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Look at social distancing as sadhana

By VS Krishnan Among the many saints who have appeared in Tamil Nadu, Ramalinga Swamigal, popularly known as Arut Prakasa Vallalar, stands out as a spiritual leader with a difference. He founded a...

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Taking a cue from Jagadguru Krishna

By Swami Shrihariprasad On Guru Purnima, we remember the guru and the parampara of teachers, whose lineage we belong to. There are many paramparas in the country but in all of them, the starting figure...

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India’s ahimsa could demilitarise the world

Interaction: HH Dalai Lama & Pico Iyer Pico Iyer: In 2018, you said you thought the world was going through an emotional crisis. Are you worried the world is more divided now? HH The Dalai...

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Inspired by the strong, compassionate whale

By Narayani Ganesh While some cultures venerate whales as sacred animals, there are others who hunt the peaceful creatures down for sport and meat. Tourists ride motorboats to observe these marine...

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Revisiting the philosophy of thoreau & schumacher

By Pranav Khullar   As one struggles to make sense of what is happening all around in these trying, pandemic times, one is struck by the way Nature is healing itself by creating a new blueprint...

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The supreme entity and creative diversity

By Shri Shri Anandamurti Three paths open to human beings are moksha, salvation; mukti, liberation and complete ‘crudification’. When the five fundamental factors do not acquire a mind in a physical...

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Meanderings of soul and spiritual progress

By Kamlesh Patel The soul meanders on its journey home; we reincarnate in a particular environment to certain parents, and our destiny unfolds based on the samskaras and genetics we have brought from...

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Coping with uncertainty in troubled times

By Jaya Row When things go as planned, we feel comfortable. But when life throws a curveball, it creates anxiety and stress. The current Covid-19 pandemic has pulled the carpet from under our feet. It...

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Try it out: Patience makes you powerful

By Pulkit Sharma In the hurly burly of our busy lives, the number of important and not-so-important tasks in our to-do lists are only growing, leaving us tired and anxious. We tend to run out...

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The other, Eclectic side of Islam

By Narayani Ganesh A Turkish court’s ruling that the popular Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul would now be turned into a mosque has evoked mixed responses the world over. The Pope has expressed “pain”...

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Fear is violence, fearlessness is non-violence

By Osho Self-conceit leads to violence; all violence turns around that axis. In ignorance, conceit prevails on the self. The soul gets drowned in it. What really does not exist appears to be there …...

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An emotion is just an emotion

By Thich Nhat Hanh When you have a strong emotion like fear or despair, you should know how to take good care of it, because it can be overwhelming. At that point you cannot say,...

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The time has come for a conscious planet

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev In my recent conversations with doctors, mental health has recurred as a subject of grave concern. I am often asked what spiritual consolation a guru can offer today. I tell...

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Prophecies and solutions experienced in dreams

By Anil K Rajvanshi Despite scientific progress in understanding the workings of brain and sleep, why we dream and what the dreams signify has remained a mystery.Throughout history there have been many...

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Anger and suffering

THICH NHAT HANH When we get angry, we suffer. If you really understand that, you also will be able to understand that when the other person is angry, it means that they are suffering. When...

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In giving selflessly, we receive so much

By Sant Rajinder Singh One of the greatest things a human being can do is to give of himself to serve others. Many people fear giving because they worry that they will have less. But...

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Deep human values

by The XIV Dalai Lama This planet is our only home. Environmental experts say that over the next few decades, global warming will reach such a level that many water resources will go dry. So,...

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How you make, store and retrieve memories

By Narayani Ganesh Have you ever tried to recollect what your earliest memory is? If your earliest memory is of an incident that happened in your infant or toddler days, it is quite likely that...

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When you get too close, you cannot see

By Kishor Kulkarni Non-duality is a fundamental concept in Indian spirituality. It propounds that although we see a tremendous variety of objects in creation, at a fundamental level, they are all one....

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Excessive indulgence versus moderation

By Rajani Sankaran The dictum ‘Ati sarvatra varjayet’ means, excessive indulgence in anything should be given up. These days, there is a mindless and raging drive to cross the limits of moderation and...

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