Tirumantiram: The karuna way to self-realisation
By Pulkit Sharma We are living in a time when staggering success, selfish indulgences, monetary gains and personal freedom are valued above all else. Unsurprisingly, there is rising human apathy. Going...
View ArticleGPS mantra: Faith in God’s perfect system
By Swami Chidanand Saraswati Three men sitting under a tree were talking about God. One man said, ‘I don’t believe that God is perfect. In fact, there are so many things that an ordinary, reasonable...
View ArticleWhen Ustad Bundu Khan forgot his ablutions
By Pandit Nayan Ghosh This predates India’s pre-Independence days when Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, the court musician of Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur, had organised a big music festival. Most renowned...
View ArticleOf Amarnath & Shravana
The cave-shrine of Amarnath with its three kinds of lingas, representing Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh, reflects this Shaivite mysticism.
View ArticleAlleviate suffering and experience bliss
By Sant Rajinder Singh There are people going through different activities in life who are having one problem or another. When we talk to anyone, we find that they face some kind of a problem...
View ArticleAsk why your mind is not free
By J Krishnamurti The word ‘freedom’ has been greatly abused by tyrannical as well as democratic governments, and religions too, everywhere in the world. Personal freedom and independence do not exist,...
View ArticleThere is no such thing as ‘Independence’
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The body is dependent on the whole of creation. In society, somebody has to make clothes, produce electricity, drill for oil. The body cannot be independent of the world. For...
View ArticleJust open the door to let the Supreme in
By Swami Avadeshanand Giri The Supreme pervades the universe and lives in the heart of every living being. The entire world is being ruled by the unmanifest Being and just as you can spin any object...
View ArticleOrgan donation is supreme sharing
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan What is organ donation? Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need...
View ArticleWhy becoming choiceless is an option
Talk: Osho Be choiceless, because if you choose, you become narrow. Life is infinite expanding energy. If a meditator chooses the life of a monk and escapes from the world, he will be poorer for...
View ArticleUndefeated triumph of tragedy
By Jug Suraiya On a recent visit to Sunaparanta, the stylish art gallery and cultural centre in Panaji, Goa, i took in a two-day festival of American noir films. Noir means black in...
View ArticleYoga in Jainism and Patanjali system
By Kamal Jain The word ‘yoga’ has a long history of usage within all religions of India. It comes from the Sanskrit root ‘yuj’ which means to unite, attach or connect. Patanjali yoga delineates the...
View ArticleOf hardware & software
By KS Ram What do we have in common with computers? The basic design. Like the personal computer we interact with everyday, we have two parts to our self: the hardware, or the body, and...
View ArticleChanting could reduce risk of Alzheimer’s
By Anil K Rajvanshi Recently scientists at MIT, USA have discovered that exposing mice to 40 hertz light signals and sound waves remove the plaques in their brain. These plaques are the cause of...
View ArticleThe art of compassionate listening
By Thich Nhat Hanh Sometimes, in Plum Village (France), we sponsor groups of Israelis and Palestinians to come and practise with us. At first, it is very difficult for them to look at each other...
View Article‘I don’t know’ is the doorway to learning
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Years ago, when I was in university, I stood up and asked a professor to give me her notes so I could photocopy them. It would save her the trouble of dictation...
View ArticleBecome lighter, simpler, pure, with willpower
By Daaji How many times do we make New Year’s resolutions only to find that a month later our good intentions and willpower have vanished, and we are back to square one? It is a...
View ArticleConnection between philosophy and science
By G S Tripathi Leonardo da Vinci’s words, “Learn how to see. Everything is connected to everything else,” awakened my mind and I could feel the connection between philosophy and science. I fell back...
View ArticleTo enjoy life to the full, turn spiritual
By Jaya Row Spirituality is commonly associated with sense denial, withdrawal from the world and austerity, giving up the good things of life, moving away from family and worldly possessions and...
View ArticleThe meaning of Krishna’s eternal smile
By Mata Amritanandamayi Sri Krishna is believed to have lived some 5,000 years ago. He is invoked as one of the most charming and insightful avatars of Sri Vishnu. To worship Sri Krishna is to become...
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