It is a Delight to Hear and Read how so many people the world over are beginning to realize that normalcy after the pandemic caused by Corona or Covid-19 Virus that originated in the city of Wuhan in China, would be a disaster. We are beginning to realize that after the pandemic ends, business …
Normalcy after the Pandemic: A Disaster that should be Prevented Read More »
We have the Habit of Constantly Delaying tasks, tasks which we feel are especially difficult to fulfill. But, tasks are tasks. Even before our birth, we have entrusted those tasks upon ourselves. So, there is no escape. We can escape anything else, but we cannot escape ourselves. Self Introspection or Atma Chintan is one such …
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Marriage as a Rite of Passage – a Hindu Perspective “And So They Lived Happily Ever After” – thus ends the story. From our very early childhood we have been conditioned to define marriage as an end to a story. All the Cinderellas, Snow Whites, Sleeping Beauties, and their Princes suffered no more from heartache, …
Guru Purnima is a Day for Reflection, a day to meditate upon not only the meaning and the inner significance of both Guru and Purnima, but also to offer our gratitude to all those who have inspired and guided us along the path. We all are familiar with the following opening verse of the Guru …
“(… the archeological evidence) confirms the origin of Civilisation and even of humanity itself in the Indies….that is, India and Indonesia…” Prof. Arysio Nunes dos Santos in “Atlantis, the Lost Continent Finally Found” To date, “Sanskrit in Indonesia” by Dr. J. Gonda, Professor of Sanskrit and Indonesia Linguistics, Utrecht (Holland) remains one of the most …
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana (1863-1952) Philosopher, Essayst, Poet and Novelist Empires, Entire Nations and Civilizations have fallen from grace, disintegrated, fragmented and turned to dust because of this very reason. Many of them are totally forgotten, as if they never existed… Indeed, those who do not remember history are forgotten …
Numbers Interest Mathematicians, politicians, traders, and the like. Whereas, ideas matter more to the scholars, intellectuals, philosophers, and their tribes. Now, Dharma is neither about numbers, nor about ideas. Dharma does not depend upon numbers. Kauravas and their supporters outnumbered the Pandavas and their resources, yet they lost the war, because they did not abide …
There is a Great Discussion going on if Hindus and Hinduism are under attack, under siege, whether the very existence of Hindus and Hinduism is under some kind of threat – or, whether such fears are unfounded. The fear is certainly not unfounded, I repeat “not unfounded”, if we are referring to the Hindu outlook …
This Time, Master Gives Us a Koan, a Zen riddle: “If you look for Rama, you may find him, but you may not find Dharma. If you look for Dharma, you shall find both Rama and Dharma.” And, then he adds: “Zen Koans have no solution, They are given to exhaust the mind. This Koan …
“Of course, the strain is greater for those who have their mind attached to the Unmanifest, as attunement with the Unmanifest is attained withdifficulty by the body-conscious people.”Bhagavad Gita (12.5) A Guru, a True Spiritual Guide knows how to deal with his or her audience. If an overwhelming majority of the audience falls in the …