Category Archives: Applied Philosophy

Buddha has been compared to a doctor, on the basis of these truths. In the first two, he diagnoses the problem. In the third one, he hints that there is a cure. And the fourth truth is the prescription using which one finds his or her release from suffering.

The true religion can only be one, just like science. You don’t have a Mohammedans physics, a hindu physics, a christian physics;  that would be nonsense. But that’s what the religions have done – they have made the whole earth a madhouse. If science is one, then why should the science of the inner not […]

Similarly, in this dog eat dog world where everyone is rushing to achieve and acquire, one needs to learn how to slow down. Look at our corporate lives, for instance, where we often forget the virtue of being patient. We are in such a hurry to get things done in a snap.

Our culture teaches us that love just happens. As a result, most of us sit around waiting for someone to sweep us off our feet. But love doesn’t work that way. To get love and keep love you have to go out and be active, learn a variety of specific skills.

The human mind weaves upto seventy thousand thoughts per day, as per the findings of The Laboratory of Neuroimaging at the University of Southern California. There is an ongoing debate about whether that number holds true or not. But one thing we know for sure is that the mind never rests – whether sleeping or […]

When it starts happening enjoy it, love it, be nourished by it, savour it, dance it, sing it, but dont make a question about it. Just be it. And allow it total space. It will grow. If needs space in you to grow.

Meditation does not create anything at all. Meditation reveals. What does it reveal? that which is real, that which is authentic, that which is true. Lies are created. Untruth is created. Reality can never be created – it is as it is.

And life is so vast that very few people evolved enough to see that the whole doorway is made of opposing bricks. The rest merely see the bricks that fall within the range of their view.