The greatest achievement in one’s life can be said to have come through if one succeeds in developing a loving heart and mind. And, the word ‘love’ is perhaps the most beautiful and meaningful word in the English dictionary. Read more

Many of us are aware that rituals and rites are unscientific and “unsound”, and yet we do indulge in them in some form or the other in our daily life. Even those who call themselves ‘not religious’ do have their own rituals to perform. Maybe, they are not aware of them because of having forgotten to do a ‘look within’ or because of ‘ignorance’. Read more

For most of us ordinary mortals, the very idea of death can be scary. Until one realises that death is as good as birth because it too is a growth process, one will carry the burden of death scare throughout one’s life. One whose life-lease is about to come to an end, the scare of death takes his/her apprehensions to mountainous proportion. Read more

You are not really what you are! Over the years, you are corrupted and covered with a maze of biases and negative attitudes. Read more

All human beings think of something or the other, at least in most of their waking period. If you don’t, you come to a “stop” and it could be as good as dead as no further movement for good or bad takes place! Our thinking is conscious and we know what we are thinking of and what we are planning and “dreaming of”. Read more

Most of us ascribe great significance to rituals in our daily life. That is because we believe in them and that we get a great sense of satisfaction and happiness. Read more

Only the faithful can come out winners and the rest are left to rue. As a result, the faithful are a satisfied and a contented lot. Read more

‘Holistic healing’ is not a new phenomenon. But of late, with new and incurable diseases that have baffled the medical and the scientific fraternity, a greater stress is being laid on the “other and godly aspects” of healing. Read more

It was a sight to be seen to be believed. Over five lakh people thronged the Mecca of the Buddhists, Bodh Gaya, in Bihar last week to attend the Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra. And they were from China, Nepal, Bhutan, the US and several other countries. Read more

The judgment by a Russian court, rejecting a petition to ban the Gita, is truly triumph of good over evil. Ask yourself a simple question: Can one really ban God or His work? Read more