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November 2005

Guru to the Nation

It was in Bangalore during the summer of 1984 that Brahmacharini Vividisha first heard Swami Chinmayananda at a public discourse. Totally mesmerized by the guru "who looked like lightning and spoke like thunder," it was to have a..... More >>

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Through the Lens of Reality

by Swati Chopra

I have been intrigued by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche from the time I came across an article in an American Buddhist magazine written on the sets of his film in Bhutan. The article was about Rinpoche's filmmaking style,... More >>

Return to Nature

by Joseph Zuzarte

If you're an average human being and have been on a 'spiritual' quest (to find the meaning of life, peace of mind, God or magic powers) and have been reading different books, listening to different gurus, visiting ashrams or even... More >>

The Joy of Fellowship

by Suma Varughese

My first experience of the value of community happened when I was around 28. My father had been diagnosed with cerebral haemorrhage and had been admitted to a hospital in Vishakapatnam. Among us six sisters, only one lived near... More >>

The Design of Destiny

by Sundeep Waslekar

My ticket for New York had been booked for September 9, 2001. I was booked at Hotel Marriott at the World Trade Centre. My first meeting was scheduled for 9 am on September 11 at the vegetarian restaurant at the Marriott. Then... More >>

Every Asana an Act of Prayer

by Shameem Akthar

In his latest book, Light on Yoga, B.K.S.Iyengar, pride of India and yoga's foremost exponent, advises us to offer our yoga practice as an act of devotion. Each asana or pose must be practiced as if it were a prayer. The... More >>

A Time for Renewal

by Jamuna Rangachari

I met Ms Chaturvedi in a conference and found her to be confident, articulate and attractive. Being the only ladies in the group, we had lunch and a long chat and promised to keep in touch, but as it happens ever so often, didn't... More >>

Combating Cancer

by Life Positive

Why me? is probably the first question that the mind screams when the doctor pronounces, "It's cancer." I decided to riposte, "Why not me?" Diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer in September 2004, it began with the hardening of... More >>

The Ethics of Emotions

by Swami Veda Bharati

In cultivating a saumya personality, we need to start working consciously and conscientiously on purification of the mind and emotions. We need to learn to choose purer emotions. How do we determine what are the purer... More >>

Discover Your Why

by Jamuna Rangachari

Mrs Bedi (name changed) was the wife of a busy, successful executive and had everything a woman of her age could dream of - a big well-furnished bungalow, a chauffeur-driven car solely for herself, children well-settled in US and... More >>

Spirit of a Champion

by Life Positive

I nurture the garden of my body, mind and spirit everyday and ensure that weeds don't creep in," says Kiran Bedi, one of the most admired women in India today. The first woman police officer in India is a humanist who... More >>

Natural Meditation
by David Harshada Wagner
I'm in my office in New York City. My radio broadcasts news about the world's most recent disaster. Through my open window I can hear traffic, buses, sirens - the various sounds of the city. And then, there, beneath the man-made... More >>

Maa an Awakening
by Pradeep Darooka
I woke up engulfed in bright white light, my pyjamas soaked. There was a strange glow all around, unlike anything I had ever experienced before. A smile crossed my face and I went back to sleep. My sister Sunila knocked and... More >>

Carpe Diem Seize the Moment
by Ghatotkach
What does this grand sounding phrase carpe diem actually mean? Roughly translated from the Latin, it reads robustly in capture-and-hold-mode as 'seize the day'. The grandness does not, you will notice, diminish in translation,... More >>

Do the Difficult Thing
by Suma Varughese
While I was growing up, one of the most incomprehensible things about life was that the easy way never seemed to work. As an incorrigibly laidback kid, I was always looking for the easy way out, but it unfailingly put me into... More >>

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