To control the mind, we understand what the mind is. In the Vedic tradition, the mind is called antah karana – an inner instrument. The body is bahya karana, an external instrument. This antah karana, inner instrument is four fold. …
Life involves relating to the other. While relating to the partner, colleague, parents or children differences invariably emerge in opinions, personalities, likes and dislikes. For example, I love going to temples. You love hanging out at the beach. On the …
Why does he/she trigger me so much? Why does this person come back again and again into my life? Why am I so dependent on this person? What are the lessons to be learnt in this relationship? Why can I …
To offer our respect to Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya, we chant श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणानाम् आलयम करुणालयम्।नमामि भगवत्पादम शंकरं लोक शंकरम् ॥ śruti smṛti purāṇānām ālayam karuṇālayam.namāmi bhagavatpādam śaṅkaraṃ loka śaṅkaram. I bow at the feet of the Lord in the form Sri Sankaracharya, …
As we approach Jagatguru, Adi Shankaracharya’s Jayanti or birthday, we are full of reverence for his pivotal role in strengthening Sanatana Dharma. While he wrote the bhashya, commentary of the teaching of the Gita, Upanishads and Brahmasutras for those who …
When asked what do you believe in, people, who identify as spiritual-but-not-religious, reply, ‘Laws of nature’. If asked to elaborate, they say, ‘Oh..the universal laws that apply to all objects. Laws that apply to the mountains and valleys which are …
If there is a devata who can be present with you and for you, more instantly than anything instant, he is none other than Hanuman. The greatest devotee of Bhagavan Sri Rama, Hanuman blesses with his bhakti and shakti, much …
In the battlefield of life, we face arrows of difficult situations, spears of judgments and attacks of challenges. If one does not have a suitable armor in the battlefield, one will be wounded and defeated in the first few moments …
Healing of all beings in the Vedic tradition has existed and continues through bodies of wisdom in the form of Karma-kanda, Ayurveda, and Jyotisha. Your mother massaging your scalp with oil on a lazy Sunday morning in childhood, doing Pranayama …
You are standing on a rock watching the swirling turquoise green blue waters of Ganga ji below. You hear the soft laps as she touches the rocks and quietens downstream. You raise your head and look around. The sheer contrast …