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Pain is a given, but suffering is a choice
March 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Jaya Row In the Bhagwad Gita Krishna emphatically declares there is no place for grief in life. We invite grief into our lives by unintelligent identification. We further compound the problem by suffering in…
March 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Be a pinch of salt to pep up life
March 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Francis Gonsalves Beginning of the month, you probably got your salary, literally meaning ‘salt-money’. Two millennia ago, soldiers of the Roman Empire were paid a monthly salarium – from the Latin root sal, meaning…
March 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The Holi festival and the power of fire
March 1, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Prarthna Saran Fire is generated by fire. Fire is sustained by fire. Finally, fire is consumed by fire! Since attributes of fire are similar to those of the three facets of Divinity, the Trimurti –…
March 1, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Jewish fast of Esther and Purim festival
February 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Ezekiel Isaac Malekar India is mentioned in the Book of Esther in the Old Testament of the Bible. It happened in the days of Persian King Ahasuerus; he reigned over a 127 Provinces from…
February 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Death is an inevitable leap into the unknown
February 27, 2018, 2:02 AM IST
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan American evangelist Billy Graham, died this month at the age of 99. Some called him “America’s pastor”, while others referred to him as the “Protestant Pope”. Serving as a counselor or…
February 27, 2018, 2:02 AM IST
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Artificial versus emotional intelligence & soul food
February 26, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By TK Mishra From the expansive world of technological reality delivering artificial intelligence (AI) to the truth of fading humanity killing emotional intelligence (EI), we need to respond to the ways in which the millennial’s…
February 26, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Divine qualities for a spiritual aspirant
February 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Avatar Meher Baba For a harmonious and enlightened inner life, a spiritual aspirant has to develop and express many divine qualities while he is engaged in his daily duties. Every person is a rightful heir…
February 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Happiness, sensorial mind & consciousness
February 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By The XIV Dalai Lama Nobody wakes up in the morning wishing for more trouble that day. However, emotional trouble is essentially our own creation. I think it is largely due to two things. The…
February 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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There is an enormous energy reservoir in you
February 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Scottish author and reformer Samuel Smiles observed in his self-help book, ‘It is not ease but effort, not facility but difficulty that makes man.’ This statement is based on a natural…
February 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The ‘end’ could be a new beginning
February 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Janina Gomes Within the perimeters of failure are hidden the seeds of new beginnings. Often, we reach a point where we seem to have explored all possible options and then reach a place where…
February 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Stay cool, we live in a troubled world
February 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Mata Amritanandamayi When we encounter problems in life, we must not allow them to overwhelm us. Behind each problem, there is a means to surmount it, too. Understanding this, we must continue striving. We…
February 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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For bliss, disentangle and rise above negativities
February 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Abhimanyu Pati The dictionary meaning of consciousness is “to be aware of things happening outside”. We infer that a person is conscious as long as some or all of his sense organs are active….
February 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Bahubali promotes ahimsa, shiksha and seva
February 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Narayani Ganesh Something grand and unusual is being flagged off today at Shravanabelagola in Karnataka, 144 km from Bengaluru. The event that will continue till February 25, 2018 is a once-in-twelve-years one that draws…
February 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Live life in a moderate and balanced manner
February 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Geetika Jain According to Confucius, “To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.” Balance in various aspects of life is conducive to smoothness and happiness in life. In essence, an individual’s life…
February 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Love and attachment: Getting it right
February 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Girish Deshpande A young student wrote to me recently and enquired: “Is getting attached to anyone or anything bad? What is the difference between attachment and love?” It is not an uncommon question she…
February 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The season of Lent: A trip to the desert
February 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Christopher Mendonca Religious festivals are so structured as to synchronise chronological time with sacred time – to run along the twin rails of ‘chronos’ and ‘kairos’. Religious festivals are merely stops along the journey,…
February 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Shiva symbolises justice, compassion and wisdom
February 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Swami Swaroopananda Nobody wants to die. Everyone wants to be immortal. Yudhishtira, questioned by a yaksha on the greatest wonder in the world, answered, “Day after day, countless people die. Yet people live as…
February 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The first fundamentalist impulse from Brahma
February 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev There are innumerable creation myths with Shiva as protagonist because a single metaphor is never adequate to describe the mysteries of the universe. A perennially relevant myth reminds us of the…
February 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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To break out of prison, you need help
February 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda Why do you say we are in a prison? We are so unconscious that we create our own prisons and get used to it. In such a state, it is necessary…
February 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Taraka Brahma’s consolation to humanity
February 9, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Taraka Brahma emerges to expedite the welfare of the collective body. Under such circumstances, we say Parama Purusha has become Taraka Brahma, coming here on a particular date, and leaving this earth also on a…
February 9, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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