What ought to be the ‘Quality of Mind’ of policy-makers, administrators,...
It is common sense that the respected elders of society, the Shrestha, the policy makers, preachers, teachers, must be those who are inspired to ‘know’ and strive to attain the ‘highest’ goal of man....
View ArticleChemical drugs cannot give real happiness
By Osho One of the most intelligent men of the 20th century, Aldous Huxley, lived under the illusion that through LSD you can achieve the same spiritual experiences that Gautam Buddha had, that Kabir...
View ArticleTitle: Harmony between ‘East & West’; ‘Spirituality & Materialism’; ‘Sur & Asur’
Vivekananda’s Message: Let’s check a little the constant looking back to the past. We want that energy, that love of independence, that spirit of self-reliance, that immovable fortitude, that dexterity...
View ArticleEradicating internal toxins and bliss out
By Geetika Jain These days there is a lot of awareness and wariness regarding air pollution, food adulteration, water contamination, and plastic abuse. Toxicity from external sources adversely...
View ArticleClimate engineering – The Indic philosophy way
By Pankaj Jain According to the scientific consensus, the only way to limit climate change is cleaning the toxic elements through climate engineering’s ‘negative emission’ techniques that will remove...
View ArticleWelcome the light that can transform you
By Satish K Kapoor Nothing upholds the earth except the light of truth blazing through reason, purity, virtue, wisdom, harmony and peace. Lower impulses stand for darkness, higher impulses for light....
View ArticleWhen we invoke Mahalakshmi as Shree
By Shardha Batra Our collective consciousness is conditioned to associate material wealth with greed, arrogance and bloodshed. The more refined souls covet the intangibles of wisdom, peace and...
View ArticleLet’s be the diya and ignite the power to give
By Brahma Kumari Sister Shivani Deepavali is all about lights – the diya, oil lamp. The word ‘diya’ in Hindi means ‘to give’. Lighting a diya teaches us to ignite our innate power to give....
View ArticleCelebrating the homecoming of Ram to Ayodhya
By Anandmurti Gurumaa Deepavali is the glorious time of the year that is celebrated by lighting small earthen oil lamps. The flame of an oil lamp dispels darkness. However, as the night advances, the...
View ArticleHow to bask in the light of the Divine-Self
By Radhanath Swami The Bhagwad Gita, verse 8:15, states that the world is indeed an evanescent place of hardships. Social distress stems from the individual level with the mind at its source. The Gita...
View ArticleSymbols as an expression of universal welfare
By Maruti Nandan Tiwari In every age, human beings have given verbal and visual expressions to their composite religious and spiritual beliefs by means of pratiks, symbols. The pratik usually means an...
View ArticleYou have the power to be happy, practise it
By Prem Rawat It is a good thing to know others, but it is a wise thing to know yourself. Nature has bestowed on every living thing the necessary power that is required for its...
View ArticleAllama Iqbal’s concept of self emancipates us
By Sumit Paul An often-quoted Urdu couplet by South Asian Muslim writer and philosopher, Allama Iqbal, goes like this: “Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pahle, Khuda bande se khud poochhe ke...
View ArticleLet us welcome the light and awareness in life
By Pratiksha Apurv When Isaac Newton’s research paper came out in 1672, the other scientists and scholars of that era for the first time became aware that sunlight contains particles of different...
View ArticleAversion is the other side of attachment
By Marguerite Theophil Many teachers have spoken about the negative effects, even dangers of attachment. According to Buddhism, the main cause of dukkha is attachment. Yet, we hear somewhat less of...
View ArticleGetting all dotty about the universe
By Narayani Ganesh A dot is a point that could signify the beginning. Or ending. That in itself is profound enough to tickle one’s creative imagination. In Sanskrit the word ‘bindu’ means ‘dot’, and it...
View ArticleWhy do parents never grow out of parenthood?
By Osho The trouble with the family is that children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of their parenthood. Man has not even yet learnt that parenthood is not something that you...
View ArticlePeace and prosperity the Jain muni’s way
By JK Jain Digambar Jain muni Acharya Gyansagar was indeed a gyansagar, an ocean of knowledge, in the real sense. A great saint, social reformer, and epitome of penance, Acharya Maharaj spent a large...
View ArticleThe write to exist is for all of us
By Jug Suraiya There is an internet group called The Fussy Librarian whose members can get to read and keep a weekly selection of ebooks for free. The list on offer, which changes every week,...
View ArticleGuru Nanak, the pioneer of interfaith dialogue
By Stuti Malhotra Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion, was an apostle of peace, unity and love. He taught us about the brotherhood of mankind and gave the universal message of equality, mutual...
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