“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” -Buddha All of us have […]
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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Altrusitic love acts as a direct antidote to hatered, the more develop it the more the desire to harm will wither and finally disappear. It is not a question of suppressing hatered but of turning the mind to something diameterically oppose to it: Love and compassion. Following a traditional Buddhist practice, you begin by recognising […]
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A fixed mindset about ability leads to pessimistic explanations of adversity, and that, in turn, leads to both giving up on challenges and avoiding them in the first place. In contrast, a growth mindset leads to optimistic ways of explaining adversity, and that, in turn, leads to perseverance and seeking out new challenges that will […]
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To have the feeling that you have much inside you, there are only two ways. You can get in turne with universe -then you are filled with the whole, with all the flowers and with all the stars.
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Depression is a real illness that affections millions of lives across the globe on a daily basis. It’s time we refreshed our knowledge of it.
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Hence a profound irony – the boosting of self esteem, which is intended to promote a sense of wellbeing and to discourage aggression may instead be a cause of depression and violence.
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Let us be realistic and welcome the global surge in Yoga even if it means ‘asanas’ At least, it has introduced Yoga to millions around the world. So how do we learn Yoga? Go to a guru, watch videos on You Tube or get a book. The most famous modern classic is ‘Light on Yoga’ by B. K. S. Iyengar, the world’s foremost authority, which is a step by step, detailed and serious treatise with photographs of various stages of postures.
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Man was never as sad and as miserable as he is today. Seeing us, even the birds may wonder, “What has happened to man?” Even the birds flying in the sky may feel pity and compassion for us. There must certainly be talk amongst the plants and the trees about man going berserk and becoming […]
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There is a difference between thinking and seeing – and the difference is significant. The west puts great emphasis on thinking. That is why they have named their science of thinking Philosophy. Philosophy means conceptual thinking. We have named the same science darshan.
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Presuppositions program us to accept things that may or may not be true, and they can be used on us by others, or even, subconsciously by ourselves. For example, if you ask yourself a question like “Why do I always sabotage myself?”