The desire to succeed
By Radhanath Swami We can measure a person’s character by her capacity to tolerate difficulties. We are living in aworld of dualities. One must learn to adjust one’s consciousness and maintain...
View ArticleA finger in the socket
By Swami chinmayananda Is realisation an actual experience that, no matter who experiences it, will always be the same? Yes, it is exactly the same. If you stick your finger in the light socket, what...
View ArticleWhen love is in the air
By A Srinivas Spring’s in the air and it’s time for love and flowers to bloom. Teenagers serenade each other on boulevards and in parks. But are the celebrations an outpouring of love or a...
View ArticleReturn to Godhead
By Gautam Jain A human being is separated from his true Self — Atman or Godhead — by a mass of desires. He needs to slowly overcome desires and reveal that Self. We are made...
View ArticleLend them a hand
By Sanchit Khera Solving people’s issues is inherently flawed. Lend them a hand instead. The idea that someone can bring to you their problems, and you can solve them — is a game. We often...
View ArticleLand of the Hamsas
By Yogiraj Gurunath I travelled from the foothills of the Himalayas, from the sacred city of Hardwar to Rishikesh, which houses the ashrams of spiritual masters like Swami Shivananda Dayanand Saraswati...
View ArticleMeditation, music heal
By Jayam Anantharaman Human beings are the only species in God’s creation who make an issue out of nothing. Animals take life as it comes, but when man fails to do a certain thing or...
View ArticleTool for life management
By Yogacharya Kundan Kumar Yoga enables us to unite the individual soul with the ultimate eternal One. And, to achieve this union, we are faced with innumerable obstacles. But all hurdles are removed...
View ArticleCelebrating freedom
By Tapan Chatterjee The Hebrew word for Passover is Pesach, a combination of peh and sach. The two words mean, ‘the mouth speaks’. Passover is all about communication. During Passover the Jews follow...
View ArticleIt’s sacred and secular
Baisakhi epitomises the mela notion of convergence for it brings together people of all castes and communities on the first day of Vaisakha, the beginning of the traditional Indian New Year.
View ArticleOptions for viable life
By Anil K Rajvanshi Too many choices sometimes create conflicts and problems, and lead to unhappiness. Recent scientific and sociological studies done on a large number of subjects show that there...
View ArticleJust enjoy your mango
By Pravin Shankar Mehta The first and foremost of all thoughts in the human mind is the primeval thought “I”. Only after this thought, other thoughts arise. Ramana Maharishi says, if you could mentally...
View ArticleInsatiable appetite
By Hemprabha Chauhan Ignorance breeds desire and desire prompts us to actions, good and bad. Good actions bring punya, making us eligible for enjoyable experiences. Bad actions cause paap, or sin,...
View ArticleThe Baha’i Ridvan
By A K Merchant Ridvan is a garden chosen by Baha’u’llah for announcing his divine mission. The Festival of Ridvan is celebrated over 12 days from April 21 to May 2. The first ninth and...
View ArticleEarth Day and welfare
By Arun S Ninawe Spiritual practices are the best ways to demonstrate kindness and courtesy toward mother Earth and to express our gratitude. Catholic writer Ernesto Cardenal in Abide in Love observes,...
View ArticleYour dream is your hope
By Bishop Lalachan Abraham Do what you love. But discovering that dream and what you are meant to do in life isn’t always so easy. A dream is a personal vision. All dreams come from...
View ArticleManifest the unmanifest
By Yogi Ashwini Shiva is often described as adi, unborn; anant, endless; akhand, indivisible; nirakaar, formless. Yet, shivling has a form. Why is that? Shiva is beyond birth and yet He has a form. And...
View ArticleRobert Pirsig and the dissociation of the human self
Robert Pirsig, who wrote one of the cult books of my youth – Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (referred to hereafter as ZAMM) – is dead. As a young man Pirsig visited Japan...
View ArticleNo need to despair
By Swami Chinmayananda Never despair! A saint is one who, in solitude and patience, has developed himself. Train your mind. Watch the mind. Try slowly and steadily to arrest, to apprehend, to laugh at,...
View ArticleBalancing the books
By K S Ram Business anywhere is conducted for profit, or laabh. When the pursuit of laabh becomes unbridled, it degenerates into lobh, or greed. Money is called maya, because its impact on the life...
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