Measuring happiness?
By Sumit Paul From 122nd rank in 2017 to 133rd rank in 2018, India has slipped 11 places on the ‘World Happiness Index’. This ranking by the UN purports to reveal how happy the country...
View ArticleA bird inspired hanuman to look for sita
By Arvind Sharma This story pertains to the period in the Ramayana, after the abduction of Sita when Rama and Lakshmana go out in search of Sita and encounter Hanuman. Rama promises to help Hanuman’s...
View ArticleA deeper transformation in Lent
By Sumit Dhanraj The holy season of Lent is reaching its culmination. The special observances and practices for the Lenten Season are being observed and practised by the faithful in the Holy Week...
View ArticleChildren’s safety via well-being & self-esteem
By Roshan Gandhi A tragic incident at a prominent school in Gurugram catapulted the issue to national attention, and subsequently numerous incidents have been reported amidst a flurry of fault-finding,...
View ArticleA good philosophy makes life worthwhile
By Ruskin Bond The other day, when I was with a group of students, a bright young thing asked me, ‘Sir, what is your philosophy of life?’ She had me stumped. There I was, a...
View ArticleGoing for an eternal high
Each of us is engaged in two universal activities: either we are occupied in trying to increase our quantum of happiness or we are desperately struggling to somehow reduce our misery.
View ArticleMahavira’s quest to find the truth
By Sudhamahi Regunathan At every step of his travels over 12 years, Sraman Vardhamana learnt a new lesson. There are unbelievable records of how he hardly ate, how he fasted for long periods, how his...
View ArticleTake that leap of faith
PRANAV KHULLAR The burden of history hung heavy in the morning air as I looked across at the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, Mount Moriah, sacred to all the three great Semitic faiths. For a city...
View ArticleThe import of saying, ‘Behold, the crucified!’
By Kethoser Kevichusa In the English language, the term “behold” carries a certain gravitas, and, whenever used, commands us to pay careful attention to what follows. In St John’s narrative of the...
View ArticleEaster, a post mortem of Good Friday
By Christopher Mendonca Suffering is part of the natural order of the universe. At all levels in nature we see the struggle for survival, growth and decay, emergence of new life and a return to...
View ArticleExpose the education system & revolutionise it
Talk: Osho It is painful to see the present condition of education. In the name of education, all sorts of slaveries are nourished. The root causes for the ugliness and crippling of humanity are hidden...
View ArticleMake the world a peaceful place
By Sant Rajinder Singh Media reports show that youth violence is on the rise. We find children fighting and even killing each other due to prejudices and hatred. How could such young, pure, and...
View ArticleAre values and morals outdated concepts?
By Janki Santoke What role do values play today, ask many who are faced with corruption all around. A person would not even survive today with these so-called values. Is it really possible to do...
View ArticleBeastly tales
By Akhil Chandra News of missing tigers, enslaved elephants, dying dolphins and disappearing Olive-Ridley turtles have become much too common for comfort. Why are we — most of us, anyway — cruel to...
View ArticleSpirituality Is Uninhibited Spirit Of Catholicity
By Geetika Jain For most people, spirituality is synonymous with religion. This is a fallacy. Religion can be a stepping stone for spiritual awakening, but nothing more. It is easy to follow the...
View ArticleDialogue between Prince Rama & Sage Vasishta
By Raghunandan On his return to Ayodhya after a pilgrimage, Prince Rama is possessed with questions on the purpose of life, and the meaning of existence. He becomes totally disinterested in day-to-day...
View ArticleHinduism as a holistic vision of life
By Mata Amritanandamayi Creation and the Creator are not separate; the Creator has become creation. The Hindu religion holds that realising this non-dual truth is the highest goal of life. The dream is...
View ArticleA bud that is healthy will blossom
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar What do we mean when we say, ‘being healthy’? It means to be physically strong, mentally calm and steady, and emotionally soft inside. You are not healthy when you feel...
View ArticleThe source of power
The mantra is a supreme rhythmic language which seizes hold upon all that is finite and brings into each the light and voice of its own infinite.
View ArticleStrength of mind for spiritual awareness
By Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati Cultivate spiritual awareness. Swami Sivananda has said, “The aim of human life is not God-realisation; rather, it is the cultivation of spiritual awareness.” How far...
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