Category: Talking Tree

The approaches or paths to Christian and Eastern meditation may be different, but the goal is the same—to commune with God. They are like two sides of the same coin.

The first step to freedom and growth is taking responsibility for your own actions. Because until you take the blame, you can never truly take control of your life and help yourself and others.

To Gandhi, nonviolence wasn’t weakness; it was the strongest weapon anyone could ever hold, because it touched both the heart and the conscience.

Swami Vivekananda was more revolutionary than Gandhi and Nehru, The two leaders may be credited in helping to free India from British rule, but it was the revolutionary yogi who was the one first responsible for really awakening the nation to the call for pūrṇa svarājya—complete, unfettered independence—much before Gandhi and Nehru did.

There is an eternal ongoing debate on whether the path to spirituality requires leading a simple life. Or is okay to pursue a path of pleasure and still be spiritual?

Pope Francis’ life was a testament to his belief that true wealth lies not in material possessions, but in service to God and humanity. He will be remembered for reviving the belief that the Church was meant to serve the poor.

Couples are at loggerheads and so are neighbours. We need to rethink our priorities to bring peace and harmony back into our lives...

The author recalls how terrified she and her sister were of inebriated neighbours, noise and hooliganism during the Holi festival.

The Mahakumbha has attracted mammoth crowds of devotees. Most surprising is that couples are heading for the Mahakumbha to celebrate Valentine’s Day there.

Sports organisations like the Tennis Premier League can do much to popularise sports among all age groups in India.

A book review that makes us rethink the roles of men and women on Earth

A heartfelt tribute to the legendary ghazal singer, Begum Akhtar

The young women and men of India are the spiritual gurus of the future.

Always give in the highest way. The more you do that, the more you will find that central point of joy, which is at the heart of all religions, and from which everything wonderful can flower in your life.

What does one do when you and your spouse have different political views and are determined to vote for different parties? A lighter look at the recent polls.

God gives the rich and the poor, the king and the subject, the president and the common man equal opportunities to commune with Him in blissful meditation and find their seats on His sovereign throne.

We spend a lifetime trying to find God. But it is God Himself who calls on us, when He sees that we desire nothing but Him.

For the people of India, who believe in Sanātana Dharma, dictatorship or a dictator has no place. Dictatorship and the person running it would have a short life.