Money - Donating money will attract more money. 

7. Clothes - Donating clothes give beauty and saubhagya.

8. Bells - Donating bells remove laziness, dumbness and build intelligence, sharpness and understanding.

9. Khadga - Donating the weapon khadga gives victory and success. Especially, it brings the blessings of Rahu.

10. Books - Donating religious books increase punya, gyaan and devbhakti. Donating educational books increase punya, knowledge, fame, patience and remove addictions.

11. Gold - Donating gold increases Shri & aishwarya.

12. Silver - Donating silver gives beauty and increases sperm count.

13. Rudraksha - By donating Ekadash mukhi Rudraksha to the right person, he/she for sure achieves moksha after death.

14. Bed - Donating bed gives love/marriage. 

15. Medicines - Donating medicines gives good health and ensures that your family will never face any big health issue.

16. Kanya daan - Kanya daan is done only during marriages. Kanya daan burns away sins of crores and crores of births and gives great punya. Now, shastras say that one should not do kanya daan again. But, in case the husband dies or they both divorce, then kanya daan should be done again. Shastras say kanya daan shouldn't be done at many people i.e. she shouldn't be marrying multiple men at the same time. But it doesn't mean she can't marry again if the ex-husband dies or gets divorced.

 17. Bhumi - Donating land has the power to burn sins of crores of kalpas. In that, if a person donates a fertile land then even better. The person who donates land to the needy will never go to narak. But a barren land should never be donated.

18. Cow - Donating cow is one the only daan which has the power to wipe out almost all your sins of crores and crores of kalpas. The moment of donating a cow should be considered as a moment of reincarnation of the sadhak. The person who donates a cow wipes out all his sins, gets the punya of feeding thousands of brahmins. After death he surely goes to swarga or gets moksha. Also, after death, the cow donated by him comes as a vehicle for crossing the vaitarini nadi, and instead of taking him to narak the cow takes him to vaikunth.

In this, if the sadhak donates a cow with his calf, then its punya is infinite. It will same as doing pran pratishtha of hundreds of shivling, donating hundreds of acres of land, feeding millions of brahmins and donating lacs of kanya daan. The person who has donated a cow with a calf has truly freed himself all the chains and shall live happily thereafter.

19. Diya - One of the easiest things to donate are diyas. Deep daan cures diseases, increases eyesight and radiance, attracts Lakshmi maa, and gives victory over enemies. Use ghee when you want to attract wealth. Use sesame oil when you want to cure diseases, increase eyesight & radiance, getting victory over enemies.

Other than this, whatever you want, you should donate it and it will come to you. Do this and you will see the magic happening. But don't doing by being attached to the outcome. Donate it with gratitude. Thank god that even though your condition is bad, it is not bad as the person you are donating it to. And donate so that the needy person gets support. By doing this, God will support you. Sadhaks, I have seen huge miracles through donations. Things that could take months to happen, happened in just a few weeks when people started donating.

The benefits I mentioned above are the list of benefits. Donating, say foodgrains, is not going to automatically give you all of the listed benefits. Depending upon your wish, you should take the sankalp and do a donation for that specific wish/es.