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We are living in times when isolation and loneliness are rampant. With the hectic pace of our lives, we spend less time connecting with each other and enjoying each other’s presence. As a result of our reduced human interactions, more and…
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I would like to tell you how I practice when I get angry. During the war in Vietnam there was a lot of injustice and many thousands of my friends and disciples were killed. I got very angry. One time I learnt that Ben Thuy, a city in…
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We human beings believe that this world is full of suffering, that we must experience the pain of the body, misery of the mind, and agony of the ego, we think that suffering is a way of life. We have been taught that in life, there will be…
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Man is not free. He is dependent on others. In a way, he is like a prisoner of himself. He remains tied up with many worldly issues all the time. He wants to be free but circumstances do not allow him to escape from the bondages.His…
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Our quest to control every aspect of life has made us good at mastering several things in the world around us, but the same cannot be said about our mastery of the world within us.Being dependent on situations and people for how we feel,…
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Since the dawn of civilisation, one often-asked question is about salvation of human beings. The supra-psychic existence that remains in close proximity to a corporal framework, and uses that very corporal framework as the only medium of…
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Forgiveness- It is a Virtue- In the spiritual world it is said that a person should observe penance and follow percepts. Cleanliness, satisfaction, penance, self-awareness and devotion to God are the five percepts which should be observed.…
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Charles Spurgeon said, “Be not proud of race, face, place, or grace,”Men by nature are proud creatures that love to proclaim what we know and can do. Pride is the root of every sin and evil. God does more than hate pride. Pride is so…
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Baha’is are the enkindled souls…that are seeking to gain an ever more profound understanding of Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings—“the sovereign remedy for every disease”—and to apply them to the needs of their society. They are committed to the…
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In the same way when there are disappointments keep the flowers of smile blooming. You should smile more when you feel sadder because at that time you need happiness. When the body becomes weak there is a need for some tonic. You have to…
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