If you walk continuously along a straight path, you will never be found again. But on a cyclic path, you come back repeatedly at the starting point and eventually cover endless distance.
God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth.
I once went on a condolence visit to two young people, a sister and a brother, whose father had died, leaving them alone in their flat in New Delhi. Naturally, both of these young people were very sad.
Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is 82 years old and has spent a large part of his life - till 2011, 17 jail stints and house arrests - battling the Indian state for a Kashmiri right to self-determination.
For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. Dependence creates fear, possessiveness, friction, suspicion and frustration. Economic dependence on another can perhaps be eliminated through legislation and proper organisation, but I am referring especially to that psychological dependence on another, which is the outcome of craving for personal satisfaction, happiness, and so on.
As a debate rages over whether in fact the anti-nuclear agitation at the Kudankulam plant is fuelled by foreign NGOs in India, environmental researcher adds another ingredient to the controversy
An important theme running through Patanjali's Yoga Sutras is of pratyahara or withdrawal of mind from its scattered externality to interiorising it and focussing on the origin of thought.
The Oscar awards show, coming up on Sunday night here, has already generated one controversy. It's about the place of racial identity in today's America.
In the scriptures you will find the way to realise God. But after getting all the information about the path, you must begin to work, only then can you attain your goal.
Children enjoy playing with masks. And the more grotesque the mask, the greater is the thrill. Their amusement springs from knowing that the masks are different from them.
Shiva is really the creator of everything, maintainer and destroyer, above the highest, the supreme element, the highest God, as well as without form and eternal.
Thinking gives off smoke to prove the existence of fire. A mystic sits inside the burning. There are wonderful shapes in rising smoke that imagination loves to watch.
The German embassy in Delhi recently showcased Akhtar’s film Don — The King Is Back, about to be screened at the ongoing 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival featuring cinema from 115 countries.
Fill thy mind with Me, be My devotee, sacrifice unto Me, bow down to Me; thus having made thy heart steadfast in Me, taking Me as the Supreme Goal, thou shalt come to Me.
You cannot be happy with guilt, remember, you cannot dance with guilt. Guilt will paralyse you: wherever you go, you cannot laugh, you cannot move in ecstasy, because you will always be afraid of the suppressed.
Guilt is an emotion that all of us have felt at various times of our lives. And this is one emotion which can be draining and depressing and can rob us, to a great extent, of our mental peace and energy.
Observe your mind. Can you hear the noise of thought currents within? Scientists say 30 to 31 brain waves are constantly in flow. These waves belong to the neuro-linguistic system of our mind.
Health is of great importance - whether you wish to follow the science of dharma or duty, artha or earning a livelihood, kama or sense-enjoyment, or moksha or liberation.