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The Technique of Enjoyment

The Technique of Enjoyment

0 Jan 14, 2009 10:00 AM

There is some meaning in describing the Upanishads as rahasya, mystery. The Upanishads are profound, and only the seeker who […]

The Work before Us

The Work before Us

0 Jan 12, 2009 9:55 AM

(Swami Vivekananda, the warrior monk who took the world by storm starting with the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, […]

Personality of the Teacher

Personality of the Teacher

0 Oct 11, 2008 5:07 PM

It has been realised that in the existing system of education no improvement is possible without the cooperation of teachers. […]

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

0 Sep 11, 2008 4:01 PM

President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above […]

The Last Wolf

The Last Wolf

0 Jul 11, 2008 10:36 AM

The last wolf hurried toward me through the ruined city and I heard his baying echoes down the steep smashed […]

Judge Not

Judge Not

0 Jul 11, 2008 10:29 AM

I was shocked, confused, bewildered As I entered Heaven’s door, Not by the beauty of it all, Nor the lights […]

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap

0 Jun 17, 2008 8:17 AM

Frequently, when we despair of where India is at the moment we do one of these three things: first we […]

The Teaching Profession: Ancient Indian Ideal & Modern Environment

The Teaching Profession: Ancient Indian Ideal & Modern Environment

0 Jun 11, 2008 9:36 AM

The Mother always said that to be a successful teacher one must be both a yogi and a saint, because […]

Does God Exist?

Does God Exist?

0 Jun 11, 2008 9:27 AM

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to […]

A Hero Lives On

A Hero Lives On

0 May 17, 2008 8:10 AM

For decades donors like the World Bank and the Governments of Japan and Germany had waited with millions of dollars […]

The Task of the Teacher

The Task of the Teacher

0 May 11, 2008 7:54 AM

The first task of the teacher is to maintain the class environment well supplied with objects of interest suited to […]

The Journey of Life

The Journey of Life

0 May 11, 2008 7:40 AM

I hear You breathe In the void of silence Echoes vaguely light Awake and still I sit To miss not […]

Creativity and Taoism

Creativity and Taoism

0 May 11, 2008 7:33 AM

Spring breezes sweep the green meadows. Rains have stopped, but from the bamboo leaves water still drips. Suddenly a white […]

Hunger for Books

Hunger for Books

0 Apr 17, 2008 6:16 AM

In 2007, celebrated writer Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Presented below is her acceptance […]

Walking as Tirtha (pilgrimage)

Walking as Tirtha (pilgrimage)

0 Mar 17, 2008 6:41 AM

‘You road I enter upon and look around.  I believe you are not all that is here, I believe that […]

The Successful Dropout

The Successful Dropout

2 Mar 10, 2008 10:07 AM

I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get […]

The Supramental Purusha

The Supramental Purusha

0 Feb 29, 2008 9:13 AM

Purusha of golden eternities of might, Sun-self of bliss august, unknowable, Whose sheer altitude of timelessness and light Is the […]

The Individual

The Individual

0 Feb 10, 2008 9:16 AM

For nine thousand years society has depended upon its members as individuals for those creative achievements of mind and spirit […]

Children of Earth

Children of Earth

0 Jan 7, 2008 12:18 PM

Now this is what we believe. The Mother of us all is Earth. The Father is the Sun. The Grandfather […]

Youth and the Future Education

Youth and the Future Education

0 Dec 7, 2007 6:14 AM

Youth is that stage of life least committed to vested interests and, therefore, most capable of ushering in great changes. […]

Mythical Rama: The Timeless Reality

Mythical Rama: The Timeless Reality

1 Dec 7, 2007 5:25 AM

There was commotion in the grove on the banks of the river when a frog yelled, asking an elephant bathing […]

Mother Earth

Mother Earth

0 Dec 7, 2007 5:07 AM

Holy Earth Mother, the trees and all nature are witnesses of your thoughts and deeds. –  Winnebago Indians Repeating the […]

A Man of Honor

A Man of Honor

0 Nov 16, 2007 10:00 AM

It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I […]

Education of the Future

Education of the Future

0 Oct 6, 2007 4:36 PM

We are living in a fast changing world. Due to advanced science and technology man has acquired such powers as […]

Being Indian

Being Indian

0 Oct 6, 2007 4:00 PM

This is what happened to me when I was born 46 years ago. I was born to Tamil speaking parents, […]

Academy of the Future

Academy of the Future

0 Sep 6, 2007 2:34 PM

The aim of this organisation would be to promote an Academy or specialised school where the highest philo­sophy of life […]

The Gift of Insults

The Gift of Insults

0 Sep 6, 2007 1:51 PM

Near Tokyo, there lived a very great Samurai who had grown old and now devoted himself to teaching Zen Buddhism […]

Designing Cities for People

Designing Cities for People

0 Sep 6, 2007 1:47 PM

Many of us discuss about the future of our cities, and about the direction that personal transport needs to take. […]

The Republic of Dreams

The Republic of Dreams

0 Aug 16, 2007 10:59 AM

(Mahasweta Devi had people in tears at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2006. Delivered with passionate heart, her inaugural speech […]

Towards a Planetary Education

Towards a Planetary Education

0 Jul 6, 2007 10:24 AM

At this moment when the attention of the whole world is directed toward the possible founding of a truly universal […]