Why is it that honest people suffer?
By A Parthasarathy The general grievance everywhere is that the innocent suffer at the hands of the vicious. That the honest are deceived and harassed while the dishonest exploit and prosper. The...
View ArticleFirst, become a good human being
By Meena Om Be a good human first. This will help us overcome problems that the world is facing today. Cultivate strength to first be a good human yourself so that you can in turn...
View ArticleWhat you feel is true
Discovering the flip side of reality is the main task of epistemology. What we take to be true is what we believe.
View ArticleSeeing the world through the eye of intuition
Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda Q: To experience oneness involves what? Why is oneness so elusive? Yes, it is true. The call of the unknown is the call to unite. It is united. There is oneness. All...
View ArticleThe experiential transmission of knowledge
By Robert Aziz The experiential transmission of knowledge has been held by the consciousness and enlightenment traditions, to be the most difficult teaching to master. Mere ‘retentional education’ does...
View ArticleA tree is your life
The first fundamental fact of looking inward is always to see that you are naturally very much a part of everything around you. Without that realisation, there is really no spiritual process.
View ArticleHinduism is inclusive, Hindutva is exclusive
By Ashok Vohra Hinduism, while keeping itself pegged to the Vedas, is a poignant and dynamic religion that adapts itself to the changing social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological...
View ArticleBhakti Poets Like Kabir Promoted Harmony
By Pranav Khullar The bhakti movement – that cut across all distinctions of high and low birth, the learned and the unlettered, men and women – opened the doors of spiritual realisation to one...
View ArticleEvolutionary enlightenment: Nothing to something
By Andrew Cohen The teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment is about profound awakening to evolutionarily enlightened consciousness and its manifestation and expression in the world. Enlightened...
View ArticleJoy of Giving Is Greater Than Joy Of Receiving
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar There is a certain joy in getting something. That’s the joy children experience when they get things like toffees and toys. Parents and grandparents feel happy when they give....
View ArticleWhen We Bombard God With Complaints
Discourse: Sant Rajinder Singh There was a movie in which a man had the opportunity to take God’s job. He found out quickly that God is bombarded with endless complaints and prayers from billions of...
View ArticlePay heed to conscience
Corruption is an assault on consciousness. It has become away of life, affecting all aspects of living; it is not restricted to the pecuniary. It takes other forms too. Immoral ways of people in high...
View ArticleThe Search For A Soul Connection
By Pulkit Sharma No one wishes to have an addiction; it just creeps in before one realises it. Initially, people turn to various intoxicants out of curiosity, to seek pleasure or to soothe their...
View ArticleHappiness in Life
Happiness cannot depend on what you experience moment to moment. Therefore, happiness must depend upon your attitude to life.
View ArticleCompassion as the source of happiness
The XIV Dalai Lama The purpose of life is to strive for happiness. We are here; we exist and we have the right to exist. Even non-sentient beings like flowers have the right to exist....
View ArticleMind And Prana: Rider And Vehicle
By Yoga Vasishta Prince Rama asked: The mind is able to think only on account of prana, the life-force, and it has no existence in itself. Then, what is it in itself? Sage Vasishta replied:...
View ArticleLimitless Enjoyment
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar With victory over attachment, you find unlimited enjoyment, naturalness automatically arises in you, and you can succeed in any work. There is no use getting entangled in the...
View ArticleHappiness will find ultimate consummation
By Shri Shri Anandamurti There is nothing beyond the periphery of the Macrocosm. The natural wont of everybody is to know one’s surroundings; and whatever exists is surrounded by the Macrocosm. So the...
View ArticleStriving to seek the unknown eternal
By Arup Mitra Change is the basic truth of our existence. The entire cosmos is changing every moment. In this process of unending change, the human mind extends itself to seek that which is...
View ArticleGuard Against Pseudo Gurus And Cults
By Rajesh Bhola We don’t have to believe in self-professed (pseudo) gurus – popularly referred to as ‘godmen’ – to believe in love and compassion for all beings. We do not have to follow rituals...
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