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Clinging Is A Symptom Of Insecurity
July 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda Why are we so foolish in the ways of life? We always try to find ourselves validated – be it in a relationship, love, power, or position. Thus, our expectation and demanding…
July 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The three stumbling blocks to success
July 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Acharya Mahapragya Despair is a major obstacle to progress. It scuttles the process of gaining succes .“It cannot be done!” This sentence is a great stumbling block to any kind of success. It was…
July 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Find Your True Self Through Meditation
July 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Deepak Chopra There is a timeless way to recapture connection to our true Self: the practice of meditation, which allows us to experience our own source. With this experience, we realise that we are not…
July 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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To be boundary-less, become conscious
July 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev A group of anaesthesiologists that visited the ashram recently asked me if yoga could be incorporated into modern medicine to alleviate pain. I told them it certainly could, but first, it is important…
July 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Why goals and results are important to us
July 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By J Krishnamurti Why is it that we seek results, goals? Why is it that the mind is ever pursuing an end? And why should it not pursue an end? In coming here, are we…
July 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Aspiring for more and settling for less
July 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan In the present world, there are many people who have become habituated to a number of addictions like alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic drugs. It is well known that these habits are very…
July 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Calm and alert with Buddhist meditation
July 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Ven Samdhong Rinpoche I do not know the derivation of the English word ‘meditation’, but in Sanskritic tradition, meditation has two aspects, dharana and bhavana. Dharana means to concentrate and bhavana to ponder, think…
July 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The Art of Cultivating Spiritual Awareness
July 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati The Yoga Sutras tell us how to modify or fine tune our ideas, thoughts, convictions and beliefs to help in spiritual development. The yamas and niyamas have to be lived. You might…
July 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Practise meditation to energise body and mind
July 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Dada JP Vaswani To know what meditation is, we need to go within ourselves, and, in the words of Sadhu TL Vaswani, “sink deeper and deeper”. No one else can do that for us;…
July 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Take the cue from Ramakrishna’s teachings
July 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Raghunandan Trikannad Although we human beings have evolved over millennia to create great advancements in science and technology, communication and medicine, for example, it appears as if we have not succeeded in achieving happiness…
July 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Mindfulness, respect, religion and character
July 11, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Ezekiel Isaac Malekar The outstanding characteristic of a person of character is that he is guided in his thinking and action by the golden rule: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto…
July 11, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Rethink Education For Moral Empowerment
July 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Farida Vahedi We are passing through a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. Words such as fear, violence, ethnic and religious cleansing, gender discrimination, moral degradation and gun shooting in schools have lost…
July 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Guard Against Pseudo Gurus And Cults
July 9, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Rajesh Bhola We don’t have to believe in self-professed (pseudo) gurus – popularly referred to as ‘godmen’ – to believe in love and compassion for all beings. We do not have to follow rituals…
July 9, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Striving to seek the unknown eternal
July 7, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Arup Mitra Change is the basic truth of our existence. The entire cosmos is changing every moment. In this process of unending change, the human mind extends itself to seek that which is unchangeable. The…
July 7, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Happiness will find ultimate consummation
July 6, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Shri Shri Anandamurti There is nothing beyond the periphery of the Macrocosm. The natural wont of everybody is to know one’s surroundings; and whatever exists is surrounded by the Macrocosm. So the unit being, with limited…
July 6, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Mind And Prana: Rider And Vehicle
July 5, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Yoga Vasishta Prince Rama asked: The mind is able to think only on account of prana, the life-force, and it has no existence in itself. Then, what is it in itself? Sage Vasishta replied:…
July 5, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Compassion as the source of happiness
July 4, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The XIV Dalai Lama The purpose of life is to strive for happiness. We are here; we exist and we have the right to exist. Even non-sentient beings like flowers have the right to exist….
July 4, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The Search For A Soul Connection
July 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Pulkit Sharma No one wishes to have an addiction; it just creeps in before one realises it. Initially, people turn to various intoxicants out of curiosity, to seek pleasure or to soothe their wounded self…
July 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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When We Bombard God With Complaints
July 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Discourse: Sant Rajinder Singh There was a movie in which a man had the opportunity to take God’s job. He found out quickly that God is bombarded with endless complaints and prayers from billions of…
July 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Joy of Giving Is Greater Than Joy Of Receiving
June 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar There is a certain joy in getting something. That’s the joy children experience when they get things like toffees and toys. Parents and grandparents feel happy when they give. The joy…
June 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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