DD logo change: Will Congress dare to remove saffron from party flag, asks MP CM Mohan YadavMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav defended the change in the logo color of public broadcaster Doordarshan News from red to orange, ...
- Two kinds of renunciation
Renunciation can be customary or non-customary. The first type involves abstaining from society and relocating to a remote location, often ...
- Three types of aspirants
There are three types of aspirants: Uttama, Madhyama, and Adhama Adhikaris. To three classes of aspirants, Raja Yoga prescribes three kinds...
- Dharma of self-inquiry
Sanatan Dharma is a timeless and ancient concept that encompasses spiritual and material values. Dharma, the third virtue in Purusharthas, ...
Befriend ContentmentContentment is the greatest wealth in life and it comes from happiness and love in one's heart, rather than circumstances. In the Bhagwad G...
Winning and losingIn the Gita, Krishn teaches Arjun the right approach to any task and test: if from the outset we let go of our attachment to winning and su...
Happy DeepavaliOnce you learn something, you cannot forget it. And once we know something, we cannot pretend that we don't know it. That is why it is said...
- Nirvikalpa Samadhi
At first glance, the shloka provides us with a beautiful metaphor for contemplation: God as our inner light is transcendent of everything a...
- Relinquish attachment
Merely to move from one place to another and think that we have renounced something is a mistake because even if we move physically, the ob...
Engineers to management graduates, 10,000 to turn Naga sadhusThe Naga sect is known for its seers performing extreme penances by pushing their bodies to the limit and staying naked as part of practice...
Ageless heroicsK V Iyer’s rippling muscles reminded me of yet another famous bodybuilder, Manohar Aich, who recently turned 101.
Mindful walkingOnly recently have scientists decoded the biological switch that exercise seems to trip to halt a variety of ailments in their tracks.
Smart, & freeThe wise man’s moral is to stick to it! But sustain your exercise long enough so as to avoid burnout. Call it yukta (smart) practice that e...
Rann RaveOur life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything.
Small changes lead to transformationsSmall changes can sometimes lead to big catastrophes. A pebble morphing into an avalanche is a classic example. The process starts with a s...
Detached practice leads to perfectionIn the early years of their discovery, X-rays were a rage in fashionable society. People got X-rayed the way they had photographs. All this...