Present moment is the most pleasant moment
By Marguerite Theophil A young woman I know had been learning how to meditate, and when I spoke to her about a practice she could do, carefully noticing the myriad shades of green in the...
View ArticleFive ways to lead an enlightened life
By Hasmukh Adhia We have a choice – to live an ordinary life and suffer, or to live an enlightened life and enjoy. Ordinary life is characterised by drudgery, dissatisfaction, and sorrow. It is a...
View ArticleAction sustains hope, knowledge fulfils hope
By Jayant B Dave It is wise to entertain hope than despair in all conditions and at all times. Hope is a prerequisite to success in material and spiritual life. Ichchha shakti, will, germinates hope;...
View Article11 Ways to settle the mind during a crisis
By Deepak Chopra A continuing crisis is stressful for everyone and can be overwhelming. Your goal every day should be a settled mind. This is the first and best thing you can do for yourself...
View ArticleFacing your loss with courage helps you heal
By Pulkit Sharma When the renowned tennis player Arthur Ashe was on the verge of losing his battle against AIDS in 1992, many of his fans expressed shock and despondency, asking him why God had...
View ArticleLet’s face our problems fair and square
By Swami Chinmayananda Who has no problems? Everyone has. A crowd of problems marching towards us with plans to conquer us – is life to the majority! But some rare people discover, even in the...
View ArticleMaking a calibrated move towards moksha
By SK Sullerey Moksha is an important aspect of human life, according to Indic philosophy. It refers to freedom from the samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth, when the Atman merges with Parmatman,...
View ArticleProtect the life-giving air, earth and water
By Mata Amritanandamayi Children, in business, when the workers stop, the company incurs losses and eventually shuts down. However, if Nature stops working, the world itself shuts down. At least from...
View ArticleSelf-realisation is not a transportable object
By MN Shukla The core spiritual mission of ‘Dadaji’ Amiya Roy Chowdhury is to regenerate Truth – consciousness in man – to wake him up to his spiritual eternity. According to Dadaji, there is only...
View ArticleLet’s get mentored by a plant or a zebra
By Narayani Ganesh An entire field of study is devoted to biomimetics, sometimes referred to as biomimicry. Having evolved over millennia to adapt to challenges and figure out the best survival...
View ArticleNature is all for unity not uniformity
By Bhupender Yadav In the present world, dignity, a basic tenet of civilised life, is ensured by humanism, as knowledge and technology have given impetus to equality and independence in thoughts,...
View ArticleFocus on treasuring every individual
By Daisaku Ikeda Nothing is more devastating than the loss of people who have been an integral part of our lives – the parent who raised us, the partner who shared our joys and sorrows,...
View ArticleMoving from positivity to objectivity
By Yogi Balkrishna As a country, we have been overwhelmed by the devastation caused by the second Covid wave turning itself into a monstrous tsunami. To cope with tough times, being positive though a...
View ArticleWhen Divine will seems to us a won’t
By Jug Suraiya Why do bad things happen to good people? That question – as old as the dawn of humankind – has assumed even greater poignancy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the...
View ArticleThe power of love can transform lives
By Janina Gomes During this Covid-19 pandemic, two kinds of power have come into play in India – the love of power and the power of love. The motivation underlying these two is vastly different...
View ArticleInvoke Krishn when faced with a crisis
By Maruti Nandan Tiwari When faced with a challenge like the pandemic, let’s invoke Krishn, the champion of crisis management. The dynamism of Krishn as depicted in Mahabharat, Srimad Bhagavatam and...
View ArticleCalm the mind by curtailing its fluctuations
By Anup Taneja The rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has deeply impacted the psychology of people, generating fear, anxiety and depression – so much so that many of the elderly are suffering from...
View ArticlePatanjali’s churning of desire to dispassion
By Pranav Khullar The recent Patanjali-ayurveda debate reminded one of another time and era, when the name of Patanjali evoked an austere sense of vairagya, dispassion only. In the Yoga...
View ArticleSartre: To be free is our existential identity
‘Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It’s up to you to give [life] a meaning.’ Jean-Paul Sartre’s most famous statement is...
View ArticleThe easy yog that is difficult to practise
By Ramesh Bijlani With so many schools of yog competing for attention and claiming superiority, a novice attracted to yog is sometimes confused. The difficulty arises partly because yog is commonly...
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