The colours of love
Along with rigorous spiritual disciplines and fasting, Hinduism prescribes feasting and festive gaiety. Holi, this festival of colour, is one...
The divine metamorphosis
The caterpillar is a crawling worm,dragging its body on mud and stones, it’s only occupation in life is to search...
The Djinn and his master
“Oh Guru”, pleaded the desperate student, ,grant me that power which will enable me to fulfil all my desires.” “Tathastu”,...
Kapi Mushti
In jungles around the world animals are caught by hunters using the animal’s weakness as a trap. The monkey is...
Mind stilled is self gained
The backbone of Krishna’s philosophy in the Geeta is balance and equipoise gained by stilling the mind. It sounds as...
Arjun’s question is our question
Evolution is not a Revolution. The climb is steep ,slow and tough. The enemy is invisible and fights from within....
Trust the Giver
Can we stop asking for something or the other? A change in one’s situation, adding one more new toy,improving a...
Hans vahini Saraswati
Saraswati is the goddess of learning in Hinduism. Her vehicle (Vahana) is Hansa. The fabled bird Hansa is a swan-like...
The nine avoidable dangers
The sustainable value of any spiritual text depends on its applicability and practicability to modern day living. The Ram Charit...
Why spirituality?
One may well ask , “Even if I am able to undertake all the hard disciplines that are prescribed for...
Krishna, the butter thief
“But Mom, why should I worship Krishna? Wasn’t he a thief?” Yes, Krishna stole, but he was not a thief. ...
Resting, not rusting
The exigencies of everyday life put strains on your mind and body. If the nervous system is in tension for...
A subtle teaching
Once a Vedantic master was approached by a seeker and asked, “Explain to me Sir, the nature of the self.”...
Tale of the cracked pot
Once a poor villager had to carry water daily from a distant well right upto his far away home. For...
The meaning of Prasad Bhakti
Disappointment comes to those who make an appointment with the future. We expect love from all but never learn to...
Too many Gods?
Far too many Gods and goddesses are worshipped in Hinduism. Which one should we worship, or all of them? The...
A Hindu wedding ritual
A Hindu wedding is not a contract but an inseparable union for life ,yes for life, as there is no...
One needs to attach to detach
Give up’ ,’renounce’ , ‘let go’ or ‘detach’. So often are these instructions heard. The scriptures are never tired of...
Upavaas, self discipline
Upavaas, does not mean starving the body, nor does it mean dieting. Diet alterations are taken up by people for...
Providing is not parenting
Most parents today are busy providing, not parenting. The inculcating of obedience and discipline in children is a major part...
Can one really ‘see’ God?
During one of Swami Chinmayanandaji ‘s visits to Delhi we were sitting around him and basking in his divine presence,...
The ten headed demon
The ten headed and twenty armed Ravana is a biological monstrosity. No such human being ever existed. So, what was...
Ravana’s Trikoot, the mount sans fear
The fabled Trikoot mountain on which the megalomaniac Ravana had built his gem studded golden capital called Lanka, had three...
Why do we need to pray?
Do we pray ‘let thy will be done ‘ or do we pray ‘ let my will be done?’ Is...
