I know my question is counterintuitive since the entire idea of Moksha is merging with the Supreme. Is the soul able to recollect all its past lives?

It is very very difficult to reach the samadhi state for a beginner in yoga as it is the last step in ashtanga yoga. A lot of practice and other qualities are needed to reach the state. In general, it will take years for a person to reach the samadhi state. All the steps are as follows: Yama Niy...

I know that these are mentioned in Buddhist scriptures, but I'm specifically interested in their occurrence in Hindu scriptures.

From which scripture are these shlokas from? स्थितस् तत्र जना यूका इव सीमन्त-संस्थिताः ॥ This earth here is the body of a giant living being, self-supported in empty space. On that are situated the people like lice dwelling in the hair. पक्षी स्वभाव-वशतो यत्र तिष्ठति खे स्वयम् । तत्र भूमेः स्थित...

Matsya is commonly stated as the first or second of the list of major avatars of Vishnu. There are many different versions of the story, varying in details, but with the basic story alike: the Matsya Purana, the Mahabharata, the Shatapatha Brahmana etc. all give different accounts. But I have rar...

Spinoza's philosophy also speaks about oneness of the universe. Is it same as advaita?

I talked with some Vaishnavas and told them Shiva and Vishnu are same and I gave example of many Puranas. But they told Puranas are classified into sathvik, rajasic and tamasic puranas. And only sathvik puranas are true. Different puranas give different list of sathvik puranas. Does any verse fro...

Some of the comments under this answer refer to some users/downvoters with the demon name, Kalanemi: https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/51545 Did you notice that all the 4 posts here has one downvote each? @Adiyarkku – Rickross May 20 at 7:53 @Rickross kalanemis are very dangerous than asuras....