Dealing with the dark night of the soul
By Narayani Ganesh After a long period of isolation – currently as precaution against the Covid-19 pandemic – many people tend to feel low. If that is simply a side effect of enforced isolation, it...
View ArticleConvert hard times into opportunities
By Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai Do you feel you’re passing through hard times? We may be facing a few health, financial, or relational problems, but more frequently, our hard times arise from our mind....
View ArticleHumour part of spirituality
by Satish K Sharma Once when Adi Shankaracharya was passing through a forest, an elephant came rushing towards him. To save himself, Shankara too started running. Seeing this from a distance, a...
View ArticleShadripu, six enemies of the human mind
By VP Dhananjayan The Bhagwad Gita and other scriptures of Sanatana Dharma talk about getting rid of the basic ill traits of the human mind. They are kama, lust; krodha, anger; moha, avarice; lobha,...
View ArticleNewness in dealing with life’s challenges
By Rajyogini Dadi Gulzar Life has meaning when there is happiness. Everything that happens brings something new. The more the mind is tuned to see and appreciate this truth, happiness lasts, whatever...
View ArticleYoga helps us stop misery before it arrives
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The wave uniting with its depth is yoga. The blossoming of human potential is yoga. Stopping misery before it arrives is yoga. Whether it is frustration, fear, anxiety, greed,...
View ArticleWhat really is the soul?
The soul is the unchanging spirit that pervades all beings. What we call the body is but a garment that the soul has worn. This great reality is difficult for most people to grasp —...
View ArticleWhat drives us to the point of no return?
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan The World Health Organization says, suicide has become the second most common cause of death among young people worldwide. In order to create awareness on mental health and...
View ArticleYoga, a way of life
by Mata Amritanandamayi Yoga is not like an ordinary physical-exercise routine that you practise for one or two hours a day. To derive complete benefit from yoga, one has to practise purity as well as...
View ArticleAs a Hindu, you could be a henotheist
By Narayani Ganesh Belief systems are too many to list here, and there would likely be as many beliefs as there are people, considering the innumerable hues, flavours, intensity and diversity of...
View ArticleMonuments, Shafts, Shiva
BY NARAYANI GANESH Archeologists say that the large circle of shafts discovered close to Stonehenge in England recently could reveal new insights into the cosmological beliefs of the Neolithic people...
View ArticleThe Lord of the universe, Puri Jagannath
By Charudutta Panigrahi & Shallu Jindal “O Sudarshana! The fiery radiance, possessing power of millions of Suns, please pull me out of my ignorance and lead me to Vaikuntha.” – Skanda Purana....
View ArticleThree sources of energy
In Asia, we say that there are three sources of energy: sexual, breath and spirit. You need to know how to reestablish the balance, or you may act irresponsibly. According to Taoism and Buddhism, there...
View ArticleWithout meditation, all medicine is incomplete
By Osho Medical science says that when there is no disease, what remains is health. This is a deception, not a definition. How can you define health in relation to disease? It is like defining...
View ArticleGiving back to nature and the universe
By Swami Prakarshananda The whole universe is functioning in a spirit of selfless service. Having originated from the selfless Paramatman Tatva, everything in Nature is selfless. Only we human beings,...
View ArticleCharity sums up the essence of nine virtues
By Thomas Mathew Nine virtues, it is said, add up to the fruit of the Spirit. There is no better way of doing something for the good of others as well as to the doer,...
View ArticleLooking up to the sun for inspiration
By Soma Chakravertty The sun has been revered, invoked and worshipped across the world from time immemorial, not only as giver of light, warmth, rain and as facilitator of good harvests but also as...
View ArticleA dead tree could be teeming with life
Narayani Ganesh When we imagine a forest, we think of trees, plants, shrubs, algae, insects, animals, butterflies, mushrooms, flowers, creepers and many more living beings that lend vibrancy to this...
View ArticleRespond to depression in positive ways
By Ullhas Pagey Achievers and celebrities like Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund Freud, Michael Phelps, Brad Pitt, JK Rowling, Lady Gaga and Deepika Padukone, have all experienced depression...
View ArticleAll lives matter: Black and others, too
By Radhanath Swami Maharaj Amidst the already chaotic conditions of the current world, a specific incident in the United States has globally amplified the confusing clash between “all lives matter” and...
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