Gurupurnima is the day to express gratitude for your Guru. Osho says guru is made of “Gu” and “Ru”. Where Gu stands for darkness and Ru stands who dispels the darkness. So Guru is the Light who takes away all your darkness. No language can translate this word it is so intrinsically eastern. Osho says that “Guru choose his disciple”. The calling is from Guru. So all those who got the calling from their Guru are fortunate ones.
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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We see our lives as a continuous development – starting in the past, staying in the present and heading towards the future. Letting go of the past might seem like standing on a shaky ground or having nothing to stand on, in the first place.
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Nandita Kochar When was the last time someone put aside everything to listen to you? And made you feel like every single word you said carried an important story, no matter how small or big? How did that make you feel? Significant? Accepted? Appreciated? This is the power of deep listening. I thoroughly enjoy myself […]
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The body and the mind are connected. Whatever happens to the mind happens to the body. That is why you will have to be careful about your diet and what you eat.
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As of 2010, Buddha & his teachings have managed to touch the lives of almost 535 million people. What did he do right in order to make this possible? Let’s see!
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Sleep is a relaxation. You cannot bring it, you cannot do anything for it to happen. You cannot force it, you cannot will it – it is not a part of your will at all. It is moving into the unconscious, and your will is just a fragment of the conscious.
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According to Alan R. Hirsch’s report about nostalgia and the brain, nostalgia is “not a true recreation of the past, but rather a combination of many different memories, all integrated together… all negative emotions filtered out.”
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Anger is a very potent emotion. though it causes hurt but only who can be angry has the potential to be loving. Anger has some interesting warning signs. Both physical and mental. If you are mindful and aware of those you can immediately make out what is hitting you. If we learn to recognise these […]
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There are also two types of knowledge. One is the knowledge of the reservoir, which is filled from the outside. It becomes rotten very soon. No brain in the world is more rotten than the brain of a Pundit.
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Often one’s life and one’s environment are thought of as two distinct entities. But from the Nichiren Buddhism’s point of view, they are inseparable. But how?