Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Why will you celebrate Holi? Is it just another chance for mundane, superficial, ‘unconscious fun’, lacking in its true spirit of pure, unadulterated, limitless joy? Is it going to be just another excuse for a break from routine life? Or is it going to be a celebration of our true Nature? Whether this […]
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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This Holi festival is just a catharsis for the whole country to throw out all nonsense. It is good, it cleanses.
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So the first thing to be understood is that love is not an act; You cannot do it. you can be in love, but you cannot “do” love. Doing is absurd. But other things are also implied. It is not an effort because if it were an effort you would get tired. It is a state of mind.
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According to Jain Philosophy, each naya or point of view represents only one of the infinite aspects possessed by a thing from which we may attempt to describe it. When any such partial view is mistaken for the absolute truth, we have a fallacy.
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And then gradually we try to extend that love even further. We must be capable of loving all people, unconditionally. Is it asking too much to love an enemy? It may seem like an impossible undertaking, but it is based on a very simple observation, all beings without exception wished to avoid suffering and to know happiness.
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That is why jesus says God is love. And I say to you that Love is God. Both mean the same. God is one end of the same energy, of the same vibration and the other end is love. You start from anywhere.
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Watching your kids make their own decisions can be initially hard for a parent but it’s an essential. Here are a few guidelines about how to do it.
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Humility is a forgotten value in today’s word. Our obsession with the image we have to project of ourselves is so strong that we have stopped questioning the validity of appearances and endlessly seek better ways to appear.
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The word ‘Upanishad’ is derived from the root ‘sad’ which means to sit down, to destroy and to loosen. ‘Upa’ means ‘nearby’ and ‘ni’ means devotedly. The word therefore means the sitting down of a disciple near his teacher in a devoted manner to receive instruction about the highest reality which loosens all doubts and destroys all ignorance of the disciple.
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This particular story was one of Jesus’s absolute favourites! Read to know why.