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Sanskrit is our grandmother tongue
February 20, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By Ramesh Bijlani Not many perhaps know that February 21 was declared the International Mother Language Day by the United Nations in the year 2000. Instead of getting into the controversy whether ‘mother language’ is…
February 20, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Learn to make your sorrows sacred
February 19, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By Swami Sukhabodhananda Treat all difficulties as divine surgery. Please do not think that I’m trying to rationalise all misfortunes that befall us. Only when we’re faced with problems do we wake up and try…
February 19, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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The art of facing life’s dualities
February 18, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By Radhanath Swami Happiness and distress, honour and dishonour, pleasure and pain, victory and defeat, success and failure, health and disease – all these occur temporarily in our lives and we must learn to face…
February 18, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Start investing in the self-work
February 17, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Rajiv Vij What differentiates exceptional people from good ones is their ability to shine during times of crisis. Their key to thriving in challenging times is their mastery over their inner self. Such inner…
February 17, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Invoke newness with power and wisdom
February 16, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By BK Shivani Basant Panchami symbolises new life and fresh beginnings. Today a decline in the quality of our life and the world makes us long for newness. Basant Panchami comes as a reminder that…
February 16, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Dharma is based on loka sangraha
February 15, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Shardha Batra Dharma is the cosmic law which holds things, people, families, society, nations, and the countless, disparate elements of the cosmos together as a cohesive, harmonious and meaningful whole. When this mystical law…
February 15, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Shiva bhakta defines true love
February 13, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By P Raja What is love? Definitions galore would vie with one another to answer this poser. But no definition would excel the following: If one can deny oneself and make a gift to satisfy…
February 13, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Turning transactions into tangos
February 12, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Recently, a couple came to me. Around five years ago, they believed they had the most spectacular love affair in the world. Now, ironically, their question was, “How can we separate…
February 12, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Guru awakens compassion and dispassion
February 11, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Pranav Khullar The search for a real preceptor is triggered in most of us in that moment of inner dissatisfaction with material acquisitions one has stacked up, in the need to find inner peace…
February 11, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Silence makes longevity possible
February 10, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Alka Nigam The majestic peaks and deep valleys of the Himalayas silently call us and leave us speechless with their magnetic charm; so does the bewitching beauty of the Saharan desert. The sound of…
February 10, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Human beings have nothing to crow about
February 9, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Narayani Ganesh Culture, cognition, self-awareness, creativity and language are all seen as unique attributes of human beings that make us so special vis-à-vis other species. Decades of research by scientists has however, revealed an…
February 9, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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God as an unreasonable proposition
February 8, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Jug Suraiya When asked to prove that God does not exist, an atheist replied that, as God is a needless hypothesis, it is not necessary to prove his non-existence, but for believers to prove…
February 8, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Be anchored in the present moment
February 6, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Pulkit Sharma Our mind has a proclivity to run in multiple directions. Under the different pretexts, it wanders to the past, revelling in happy moments of yore or dissecting some old traumatic memories and…
February 6, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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The virus and vaccine within us
February 5, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By Arijit Ray The last ten months have been tumultuous for most. An unknown virus came from nowhere and threw our lives asunder. Swami Sarvapriyananda of the Ramakrishna Mission, in one of his talks, quotes…
February 5, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Towards a new renaissance of life
February 4, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By Daisaku Ikeda Our world today is facing a crisis unlike any other as the coronavirus pandemic shakes the foundations of our global society and economy. Yet, amidst this devastation, we are also seeing the…
February 4, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Try listening to your inner voice
February 3, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
By Atul Sehgal The inner voice is the call of conscience or the signal from God. People say that the Divine dwells within you and gives you corrective signals when you tend to go in…
February 3, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Bhagwad Gita and the lives of the Stoics
February 2, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Narayani Ganesh Reading about the Stoics, the similarities struck me – with what Krishna spelt out in the Bhagwad Gita to Arjuna and the principles by which the Stoic philosophers lived and taught. When…
February 2, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Seeking health and happiness for all
February 1, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai A religious person is one who is happy, and the mark of a happy person is contentment. He does not seek happiness outside, but the discontented one pursues it outside, and he…
February 1, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Awareness can end your suffering
January 30, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Why didn’t the universe create everyone equal? Why are some handicapped, and others able-bodied? Why are some poor, and others rich? What is the point of all this terrible inequality? Pause…
January 30, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Inquiry can be a catalyst for change
January 29, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
By Anjali Hazarika Seeking answers to existential concerns through the medium of questions and answers is recognised by Upanishads as a powerful process. The ‘Prashna Upanishad’, for instance, derives its name from questions asked by…
January 29, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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