Midnight madness needn’t shatter our equanimity
By Anup Taneja According to British philosopher Bertrand Russell, people in general are in the habit of taking their professional worries to bed with them. And in the night, when they should be giving...
View ArticleCan we create a new destiny for ourselves?
By Pranav Khullar One of the most intriguing notions at the heart of all philosophical speculation is the concept of determinism versus free-will. Are we here merely playing the role created by...
View ArticleGo beyond rituals to connect with the divine
By Pratiksha Apurv Of late, a lot of research is being done across Indian and foreign universities on the profound message of Kabir. The answer to understanding the 15th-century mystic poet, though, is...
View ArticleBalance the relative and spiritual worlds
By Shri Shri Anandamurti How should a sadhak, spiritual aspirant, lead his life? A real sadhak will properly discharge his duties in the relative and spiritual worlds; and between the two worlds, there...
View ArticleRegular exercise routine is essential for mental health
All of us go through some experiences in life where we feel mentally drained out. The negative emotions and feelings generated by these experiences can stay with us for a long time afterwards and make...
View ArticleYou are complete and perfect in every way
By Swami Krishnananda Here we are, the products, as it were, of this great creative activity of the immeasurable completeness and perfection of the Almighty, the Supreme Being. God is utter perfection,...
View ArticleWhat makes pleasure different from joy?
By Swami Sukhabodhananda Satan was taking a walk near a lake with his disciple. They saw one passerby pick up something. “What did he pick up?” asked the student. “A piece of truth,” replied Satan....
View ArticleThree guards at the gates of moksh
By Sathya Sai Baba At the gates of moksh, liberation, and sakshatkar, Self-realisation, three guards are posted to ask you for your credentials. They are — shanti, santosh, and vichar, that is peace,...
View ArticleYou’re either the illusionist or the hypnotised
By Mona Mehta Colloquially speaking, maya stands for extraordinary powers, magic, sorcery or illusion – as in the maya jaal, web of illusion, spun by the wicked witch from a Hans Andersen fairy tale,...
View ArticleWill you heed animals’ call and let them live?
By Dada JP Vaswani Reverence for nature is essential. It will help us survive upon this planet, preserve and protect this blessed earth for future generations. Reverence is essential – reverence for...
View ArticleMeditate, it can make you perpetually happy
By Hasmukh Adhia Happiness is not a state of continuous excitement or rapture. It is a state of absence of sadness. Sleep is the best example of this. We feel happy in sleep because there...
View ArticleChampioning the right to practice any religion
By Inder Raj Ahluwalia From a sacrifice of unparalleled proportions, emerged the spirit and saga of one of the world’s greatest gurus and it has a lot to teach us. Given the fact that today’s...
View ArticleBlack hole, the pinnacle of self-realisation
By Rajesh Iyer A black hole is described as a place in space where the gravity pull is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. The gravity is strong because matter has been...
View ArticleWe know what you did last summer
By Narayani Ganesh When I say ‘we know what you did last summer’ the reference is to cosmic time and not a particular summer. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently relayed images of the...
View ArticleThe world needs empathy more than sympathy
By Sumit Paul Urdu poet Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi writes: ‘Ye jazba humdardi se badh kar hota hai/ Kisi ke dard ko samajhne se behtar hota hai/ Saare jahan ka dard jab apna lagne lagta hai/...
View ArticleWisdom of Samkhya imparted by Krishn to Arjun
By Anup Taneja “The Bhagwad Gita is perhaps the most systematic scriptural statement of the Perennial Philosophy,” wrote Aldous Huxley. Popularised by Huxley, the term ‘Perennial Philosophy’ recognises...
View ArticleBhagwad Gita offers a roadmap for success
By Jaya Row While the rest of the world was in the Stone Age, the ancient Indian had reached the zenith of human development. The accent shifted from conquering the world to gaining control over...
View ArticleGita Mahotsav: Spiritual counsellors for Hindus
Gita is “the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind … hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.” — Aldous Huxley, English...
View ArticleYou can’t attain God by scripture study alone
John Hierl The Hindu scriptures provide the means for Self-realisation and moksh. The earlier in life we study them, the better we will understand the transient and unreal nature of this world. True...
View ArticleLike Kafka, we too can turn pain into love
By Raman Singh Franz Kafka, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, who never married and had no children, walked through a local park in Stieglitz in Berlin one day in the Fall of...
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