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HINDUISM: When giving feels like receiving

India, June 7 -- When love desires the return of love it is not love, it is commerce. By definition love only wants to give, because that feels like receiving.! The identification in love is so Compl... Read More


HINDUISM: Fire Symbol of Lord

India, May 31 -- Havans, yagnyas, wedding rituals and other ceremonies generally use a lighted fire pit as the holy altar of the Lord. It is worshipped and offerings are made to it. Symbolic of the Lo... Read More


HINDUISM: In the spirit of the Gita

India, May 24 -- Brigadier Harishchandra Singh, an 80-year-old, retired armoured corps officer made me sit up and feel so proud of our Kshatriya traditions. The spirit of the Gita, of being ever ready... Read More


HINDUISM: The stupid me Part I

India, May 17 -- Thoughts, emotions and dreams have no reality. Have you seen anger, love or hate walking on the Ganges bank? We allow them to rise in our own minds. We give them life. If there is eve... Read More


HINDUISM: On chanting the scriptures

India, May 10 -- It was a warm sunny morning on the 9th September 1986. We all sat huddled at the Ram temple in Siddhabari, where Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji had just presided over a religious... Read More


HINDUISM: The one who rose to heaven

India, May 3 -- Once upon a time there were two friends. Both of them were spiritually-minded, they would read and understand scriptures and would try to delve deep into the realm. Once, they travelle... Read More


HINDUISM: An invitation to disappear: II

India, April 26 -- Just hold the attention in your heart and minus the traffic around it. Don't allow the attention to identify with the traffic lights, horns or noise (thoughts, feelings or objects),... Read More


HINDUISM: An invitation to disappear: I

India, April 19 -- You give Reality to the mind. The mind and body create an identity that is so limited, attached and fearful. It projects the world and its people as "others" who are attacking you f... Read More


HINDUISM: Vriksha Vedanta: Part II

India, April 12 -- Does one ever thank a tree? Many trees are suppliers of ingredients for precious medicines that we depend upon to cure us of dangerous diseases. Aha, and don't forget who helps your... Read More


HINDUISM: Vriksha Vedanta Part I

India, April 5 -- The city parks are full of fallen dry leaves. Walking almost on a mattress of them to the familiar sound of crunch crunch, I suddenly became very aware of my own mortality. These wer... Read More