Hard is the world-redeemer’s heavy task
By Ramesh Bijlani Why does mankind turn against the one who tries to save it from sorrow and suffering? Every saviour, be it the Buddha, Jesus or Sri Aurobindo, has aimed at saving the world...
View ArticlePilgrims On Earth
-M.P.K KUTTY In God’s eternal plan, Jesus, God’s only begotten son, came to earth to redeem mankind from their sins. He was ‘the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world’. We...
View ArticleGood friday leads to a paradigm shift
By MN Kundu Crucifixion of the corporeal frame of Jesus Christ on a Friday afternoon in 30 AD and his consequential resurrection in spirit on the following Sunday illustrate a well-designed departure...
View ArticleViewing death as the gateway to life
By Christopher Mendonca Death and destruction seem to be a part of the staple diet of so many. They leave behind a trail of brokenness, hopelessness and devastation so shattering that strangely, death...
View ArticleSeeing democracy as domain of spirit
By Jug Suraiya The other day in conversation with a journalist from Germany I was introduced to a new phrase, ‘spiritual democracy’. “What do you think about spiritual democracy?” she asked me. I...
View ArticleRun, Become. Become, Run
-SRI CHINMOY What does your slogan mean, ‘Run and Become, Become and Run’? If we run, we see our capacities becoming fully manifested. Previously, our capacities were dormant; they didn’t function...
View ArticleMotivation to improve in an imperfect world
By Narayani Ganesh We’ve been told many times that life is not all black and white and we need to acknowledge that there are many, many shades of grey. Take viruses, for instance. Scientists say...
View ArticleThoughtful or Thoughtless?
By ULLHAS PAGEY Being thoughtful is generally considered to be a mark of human ingenuity, as the best of creative solutions and noble actions originate from our mind. Excitement generated as an outcome...
View ArticleHow did the Buddha stay mentally fit
By Shuvendu Sen My first meeting with Walter Jackson Freeman III took place in October 1999, under a cloudy Brooklyn sky on the premises of Long Island University. He was a semi-retired theoretical...
View ArticleTime teaches, not tortures
Radhanath Swami Maharaj The year 2020-21, also known as Sharvari, has been an eventful one. There has been an unprecedented crisis everywhere in the form of a global pandemic, only second to a World...
View ArticleVedic Yog as means to inner growth
By KV Raghupathi Vedic Yog is different from modern yog in many ways. Modern yog mainly deals with asanas and pranayama, focussing more on health. In the present-day world, people have become more...
View ArticleKrishn says, Stand up and face your fears
By Arijit Ray Arjun, who was all geared up for the battle, suddenly develops cold feet, when he sees his teachers like Dronacharya, Bhishm Pitamah and scores of relatives and friends in the Kaurav...
View ArticleTo Take a Deep Breath
-NARAYANI GANESH For people like me who like spending time outdoors, breathing in freely circulating air and enjoying the wind in one’s hair and the rustle of leaves underfoot, the gym is not a good...
View ArticleSix ideas to enjoy your golden years
By Hasmukh Adhia There are very few who look forward to retirement. But the fact is that retirement period is the golden period of a person’s life. When we are young, we have to face...
View ArticleRamayana inspires us to perform in the storm
By Swami Swaroopananda Many and varied are the storms of life. Any change in our comfort zone can precipitate a storm, an unpleasant state of being. Overnight, friends can become enemies, wealth and...
View ArticlePromise to remain civil at all times
By Homayun Taba What’s generally expected of a driving instructor is to show us the basics of ABC – or the use of the accelerator, brake and clutch – plus how to park well and...
View ArticleWhat did Ambedkar like about Buddhism?
By Pranav Khullar Even as Mulk Raj Anand was etching out the character of Bakha, the untouchable boy, and articulating the exploitation of the less privileged classes in his novel ‘The Untouchable’,...
View ArticleDrop your prejudices, positive or negative
By Daaji Kamlesh D Patel When the mind is fogged with prejudice, universal acceptance remains elusive. Prejudice conveys the idea of preconceptions which remain blind to reality, truth, facts and...
View ArticleThrough love, the human becomes divine
By Valson Thampu The ‘Bible’ defines God as love. That is to say, God is nothing, if not love. Where there is no love, there is no God. Or, lovelessness is practical atheism. How did...
View ArticleToolkit to douse anger
by Prithwis Datta Anger is perhaps the most toxic of emotions we have. We experience it whenever our ego is hurt. Daniel Goleman, a noted science journalist, describes emotional intelligence as the...
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