दीक्षा
Diksha
Spiritual initiation
📜Understanding Diksha
Diksha is spiritual initiation - the formal ceremony where a Guru accepts a disciple and transmits spiritual power, usually through a mantra.
🕉️Related Shlokas(5)
Gita 5.14
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 5
The true Self creates neither doership nor actions nor their fruits—it is nature alone that acts, while the Self remains eternally uninvolved.
Gita 8.13
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 8
The single syllable Om is the passport to eternity—uttered with divine remembrance at death, it opens the door to the supreme.
Gita 9.32
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 9
Birth circumstances cannot lock the gates of heaven - whoever takes refuge in the Divine reaches the supreme destination.
📖Related Stories(15)
Markandeya Conquers Death
→Shiva Purana
Destined to die at 16, young Markandeya clings to Shiva lingam as Yama approaches. Shiva emerges and defeats death itself, granting eternal youth. Devotion conquers destiny.
The Hunter and the Saint
→Krishna Bhakti Traditions
A forest hunter believed he could catch Krishna in his net. A learned saint mocked his simple faith. Krishna was pleased by the hunters innocent belief more than the saints practiced worship.