Talking less about it
By Sumit Paul Years ago, a student wrote to his Spalding professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, at Oxford and asked, “What’s spirituality?” The erudite professor replied,...
View ArticleTrue saint and soldier
By Kulbir Kaur Guru Gobind Singh, the martyr, the warrior, the poet, was the Sachcha Patshah, or the True Saint. God, according to him, has neither beginning nor end, is without measure, and unique....
View ArticleWelcome all that’s new
By Sumit Paul ‘Welcome anything that’s new.’ Years ago I read this message on the back of a car in London. The human mind is always intrigued by the idea of newness. But cynics may...
View ArticleLet there be light
By J P Vaswani Two men journeyed together through a jungle on a dark night. One of them carried a lamp with him, and they moved on cautiously by its light. At midnight, they arrived...
View ArticleWaking up this morning
By Thich Nhat Hanh Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. Ivow to live fully in each moment, and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. If...
View ArticleLaugh and lighten up
By Chaitanya Keerti Gautama Buddha made a profound statement, “Be a light unto yourself.” To this, Osho adds another, “Be a joke unto yourself.” Osho would say, “I have to tell jokes because you are...
View ArticleYou can create your own destiny
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev All along, you’ve been shaping your destiny unconsciously. But you can also work on it consciously. If you make the effort to access your core and realise that everything is...
View ArticleA positive reminder
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Averse in the Quran reminds everyone that no one is so powerful that they can prevent the onset of death, “Every soul shall taste death” (3:185). However powerful a person...
View ArticleEnjoy the effort
By Swami Sukhabodhananda We don’t always get what we want. Some of us are happy with what we get, and others remain dissatisfied. Still others keep trying. Which approach would be the right one? I...
View ArticleScripture in context
By Sadhu Vishwamurtidas A scripture is like a map. And a map is not the territory. What may appear as a beautiful mountainous range on paper could well turn out to be a treacherous obstacle in...
View ArticleCelestial sound
By Hridai Somani In most religious scriptures, Shabd, or the Word, is referred to as the creator of the universe. It is a current from the ocean of pure consciousness that is characterised by ethereal...
View ArticleKarma and colour code
By Amrit Gangar Jaina ‘soul’ metaphysics has an interesting colour code called lesya, a unique concept in the phenomenology of karma. The special aura of the soul can be described in terms of colour,...
View ArticleTranscend Anger
By Nilanshu Ranjan What do we do, generally, when we want to get something done or when we want to get rid of something? We vow not to do that and we think that the...
View ArticleThe world as we think
By Vinayak Lohani Since ages, we have been witness to an incessant face off between faith and logic. European enlightenment exposed certain flaws in blind faith and ushered in an era of rationality,...
View ArticleEffortless living
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Consciously, why would anyone choose to be anything where he has to seek something from someone or something else? Maybe he seeks out of his helplessness, but consciously,...
View ArticleMusic of the holy spheres
BY SANT RAJINDER SINGH Divine music, when you experience it, brings with it intense and lasting bliss. How can one who has heard this divine melody describe it to one who has not? Anyone who...
View ArticleResolution of conflict
BY M N CHATTERJEE If one were to explore the philosophical basis of normative ethics to examine where terrorism falls on the moral spectrum, it will become evident that terrorism, sabotage and...
View ArticleService before self
By Pranav Khullar The ideals and motto of the Divine Life Society — “Serve, love, give, purify, meditate and realise” — are reflected in the life and work of Swami Chidananda Saraswati. His spiritual...
View ArticleDon’t be a worrier
By Sadhu Vishwamurtidas Worry causes fear, anxiety, tension and stress. These emotions deplete energy and weaken the immune system. Worriers become sick and this is manifested in poor health, because...
View ArticleWorld in a grain of salt
By Akhil Chandra Advances in science continue to reveal to us the fascinating beauty of God’s creations: be it asmall grain of salt or a huge and distant star. We now know that even an...
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