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...
View ArticleTaking 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...
View ArticleIndia’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...
View ArticleInspired 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...
View ArticleRevisiting 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMeanderings 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...
View ArticleCoping 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...
View ArticleTry 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...
View ArticleThe 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”...
View ArticleFear 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 …...
View ArticleAn 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleProphecies 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...
View ArticleAnger 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleDeep 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,...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleWhen 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....
View ArticleExcessive 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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