Even-mindedness brings with it happiness
By Nayaswamis Jyotish & Devi Students returning to school in Delhi this term are finding a new class added to their schedule: Happiness. Similarly, this year at Yale University, a course offered to...
View ArticleThe real way to celebrate Janmashtami
By Radhanath Swami Janmashtami is the festival commemorating the appearance of Krishna in this world. He is believed to have appeared 5,000 years ago in a prison cell in Mathura. Janmashtami represents...
View ArticleThis avatar spread spiritual secularism
By M N Kundu The entire world is tremendously disturbed today predominantly due to religious intolerance, ignorance, fanaticism, dogmatism and exhibitionism of a misplaced religious superiority...
View ArticleChanting techniques
By Yugal K Mishra The four main groups of Vedic texts are the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas. Each of them has different sakhas, recensions, of which many are extinct. In Patanjali’s time, there...
View ArticleTalking about the essence of spirituality
By Alok Ranjan To me, being a spiritual person means to live a spiritual life. It sounds obvious, but in reality it is a rare phenomenon. People love spiritual discussions. You will find many people...
View ArticleRoses, Delhi Thatha And Teachers’ Day
By Narayani Ganesh Look, this one here is a rose that Viru created, with no thorns, says Girija Viraraghavan, as she shows us around their quaint garden in Kodaikanal. It’s a beautiful yellow rose,...
View ArticleThe importance of being happy
By Thich Nhat Hanh A teacher once asked me how she could handle two sufferings at the same time – while she is struggling with her own problems, her students needed her help and advice and, at the same...
View ArticleMental peace through selfless service
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Samatabhava is mental equipoise, mental balance. There must be neither superiority complex nor inferiority complex in one’s mind. For equipoise, behave with every created being...
View ArticleLet’s learn the language of oneness
By Pulkit Sharma Clashes between different religious groups seem to be on the rise, and there are more incidents of religious cleansing and abuse of religious minorities, as per results of research by...
View ArticleThe way to find food for happiness
By Maulana Wahiddudin Khan Happiness is produced from within, and is unrelated to and not derivable from external matters. It is traceable, rather, to the human mind. How is that so? Just as our body...
View ArticlePleasure is sensual whereas joy is blissful
Talk: Swami Sukhabodhananda “The Lord of Fullness” is nothing but love. Thought is limited to ‘this’ or ‘that’ object. But love can never be captured by thought. So a brain using the known method of...
View ArticleDivine energy
By SHIVANI MATHUR Dance is a celebration of divine energy and recognition of its presence in all other beings; an expression of reverence towardsgoodwill that emanates from each soul. Odissi, one of...
View ArticleTime to take a break, says Guru Granth Sahib
By Kulbir Kaur An integral part of the Guru Granth Sahib, is ‘rahao’ – threshold, pause, a silent moment – asking Sikhs to pause, contemplate and integrate. Rahao is a point when consciousness should...
View ArticleSymbolism of Ganesha
By Lakshmi Venkatachalam The figure of Ganesha represents an ideal, a medium for us to get in touch with our spirituality. Ancient Indic seers discovered a basic unity or harmony underlying all of life...
View ArticleForget Religion And Become A Seer
By Jug Suraiya While reading a book – a gripping philosophical thriller which, among other things, discusses the roots of Judaism and Christianity – I came across the origin of the word ‘religion’. It...
View ArticleUnconditional forgiveness is the answer
By Swami Chidanand Saraswati Forgiveness means that we must release the pain, anger and grudges that suffocate us, wrenching out our life force. Forgiveness allows us to breathe, live, and love...
View ArticleThe Silent Sun in All of Us
We must empower the ‘SilentSun’ in all of us, let the fire of our drive consume us, and avoid injustice to our souls by not striving to be who we truly are.
View ArticleThat beautiful spa is so close to you
By Sant Rajinder Singh When we want to go on a retreat to relax, many of us choose to spend time at a spa. Spas are designed to relax the body and mind. The word...
View ArticleRadha is immortalised at Navadvipa, Mayapur
By Radhapati Gopinath Das Radha, Krishna’s beloved, is known by many names. Out of their informal and intimate affection, Krishna bhaktas often address Radhika as ‘Barsanevaali’, ‘one who hails from...
View ArticleKoan, a Zen way to self-realisation
By Kamal Jain According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘koan’ is a paradoxical anecdote or riddle without a solution, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and...
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