Spirituality – Religion

The Living Guru of the Sikhs The first Prakash Utsav of Shri Guru Granth Sahib falls on September 1 The Guru Granth Sahib was first compiled by the Fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan Dev, in 1604 […]

CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 32 || 3 || The rivers and streams which separate may sometime be united again. In age after age, that which is sweet, is full of poison; how rare is […]

Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the birth of Lord Shri Krishna, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is believed to have been born about five thousand years ago in Mathura in ‘Dwapar Yuga’. Krishna […]

Raksha Bandhan falls on August 21 The chaste bond of love between a brother and a sister is one of the deepest and noblest of human emotions. ‘Raksha Bandhan’ or ‘Rakhi’ is a special occasion […]

Held during the monsoons, July-August Teej is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Parvati and married women who pray for a happy and long married life. Though celebrations are held all over the state, it is […]

In the Upanishads we can study the graceful conflict of thought with thought, the emergence of more satisfactory thought and the rejection of inadequate ideas. Hypotheses were advanced and rejected on the touchstone of experience […]

Every human being in this world aspires for peace and happiness. Happiness and peace have less to do with gross objects; they refer to states of mind. Moreover, there is another kind of experience, which […]

This world will soon become a better place to live in and will soon have the Golden Age or the era of peace and purity if man realises the self as distinct from the body, […]

Once I have begun to base my sense of ‘who I am’ on perceiving myself as a soul rather than on perceiving only my temporary costume, the body, I deeply realize that, as a being […]

The journey awakens within, when the songs of remembrance begin, the child of the Father is lost in the Ocean of Love. Holding the hand of the Guide, through the path of confusion inside, tears […]

CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 29 || 7 || Without the Shabad, the world does not hear, and does not see; deaf and blind, it wanders around.Without the Naam, it obtains only misery; the Naam […]

One of the most commonly retold Hindu myths is that which describes the creation of the world involving the so-called “Hindu Trinity”— Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. There are many variations of this basic myth. Here […]

CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 26 || 6 || The self-willed manmukhs are hit over the head, and consumed by conflict. The cheaters are plundered by falsehood; they are chained and led away. || 7 […]

One day Goddess Parvati was at home on Mt.Kailash preparing for a bath. As she didn’t want to be disturbed, she told Nandi, her husband Shiva’s Bull, to guard the door and let no one […]

Rama and his three brothers received a very privileged upbringing, as deemed fit for princes. They received extensive training in warfare and became scholars in Vedic knowledge. They were valiant and at the same time […]

CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 31 || 1 || O bride of natural beauty, offer your loving prayers to the Lord. The Lord is pleasing to my mind and body; I am intoxicated in my […]

The birth anniversary of the Sixth Master of Sikhs falls on July 5 Guru Hargobind was sixth in the spiritual descent form Guru Nanak, was born the only son of Guru Arjan and Mata Ganga […]

CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 25 || 5 || They are entangled with that wealth, amassed by bankers.Without devotion to the Lord, they do not become acceptable. || 6 || They are entangled with the […]

The Kauravas and Pandavas learned the art of using weapons first from Kripacharya and then from Dronacharya. When they graduated from the school of Dronacharya, a huge event was organized for all the people of […]

Siddartha Gautama, who was to later become the Buddha,on his first exposure to the world outside his palace — where he was surrounded by opulence and luxury — saw three men: a sick man, an […]

The smaller your ego, the more your potential to become an ideal leader, says Osho The more you are — as an ego — the less you are capable of leading. The less you are, […]

There were five wise people learned in sacred lore, performers of sacrifices, but who could not come to a conclusion in regard to the final destination of their meditations. These great men were Prachinasala, Satyayajna, […]

In almost every Indian home a lamp is lit daily before the altar of the Lord. In some houses it is lit at dawn, in some, twice a day – at dawn and dusk – […]

The glory of the Vedas knows no bounds and it is manifested in the affairs of the world in a manner that defies comparison. Of all the sacred places on earth Kasi comes foremost. When […]

The Vedic deities symbolize the forces in nature as well as inside human beings. While discussing the symbolic significance of Vedic deities in his The Secret of the Vedas, Rishi Aurobindo says that the gods, […]