What is World Earth Day?
Earth Day, first held on April 22, 1970, now includes a wide range of events coordinated around the world by EarthDay.org (formerly the Earth Day Network), including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The April 22 event was a success and led to Earth Day celebrations in thousands of colleges, universities, schools and communities, making it the second...
What are you accepting into your mind?
Is blindly accepting other’s words, the root cause of all upsets in life? What do we do when someone expresses their anger towards us or speaks to us in a belittling way? The answer to this question can be found in this incident from the life of the Buddha. Once Buddha went to beg with his disciple Ananda. When they approached a...
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...
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...
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...
Bringing in Wisdom
Swamiji, what is wisdom? When the quality of our consciousness changes for the better and leads us to peace, that is wisdom. This wisdom is born out of goodness. When the ego is absent, love appears as an inclusive love. Without wisdom, love is exclusive. Please understand, exclusive love does not think of others. But when love becomes inclusive, it feels like an...