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Let the wide universe be your place of worship

By Sanjoy Chanda  Man’s freedom is not curbed by prescribed rituals or customs. The wide universe is his temple, pure heart is his holy shrine, and truth is the most infallible scripture, believed Raja...

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Connecting with the unified consciousness

By CL Gulati Human life is a unique blessing for linking the soul with God, the omnipresent mainstream of consciousness. Philosopher St Augustine of Hippo writes, “Restless are our souls, until they...

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True happiness lies in the elimination of ego

By Swami Sukhabodhananda A youngster came to my centre with a depressed look. His eyes were sunken, his smile was faded, and he felt like death but was still living. His hopes were gone and...

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Delighted you create, in misery you destroy

By Osho Whenever a person lives in misery, he would like to destroy everything. Misery is destructive, happiness is creative. There is only one creativity and that is of blissfulness, cheerfulness,...

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Bhagwad Gita’s advice on how to invest right

By Radhanath Swami We are very conscious and careful before making an important investment. We conduct a thorough research and get a list of best options available. We evaluate each option one by one,...

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Break the mould of narrow perceptions

By Shardha Batra We seek happiness like a thirsty man in a desert chases a mirage of an oasis. The Sanskrit word for ‘happiness’ is ‘sukha’. Etymologically, ‘Su’ is good and ‘kha’ is space. Sukha...

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Nurture your sattvic traits to shine brightly

By Jaya Row We are a wonderful mix of three very different personality traits. At times we are serene, contemplative, and inspired, and at other times, full of drive, passion, and activity. And there...

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As you eat, treat the source, not symptom

By Narayani Ganesh There is something to be said in favour of traditional healing systems anywhere in the world that seek to treat the source of the malady rather than address symptoms. For instance,...

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Oneness is essential for society to thrive

By Mohinderpal Singh  Spirituality entails looking inwards to assess our thoughts, shed negativity and work toward imbibing purity and positivity, moment to moment. Self-control, quest for truth, and...

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Finding meaning in our insignificance

By Pulkit Sharma  We live our lives with the aspiration for achieving some significance and permanence: beautifying our bodies, amassing wealth and possessions, glorifying ourselves, earning name and...

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Eroticism and asceticism are Siamese twins

By Sumit Paul Socio-linguistically weaned on the ossified tenets of proper social behaviour and extreme prudery, most of us regard the very word ‘sex’, even in spiritual contexts and realms, as a...

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Why is temple a special place of worship?

By Swami Chidanand Saraswati  People may ask, “If God is everywhere, if every living being is a manifestation of Brahmn, then why do we need to go to the temple?” There are many reasons. The...

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Why not bring God into our schools & colleges?

By Dada JP Vaswani Turning away from God, we only wander from distraction to distraction. Therefore, this must be the first step in any value-based system of education: Turn back to God! Love God and...

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The illusion of time we all live with

By Bansi Mahajan There are three kinds of illusions of time. One is claimed by physicists, second, that happens at the mind level, and third, at the spiritual level. After finding the theory of...

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Mahanaam: Insurance policy for self-realisation

By Somnath Sarkar The spiritual legacy that Amiya Roy Chowdhury, also known as Dadaji, had embodied through his discourses and writings continues to resonate with legions across India and abroad. His...

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Listen to the meaning, not to the words

By Amrit Sadhana The Buddha used to ask his disciples to do a certain meditation: “Go to the street and watch everybody passing by, coming and going on the street. See exactly what is happening....

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Self-Marriage as a means to self-actualisation

By Jug Suraiya A young Gujarati woman has created a storm in a cyberspace teacup thanks to the wedding she plans for herself, which is singular, in more ways than one, in that she is...

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End misunderstandings through sound arguments

By Farida Khanam In Islam, blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather than condemnation, protest and retaliation. Several verses in the Quran show that ‘abuse of the Prophet’ is not a...

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Dive into an inner sea of relaxation anytime

By Sant Rajinder Singh In our quest for peace and happiness, we often meet obstacles. Some of the challenges that prevent us from leading a life of tranquillity relate to our physical body. Undergoing...

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Why were Vedas only passed through verbal chanting and not writing?

The word Veda (वेद) is made from the word ‘Vid,’ which means “knowledge” in Sanskrit, the oldest sacred text available in the world. This is why Vedas as known as ‘Anantha vai Vedaah’ (अनंता वै...

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