Meditation, Nirvana and Spiritual Masters
Having a teacher to guide us in any field is invaluable. This is true in Spirituality as well. As Spirituality is subtle or intangible in nature, it is difficult to identify with certainty, who a spiritually evolved guide or Guru is. A Guru is very different to a teacher or a preacher. He is a [...]
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years. The word yoga actually comes from the Sanskirt word yuj which is interpreted to mean union or a method of practice.Today, yoga is an extremely popular activity for both men and women. Although yoga was once practiced mainly in the East, there are now many Western practitioners. [...]
Yoga has many benefits for children. Helping their bodies build muscle and retain flexibility as they grow can give them better health going into adulthood. Yoga can also benefit a growing child’s brain by allowing them to learn to control their stress and emotions. Yoga and children is a great avenue for any child that [...]
Yoga mats are essential to perform all yoga activities. It is the basic requirement for the people who love yoga very much. Nowadays these are very much popular because mats give the best practice at the time of doing yoga exercises. It enables you to do certain yoga practices properly and efficiently.Yoga usually requires a [...]
This is a story from the Indian epic Mahabharat telling the story of the Great War between Pandavas and Kauravas. Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers, is the hero of Mahabharat. Lord Krishna delivered the message of Gita to Arjuna just before the Great War when seeing his own cousin brothers (Kauravas), guru, elders, [...]
The system of Indian classical music known as Raga Sangeet can be traced back nearly two thousand years to its origin in the Vedic hymns of the Hindu temples. Unlike Western classical music which has written scores, an Indian classical performance is based on improvisation, and anywhere from 10% to 90% of the performance could [...]
Most people do not know who is a Guru? They think of Guru as a human being. That is not so and that is why there are very few Gurus in the world. Hinduism defines Guru thus- If God in all his glory appears as a human being to give his grace he is called [...]
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, is an unparalleled hero not in the history of India but in the world history too. A brave man of firm convictions he stood for the secularism, democratic principles and pleaded for man’s rights. He lived and worked for the upliftment of poor, needy, and down-trodden [...]
A single Shakyamuni Buddha, a Lord Jesus Christ, a Saint Mahavira, a Lord Krishna, a Mahayogi Pantanjali, a Guru Nanak have a massive lasting impact on the whole of humanity, so tell me something, if there was a school, institute, program or person with a short cut solution for pumping out enlightened folks by the [...]
Meditation reins the Mind
Our mind is a wanderer by nature. At one moment it is thinking about this, and at other moment about something else, and at times even in one single moment mind can think about diverse matters. May be this is what we call unity in diversity! Well jokes apart but this mind [...]
