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PerspectiveEnergising 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...
PerspectiveLand 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...
PerspectiveReaching the point of ‘mukti’
Someone once asked me, “What’s the point of mukti or liberation? How is it useful?” I said, “First tell me, does your life...
PerspectiveQuality of surrender
PEOPLE often ask me about the role of surrender on the spiritual path. I tell them they cannot achieve it. Surrender is not...
PerspectiveInvent your own God
TWO cows were grazing in an English meadow. One said, “What’s your opinion on the mad cow disease?” The other said, “I don’t...
PerspectiveBecome small, willingly
PEOPLE travel for various reasons. Explorers have travelled to conquer or to know; vagabonds because they couldn’t stand home; and tourists because they...
PerspectiveRole of the Guru
SOME time ago, on a Himalayan trek, an American lady asked me whether I enjoyed the role of Guru. I replied, “Being a...
PerspectiveChoose your karma
ONE day I happened to be driving with an affluent person in a particular town. We started talking about the abject poverty in...
PerspectiveDo not limit yourself to the limited
THE 14th of May is Buddha Poornima. Although the term ‘Buddha’ is usually synonymous with Gautama Buddha, there have been thousands of Buddhas...
PerspectiveFaith is not cultivated
A lament one often hears is that today’s generation is not religious, that it does not share the same beliefs of an earlier...
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