So many ways to add value to life
By Janina Gomes Being loved, appreciated and valued is something that every human soul longs for. Yet, there are many circumstances in life when we feel devalued, rejected, demeaned. Instead of...
View ArticleThe key to linguistic harmony in diversity
By Vithal C Nadkarni A single sentence in the central government’s draft New Education Policy set off a storm of protest in Tamil Nadu recently. Politicos alleged it was an attempt to impose the study...
View ArticleSocio-spiritual legacy of Swami Vivekananda
By MN Kundu Swami Vivekananda passed away on July 4, 1902, but his unique contribution continues to enlighten and awaken us. He revived our great ancient heritage with fresh interpretation, adding...
View ArticleExperience the fullness in emptiness
By Pulkit Sharma Most of us place great value on being occupied, finding meaning and attaining fulfilment in our everyday existence. We believe that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop and we are very...
View ArticleAncient wisdom, compassion & modern education
By Rajiv Mehrotra The Dalai Lama is 84 years old today. Prayers resonate for his long life from across the world: From the land encircled by snow mountains/ You are the source of all happiness...
View ArticleAll objects emanate from one Supreme Entity
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Creation is apparently composed of many entities, but fundamentally, there is one Supreme Entity that pervades all created objects of this universe. The cosmic will of Parama...
View ArticleSanyasa: A state of consciousness
By Rajiv Kumar There is widespread misperception that sanyasa is a state of physical existence characterised by a spurning of all worldly and material associations and surviving with bare minimum. This...
View ArticleAcharya Mahapragya’s message of self-control
By Sudheendra Kulkarni Are freedom and self-control mutually contradictory concepts? Yes, the prevailing dominant culture in the world would say. Who wants constraints, including those urged by one’s...
View ArticleDesires provide the engine for evolution
By Anil K Rajvanshi The basis of life is desire. According to the Rig Veda, the universe came into being when ‘it’ desired so. When there is no desire, there is no life. We either...
View ArticleLord Jagannath’s return yatra with siblings
By GS Tripathi Jagannath, Lord of the Universe, with his siblings, Balabhadra and Subhadra, undertakes an annual yatra every Ashada Shukla Dwitiya from his abode, Sri Mandir to the Gundicha Temple,...
View ArticleThe inscrutable design that weaves a web of desires
By Pranav Khullar The intense conversation between Sage Yajnavalkya and his wife Maitreyi, on the notions of love, desire and possessiveness, and the inexplicable connect one feels sometimes with...
View ArticleHow a guru could change your life
By Shammi Paranjape There is an unusual German word, ‘sehnsucht’ which roughly translates into, ‘a longing for something inexpressible.’ The word captures perfectly the vague, indeterminate longing...
View ArticleAwaken Divinity
By MN KUNDU While a teacher makes us learn, a guru helps us to transform. It is just like igniting candles from one lamp. Our process of knowledge is routed through ego or I am-ness, while...
View ArticleLet your guru add colour to your canvas
By Anandmurti Gurumaa Grace happens not because of one’s efforts, but on its own. It cannot be created or controlled in any way. It is like a glimpse of the aspirant’s goal that’s meant to...
View ArticleThe limitations of a conditioned mind
By Shriniv Narayan Tradition, culture, environment, education and habits condition the human mind. The same old beliefs, customs, rituals and herd mentality make the mind function in a set pattern, in...
View ArticleThe divine madness of Don Quixote
By Jug Suraiya His brains addled with reading too many chivalric romances of medieval knights who rescue damsels in distress and battle dragons, an impecunious hidalgo, a minor Spanish nobleman, adopts...
View ArticleThe rainy season and nature’s rhythm
By Aruna Jethwani “Experience the spirit of the season,” said my beloved master. We were sitting under the large Banyan tree – with its silvery roots embracing the earth in silence – even though it...
View ArticleLet us reconnect to precious water
By Pulkit Sharma Water is life. Our bodies are made mostly of water and our survival depends on it. All life forms on planet earth are nurtured by water. Hence, ancient civilisations revered water,...
View ArticleFind your self through quiet observation
By Swami Sukhabodhananda It began to shower gently and somehow i felt the heavens, along with God, were blessing this earth. More than pleasure, it is the happiness of innocence which is uplifting. The...
View ArticleManaging self before managing others
By Basmukh Adhia Management stands for ‘managing’. The word ‘managing’ has to be followed by an object of managing, like managing finances, or managing people, or managing a function. The word...
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