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All appliances have instructions manuals. Even the best gadget can lead to disaster if not used properly. You are born with highly sophisticated equipment within. Do you know how it functions? Is it not important to have a manual that helps…
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As humans, we are driven largely by the mind. Chitta, the deeper strata of man's mind-field, is a storehouse for latent patterns of habit. These are prototypical powers and serve as inner drives, influencing our thoughts and behaviour in…
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Messages emblazoned across Tshirts can be silly, funny, sometimes quite stupid - and sometimes they can carry a profound message. Recently I found one that declared: "Fail again. Fail better. " This is actually part of a quote from…
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The nature of Consciousness is a seminal theme at the heart of Upanishadic thought. Just as the Taittiriya Upanishad explores the fivefold sheath of human consciousness, the Koshas - Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya, and…
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Perhaps in one sense the road, ironically, might save it, by stopping the younger generation deserting it entirely when their parents and grandparents are no longer. But in spite of all this, the one thing that struck me most about the…
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My philosopher-dentist Mathai, while working on my wisdom tooth, suddenly asked me, "What is the difference between truth and fact?" I had no answer then, but as I left his clinic, thoughts kept flooding my mind. The two main ones were the…
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The Shiva temple at Bhimashankar in Pune is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas located across India. Situated in the Ghat region of the Sahyadri Hills, Bhimashankar is also the source of the River Bhima, which flows southeast and merges with the…
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Swami Vivekananda would often echo what the Upanishads have declared: "Arise, awake and stop not till you reach your goal." The tendency to rest and take breaks during work is a major obstacle to success. Rishis have advised us that once we…
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Karma is defined as an ecosystem in Indian philosophical thought. All actions one does or has done in the past, have consequences for the present and the future, and these are loosely called as karma. Most treatises on karma are silent on…
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A child once asked me, 'Is life a dream or a reality?' I replied, 'Life is a dream but the dream is real'. The ability to see life as a simultaneous condition of reality and dream is a great contribution of this subcontinent to the world.…
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