Let’s learn to love the insecurity of life
Osho Life is basically insecure. That’s its intrinsic quality; it cannot be changed. Death is secure, absolutely secure. The moment you choose security, unknowingly you have chosen death. The moment...
View ArticleThe reason we get all knotted up
By Thich Nhat Hanh In Buddhist psychology there is a term that could be translated as ‘internal formations’, ‘fetters’ or ‘knots’. When we have a sensory input, depending on how we receive it, a knot...
View ArticleSree Narayana Guru, Messiah of human unity
By Ashok Vohra Swami Vivekanada on his travels through the state of Kerala prophesied that ‘the suffering of the millions of the suppressed classes of the state would see an end only through a Guru,...
View ArticleSome simple practices for spiritual living
By Hasmukh Adhia While religious practices are meant to bring some order and ethics in a society, spirituality is a way of soulful, joyful living which is beyond God. Even those who doubt God’s...
View ArticleDharma is not a theory, but a desire
By Shri Shri Anandamurti In ‘niti’ there is a happy blending of relative and absolute. Niti is based on certain mundane and supra-mundane principles. Dharma, on the other hand, is acharana, conduct. It...
View ArticleExperience everything from a wider perspective
By Swami Sukhabodhananda A college student studying engineering asked me, “Can i do an internship with you in my holidays?” I asked him why he wanted to do that. “For my self-growth,” he replied. I...
View ArticleYou may be unaware, but karma cycles on
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Karma is a term that is featured in every English dictionary today. For far too long, the word has been either grotesquely oversimplified or needlessly mystified. So what is...
View ArticleGandhiji’s passionate plea for holistic education
By MS Kurhade MK Gandhi is rightly regarded as one of the greatest advocates of education for all. A vital aspect of Gandhiji’s thoughts on education was his focus on social and spiritual education. He...
View ArticleWhat the stars could reveal to us
By Sant Rajinder Singh When we look up at the night sky and think about how far away all the stars and planets appear, we may feel small and alone. The universe is so large...
View ArticleAdvaita vedanta, Abhinavagupta and aesthetics
By Advaitavadini Kaul Acharya Abhinavagupta made substantial contributions to Indian aesthetics. For presenting his views on literature, natya and other art forms, besides his views on a potential...
View ArticleNeither heaven nor hell is everlasting
By P Lal Just 114 shlokas – the shortest parva of the Mahabharata’s 18 parvas. But in the deceptive brevity lies profundity, because the emotional content of the Mahaprasthanika is amazingly rich and...
View ArticleEchoes of Indic thought in Christ’s teachings
By MN Kundu Profound spiritual realisation and consequential precepts of Jesus Christ made so much quantum contribution in the then Abrahamic tenets and traditions that many scholars tend to believe...
View ArticleAbout the greatest love story ever told
By Janina Gomes God giving up his divine life to reconcile man to God, is something beyond our comprehension. That is why, unlike romantic love, divine love is something we cannot fully grasp with...
View ArticleImperfection could be aesthetic, too
By Deepak M Ranade “She fused them together with gold, all the golden gossamer she had stored in her heart. Those imperfections, that I used to hide from the world, she decorated them.” These words...
View ArticleThe spirituality of making friends across borders
By Fr Keith D’Souza, SJ At first, one may think this has to do with making Pakistani friends. But this has to do with a wider consideration and invitation: To make friends across various cultural...
View ArticleFree of all identities, hold onto nothing
By Andrew Cohen The individual who is truly free has no idea who they are. If someone calls their name they will respond because they recognise that their name has been called, but they will...
View ArticleMessaging Modes: Hearing, Overhearing
Abrahamic mythology, God communicates with humanity through messengers. Judaism informs us how God spoke to Moses, Christianity informs us how God spoke to Jesus, and Islam informs us how God speaks to...
View ArticleThe task of unearthing the subtle ego
By K S Subramanian Ego, simply described as ‘i’, self-part of a person, impedes a person’s spiritual progress. The ego often extends beyond the self to a person’s spouse, family, caste, state and even...
View ArticleA New Year brings new beginnings
By Pulkit Sharma New Year’s Eve is widely celebrated across the globe with much enthusiasm and merrymaking. The month of January is said to be named after the ancient Roman god, Janus, the deity of...
View ArticleThere are four tools for right diligence
By Thich Nhat Hanh The Buddha described right diligence in four steps which involve practising mindfulness in a way that we focus on watering the positive seeds within us and resting the negative...
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