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Flowering is a spiritual process

ONE day, when I proposed planting flowering trees at the yoga centre, a very practical ashram resident asked me, “What’s the use? Why...

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Perspective : Go as a seeker

FOR over 12,000 years, there has been an unbroken record of people from the Indian subcontinent making the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash. This...

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Enlightenment is a homecoming

MOST people think peace is the ultimate goal of spirituality. This is one of the great misconceptions of our times. Peace and joy...

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Perspective : The inward shift

THE UN declaration of June 21 as International Yoga Day comes at a crucial moment in human history. The science of yoga is...

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Perspective : Essence of intellect

We live in times when the human intellect has been given a role utterly disproportionate to its intended function. This is due to...

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Spirituality with trees

A question I am frequently asked is, ‘Why is a mystic, a spiritual leader, planting trees?’ The reference is to Project Green Hands,...

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Perspective : The ultimate union

IN yogic culture, there are two aspects to Shiva. The word ‘Shiva’ literally means ‘that which is not’. Everything that is has come...

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Discard the baggage

HUMAN memory is the very basis of civilisation. It is the fundamental ingredient responsible for all science, technology and culture on the planet....

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Energising spaces

MANY years ago, when I first said, “Let’s build a temple,” people around me were incredulous. They said, “A temple? Because of you...

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Land of seekers

NATIONS are created on the basis of race, religion, language or ethnicity. India, however, is a mind-bogglingly complex combination of all these ingredients...