Ways of turning theory into practice
By Sant Rajinder Singh When we want to study something we go to a teacher who is proficient in that subject. As a child, we go to nursery school. When we are older, we go...
View ArticleAre there three blueprints of one Reality?
By Raghavendra Katti The one and only blueprint of Reality is given by Ved Vyasa in his Brahma Sutra, which enunciates the quintessence of the Vedas including the Upanishads, as interpreted by Ved...
View ArticleTrusteeship: Be a guest in your own house
By Uma Ram and KS Ram Gandhiji, coming from the trading community, was faced with a moral dilemma. All major religions regard wealth and other material possessions as being impediments in achieving...
View ArticleDelete Yourself As If You Never Existed
By Sumit Paul Zen Master Bankei founded no school. He left no works and no disciples. He was like a bird that leaves no trace of its flight across the sky. Of him it was...
View ArticleUse anger in positive way
Seema Burman We are witnessing a lot of demonstration of anger around us. Even the law courts are getting angry. Whether it’s a natural or human-made disaster, people who lose homes and livelihoods,...
View ArticleReflect: Which race are we running?
Talk: Sant Rajinder Singh Does it feel like you spend your day on a treadmill, fast, but going nowhere? Are you exhausted at the end of the day, with nothing to show for it? There...
View ArticleChange Your Mindset
By PUSHPA DHAMI In our leisure time, we may choose to watch a game like cricket, football or tennis. Sometimes the team we are pitching for wins and, at other times, it loses. The uncertainty...
View ArticleWays to become an enlightened being
By Pulkit Sharma Many of us are dissatisfied with the humdrum of everyday existence. We yearn to revamp ourselves, transcend dualities, move towards a new reality and experience oneness. However, we...
View ArticleWhen the Earth becomes very thirsty
By Gauranga Das Earth is predominantly water. In the Bhagwad Gita, Krishna says, “Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego constitute My separated material energies.” (7.4)...
View ArticleA Beautiful Place
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar When there is alertness and presence of mind, your life improves. For this, you need to cultivate the habit of listening. When you are listening to somebody, the speaker’s very...
View ArticleIntense meditation and spiritual evolution
By Shri Shri Anandmurti Spiritually realised people are respected as mahapurushas by society and placed on the high pedestal of honour and reverence. In philosophical terms, these people, having...
View ArticleHigher level of awareness
By Alfredo S Younis We are living in a world of major awakening. We are not only part of this experience of awakening; we happen to be the architects. I often ask myself: how would...
View ArticleThe philosophy of Dadaji Amiya Roy Chowdhury
By Devleena and Amitabha Bhattacharya Since ‘Dadaji’ Amiya Roy Chowdhury discouraged any cult following, having refused to set up any ashram or designate a spiritual heir to carry forward his legacy,...
View ArticleSecular ideals
By S Radhakrishnan India’s cultural history of several thousand years shows that the subtle but strong thread of unity that runs through the infinite multiplicity of her life, was not woven by stress...
View ArticlePlay your part in conserving water
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan In his poetic masterpiece, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, English poet and theologian Samuel Taylor Coleridge, described the agony of a sailor who is surrounded by water...
View ArticleKnowledge and ignorance go together
By Shriniv Narayan The more you know, the more you don’t know. Take our understanding of the universe, for example. Scientists say that the observable universe is about 46 billion light years in...
View ArticleUpanishads and the consciousness principle
By Pranav Khullar The nature of consciousness is a seminal theme at the heart of Upanishadic thought. The Taittiriya Upanishad explores the fivefold sheath of human consciousness, the koshas: annamaya,...
View ArticleIndian spirituality is revolutionary & beautiful
By Sudheendra Kulkarni There is a widespread misconception that religious belief and spiritual practices in India are all other-worldly and fatalistic. According to this understanding, the world we...
View ArticleKnowledge and wisdom are not the same
By Ashok Vohra The aim of education in the Indian tradition is to lead the student from darkness to light, to free her from every kind of domination except that of reason. It instils in...
View ArticleWe can tackle all our mental problems
By Acharya Mahapragya To tackle problems created by the mind, we need to find solutions in the mind only. With our engagement obsessively with the material world, body stress, tension and mental...
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