Sanatan Dharma is dharma not only for India, but for all living entities, who are in innumerable universes, says SRILA BHAKTI BALLABH TIRTHA GOSWAMI MAHARAJ There is lack of knowledge among some people about the real meaning of Sanatan Dharma. Some consider Sanatan Dharma as the religion...
With mental health issues now on the rise, several therapists are using spiritual techniques such as pranayama, breathing and meditation as tools to cure mental health disorders. At a mental health conference that I attended in the capital, there was...
If trees had souls, perhaps the quality most attributable to them would be gentleness. Gentleness is not a lack of strength, but a quality which doesn’t disturb, doesn’t push, yet knows its power and can provide shelter. Trees. Enormous structures...
This is a poem about true love. True love is independent of time and distance and brings with it, some tremendous changes in one’s life. It is absolutely unconditional and is eternal. It is always enforced by the Laws of...
It was our ninth grade creative writing teacher, who made us realise that each one of us was unique, with our singular way of looking at life and the world, if only we cared to observe ourselves in a moment...
Differences are not evil, but are a blessing as they create challenges that lead to development and progress in the world. The simplest and most natural formula is to follow one religion, and respect all, says MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN I...
While a healthy lifestyle leads to good health, self-esteem is equally important in keeping ourselves free from physical and mental illnesses When we have true self-esteem, the kind that is strong and unshakeable, there is a shift in our consciousness. When...
Banish toxic relationships at once, for only love and compassion can bring harmony into our lives Conflicts in life give rise to painful memories. These memories build our perspectives on life that are based on our good or bad experiences....
The most important aspect of prayer is not to count the favours bestowed on us, but simply learning to trust that God really is listening, and to speak to Him with complete openness and honesty Considering the vastness of the...
Night of ignorance, Is dark and deep! I was fast asleep, Happy in my slumber, Chasing my dreams! Dreams were beautiful, Till nightmares happened! Dreams got shattered, Woke up to a jolt within, Who am I? Why am I here? ...
Gardening enthusiasts are literally sprouting everywhere, quite like their plants which they are growing on balconies, terraces, outside their homes, in gardens and even indoors. Gardening groups are all over the internet, including on WhatsApp. Being a member of two...
What is positivity? It is a state of being happy and tolerant and looking at things in an optimistic way. Positivity is neither inherited nor something you are born with; it is a skill that you learn and practice just...
These days I read a lot about gentle parenting. I wonder if something was wrong with the way our parents brought us up? Did we really grow up into confused and weak individuals, because our parents were more strict and...
The world today manifests violence, hatred, cruelty, greed and hatred, and that is because there is lack of love. Property, land, money, position and power cannot give us peace, and love is the only thing which provides us peace and...
In the primordial darkness Of the ancient Mother’s womb Something stirred: vestiges of Consciousness, Burst into thousand-petaled lotuses, A light pierced through the pall of clouds, Revealing shards of a shimmering rainbow, The ocean gurgled and laughed its deep cerulean...
Dadi Janki’s consistent message to her spiritual friends is to pay attention to the quality of the thoughts in our minds and to create spaces of silence in order to inculcate our most elevated thoughts into our lives. The discipline...
What is dharma? Dharma means that which holds the individual, family, society, country, the whole world, together. Where there is dharma, there can be no conflict. For dharma enables a way of life that ensures peace and harmony, truth and...
Sometimes when we might be feeling tired, it’s not rest we need. What we actually need is to give ourselves small windows of rejuvenation through which we live and play wholeheartedly! Do you find yourself feeling tired a lot of...
