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Reaching 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...

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Quality 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...

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Invent 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...

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Become 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...

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Role 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...

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Choose 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...

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Do 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...

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Faith 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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Spiritually clean

SOME years ago, I was invited to a school in Trichy to speak to the students. When I asked what they wanted to...

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Channel the energy

ON February 27 this year is Mahashivratri, a night of great spiritual significance with a deep scientific rationale. At the Isha Yoga Center...