Vedas are considered as divine knowledge
By Discourse: Mata Amritanandamayi The term ‘Veda’ means knowledge. The source of all knowledge is God. The rishis heard – with a mind made one-pointed by meditation – the knowledge that issued from...
View ArticleWork and not expectation, produces results
By Swami Swaroopananda The only thing we all seek is happiness. But, we indulge in contrary actions: one gets married because one wants to be happy; one seeks divorce because one wants to be happy!...
View ArticleYou can learn to manage all kinds of stress
By Umesh Sharma Stress levels of students are on the rise, as they are under pressure to perform superlatively in examinations. Stress is also the bane of executives who are dogged by competition and...
View ArticleTrue love does not seek to possess
By Dada JP Vaswani True love is not attachment or possessiveness. Attachment of any kind, as the Gita tells us, leads to suffering. Abhinivesha, clinging and attachment, is an impediment – not only on...
View ArticleEssential principles to enhance your potential
By Sudhamahi Regunathan With our sense organs, we understand and experience the world. With meditation, we understand and experience the Self. It is commonly believed that to understand the world is...
View ArticleSuperhero versus the supervillain within
Jug Suraiya In his latest movie, Glass, Indian-origin Hollywood filmmaker M Night Shyamalan, who specialises in exploring ‘supernatural’ themes, develops the concept of the necessary symbiosis between...
View ArticleThe concept of salvation in Judaism
By Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar Salvation is closely related to the idea of redemption – a saving from the state or circumstance that destroys the value of human existence. God, as the universal spirit...
View ArticleTruth, lies and many shades of grey
By Swami Brahmaviharidas Every time we introduce ourselves to someone, are we really as good as we make ourselves out to be? We mask our mistakes, fudge our failures, shroud our shortcomings, veil our...
View ArticleShiva: Stillness, exuberance and intoxication
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev “Is life suffering or bliss?” I was asked recently. I replied: If you had a choice, what would you want it to be? Everyone’s choice is always the highest form of...
View ArticleWhat happens when we become more positive
By Geetika Jain Confucius said that to be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it. Life is a string of inevitable experiences, pleasant and unpleasant. Happy events are thoroughly...
View ArticleYou can become an extraordinary achiever
By Jaya Row Everyone is born with rare talent and immense capability. Yet, most people live and die without so much as a glimpse of what they are capable of. The Bhagwad Gita helps unlock...
View ArticleNature doesn’t rush, yet accomplishes everything
By Rajiv Vij A committed meditation student was very keen to become a master. He went to a guru and asked him, “How long would it take?” The guru replied: “Ten years.” The student, a...
View ArticleAbout suffering, love and god-realisation
By Avatar Meher Baba A simple life of freedom and happiness is one of the most difficult things to achieve. Man has complicated his life by the growth of artificial and imaginary desires, and returning...
View ArticleAny kind of isolation is cause for conflict
Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda Q. Why do we sometimes behave in a cold manner? Man has become stoic in life, and hence he behaves illogically. Our life should be filled with feelings and feelings have...
View ArticleWhat leads you towards excellence?
By GS Tripathi There is a saying, “Nothing succeeds like success; and nothing fails like failure.” We appreciate the end results, but never look at the efforts. It points to a business-like approach....
View ArticleHow individuals can help overcome terrorism
By Rajeshwer Nath Terrorism is a menace. Often, terrorists do not seek solutions but look to destruction as their aim and achievement. The terrorist community has, over the years, gone to the extent...
View ArticleI left a little piece of my heart with Mian Mir
By Renuka Narayanan The only time i went to Pakistan was for the first Saarc LitFest ever to be held there. We crossed the border on foot at Wagah and drove to Lahore. The Dawn newspaper...
View ArticleShivaratri fulfils God’s promise in the Gita
By BK Gayatri Naraine Shiva has a unique place in the Hindu pantheon. Being incorporeal, Shiva alone is usually not represented by a deity, and instead, is depicted by the lingam. The names of Shiva...
View ArticleThere is no reality other than Shiva
By Anup Taneja Kashmir Shaivism describes Shiva as Nirapeksha, the Absolute Being, the one without a second. The term ‘absolute’ is understood in two different ways: basically, it means that which...
View ArticleWhy listening is more than an art
By Janina Gomes Listening is more than an art. It is something written in our genes. If we could not listen, we would not have been able to respond to the world around us. From...
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