Category Archives: Applied Philosophy

 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.

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.

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?

The doorkeeper laughed and said, “If you are so tempted you might as well try getting beyond the door. But remember that I am very powerful and just the first doorkeeper you’ll see. There are guards looking after the doors that follow this one, men who are even more powerful than one can imagine.”

Nandita Kochar Yes, this article is about a Love Triangle. But not the one where it’s about you, your partner and the other. But the one about three essential components of love – intimacy, passion and commitment, as developed by Robert Sternberg who is an American psychologist and Professor of Human Development at Cornell University.  […]

We can never solve the problems of our life by solving the problems; this is the first lesson we need to learn in life. We need to first understand we have to set right our inner home first by living in our own mind where we create an environment of least expectations, perseverance and unwavering faith and trust in the divine who resides in our own heart.

Friendliness is like a brightly shining star. No one may be there, looking up at the sky to watch this star and yet it exists. And yet it lights up and rejoices! Nobody may ever come to know about it but it is still there. It does not depend on perception to exist.