{"id":9,"date":"2016-04-19T06:10:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T06:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.artoonsolutions.com\/asthiweb\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2016-04-28T06:38:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T06:38:25","slug":"the-core-of-hindu-life-a-reminder-to-all-indians-across-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/the-core-of-hindu-life-a-reminder-to-all-indians-across-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Core of Hindu Life: A Reminder to all Indians Across the Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Upanishads play a very important role in the essence and strength of the Hindu religion. It forms the basis for the formation and preservation of Hindu religious culture. These holy texts lay down the principal Vedic doctrines such as self-realization, reincarnation, and karma. The word Upanishad means mystic or inner teachings. It is the very doctrine of Hindu life where ignorance is destroyed through the achievement of the highest knowledge. By and large, the Upanishads contain both the philosophical tenets and spiritual vision of the Hindu religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-129\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.artoonsolutions.com\/asthiweb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image18-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"image18\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image18-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image18-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image18-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image18.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the center of the Upanishads, which is the core of Hindu religious culture, is the concept of knowledge of the truth. Knowledge brings about certainty. Knowledge sets forth understanding. And understanding brings about peace and prosperity. To achieve all this, it is underscored that one can reach the truth only through a strictly personal effort. All these emphasize the spiritual meanings of the Vedic scriptures. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The essence of this very important thought is contained in this most significant line from the Upanishads: \u201cUnderstanding without practice is better than practice without understanding. Understanding with practice is better than understanding without practice. Residing in your true nature is better than understanding or practice.\u201d This underscores the philosophical concept that one can obtain the knowledge of truth only through strictly personal effort, and that man\u2019s journey to salvation is taken by himself alone. It also emphasizes that freedom is attained through this knowledge, and when pursued becomes wisdom that transforms into a way of life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Upanishads play a very important role in the essence and strength of the Hindu religion. It forms the basis for the formation and preservation of Hindu religious culture. These holy texts lay down the principal Vedic doctrines such as self-realization, reincarnation, and karma. The word Upanishad means mystic or inner teachings. It is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/asthivisarjan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}