World Health Day 2022: Our Planet, Our Health
On world health day 2022 in this article here we are about to discuss how this earth is taking a bad drift toward a great disaster. Earth is our home, and the health of our home is important to us. The health of our home is also important to us because we are human beings and we care about our...
Importance Of Water Conservation In India
Using simple water saving tips can help cut your water consumption by more than half. Water conservation allows regions and cities to more effectively plan future water use. Saving water reduces energy consumption and also helps save on household expenses. When you save water, you make sure there is enough for the people in your community. Saving water is important and...
What Are The Main Causes Of Water Scarcity ?
Water scarcity occurs due to both natural and man-made causes, namely that there is not enough water to meet the needs of the region. Some of the factors contributing to water scarcity are climate change, excessive water use and increased pollution. A combination of natural and man-made causes such as climate change, environmental degradation, poor urban planning, lack of maintenance...
The kindness of difficulties
A thought that haunts many people in the world is - “Why should there be so much unkindness in the world? Many people wonder why life is so difficult. Is there a hidden purpose behind this or is life simply a series of accidental events?” My simple response to these questions would be to see life as a purposeful phenomenon, and...
An Ode to My Mother – Swami Sukhabodhananda
Every year on the 8th of March, we celebrate ‘International Women’s Day’ to acknowledge the historical, cultural, and political achievements of women across the world. But this day is not just about women achievers. This is a day we appreciate the efforts of every woman! Organizations, large and small, come together to show how valuable women are to society. At...
Don’t Miss This Chance
There was once a king who decided to play a game, a chance to convey a message to his subjects. He put himself in a huge hall that had one thousand doors. His task was to quickly find the door that would lead him to another world. The king started running around and touching each door. He knew nine hundred...
Perform like a leader
“The worst among foolish men is one who blames others when himself is blameworthy, who exhibits anger towards those over whom he has no control.” (A Sanskrit saying) Q: What are performance and perception dimensions that a leader should be aware of? Be it in the corporate world or at home? There is no doubt that you have to perform in the corporate world. But, more...
A wise gift to oneself
A student once asked his master, “Please give me a wise practice…a kind of spiritual discipline that I can follow every day.” The master suggested he sweep the floor, wash the dishes, and dust the house. The student wondered loudly how such an unusual advice could be a wise practice. The master replied, “When you sweep the floor, your body might be sweeping,...
Emptying your Inner Cup
‘A student learns one-quarter from his master, the second quarter from fellow students, and the third when he teaches. Time and experience confer the last quarter.’ -A Sanskrit saying. Someone once asked me why I was learning martial-art. How was it useful for a spiritual teacher to know martial art? While I gave the person a response at that time, I wanted...
LOOKING AT LIFE DIFFERENTLY
The sacred text of Yoga tells us that there are two ways to look at life, from the lower-self called Jeevathma or from the higher-self called Paramathma. This shift of perception from the lower to the higher self is what leads us from Samsara to Nirvana, or to understand it simply from a sense of deficiency to a sense of...