On 31st December, we bid adieu to another year that offered us the golden opportunity to move closer to God and attain the supreme goal of God realization. It is an important day to reflect that we have just spent another 365 days from the limited number of days we...
Part 1 of this article described the importance of adopting the right values to guide us towards developing equanimity. The practice of Karm Yog as outlined below will help us in this regard. Practicing equanimity in all situations: To help keep our poise regardless of the circumstance, we can adopt...
Developing equanimity in opposing circumstances is one of the first challenges in the spiritual journey. Shri Krishna mentions in the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 12, verses 13-19) that devotees who are equipoised in all situations are very dear to Him. Being equipoised in all situations frees us from the limitations of...
The world we see today is rife with communities pitched in battles against one another on grounds of tolerance or the lack of it. Many of the chief religions across the world are facing an increasingly insurmountable challenge of keeping people from different ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds together under...
Sage Narad describes the highest ideal of service and love as it pertains to the Gopis in this verse of the Narad Bhakti Darshan: Nastyeva Tasmin Tatsukha Sukhitvam One of the most important aspects of Bhakti is to be happy in the happiness of God and Guru – to serve them...
Ponder for a moment why you do anything you do and unravel the mystery until you cannot go any further. For example, maybe you want a high paying job. Why? So that you can live in luxury, of course! But still, why? What’s the deeper motivation? Because luxury is...
enlightenment: the state of having knowledge or understanding — Merriam-Webster Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity brought into prominent focus one question: Was there a theory that would explain all observable phenomena in the universe? A theory of everything? With the advent of quantum physics, it became difficult to find...
The spiritual sojourn demands firstly a humble nature. Countless saints from different spiritual paths have extolled and displayed the virtue of humility, serving as a reminder for us to practice it in our daily lives. But how can we tell if we are indeed humble? A correct understanding of humility...
“It is thought which is the propelling force in us. Fill the mind with the highest thoughts, hear them day after day, think them month after month. “– Swami Vivekananda Our minds are filled with countless thoughts during the course of the day. Since they are “just thoughts”, we tend to...