Everyone is making choices, but choices made in unawareness are compulsions. Let us say you get angry right now. It is actually your choice to be angry. Somewhere, you believe that is the way to handle the situation, but the choice is made in such unawareness that it is a compulsion. It is happening compulsively on a different level. So you are living by choice, but choices are being made […]
With Navratri just around the corner, there is a significant degree of bliss and felicity in the air surrounding people of different cultural backgrounds. Owing to the season of jubilant festivities, Navratri is celebrated all across the country in its own unique and high spirited ways, spiritually devoted to the nine divine forms of goddess Durga. Let’s take a tour through the 9 variegated festive celebrations across the country to […]
You should be established in the awareness that the Lord is ever present. You must also be prompted by the feeling that you are performing deeds for the pleasure of the Lord. This is the easiest way of achieving control of the mind. If you are prompted by feelings that your body belongs to the Lord, you will not sin with your body. On the other hand, all your efforts […]
The evolution of Admissions processes in top-colleges has made it necessary for students to start preparing for Entrance tests at least a year in advance. To ensure the best of students, these colleges also boast a competitive minimum score requirements. Here are a few pointers for students to consider while preparing for their GMAT/GREs: First things First: Where do you stand and when will you be ready? It is advisable […]
There is a lot of teaching out there about positive thinking and how it can transform your life. Yet, there is something about people who are always repeating positive affirmations that seem shallow. Is it that simple? Can positive thinking help you get rid of karma, or at least keep you from creating more karma? Sadhguru says the reason these people have lost depth to their life is that they […]
The video was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the closing ceremony of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Conference. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, artistes from over 40 countries came together to record Bapu’s favourite bhajan – Vaishnav Jan To. The video was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the closing ceremony of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Conference. Secretary-General of the United Nations […]
Dr Govindappa Venkataswamy, ophthalmologist and founder of the Aravind Eye Hospital, was honoured by Google on his 100th birthday with a doodle. Born on October 1, 1918, in Vadamalapuram of Tamil Nadu, he was known as Dr V to his colleagues and patients. Venkataswamy was a visionary ophthalmologist, who dedicated his life to eliminating needless blindness. Despite being stricken with rheumatoid arthritis at an early age, he learned how to […]
The International Day of Older Persons is observed every year on October 1 to focus on issues that affect the aged, such as dementia and the abuse of old individuals. This is also a day when we should sit back and remember all the contributions that have been made to society by old people. It was on December 14, 1990, that the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish this […]
I am sitting here with a hot cup of tea in my left hand. I cannot drink it. It is hot, so I have to wait. Before me is a loaf of banana bread with a knife and a spoon on it. We are waiting for friends to come, so it is not cut. On my right side is a wicker basket beautifully made by some Chinese people. It is […]
The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon others’ property as though it were one’s own and to thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. Only one who is Krishna conscious can easily overcome the stringency of the laws of nature and thus become happy and peaceful in the world. As a state is […]
