The need to understand
By Radhey Shyam Kaushal About 250 years ago, German philosopher Immanuel Kant advocated a fine description of objective component of ultimate reality in nature in terms of its space-time structure and...
View ArticleHappiness from within
By Harsh Kabra The driving force behind every individual’s worldly pursuit is acraving for mental peace and material pleasure. The yearning is for happiness that is selfsustaining and that cannot be...
View ArticleNo more misery
By Swami Swaroopananda Anxiety, as well as all the other emotions, can actually be turned around to our advantage. When we use the right amount, in the right place, at the right time, for the...
View ArticleA spiritual gymnasium
By Asha Praver An apple seed contains within it the potential to become a fruit-bearing tree. It doesn’t happen all at once though. It may be tiresome for the seed first to sprout, then a...
View ArticleLord of love and life
By MN Chatterjee Krishna devotees ardently look upon him as the godhead, more emotively evocative than most of the other Vishnu avatars. His birthday continues to be celebrated with great joy and...
View ArticleThe Prince of Peace
By Latha David It’s that time of the year again when we are celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees, mistletoes, gifts and Santa Claus. Though these are part of Christmas festivities, they are only...
View ArticleLife’s a Bubble
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Generally, the sky is never in your conscious perception. True existence can be likened to the vastness of the sky. The Sun, the stars, you and me are all just small...
View ArticleGod Playing Games?
By Swami Sukhabodhananda Very often people ask, “Why is God playing cruel games with us?” We can give explanations, but explanations need not be answers. What is life and what is death? You are looking...
View ArticleThe Peace Message
By Aruna Jethwani Every community that migrates, whatever the reason, contributes to its new region of settlement. In Sindhi culture and literature, the most prominent name is that of Shah Abdul Latif....
View ArticleMind as Minefield
By Mata Amritanandamayi Selfless action is the outward expression of selfless love. When the heart is filled with love, it expresses itself in the form of unselfish action. One is a deep inner feeling...
View ArticleTolerance as a Virtue
By B K Brij Mohan Road rage, neighbourhood hostilities over petty issues, parents threatening teachers, patients assaulting doctors on duty, commuters beating up toll tax employees.… Such aggressive...
View ArticleFate and Free Will
By Parmarthi Raina Which is stronger, fate or free will? The conflict between fate and free will arises if we consider them as two different things. Both are karma, or action: fate is the result...
View ArticleStart Your Life Anew
By Anup Taneja New Year is the time when you should endeavour to remould your Consciousness by driving away negative thoughts, according to Paramahansa Yogananda. You may discover that habitual...
View ArticleYogananda’s Kriya Yoga
By M N Kundu Spiritual aspiration flows from knowledge. Each lesson of Yogananda induces inspiration and motivation. So, the practices never become dull, mechanical and repetitive.The practice of Kriya...
View ArticleAll About Truth
By J Krishnamurti What is truth? Is there such a thing at all? I know what is reality , the complexity of reality in which I have to act -not just talk about it. I...
View ArticleTaking a Back Seat
By Sadhu Vishwamurtidas Some people are compulsive exhibitionists. You can find them almost anywhere. They would do anything to get noticed. At a wedding, they want to be the bride. At a funeral, the...
View ArticleSimplicity and Depth
By Arup Mitra Simplicity brings one closer to the truth. But lack of simplicity introduces deviations because the biases of a complicated mind are too many , blocking progress towards truth. Simplicity...
View ArticleWhy wait for laws?
By Sadhu TL Vaswani Modern lifestyle emphasises action, and this action is often unrest. Unrest prevents the creation of an environment that is suitable for meditation. The emphasis is now on mental...
View ArticleThe soul’s pilgrimage
By Mrinalini Sarabhai The lifetime of each person is an experience of the soul’s pilgrimage in existence. A whole human being is one who can balance attachment and detachment in living. Every...
View ArticleResults of actions
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Aman came before the Prophet Muhammad and asked him for some advice. The Prophet said to him, “When you decide on some action, think of its consequences. If they are good,...
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