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Why I walked out of an Excellent Ramlila show last weekend
Last weekend, I went to see this Ramlila being enacted by the local group. They are all busy professionals in their daily lives and had – with love and sincerity...
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French Disciple of Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard, is “World’s Happiest man”
Researchers at University of Wisconsin have found out that Western Buddhist Monk and a disciple of Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard (a molecular geneticist by training), produces the highest level of...
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Is Science now coming to Hindu view of Atma and Parmatama?
Dr Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology and the Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and British physicist Sir Roger...
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Meaning and Significance of Brahmananda Swaroopa: Mantra consecrated by Sadhguru
Two Mantras have been very dear to me – one is the Gayatri Mantra and the other is one that is given to the Isha meditators by Sadhguru which is...
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Spiritual Tragedy: Culture Park being made at Kailash Mansarovar by Indo-Chinese Culture-Vultures!
One of the greatest tragedies in Spiritual history of mankind has been the rise of the religious Hindus. The religious Hindu is a believer.. in a system that is prima...
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Why “Oh My God” Exposes Spiritually Weak Hindus
Hinduism or Sanatan Dharma – which means Eternal Law – has an interesting nemesis. The Hindu. The Hindu of today is a religionist. He has been drenched in the paradigm...
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Guilt is socially cultivated emotion, a poison directed towards yourself
“Guilt is socially cultivated emotion, a poison directed towards yourself.” – Sadhguru Guilt assumes a certain assumption of one’s ownself. A sense of ego. “This is how I should be...
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Constant Nature Grace and our Inability to Receive it
Have you heard people pray to God or their Guru/Spiritual Master for Grace or benevolence? Why do they do it? Is it because someone else does it, so I should...
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Vulgarity of Devotees and the state of Pashupatinath, Mansarovar and Rivers
“Aaja Maa tainu dil ne pukara..!!” These are lyrics of a bhent (song) during a Jagran (night long wake up) in worship of Goddesses in North India. Basically, the lyrics...
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My Journey to Kailash with Sadhguru
Some wishes take many lifetimes to fructify. You instinctively know those moments when they happen. There is no drumroll or lightning in the sky or music in the background. But...
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How do I find my Guru?
Guru can never be found. He finds you. In my own experience I know that deeper the longing for truth, the surer the possibility of you meeting the Guru who...
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Pictures from 2012 Kanwarias Annual Journey
Kanwarias are devotees of Lord Shiva who walk hundreds of kilometers in North India carrying water from different rivers. The annual journey known as Kanvad Yatra ( काँवर यात्रा or कांवड़...
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Pictures from the Amarnath Yatra
These are pictures from the Amarnath Yatra this year. They are from various sources and just amazing. Most of these have been compiled from this site. It is said that...
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The Big Fight (NDTV) on Higgs Boson: Some Reflections
There is a lot of interest in the “God Particle” and the debates on TV are happening on the subject as well. The debate on NDTV under the title “The...
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Bhagwad Gita is not about “Doing Good”!
Religion is predicated on Belief. Dharma is predicated on Search. Former assumes and takes a stance. One that has to be defended, come hell or high water. And they come....
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Dharma Civilization Foundation establishes First Chair of Hindu Studies in the US
University of South California is doing a first. USC School of Religion is establishing the first chair of Hindu studies in the United States. The Chair has been established thanks...
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Law of Karma has nothing to do with “Sow and you shall reap”
Law of Karma is quintessentially the discovery and gift of Indian Spiritual traditions – collectively called as Sanatana Dharma. Much before any other religion had even been conceived, the Sages...
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Yoga Rave: Sanskrit Melodies, Non-Alcoholic, Vegetarian Rave Parties in Buenos Aires
Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has an interesting night club called Groove. Instead of Rap, Salsa and Regga, the band there plays Sanskrit songs like ’Jai Jai Radha Ramana Hari Bol’, ‘Jai...
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Ironical how Hindus are denigrating Dharma themselves with Deceptive Devotion and Egotist Intellect
One can talk complete nonsense in Spirituality and yet come off as Saintly. In fact, most of the goody-goody stuff is actually Spiritual nonsense. Given the Spiritual work done in...
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Ridiculousness of Campaign against Isha by some Houston groups
For last 5 months, I have worked to promote a program called Inner Engineering by Sadhguru. I am just one volunteer and on this blog I don’t carry any brief...
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Volunteering, the way it was meant to be
We had trekked all the way to Kedarnath and back and after a day’s travel, with our legs in pain, we landed in Uttarkashi. We gathered for dinner, and while...
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Varna, Caste System, and Skin Color: Shallow understanding and Dubious arguments
There is a sad problem with those who consider themselves “Hindus” in India and those who comment on the larger history of the Hindus. Personally, I don’t like this term...
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Ram in Karbala through Morari Bapu
First Sri Sri Ravi Shankar went to Pakistan with his Sudarshan Kriya and the Art of Living, and now Morari Bapu will enter Iraq’s Karbala and shares the Ram Katha...
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Western Hindu: What does Hinduism mean to me
Sometime back, I had a series of discussions with people who weren’t born Hindus but now have embraced Hinduism. I wanted to ask them about their experience and reasons for...
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Only Spiritual Idiots heal people’s body, not Saints!
In Spiritual circles, it is very easy to talk of “nicey-nicey” stuff which looks appealing but is Spiritual nonsense. Just add in some buzzwords and say something that helps one...
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Are Animals attracted to Meditation?
Do Animals have a sense of energies that we humans cannot sense? As per many, animals have a sense of perception that humans can rarely have. Cats, Dogs, Snakes and...
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Sri Sri visiting Pakistan and History of Art of Living in Pakistan
Sri Sri Ravishankar is making his second trip to Pakistan today via the Attari border. Amongst other things, on this 3 day visit, he will also be innaugurating an Art...
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The Guru’s Khalsa: Devotion beyond Death
When beauty in the world dies, we all die a bit with it. Sometimes, we orchestrate it ourselves. One spiritual tradition in India has been very special and beautiful, but...
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Bastardization of “One-ness”
All are equal. Every religion is the same. All Gods are the same. These sentiments seem very nice. Indeed laudable. But when you look a little deeper, they are nothing...
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Sikhism, Hinduism and the Truth
I recently came across a blog site, which is fairly interesting. It had an article, where the author was trying to denigrate Vedas and Hinduism in contrast to Sikhism. He tried...
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Dharma and Religion – the foundational difference
A rose was born in a lovely garden of marigolds and jasmines. In his small lifetime that he had woken up, he was sad and despondent. One day, a Sage...
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Why does a New Zealand school teach Sanskrit?
These days in India, if we have any schools making it important to learn Sanskrit, it would raise a huge hue and cry, specially amongst the Seculars. But it takes...
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The Business of Death: Cremation vs Embalming
Unbeknownst to many who don’t live in the US, Death is a very lucrative industry. And if the Indians think that the Haridwar-based Sati-Ghat side Panda (pandit) is asking for...
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What does it mean to be Hindu or Spiritual?
Where is America’s Spiritual soul moving towards? When you listen to the popular political discourse, you see the shrill voices of the Tea Party guys, the Rick Santorums, the Republicans...