In the Gita, thank you is expressed through gratitude, surrender and service.
Devotional offerings: Offering simple things—a leaf, fruit, flower or water—with love constitutes thanks. – Bhagwad Gita 9.26
Surrender (Sharan Gati): Recognize all blessings come from the Divine and returning to Him is the highest form of appreciation. – Bhagwad Gita 18.62
Recognizing the Divine Spark: Seeing God in all beautiful settings. – Bhagwad Gita 10.41
Where has all the love gone? Why are our hearts so full of hatred? We are burning with anger. Continue reading
Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving are the three pillars of Lent and it is a time for reflection, repentance and reconciliation.
Let us examine each of these words. Continue reading
Valentine’s day is coming. There are advertisements everywhere asking one to buy gifts, flowers, and sweets for one’s loved ones. It is so compelling and sweet deals are offered. We all want and wish to send Valentines. Continue reading
Anaya Bhakti means one-pointed devotion to God, where the devotee perceives nothing else in the universe but the divine derived from “an” (no, not) and “anya” (other), it signifies a state of undivided love and complete surrender, free from material desires, duality or the search for other refuges. Continue reading
We are in these troubled times called Kali Yuga. The simplest way to attain God is through Bhakti, which could be Nama Japa or Sankeertan. San means coming together and kirtan is singing about the glory of God. Continue reading
Failure is a strong word. Understanding the meaning and applying it to one’s life enables one to connect with one’s core and inner divinity. This is the reason why so many philosophers and Gurus have written and explained this word with gravity and in detail. Continue reading
Law of Divine compensation is described as the spiritual principle of reaping what you sow or divine recompense. The core principle is spiritual reciprocity: the basic idea is that actions, whether positive or negative have consequences that return to the doer, not merely as a direct transaction but part of a universal balance maintained by a higher power. Continue reading
The Peace that passeth all understanding has been the axis around which Indian culture has revolved in all its aspects.
Peace is a divine attribute. It is a quality of the soul. It fills the pure heart. Continue reading
According to the sages, there is a very clear concept that the world is a play of the three gunas. The three gunas are Tamas, Rajas and Sattwa. Life is a combination of three gunas. The three gunas are continuously interacting although only one is overriding the other two. When sattva prevails, then rajas and tamas are suppressed. Continue reading
The World is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. – WB Yeats
Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world. – Dalai Lama
God is the lotus and the devotee the bee. The devotee sips the honey of the lotus. As a devotee cannot live without God, so also God cannot live without the devotee. Then the devotee becomes the lotus and God the bee. It is the God who becomes these two so as to enjoy its own bliss. – Sri Ramakrishna
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own: you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies. – Corinthians 6:19—20
Can you seriously answer this question?
Beauty, wealth, health, peace of mind, serenity, harmony in my life, awakening the inner divinity, seeing the divinity all around. Continue reading
Mahatma Gandhi was a staunch vegetarian and his children were also raised in a similar way. His second son, who was ten years old became very sick. He had succumbed to a severe attack of typhoid and pneumonia. A doctor was called and he advised chicken soup and eggs as medicines would not work. Gandhi explained to the doctor that since they were vegetarians, they could not follow the prescription. Continue reading