Reflections of Rajaram Bojji

Today is a very special day Vasudeva centric Dwadashi ..I felt like having a philosophical debate with my buddy Co-Pilot 😀 Have fun reading?  Do you know the story of death of a boy son of a hunter in forest bec of a snake bite and then the subsequent debate between the snake, the death (mritu) and Kala (time) in Mahabharata? Yes, I'm familiar with that story from the Mahabharata! It centers around the tragic death of the young hunter's son, Sushena. He was bitten by a snake, leading to an intriguing philosophical debate among the snake (Takshaka), Death (Mṛtyu), and Time (Kala). **Here’s a brief summary:** - **The Event:** Sushena, the son of a hunter, was bitten by a snake and died. This incident was devastating for the boy's family. - **The Debate:** The snake Takshaka, Death (Mṛtyu), and Time (Kala) enter into a deep discussion about who is responsible for the boy's death. Each defends their own role in the grand design of fate and destiny.     - **Takshaka:** Argu...

It keeps recurring back to my mind how from the time British left us, we the former subjects of the Empire, were forced to accept the Executive privilege of keeping the process of governance secret from us, the lowly natives and mere subjects. At that time also chosen few of us served the Empire, or worked pro-actively with them,like businessmen and royal families as well as rich land lords. Then the loot from the country got carried away to London while they developed infrastructure like railways, roads or cities or sold clothes for us at prices we are not told about. Those who helped thus are shown gratitude by the government by conferring titles and special gun salutes etc. Today also we continue to be the same subjects, businessmen, landlords in the form of political class proactively work with the government, and continue to use the same Executive privilege of keeping things secret from us and stash the loot abroad developing infrastructure and implementing public purpose projects...

Do all animals have souls. including insects and bacteria ? How does the cycle of rebirths cease when one attains MOKSHA ? Detailed descriptions are available in Bhagavata and Bhagavadgita when the process of creation is described. 84 lac species we go through a a jeeva ( soul) and human species is the one we reach as the last one of the 84 lac species. Today science has identified only about 10% of these species. Jada and living are two categories, and amongst living, the faculty of thinking, discernment, and free will with communicating skills of very high order are gifted to human species while others have to lesser and lesser degrees. Every living entity hence must have a soul. Trees too live but do no karma. They just serve , serve and serve!!! The moment you are given intelligence, thinking, desires and physical prowess to deploy, you start karma and the details of karma, akarma, vikarma all are well described in Bhagavadgita. The same karma depending on the intention, becomes ...