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According to the scriptures, to attain liberation in this Kali Yuga, we should chant the name of the Lord. Can we indeed be liberated just by taking the name of the Lord?
The M...
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Read MoreSwamiji, can you please talk about incomplete actions in past lives? Do they really hinder spiritual growth?
The Master:
My dear friend, incomplete action takes place in the following ci...
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Read MoreShould we call it inter-faith or inter-religious dialogue? Can there be dialogue when there are belief and disbelief? Haven't these already put a barrier in our heart and mind? Dialogue can take place...
Read MoreI read in a weekly newspaper that an important personality has said racism must stop. Great! In fact, intelligent people all over the world have been reiterating this since centuries. But only a few h...
Read MoreThe tarot cards and playing cards are languages that conceal deep spiritual knowledge. Who would imagine, in this rapid technological age, that the very objects used in gambling can reveal to us the e...
Read MoreMost people know the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, but almost no one understands it as an allegory. For them it is a literal fact. For me, Adam, Eve, the serpent, the garden and so on a...
Read MoreQuestion:According to the scriptures, to attain liberation in this Kali Yuga, we should chant the name of the Lord. Can we indeed be liberated just by taking the name of the Lord?The MasterDearest fri...
Read MoreWhile inner security comes with transcendence of the ego or mind, external security, which is also very important, comes with respect, understanding and love. No amount of police protection can make o...
Read MoreMan is both a centrifugal and a centripetal force. The centrifugal force is his future, his potential and ultimate possibility. At present he is a centripetal force, drawing everything towards himself...
Read MoreAccording to the theory of the photo-electric effect, when light strikes an atom, its electrons change state by moving from one level to another. Through interaction with photons, which are fundamenta...
Read MoreI could not help shaking my head when, in a televised debate among students, I heard a panellist saying that God is a concept. I was also worried at the superficiality with which young students talk a...
Read MoreProfessionalism is for me a tool to create a better material environment so that self-education can take place easily. Unfortunately, nowadays professionalism is an instrument of our greed. The more p...
Read MoreThese two words are ubiquitous in the Indian culture and Hindu religion. Dharmatma has its root in the word dharma, which means the laws of nature that bring forth the whole existence, support it and ...
Read MoreTheologians, philosophers, priests, pundits and intellectuals use beautiful languages, at times poetic, at times philosophic, and at others rational and scientific. Yet these are not signs that the in...
Read MoreIt is a very sad and base affair that on this once paradise-like planet, people have ever enslaved their own kind. It is also revolting that we have and still consider our own kind as inferior to us....
Read MoreWhat can stop such a scourge as road accidents? Is it laws that will restrain the recklessness of drivers? Has this ever worked? Evidence is here: the more severe the laws have been made, the more t...
Read MoreIn today's world, the expression 'unity in diversity" is used much more in the political context than the social or national one. However, few politicians would want to achieve it as it would be agai...
Read MoreSwamiji, can you please talk about incomplete actions in past lives? Do they really hinder spiritual growth?The Master:My dear friend, incomplete action takes place in the following circumstances: fir...
Read MoreThe universe is composed of a multitude of layers. For example, we have the molecular layer, fundamental particle layer, etheric layer, astral layer and many others. All of them form a vast and comp...
Read MoreThis is precisely how people pray: they recite recipes! For example, people pray, "From darkness, lead me unto light." But what do they do to dissipate the darkness of their minds? Nothing! This can b...
Read MoreThat which was a bacteria, a mosquito, a fish or a cobra, that which was roaming in the forest as an elephant or as a tiger tearing the flesh of other animals, and even that which was a hunter, a crim...
Read MoreThe title of this article may seem strange, but as we proceed further, the intelligent and genuine seeker of truth will see that it is appropriate indeed. My realisation leads me to this inevitable q...
Read MoreAt the very outset, I would like to point out that these three sciences are profoundly linked, though meditative consciousness is a 'beyond science" affair. Why then do I categorise the latter as a s...
Read More"Truth liberates," said Jesus Christ. But both words are Greek to most people though innumerable opinions can be expressed in this regard. Liberation also implies bondage. Man is a prisoner to hims...
Read MoreWhat is life and its purpose? What are human beings? What is God? What is good and what is evil? These questions are the core of philosophy. Volumes have been written to answer them. Sects, religi...
Read MorePeople are ready to praise politicians, film stars, artists and gods. Just observe what happens in a political meeting: people are like madmen ready to lick the shoes of the politicians. Film stars ...
Read MoreHumanity suffers from many diseases, some of which have already been cured, but we are still struggling with a lot. Many are even unknown to unenlightened ones. There are also a few illnesses that w...
Read MoreScience says that every cubic centimetre of space consists of the energy of a trillion atomic bombs. The human mind is the smallest portion of contracted space - this gives an idea of the amount of en...
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