The Task of the Teacher
0The first task of the teacher is to maintain the class environment well supplied with objects of interest suited to […]
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Archive for 2008
Search and Research (I)
0The Parallel Lines Modern science has travelled a long way in its search, based on the reductionist model, which separated […]
The Journey of Life
0I hear You breathe In the void of silence Echoes vaguely light Awake and still I sit To miss not […]
Creativity and Taoism
0Spring breezes sweep the green meadows. Rains have stopped, but from the bamboo leaves water still drips. Suddenly a white […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – IV
0Recent Discoveries and Evidence We have discussed some of the arguments against the Aryan invasion model. Let us now look […]
The Power of Desire
1The highest spiritual experience affirms that the Divine alone exists, nothing happens without His will. But the world as we […]
Young Guns
0Recently, the ruling government in India inducted some fresh faces into the cabinet of which there were some celebrated more […]
Hunger for Books
0In 2007, celebrated writer Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Presented below is her acceptance […]
Does Visualization Help?
0A very important part of sadhana, of spiritual seeking is the discovery of the Divine presence in us, of one’s […]
Limits of Science
0Has science arrived at its limits? This is the subject of a debate doing the rounds in prominent scientific circles. […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – III
0The Aryan Invasion: Was there any? (continued from the previous issue) However, before proceeding further with our discussion on the […]
Pleasure
0One who gives himself entirely to what is unprofitable, who does not give himself to what is profitable, who sacrifices […]
Can or Cant?
0No matter how many languages one knows or to what extent one is proficient in each, when you really look […]
Walking as Tirtha (pilgrimage)
0‘You road I enter upon and look around. I believe you are not all that is here, I believe that […]
Magic and Miracles
0Man needs miracles. This need, when deeply observed, is the expression of a hunger for power, a need to break […]
The Supreme Alchemist
0Wide mouthed the earth drinks, Ambrosial rain that to heaven links, Her leaves and twigs, trembling in joy, Her buds […]
The Successful Dropout
2I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get […]
Happiness
1Among those who hate, happy are we to live without hatred. Among men who hate, let us live free from […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – II
0The Aryan Invasion: Was there any? This brings us to the important question: Who are the builders of the Indus-valley […]
Decay and Death
0From times immemorial, one of the dreams and aspirations of humankind has been for the conquest of death, for immortality. […]
Erasing the Black Dot
0Human beings are notorious for creating problems for themselves. Sticky tricky situations where there is need for none. Bickering and […]
The Supramental Purusha
0Purusha of golden eternities of might, Sun-self of bliss august, unknowable, Whose sheer altitude of timelessness and light Is the […]
What Makes a Good Teacher
0Teachers who are not perfectly calm, who do not have an endurance that never fails, and a quietude which nothing […]
The Individual
0For nine thousand years society has depended upon its members as individuals for those creative achievements of mind and spirit […]
The Awakened One (The Buddha)
0He whose victory has never been surpassed nor even equalled—which path can lead to Him, the Pathless, the Awakened One who […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – I
0The origin of ancient civilizations like India is shrouded in a cloud of mist. What we have at present on […]
Leaping into the Future
0What a lovely month…! A leap year for most, an occasion to celebrate for some. Not just those who celebrate […]
Everything for the Divine
0All spiritual paths and yogas lay stress upon the need of getting liberated from the clutches of our lower nature, […]
Healing Communications
0Introduction: Rediscovering Connectedness In a world largely governed by fast food, cheap thrills, quick success and easy money, it is […]
Generation Next
1There is a growing concern among parents and teachers about the present generation fed on a regular diet of T.V., […]
