Does ‘reality’ really exist?
By Deepak Ranade Our perception of the world we live in is based on physical realism — a conviction that the physical world we see is real and exists by itself. The evolution of scientific...
View ArticleLessons on peace and prosperity from Davos
By Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Body text: Returning to the World Economic Forum (WEF) after more than a decade, I see there is an emphasis on discussing the important role of mental well-being,...
View ArticleTirthankar who can be Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh
By JK Jain As per Jain cosmology, universe is Anadi-nidhan, eternal. The two time-cycles, Utsarpini, in which all good things – knowledge, happiness, life span, stature – are in ascending order, and...
View ArticleScience ends & Brahmn jnana begins. NOW, ATHA
By Samir Jain Most of us experience existential angst at some point or other. We may ask, why was I born? What is the purpose of my life? What is reality? Many more such questions...
View ArticleAgeing choices of being or becoming
By Somnath Sarkar For the ageing person, life increasingly becomes a tale of two states, metaphorically speaking. It is all about the choices of someone who has long left the shores of 60 while...
View ArticleCan nationalism treat the world as one family?
By Ramesh Bijlani Love has layers, and so has loyalty. A lover of the planet earth can have a special corner in his heart for the country in which he was born. Love for one’s...
View ArticleReclaim your legacy and raise levels of trust
By Hardayal Singh As we celebrate the Republic Day, there is much that we can be proud of. But, there is one major concern. We live in a society with low levels of trust. As...
View ArticleCongratulate your neighbour on his success
By Sandeep Chakravorty Let’s be candid. When your neighbour’s son didn’t clear the IIT exams, didn’t you feel glee? Hasn’t your colleague not getting the posting of choice given you vicarious...
View ArticleHighest ideal that Gandhi discovers in the Gita
By Anup Taneja Gandhiji had a unique faith in the ultimate goodness of man, a faith in the great potentialities of humanity and a faith that, notwithstanding all his limitations, weaknesses and...
View ArticleMorality is the starting point of any sadhana
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Morality is the foundation of sadhana, spiritual practice. It is not the culminating point of the spiritual march. Sadhana, at the very start, requires mental equilibrium. This...
View ArticleYour artha, money, grows when it finds artha
By Ram Krishna Sinha The word ‘artha’ in Hindi has a dual meaning. It means ‘money’ and it also denotes ‘meaning’. Yet, all artha – money or wealth – doesn’t necessarily have artha – meaning...
View ArticleSomeone walked through the space we’re in now
By Thomas Easley At this moment, in the space we’re in. Wherever we are in the world. Whatever the time of day. Whatever we’re doing, something or someone came and went through the space we’re...
View ArticleThe world is what we make it
By Marguerite Theophil It is not nature that dictates the injustices happening in the world every single day — it’s the work of people. The world is what we make it. Each of us can...
View ArticleWhen power empowers and when it does not
By Janina Gomes Walking through an elephant camp, a man observed that pachyderms were neither kept in cages nor held by the use of chains. All that was holding them back from escaping the camp...
View ArticleThe middle path versus loving detachment
By Narayani Ganesh Most Hindu households in South India, accept the Buddha as one of the avatars, as his teachings are not thought to be very different than what Vedanta advocates. Gautam Buddha may...
View ArticlePositive environment, positive shifts in life
By G S Tripathi We see and feel different kinds of environments — physical, educational, intellectual, social, financial, spiritual and material. Parents, brothers and sisters, and our elderly...
View ArticleIntegrate yourself around your true centre
By James Anderson In Integral Yoga, we are on a path of true change. No part of our being can be viewed and corrected in isolation. Everything has to be changed within the context of...
View ArticleThe best and only identity we need to have
By Kamala Arunachalam In mathematics, there is a concept of Venn diagram to represent the complex overlapping. Take an example of a group of people and their knowledge of say three languages. This is...
View ArticleEarth yourself from material shocks
By Somnath Sarkar People the world over crave for change to deviate from the monotonous day-to-day existence. There is need for a flutter now and then, as a reassurance that life is flowing along the...
View ArticlePhysics of distance, chemistry of togetherness
By Sumit Paul A verse by poet Naresh Kumar ‘Shaad’ goes like this: ‘Pyaar mein zaroori hai zara antar bhi, Zinda rakhne ishq ko chahiye ye mantar hi’ — A little distance is needed in...
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