By: D. Shankariha Kusha Bhav alias Krishnaji Kasinath Joshi was the son of Kashinath Padmakar Joshi from Mirajgaon, Maharashtra. He belonged to a poor family and studied in local elementary school in vernacular and became a schoolteacher with an...

By: Dr. G. R. Vijayakumar “Meditate always on my formless nature, which is Knowledge Incarnate, Consciousness and Bliss” The human brain is programmed for and capable of subtlety, nobility, and benevolence. It has a center that bestows a unique...

By: Maheshwari S Kumar The Bhagwad Gita gives insight into our personality. The various aspects of our inner working are knowledge, action, actor, intellect, consistency, and happiness. Each of these can be sattvic – pure; rajasic – passionate; or...

By: Swami Shantananda Puri “You may ask where I am now and how I can meet you now. But I am within your heart, and we can meet without any effort”. – Shri Sai Baba (Chapter 44, Ovi 162)...

By: Sunanda Ananth Guru Purnima is a festival traditionally observed to honor one’s preceptor, spiritual guru in particular, from whom the disciple has received mantra-initiation. According to the Hindu calendar, it is observed on Purnima, full moon day, in...

By: Usha Ranganathan The dialogue between Nachiketas and Yama in the ‘Katha Upanishad’ takes one directly into an awareness of the mystery of life and death, and the compelling need to search for the inner Self while we are...