“Nava-ratri” literally means “nine nights.” This festival is observed twice a year, once in the beginning of summer and again at the onset of winter. What’s the Significance of Navratri? During Navaratri, we invoke the […]
The dark fortnight of Ashvin (September-October) is known as Pitr Paksha, Pitru Paksha or Mahalaya Paksha. This is an occasion to perform rites for the departed ancestors to keep their souls indebted for years. Pitr […]
CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 36 || 6 || 14 || 21 || ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: RAAG AASAA, FIFTH MEHL, CHHANT, FIRST HOUSE: Joy – great joy! […]
Late August or early September marks some highspirited celebrations down south. People in the southern Indian coastal state of Kerala go crazy over the state festival of Onam, with ten days of feasting, boat races, […]
CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 35 || 2 || I am foolish and ignorant, but I have taken to His Sanctuary;may I merge in the Love of the Lord of the Universe, O Lord King. […]
CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 34 || 2 || The Brass Age of Dwaapar Yuga came, and people wandered in doubt. The Lord created the Gopis and Krishna. The penitents practiced penance, they offered sacred […]
Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated by Hindus all over India, as the birthday of the god of wisdom, knowledge and prosperity, Lord Ganesha. The celebrations continue from five to ten days, depending upon family traditions. It […]
CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 33 || 2 || My Lord, my Lord Master is sublime, unapproachable and unfathomable. The wealth of the Lord – I seek the wealth of the Lord, from my True […]
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 […]
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