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Macrocosmic grace brings bliss of knowledge
June 8, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Sampranata samadhi, concrete meditation, causes the seed of omniscience to ripen. In permanent savikalpa, higher state of samadhi, that is, samprajnata samadhi, the seed assumes vast proportions. In that state, one’s…
June 8, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Make room for space in your relationships
June 6, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Deepak Chopra How much space should be given in a relationship? – Sarika, 26, Delhi Dear Sarika, Your question is very broad, but the simple answer is that you should give as much space…
June 6, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Gandhi, environmental Swaraj and us
June 5, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Uday Agarwal Climate change has made us aware of the absorptive capacity of our atmosphere. There is a limit to the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that the atmosphere can absorb. Scientists described this…
June 5, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Adapting to what is being called the New Normal
June 4, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Pulkit Sharma As the global struggle with the novel coronavirus continues, for many of us, the ease of existence is getting confined. A litany of woes can be heard from almost everywhere: Will this…
June 4, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Gautama Buddha’s awakening to Karuna
June 3, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Pranav Khullar Huston Smith evocatively dramatises the moment of the Buddha’s awakening from his deep meditative state under the Bodhi tree. Gautama is asked whether he is a god incarnate, an angel or a great…
June 3, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Slow down and savour the experience
June 2, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Narayani Ganesh Holidays normally involve travel – domestic or foreign. They bring excitement, expectation and enthusiastic planning, in anticipation of all the wonderful things one was going to see and experience. Now that the…
June 2, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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You need never feel lonely again
June 1, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Swami Swaroopananda Today, loneliness is a familiar occurrence. Being alone is not synonymous with being lonely. Loneliness does not arise from being ‘alone’ with ourselves; it emerges when we crave recognition and acceptance and…
June 1, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Importance of awareness and contemplation
May 30, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Geetika Jain For the majority, life means simply drifting through it, struggling with mundane duties and livelihood and culminating in the final exit. However, the opportunity of human life is too precious to be…
May 30, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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A practice for harmony in relationships
May 29, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Thich Nhat Hanh The health and happiness of our relationships with individuals and communities depends on the harmony, peace and joy that exists between everyone. The idea of the practice, ‘Beginning Anew’, is to…
May 29, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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The difference between boundaries and limits
May 28, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Valson Thampu That peace among peoples is impossible without peace among religions is now a truism. This does not have to be argued. But what needs to be reckoned is: Why is religion, presumably…
May 28, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Secular Nehru helped spread Vivekananda’s ideas
May 27, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Anil K Rajvanshi In his ‘The Discovery of India’, Jawaharlal Nehru has devoted six pages to Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy. Nehru wrote this book in the early 1940s while he was confined in Ahmednagar jail…
May 27, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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That pesky habit of eating unmindfully
May 26, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Narayani.Ganesh@timesgroup.com Eating is what we do when we’re hungry or when it is the designated mealtime of the day. But, for many, eating is much more than activity that satiates hunger; it is a…
May 26, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Medicine should give you more immunity
May 25, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Osho In India river buffaloes are enjoying their bath, donkeys are drinking, people are taking a bath, clothes are being washed – and the same water is perhaps being drunk by some. But the…
May 25, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Anatomy of the divine spiritual fire
May 23, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Jayant B Dave Spiritual fire refers to the flame of knowledge in the heart, the Jnanamaya Pradeep says the Bhagwad Gita’s Dhyana verse. This is your essential and innermost Self, that is of the…
May 23, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Traditional vedic insights to boost your immunity
May 22, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Atmanand Douglas Rexford India is in a unique position to resist disease and educate the rest of the world, because she is home to the world’s supreme natural health care systems. Ayurveda, yoga and…
May 22, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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On compassion, focus and determination
May 21, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Deepak Chopra Q: As a medical student, it worries me that what if one day i lose compassion and empathy for the patients? In that case, would i still be a good doctor and…
May 21, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Cultivate patience and hold on to it
May 20, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Dada JP Vaswani You would perceive, through observation, that nature does not hurry. It is never in haste, everything happens in due course. Look at the sun, it religiously rises in the morning and…
May 20, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Why adaptability is not such a bad word
May 19, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Narayani Ganesh Arthur C Clarke wrote of how human beings, as carbon-based bipeds, may be in for a big surprise if and when we find extra-terrestrial life. What are the chances that ETs are…
May 19, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Learn valuable lessons despite challenges
May 18, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
By Anjali Hazarika For some, immediate survival is the only agenda at the moment. For others, it is a challenge to face the uncertainty and figure out new ways of dealing with the new normal,…
May 18, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Become responsible for your own destiny
May 16, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev A centipede developed gout. When one hundred knees start hurting, you can imagine what a terrible problem it is. He went to an owl for advice. The owl examined him and…
May 16, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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