Category Archives: Spirituality & Well Being

The Ecstasy of a Sannyasin

A Sannyasin learning energy healing from Swami Chaitanya Keerti

Picture courtesy Osho Nisarga, Dharamshala Swami Chaitanya Keerti  Last month, I facilitated the Neo Zen retreat at Osho Nisarga in Dharamshala.  On the last day of the retreat, a sincere seeker, Tomas Andrade from New Zealand took sannyas initiation and as he had asked for a new name, he was given the name: Swami Dhyan […]

The Spirit of the Mahabharata is still Relevant. Here’s why!

The epic of Mahabharata was written ages ago and yet it continues to overwhelm us with the amount of wisdom it carries in each word. This epic is revered not only because of its poetic grandeur but also because of the deep philosophical lessons that form its very foundation. Here are 5 important lessons from […]

What do the Upanishads have to say about Rituals?

Upanishads are the concluding portion of the Vedas and are therefore rightly called ‘Vedanta’. Ten or eleven Upanisads out of a 108 are regarded as important and authentic. Passionate yearning for knowledge, restless striving after truth and a ceaseless search for reality have found a most touching expression in them.  The word ‘Upanishad’ is derived […]