The problem of widespread evil and other troubling issues can be aptly overcome by adopting the path of the Buddha. Evil arises from myopic vision. It cannot be curbed by stringent laws, severe punishment or exhaustive moral lessons but by transforming awareness of the working of the universe, law of karma, dependent origin of things …

 
A person who grows on the spiritual path cannot ignore Gautama because his presence has become so significant. In his own lifetime, he had forty thousand monks who went out to spread the spiritual process. In his own silent way, he changed the world forever. Buddha Pournami has always been significant in the yogic culture.Though …

Shauch or cleanliness of the self and of the environment finds prominent place in our dharma. Niyam is an inescapable stage in the eight stages of Ashtanga Yoga as enunciated by sage Patanjali and cleanliness is the first of the five niyamas. The rest are contentment, austerity, self-study and surrender to God. Sage Patanjali expected …

While pondering over the title of this essay, I am reminisced of a story from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. The story describes that once Gods, Humans and Demons sought wisdom from the Creator. He told each of them to practice ‘Da’. Now ‘Da’ is just a syllable, not even a complete word, so it is open …

There are two types of people in the world: those who choose to be happy, and those who choose to be unhappy. Contrary to popular belief, happiness doesn’t come from fame, fortune, other people, or material possessions. Rather, it comes from within. The richest person in the world could be miserable while a person living …

The mystic feels real and present, even ever present to his experience, intimate to his being, truths which to the ordinary reader are intellectual abstractions or metaphysical speculations.
 – SRI AUROBINDO

Rishi literally means one who sees the Truth, or the Absolute Reality.  For seeing the Truth, or rather experiencing it, eyes are neither necessary nor sufficient. …

The word, SAMADHI has to be understood. It means coming to a state of absolute equilibrium, coming to a state of absolute balance. The word comes from Sanskrit. And Sanskrit is one of the languages in the world which has words with profound meaning. Not just dictionary meaning, but with existential meaning. Other languages have …

The word harmony means when a person is at complete agreement or peace with himself and nature. To attain complete harmony, a person has to be in complete agreement and peace with himself, which is known as internal harmony and also in complete peace or agreement with Nature, which is known as external harmony.
How does …

The great saints are so strong in their magnetism that they can change you by their mere presence. The company you keep plays a crucial role, for the people in our lives are the most important aspect of our environment. I remember a man who got into a mood and decided he didn’t want to …

Dharma is the epitome of pure love. The world believes that love is possible only between the like-minded. In the case of a Guru-disciple relationship, there is a categorical difference between the two. The disciple is identified with his body and is a slave of his mind, while the Sadguru is beyond body identification and …