Mindful parenting: How modern parents can connect with the concept of...
Change is the only constant … spirituality was needed earlier and it’s needed now and it will always be relevant in whatever we do in the future. That is the only wealth that India has...
View ArticleDon’t react to differences, seek internal unity
By Shri Shri Anandamurti The starting point of the origin of human beings and the culminating point of their movement is the same. It is the natural law for any entity to originate from and...
View ArticleChess is more than intellectual gymnastics
By Narayani Ganesh With the 44th Chess Olympiad flagged off in Chennai, there is renewed interest in the board game that is thought to be the preserve of intellectuals. Intellectual application is...
View ArticleAre you putting your time to good use?
By Sant Rajinder Singh We are given 24 hours each day to put to good use. After discharging our worldly obligations and giving rest to our body, we are left with about six hours to...
View ArticleMay all creatures everywhere be happy
By Mata Amritanandamayi From the most venomous cobras to harmless little water snakes, you find an entire array of snakes in India. Snakes play an important role in balancing the world’s ecological...
View ArticleDon’t forget, you are not your shadow
By Swami Chinmayananda Due to ignorance, man identifies the Atman, the Self, with the anatman, the not-Self. You are the infinite, immortal Spirit, but as a result of the misunderstanding that you are...
View ArticleGuru can show you the straight path to happiness
By VS Krishnan In the midst of darkness, there is only one who can provide the light, and lead us to our destination. He is the Master called Guru, who helps the individual to distinguish...
View ArticleThree things that prompt us to speak, write & act
By KV Raghupathi Three things prompt us to speak and write: first is the intellect, the second is imagination, and the third is Prakriti. It has taken millennia to transition from instinct to reason,...
View ArticleHave you ever wondered who you are?
By Jaya Row The Bhagwad Gita gives insight into our personality. The various aspects of our inner working are knowledge, action, actor, intellect, consistency and happiness. Each of these can be...
View ArticleAccepting humbly with an open heart
By Narayani Ganesh Sometimes forwarded messages on social media platforms inform and educate and they open up a whole new perspective. One such message from a group of college friends talked of the...
View ArticleLike a candle, burn to show light to others
By Haji Syed Salman Chishty It was on the tenth day of Muharram that Hazrat Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was martyred by the army of a tyrant, Yazid. This tragedy shook the Islamic...
View ArticleKatha Upanishad on Nachiketas’ tryst with death
By Pranav Khullar The dialogue between Nachiketas and Yama in the ‘Katha Upanishad’ takes one directly into an awareness of the mystery of life and death, and the compelling need to search for the...
View ArticleFestival of destroying vices, earning virtues
By Brahma Kumari Asha Raksha Bandhan,which literally means ‘bond of protection’, is celebrated on full moon day, in the month of Shravan. There are several mythological references to Raksha Bandhan....
View ArticleWhy should we learn Sanskrit today?
By Vivek Desai Sanskrit need not be dismissed as another classical or even dead language, just chanted during religious rituals but having no practical use. A closer look at Sanskrit sheds light on its...
View ArticleBody double: The heaven and hell within
By Jug Suraiya Does the human species have to endure the worst that it is capable of to achieve the best that it can? Is it necessary for us to descend to an internal hell...
View ArticleLove makes it easier to journey into freedom
By Christopher Mendonca We are used to thinking of freedom as an event that we experience. Nations celebrate the day of their ‘independence’ from foreign rule; those wrongly accused, celebrate a...
View ArticleTurn attention inside to change your destiny
By James Anderson The moment we turn our attention inside, we start changing our destiny. This is the first step in yog. The soul always prompts us to live inwardly and reject the trappings of...
View ArticleA true master focuses on your state of being
By Swami Sukhabodhananda One has to understand the distinction between a master and a teacher. A teacher is interested in giving information, while a master works on one’s transformation. A teacher is...
View ArticleBirthday on which we celebrate conscious living
By P Lakshminarayanan We know our body, mind and intellect, but we do not know our essential Self. Krishn represents our true nature, our real Self, the pure Consciousness. The celebration of Krishn’s...
View ArticleCelebrating the charioteer who gave us the Gita
By Radhanath Swami Every year, countless devotees of Krishn eagerly await the blessed day of Janmashtami, the day when the Divine appeared on this earthly plane some five thousand years ago....
View Article