Videha Shetra

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The meaning of Videha Shetra becomes clear after reaching the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi... never before! It is only when one gains control of all the five senses and the mind... the concept of videha shetra becomes clear.

Trying to understand the meaning of Videha Shetra... we need to first understand the meaning of Videha. By Videha we mean negating the presence of a body... something bare... and this bare thing in the Spiritual domain can only be our atman the soul within. A Jiva (living being) without a body reduces to the state of an atman the soul within.

 

 

If we need to enter the videha shetra... we need to cast aside the body! And how can the body be cast aside? It is only possible when one realizes God... gains enlightenment. It is this stage of emancipation when atman the soul within becomes active and the body... the physical self loses its meaning.

This happens only after one gains enlightenment. The moment our atman the soul within gains enlightenment... in other words becomes free from the cycle of various manifestations... the circle of life and death ceases to exist... our atman the soul within becomes free of the bondage from manifesting a body.

Our atman the soul within having become detached from the body mentally... one crosses the threshold of bodily life... the physical aspect of the self. A stage... when our atman soul enters the videha stage of life... meaning the physical body has lost its meaning! One finally crosses the threshold of various manifestations to the glorious original form of the self... the purified atman soul state.

Videha Shetra is not a sacred space in the cosmos but it is only a concept that is best understood after realizing God. It has to be experienced before one truly realizes the meaning of videha shetra. Videha meaning... something devoid of deha (in hinduism deha stands for the body)! Having transcended the bodily form of life, any soul that becomes enlightened enters videha shetra.