Balance your intelligence
Either we are madly after money, or we are crazy about renouncing it. But it seems very difficult to remain in the middle.
View ArticleGood of the world
By R K Langar The Bhagavad Gita lays utmost emphasis on the good of the world, or lokasamgraha. Work done for lokasamgraha not only prevents destruction of the world, it also contributes towards social...
View ArticleAfter makinga mistake
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Often, people make a mistake and then add to it by making yet another mistake: by trying to justify their mistake. But what they should actually do on making a mistake...
View ArticleUnconditional Surrender
By Devakottai Sundararajan Srinivasan Vedas describe God as being Nirguna, free of qualities, and Niranjana, free of blemish. Advaita philosophy of Adi Sankara explains this concept, “God or Brahmn...
View ArticleLet go of the past
By Neeraja Raghavan Why do unhappy events stay on in the mind? Why are we haunted by those episodes in our lives that left us grief-stricken, frustrated, resentful, hurt, guilty or upset, and not by...
View ArticleCall it loving detachment
By Amitava Basu Simply put, happiness is satisfaction of mind. However, different individuals have different perceptions of how to achieve happiness. For some, happiness lies in wealth; for others, it...
View ArticleLet your Chi flow freely
By Sensei Sandeep Desai One hour of T’ai Chi effects changes in your attitude, outlook and perception, making you stress-free. You concentrate better on your breathing, connect to your ‘chi’ and feel...
View ArticleFreedom From Desire
By Dada J P Vaswani The Buddha said that desire is the root cause of all sorrow. If we really want to be free of misery, sorrow, delusion and disappointment, we must learn to overcome...
View ArticleLess speech, more silence
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Asked why he was so miserly with words, a wise man replied, “The Creator of the world has given man two ears, but just one tongue. This is so that we...
View ArticleVast sky of realisation
By Vivek Desai A gull happily flying with a morsel in its mouth, suddenly noticed that it was being chased by 10 other gulls. They started harassing and pecking it. Frightened, the gull dodged, flew...
View ArticleVishwarupa as timelessness
By Arup Mitra The concept of vishwarupa is a philosophical manifestation. In Hindu mythology we get to see its mention a couple of times. Krishna once showed it to Yashoda in his childhood and finally...
View ArticleOpen the third eye
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev The 14th day of every month is known as Shivaratri. Mahashivaratri is the most powerful of the year’s 12 Shivaratris and celebrates the grace of Shiva. The word ‘Shiva’...
View ArticleThe yoga of devotion
By Avatar Meher Baba Out of a number of practices that lead to the ultimate goal of humanity, God Realisation, Bhakti Yoga is one of the most important. Bhakti Yoga means the art of worship....
View ArticleDeath & the Hereafter
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Those huge masses of ice, which we know as icebergs, found floating in the seas of the North and South Poles are amongst the most deceptive and, therefore, most dangerous...
View ArticleHumbling ash Wednesday
By Janina Gomes Lent, the season of fasting penance and prayer, begins today, on Ash Wednesday. Smearing the heads of Christians with ashes on this day is viewed as a positive symbol: repent and...
View ArticleReally close to god
By Swami Sadyojat Shankarashram Once upon a time, a musk deer went searching for musk. Round and round the forest she went, month after month, unaware that the heady fragrance so desperately sought by...
View ArticleHealth via energy
Today, many people may be medically healthy, but do not experience a sense of inner well-being. To experience wholeness, one’s body, mind and energy must function at a certain level of inner intensity....
View ArticleMind is untruth
The word Truth in spirituality is used to refer to that dimension that is existentially true. And untruth is that which existentially is not true.
View ArticleEternal hide and seek
By K P Rastogi I’ve nursed a deep desire since childhood to see truth, face-to-face. I knew that truth would remain elusive unless I learnt to recognise the true nature of my own self and...
View ArticleHappiness and bhakti yoga
By Yogacharya Kundan Kumar To attain jitendriyata is to achieve full control over one’s senses. This leads to what is called God-realisation. In this controlled state, all pain and suffering cease...
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