Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by ChinaTibetans living outside China are voting for their government-in-exile. This election holds great importance as they face a future without ...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
From 'BuddhaBot' to $1.99 chats with AI Jesus, the faith-based tech boom is hereUsers of the platform can join video calls with an avatar of Jesus generated by artificial intelligence. Like other religious AI tools on t...
11 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
- Spiritual atheist
Albert Camus, the French existentialist, famously declared himself neither a believer in God nor an atheist. He believed that non-belief in...
07 Nov, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
Monk’s ModesThe Buddha himself counselled his followers to be sceptical; to critically examine and not to accept whatever he said in good faith.
22 Sep, 2014, 05.46 AM IST
- Rock of Ages
And with greater knowledge of possessing such freedom — a knowledge other creatures besides us don't possess —comes the greatest responsibi...
09 Sep, 2014, 06.19 AM IST
Religious non-beliefAlbert Einstein also maintained that he was a deeply religious non-believer that he considered to be a new kind of religion.
22 Aug, 2014, 06.29 AM IST
- Goodness Sakes
A correspondent has forwarded a story, doing the rounds on the internet from the early 2000s, which illustrates the value of lateral thinki...
29 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Heavy Metal
Medusa often appears at the crossroads of nihilism and scientific determinism: an outwardly beautiful apparition that hides a monstrous Gor...
14 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Verses MultiAn experiment conducted at the South Pole has caught what appear to be ripples in the oldest light in the universe. These could be signs of...
11 Apr, 2014, 02.52 AM IST
- There’s many a slip
People slip. It happens to almost everyone. They lose their bearings, their feet slither under, they miss their mooring.
05 Apr, 2014, 05.48 AM IST
Mindful walkingOnly recently have scientists decoded the biological switch that exercise seems to trip to halt a variety of ailments in their tracks.
13 Jan, 2014, 04.33 AM IST
Sacred PsychologyWhat makes spirituality special unlike any other dimension of life is that it keeps aunique focus on the domain of the secularly sacred.
19 Dec, 2013, 06.14 AM IST
Silent SermonZen Buddhists use the story to illustrate the power of what is called ‘mind-to-mind transmission’.
09 Dec, 2013, 04.11 AM IST
Can one be truly faithless?Why do so many people swear by a sense of value, mystery and purpose in life in spite of their atheism rather than in addition to their ath...
08 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Dwelling in divinityThis atheist rejects God and religion because constraints and restrictions impede his worldly desires for comfort, and his aspirations for ...
05 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
The Fourth WayIt's said that religion is for those who fear going to hell while spirituality is for those who've already been there.
06 Nov, 2012, 04.47 AM IST
The brave spiritThe term spiritual, which comes from the Latin spiritus, originally meant nothing more than the English word for breath.
17 Jul, 2012, 06.52 AM IST