Nature doesn’t rush, yet accomplishes everything
By Rajiv Vij A committed meditation student was very keen to become a master. He went to a guru and asked him, “How long would it take?” The guru replied: “Ten years.” The student, a bit impatient, was disappointed and queried, “But I want to master it faster than that, I will work very hard,…
Learn to be humble
Humility and simplicity are the characteristics of greatness. Humility is God’s nature. See God in everything, accept His will. Then one can only be humble because one sees that whatever happens in life, positive or negative, is His will. Humility is total acceptance. The mind should be expanded to embrace and accommodate the whole universe…
Any kind of isolation is cause for conflict
Satsang: Swami Sukhabodhananda Q. Why do we sometimes behave in a cold manner? Man has become stoic in life, and hence he behaves illogically. Our life should be filled with feelings and feelings have their own sense. The heart of education is, education of the heart. Put your heart into what you do, whether at…
About suffering, love and God-realisation
By Avatar Meher Baba A simple life of freedom and happiness is one of the most difficult things to achieve. Man has complicated his life by the growth of artificial and imaginary desires, and returning to simplicity amounts to renunciation of desires. But 99% of human suffering is not necessary. Through obstinate ignorance, people inflict…
What leads you towards excellence?
By GS Tripathi There is a saying, “Nothing succeeds like success; and nothing fails like failure.” We appreciate the end results, but never look at the efforts. It points to a business-like approach. But life is much more than business. Two students joined a laboratory to do research. One pursued a stereotype approach, followed a…
How individuals can help overcome terrorism
By Rajeshwer Nath Terrorism is a menace. Often, terrorists do not seek solutions but look to destruction as their aim and achievement. The terrorist community has, over the years, gone to the extent of running terrorist training camps and acquiring stealth hardware to create maximum death and destruction. Military forces of various countries are actively engaged…
I left a little piece of my heart with Mian Mir
By Renuka Narayanan The only time i went to Pakistan was for the first Saarc LitFest ever to be held there. We crossed the border on foot at Wagah and drove to Lahore. The Dawn newspaper got in touch as i was from the media and hospitably asked if there was anything special i wanted…
Shivaratri fulfils God’s promise in the Gita
By BK Gayatri Naraine Shiva has a unique place in the Hindu pantheon. Being incorporeal, Shiva alone is usually not represented by a deity, and instead, is depicted by the lingam. The names of Shiva temples in India bear the suffix ‘nath’ or ‘ishwar’ to indicate that he is the preceptor of all beings. One…
There Is No Reality Other Than Shiva
Kashmir Shaivism describes Shiva as Nirapeksha, the Absolute Being, the one without a second. The term ‘absolute’ is understood in two different ways: basically, it means that which exists by itself and needs no other support for its existence. The term relative, in contrast, refers to that which depends on some support. Shiva, the absolute,…