Without diversity, life cannot have full play
By Sri Aurobindo Language is the sign of the cultural life of a people, the index of its soul in thought and mind that stands behind and enriches its soul in action. Therefore, it is...
View ArticleReality presented by Vasisht and Ashtavakra
By Narayani Ganesh Many commentaries have been written on the two wisdom works, one by Sage Vasisht containing the essence of his interaction with Prince Ram, and the other, by Sage Ashtavakra,...
View ArticleWhy change scares us and why it shouldn’t
By Marguerite Theophil Haven’t most of us at some point in our lives tried to make a change; one that is positive, constructive and enriching – and yet have come up against our own resistance...
View ArticleAttaining life in all its fullness
By Valson Thampu The goal of spirituality, said Jesus Christ, is to enable human beings to attain life in its fullness. This is the least understood, or most misunderstood, of Jesus’ teachings. One...
View ArticleExperience the sentient landscape everywhere
By Narayani Ganesh The Washington Post recently reported of a Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, saying that the artificially intelligent chatbot generator programme, LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue...
View ArticleEco-yog: The art of nature-human integration
By Vir Singh Yog is not just about human health and wellbeing; it pertains to the whole living planet. Life in our contemporary world is shrinking as non-human species are under utter stress. Many...
View ArticleShining a light on women’s empowerment
By Daisaku Ikeda Amidst mounting global challenges such as increasingly severe climate change and the Covid pandemic since 2020, it is urgent to restart and accelerate the progress towards a society...
View Article10 yogic steps to become ruler of the self
By Brahma Kumari Shivani Our quest to control every aspect of life has made us good at mastering several things in the world around us, but the same cannot be said about our mastery of...
View ArticleOffer yourself to the fire of purification
By James Anderson None can walk the path of Integral Yog without constantly offering oneself to the Fire of Purification. Purification is the first stage in this yog. The Fire is our very essence, the...
View ArticleJnana Yog helps transcend mind’s limited vision
By Satish K Kapoor ‘Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge,’ says the Bhagwad Gita, 4:38. While Hath Yog strengthens the body through systematic physical activity and breathing...
View ArticleYog of universal form as basis for a good life
By Jayant B Dave Gita Jnana is described as both Brahmn Vidya and yog shastra, meaning knowledge of the highest reality and means to its attainment. While the Truth is expounded in the entire Bhagwad...
View ArticleAre you not growing fast enough?
By Hansaji Yogendra Growth and expansion are buzzwords of this day and age. Everybody wants to grow at lightning speed, a three-year-old child wants to get rid of his tricycle and ride a bicycle, a...
View ArticleThe seed of divinity is present in all of us
By Anup Taneja Inscribed on the forefront of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi is the famous Greek maxim by Socrates, ‘Gnothi Seauton’, meaning ‘know thyself’. Today, some of us are blissfully unaware of...
View ArticlePatanjali’s God is not the same as in Upanishads
By Ashok Vohra The only difference between the Sankhya school and the Yog school is that the former comprises theoretical knowledge and the latter is a spiritual practice. However, the two differ in...
View ArticleMysticism can link finite with infinite
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Since the dawn of civilisation, one often-asked question is about salvation of human beings. The supra-psychic existence that remains in close proximity to a corporeal...
View ArticleWhat makes trees the greatest Karma Yogis?
By Swami Tejomayananda Once, Shri Krishn was roaming in Vrindavan with his friends. It was a hot sunny day, and they took refuge under tall, shady trees. On seeing them do so, he said: “See...
View ArticleRespect all, as the whole world is one family
By Sudhamahi Regunathan We keep drawing boundaries around ourselves … our imaginary limitations, our equally imaginary sense of belonging to one ‘category’ of people. Some differences exist, like that...
View ArticleRath Yatra is about Jagannath’s universal love
By GS Tripathi Jagannath Rath Yatra has begun. It is a periodic event, so are almost all festivals in India. But Rath Yatra is special. Three giant-sized chariots are constructed every year for...
View ArticleHow we sow and reap our samskaras
By Dhruva Bhargava Life is a divine creative force. We are not dependent solely on instinctual drives but also possess virtues of awareness, reasoning, common sense, reflection, will, logic, morality...
View ArticleEveryday mystic experiences God through duties
By Janina Gomes Mysticism is generally considered as something that is beyond the ken of ordinary men and women. Far be it from the truth. Every one of us is called to be a mystic...
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