Give yourself some breathing room
By Thich Nhat Hanh Every home can have a breathing room. We may have a bathroom, bedroom, living room, but most of us don’t have a room for our own breathing and peace of mind....
View ArticleHoly month of Shravana
The month of Shravana is considered auspicious and Mondays are particularly special, when the devout flock to Shiva temples to offer prayers, Bilva leaves and milk. Recitations of Shivamahima stotra,...
View ArticleEverybody is on the wrong train
By Osho On a coast-bound train, Mieczyslaw was slumped in his seat, and every few moments he sighed and cried, “Ah my! Ah my!” Forbes, sitting nearby, heard him cry but did not butt in,...
View ArticleForgiveness paves the way to stillness
By Sant Rajinder Singh When faced with painful events caused by others, we have a choice. Most give in to anger, hatred and revenge, and it causes further suffering. If we are to maintain a...
View ArticleAspiring to live a life of purpose
By Jaya Row Ever since human beings started to think rationally, we have been curious about things. This is true at both the relative level, such as wanting to know how organisms have evolved, and...
View ArticleFearlessness, a corollary of spirituality
By Geetika Jain Fearlessness in dealing with life and its challenges is an appreciable attribute and is not commonly observed in most. It is not innate, but a cultivated trait. Broadly, its inception...
View ArticleIt’s all in the mind
S H Venkatramani All religions talk about the importance of the soul. That the body, and, in fact, everything material, is subject to destruction and decay. If the human mind is in quest of the...
View ArticleSpiritual significance of Ashtavakra Gita
By Alka Nigam Truth is one, perceived and expressed differently by different sages. Ashtavakra, the great mystic philosopher, is addressing King Janaka who, at that moment, had one foot in the saddle...
View ArticleThe Cosmic Sound
M N Kundu The first manifestation of the infinite Spirit was through the creative sound or the cosmic sound vibration, and the closest utterable human approximation to the creative sound is Om. At the...
View ArticleFreezing the moment is not the answer
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Nowadays, people who come to me do not merely ask for blessings. They ask for a selfie! They want to ‘freeze’ the moment, ‘capture’ the guru, as it were. Whether it...
View ArticleThe Divine Mother
Swami Kriyananda The role of the Divine Mother in Her sattwic aspect — as distinct from the restlessly rajasic and the inertly tamasic aspects of Nature — is to draw all Her children, all self-aware...
View ArticleAbsolutism, crime against cerebral evolution
By Sumit Paul Once Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan asked Jiddu Krishnamurti as to what’s the worst human attribute. Pat came the answer from the laconic JK: To be absolute. So very true. To be absolute is...
View ArticleRelease resentment, practise forgiveness
By Dada JP Vaswani A troubled conscience will never allow us to live in peace and quiet – and our conscience will continue to remain troubled unless we rid ourselves of the hatred and resentment...
View ArticleMake the effort, bring joy into your life
By Jaya Row Do you want to wake up joyful every morning, jump out of bed with enthusiasm, excitement, with a thirst for life irrespective of your circumstances? Everybody wants happiness. Yet only a...
View ArticleTulsi in the courtyard of the moon
By Shubhrangshu Roy In less than three moons from now, Indian space voyager Chandrayaan-2 will be docking in the vicinity of the moon before landing a robotic probe to figure out if humans can colonise...
View ArticleGet established in the cosmic cognitive principle
By Shri Shri Anandamurti During the first phase, one withdraws the mind from external physicalities and establishes oneself in the realm of extro-internal objectivated ‘i’, as opposed to intro-external...
View ArticleConstruction & deconstruction of the other
By Ishista Prasher Ayodhya, Palestine, Uri, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Yemen – what was behind the sustained and continuous conflict and clashes? What transforms humans into harbingers of death and...
View ArticleGrowing old is certainly not a countdown
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan It is widely held that once individuals become old, it is time to spend their remaining years in withdrawal or retirement, as their overall capabilities diminish and they are...
View ArticlePurity of heart is an essential quality
By Asha Nayaswami When my brother and i were very small, he was a terrible tease. I remember riding in the back of the car, and something happened that was probably his fault, but i...
View ArticleDrop your anchor in God’s harbour
By Janina Gomes If you do not want to drift in life, nor lose sight of your true goals and values, or forget your true purpose, drop your anchor in the harbour of God, American...
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