Sri Satya Sai Baba Message: Love all Serve All
Professor Anil Kumar Dearest Sai Brothers and Sisters, Sai Ram. Below is the text of a message that trickled in my inbox on an interview of Professor Anil Kumar, a long forty year old devotee of Swami...
View ArticleBeauty and the ‘Beast’ of Sufism
Emperor Aurangzeb (CHAKRA) Sufism is contrasted with more intolerant strains of Islam, notably that advocating jihad, proscribing of dancing and music, intolerance towards the kuffar, and strict...
View ArticleRemoving a Layer of Ignorance: tattvabOdhA – Self Knowledge
By Malathy Krishnan (CHAKRA) Never being a religious person, though born into a house that revered gods; and married into a family that was orthodox, traditional and staunch believers of Vaishnavism…...
View ArticleIn Dharmic Spirituality, Liberation and Redemption are Important
In spirituality, liberation and redemption from this world is a very important topic. Among all the religions of this world, the principal aim is God-realization, gaining salvation, and eventually...
View ArticlePaths are Many, the Rishi’s Call it by Many Names .
Yogi Baba Prem By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada (CHAKRA) One of the most common quotes I hear from Hindu’s is that we are all one, all the religious teach the same thing, and there is no...
View ArticleMusings on AtmA
By Smita Agrawala (CHAKRA) There are two things in the world, the Atma or the Self which is real, and the body which is unreal (though as we will eventually see, the AtmA alone is the substratum upon...
View ArticleWaking vs Dreaming – Dissertation on the Illusoriness of the World
By Vishnu Prakash (CHAKRA) This is extracted from second chapter [Vaitathya prakaraNa] of Shri GauDapAda’s kArikA converted into a question answer format. Point of discussion: Analysis of Waking and...
View ArticleLearning the Ropes to Happiness
By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant,VSM With the permission of our readers, may I say again : Happiness is a state of mind. That explains why I say it aloud every now and then: old boy, your mental make up...
View ArticleDoes Monotheism Kill Spirituality?
By Ajay Nemade Monotheist says, “God is one, my God is true and your God is false”. This kills spirituality. In spirituality there is no my God or your God. God is the same for all humanity, whether...
View ArticleScience, Vedanta and Free-will
(CHAKRA Blogs) I am sharing some of my thoughts on Science, vedAnta and free-will. I will be looking at these ideas through the Vedic lens, incorporating them into our present scientific understanding....
View ArticleHow Spiritual Experience has Transcended Religious Belief in Yoga
Lord Shiva Diety infront of the Himalyan Mountains – image courtesy of Prabhu B Doss Many North Americans and westerners are turning to practices that promote spiritual experience rather than religious...
View ArticleWhen SRF’s Paramahamsa Yogananda Met Ramana Maharishi
Self Realization Fellowship (SRF) Paramahamsa Yogananda Quote The greatest of yogis have descended upon earth to unchain man from eternal suffering. One of them was Paramahamsa Yogananda who wrote the...
View ArticleHonoring Ancestors: The Secret Doorway to Health and Healing
Mesa Verde National Park is in Colorado USA, contains Ancient Native Indigenous Culture Sitting among the Native American cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde in the southwest U.S., my mind drifts back to...
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