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The common thread that unifies yoga is energy
January 5, 2019, 2:01 AM IST
By bNayaswami Gyandev Yoga is the art and science of attaining true, lasting happiness. It is a science, because it offers specific, practical methods. It is an art, because its highest benefits come only through…
January 5, 2019, 2:01 AM IST
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Rising above the dynamics of happiness
January 4, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
By MN Kundu Happiness is a state of mind, instantly produced by sense-gratification through touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing of the desirables. At the emotional level, it is produced by social interactions, love, affection,…
January 4, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Think big, act wisely and show results
January 3, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
By Swami Tejomayananda At different times, we face different problems. At the individual level, they relate to health, emotions, relationships, marriage, children and career. At the national level, they pertain to poverty, unemployment, social unrest,…
January 3, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Constant struggle between the ideal and reality
January 2, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Interaction: Osho Q. When i have to make a choice, the yes and the no are both so possible that i just don’t know. What is there that i don’t understand? This is your inheritance….
January 2, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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This year, resolve to be loving and giving
January 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
By Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Another new year is here. All people dream of a happy and fortuitous future. May this New Year be filled with happiness and peace, with less war and conflict than in…
January 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Being in complete communion with nature
December 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By J Krishnamurti People are divided racially, religiously, politically, economically, and this division is fragmentation. This is what is happening; and the responsibility of the educator is really very great. He is concerned in all…
December 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Compassion, bedrock of universal fraternity
December 29, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Surendra Bothara In the Acaranga Sutra, the earliest available Jain scripture, Mahavira gives the first, basic and universal definition of ahimsa: “I pronounce that … nothing which breathes, which exists, which lives, and which…
December 29, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Are you desperately looking for a soulmate?
December 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Many people subscribe to the idea that there is a single ‘right’ person out there for everyone. Some believe that this is determined, by the stars. There is also the pervasive…
December 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Caste is what you do, not what you are
December 27, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Jug Suraiya A popular story which has long been doing the rounds in the corporate world concerns a top executive of a multinational firm who was asked by someone as to what he did….
December 27, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Experiencing truth, consciousness and bliss
December 26, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Kishore Asthana Spiritual concepts are often given complicated explanations. Sat-chit-ananda is one such concept taken to mean the same as God or Brahmn, Universal Consciousness. This and other similar definitions make the intensely personal…
December 26, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Let’s Kindle The Christmas Light Of Love
December 25, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By MN Kundu Traditional celebration of Christmas on the occasion of the advent of Jesus Christ is no longer confined to the Christian community. In fact, by paying reverential homage to the prophets, saints and…
December 25, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The kingdom of God is within you
December 24, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
By Janina Gomes All my memories of Christmas are tied up with the infant Jesus in the arms of Mary, his mother, with Joseph, his foster father looking on. This time there is a paradigm…
December 24, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
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A daily yoga routine could bring great benefits
December 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Ma Hansa Jayadeva Yogendra Yoga means uniting with the object i want to get to know entirely, which means concentration with a balanced mind. It also means excellence in work and complete mastery over…
December 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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World peace is not such an impractical idea
December 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Nayaswami Devi The man had committed murder many times and was now incarcerated in Tihar Prison, Delhi. Yet, as we watched him tell his story in the documentary ‘Doing Time, Doing Vipassana’, his face…
December 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Three Jain ways to optimise human conduct
December 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Ashok Vohra In Jainism, jnana, knowledge; darshan, faith; and charitra, conduct, form an organic whole. They are called the triratnas, the three jewels. The rise or decline in one influences the rise or decline…
December 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Be alert, not to code an experience
December 19, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda A man goes to buy a national flag. The shopkeeper shows different sizes of the national flag to him. Then the man says something to the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper was shocked…
December 19, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
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Can a leader possibly make his own luck?
December 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Deepak Chopra The entire field of business and government has been studied and analysed to the point that both look like rational enterprises – if you are judging by academic programmes. In reality, if…
December 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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When ego dies, a noble human is born
December 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Andrew Cohen Is it possible to attain a state where the ego actually dies? Well, i’ve met one or two people in my life in whom it appeared that this had occurred – the…
December 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Choosing the right path for happiness
December 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Hasmukh Adhia A disciple asks his spiritual master: “Swamiji, why should I consider the world as dream-like when it appears so real to me? Even if it is dream-like, why should i not enjoy…
December 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Learning all about yog, yoga and yogaa
December 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Interaction: Prashant Iyengar You say that yog has become ‘yogaa’; it has gone global but but has it lost its essence? It all started when the word ‘yog’ came to be spelt as ‘yoga’ and…
December 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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