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January 2004

World Guru

Having created man and given him his mission to know and be God, the Almighty was faced with a conundrum. Where could he hide so that man would not be able to find him easily—up on a mountain, deep in the sea, floating on a..... More >>

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Free God from religious fanaticism
by Jacqueline Maria Longstaff
When the world as we know it shatters,
When we have nowhere to go except the unknown,
Then we will either be given something new to stand on,
Or we will be taught how to fly! ... More >>
Yoga and children
by Shameem Akthar
The classic yogic treatise Hatha Yoga Pradipika observes that it is the punya or blessings from your last birth that makes you lucky enough to be initiated into yoga at some stage in your life. Surely, all of you reading this... More >>
An intervew with Dr Sanjay Paswan
by Parveen Chopra
When he greets you in the backyard of his official residence in central Delhi, naked waist upwards, chewing on a datun (twig substitute for toothbrush), you realize that Dr Sanjay Paswan, 42, is a different kind of politician.... More >>
Writing as a meditation
by Ritu Bhatia
What, you may ask, is the similarity between writing and meditation? When I practise both regularly, they contribute significantly to my feelings of calmness, strength, and centredness. While the two are different practices,... More >>
Extra-sensory vision
by Prabhath P
Cutting edge science now acknowledges that human perception transcends the five senses and that consciousness is not a byproduct of the brain. Nowhere is this more evident than in the growing interest in the study of Remote... More >>
In silence, find the self
by Anuradha Vashisht
What is silence? And what is our connection with it? Silence could have a different meaning for different human beings. While to a child it could mean minimum of noise that doesn’t break Mom’s disturbance barrier, to a mother... More >>
Writing with light to capture truth
by Daisaku Ikeda
Photography, states Dr Daisaku Ikeda, is writing with light and a struggle to capture truth. The response to natural beauty is not merely aesthetic. It reflects an ability to discern a deeper meaning and interconnectedness in... More >>
Spiritual Sanctuary
by Surekha Sule
When you travel on the Bangalore-Hyderabad highway, about 4 km before Devanahalli village, a dusty diversion greets you on your left side. One kilometre into this narrow road you come across a magnificent tall green iron gate,... More >>
My tryst with Mahalakshmi
by Rachna Singh Chopra
The sprawling modern city of Chennai is steeped in rich and vibrant cultural heritage. It is home to magnificent ancient temples of Kapaleeshwarar, Parthasarathy, Marundeeswarar and Thyagraja. Among these grand temples stands... More >>
Why death is not the end
by Werner Huemer
One day we must all die. We are all destined to die no matter who we are and how different we are from one another. Death does not come to people depending on what they believe or to what social class they belong. Yet what... More >>
Spiritualising Business
by Pawan kapoor
Peter F. Drucker very beautifully describes in his book The Practice of Management that the purpose of any business enterprise as an organ of the society, is to satisfy the wants of the society. These wants may have already... More >>
Dance of Well-being
by Pallavi Bhatacharya
On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined.—Lord Byron
Nowadays youngsters hang out at discotheques to dance the night away. But few of us realise that dance can offer much more; it can cure ... More >>
Divinely delicious
by Anuradha Vashisht
At Sri Veda Vidya Gurukulam on the outskirts of Delhi, in matters of gastronomy, health and family welfare, Renuka Guruswamy holds the reins firmly in her hands. It is no mean a job to personally prepare three meals a... More >>
Vision’s the thing
by Suma Varughese
What would you gauge a person’s potential on? His achievements, his character, his intelligence, his personality? All these count to some extent but I would put my money on vision.

What exactly is vision? Vision... More >>
How to control anger
by Shameem Akthar
According to a Buddhist saying, anger is like a piece of burning coal that we use to hit out against someone else. The hurled piece of live coal may hit the person, even injuring him as we intend at that moment. But the most... More >>
Hazards of a broken heart
by Dr Dayal Mirchandani
"Sometimes I wonder, sweetest love,
if you Were a mere dream in a long winter night,
A dream of spring-days, and of golden light
Which sheds its rays upon a frozen heart;
A dream of... More >>
The courage of conviction
by Gopika Nath
Nobody is ever really free from fear. Courage does not mean there is an absence of fear. It is essentially resistance to fear and mastery of it.

Understanding what the fear is about helps in identifying the... More >>
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