Sowing seeds of hope and action where we are
By Daisaku Ikeda The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to not only create a grave public health crisis around the world, but also to severely impact the economy and other aspects of human society. We...
View ArticleLighting the Deepam on Arunachala for freedom
By Pranav Khullar The Puranic tradition has it that while darshan at Chidambaram, being born at Tiruvarur, or dying in Kashi are all considered auspiciously capable of granting liberation, merely...
View ArticleBe a light to oneself, this light is the law
By J Krishnamurti A new consciousness and a totally new morality are necessary to bring about a radical change in the present culture and social structure. This is obvious, yet the left and the right...
View ArticleCarbon neutral? It’s time to be karma neutral
By Anjali Kalia The recently concluded COP26 conference held in Glasgow has highlighted the urgency to address the problem of climate change and rapidly rising global temperatures. The planet is crying...
View ArticleBest way to refine your worldly experience
By Shammi Paranjape Does turning spiritual mean I have to shun the world? Does it mean I have to become serious and sober and abandon fun? On the contrary. Spirituality is nothing but refining your...
View ArticleThree things that help you win the game of life
By Ramesh Bijlani Human life is a game of division and reunion, hide and seek. The One becomes many; the many eventually reunite with the Source. The One hides, the many seek to reunite. In...
View ArticleOne life manifests itself In all creation
By Dada JP Vaswani Human beings claim that they are far superior to animals; but when it comes to food, they point out that animals are carnivorous and often kill other animals for food, using...
View ArticleContact with Nirankar alone can satiate the soul
By CL Gulati ‘Is there a god or not? If there is, give some evidence for its existence.’ Admittedly, this is a difficult question to answer. It is asking about something in which millions rest...
View ArticleBhakta only follows the will of Param Purush
By Shri Shri Anandamurti The idea of ‘prapatti’ is that whatever happens in this Universe of ours is nothing but an expression of cosmic desire or Cosmic will. Neither can there be any volcanic...
View ArticleLife is a game, play it!
“Life is a game, play it!” I don’t’ know who said it first, but many thought leaders have echoed this profound statement. I draw it from one of the messages of Sri Sathya Sai Baba...
View ArticleStorm gods & the Tamils’ faith in nature
By Narayani Ganesh The weather being a major variable in nature, cultures across the world created many gods and goddesses to symbolise different aspects of weather, the storm gods. Indra and Mariamma,...
View ArticleWhat to do when everything goes Turvy-Topsy?
By Sudhamahi Regunathan One fine day, ants started flying in the sky. They swarmed across space and bit any human who came along the way, harder than mosquitoes. They attacked all sweets, there was...
View ArticleThe joy of advent is Jesus’ coming as the light
By Sumit Dhanraj The holy season of Advent has begun. Advent is the time to open our hearts to welcome Jesus Christ in simplicity and humility. It’s a preparatory period of four Sundays, leading up...
View ArticleParadise is for him who raises daughters
By Zeeshan Ahmed One of the most impactful changes Prophet Muhammad brought about in society was regarding women’s rights. Arab society in the pre-Islamic era was buried in superstitions and dogmas...
View ArticleWhy make examinations larger-than-life events?
By Pulkit Sharma It is commonplace to experience anxious thoughts, negative emotions, obsessive rituals, sleepless nights and butterflies in the stomach during examination time. Moderate levels of...
View ArticleSoil is our real gift to the next generation
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev When a UN agency asked me to list the three most important ecological issues of the moment, my answer was, “Soil, soil, soil.” That holds true today more than ever. The...
View ArticleHow to know whether to push oneself or let go
By Swami Sukhabodhananda A man who is filled with arrogance suffers from it, not knowing how to free himself from it. By being arrogant he is constantly in conflict with others. He suffers this pain...
View ArticleWe are programmed to learn things on our own
By Sumit Paul Once a man approached the Buddha and asked him to bestow enlightenment upon him. The glacial cool Buddha said, “Enlightenment isn’t an object. It’s a process. I can but show you the...
View ArticleKnow the Guru who championed religious freedom
By Inder Raj Ahluwalia While nowhere near being the proverbial ‘dark age’, today’s world, nevertheless, amplifies serious problems and issues related to religious dogmatism and suppression of...
View ArticleOvercoming the addiction of corruption
By Satsang with Yogi Balkrishna Seeker: Why is corruption addictive? Like an alcoholic who is denied drinks, a person given to corrupt ways feels like fish out of water when working in a place where...
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