By Homayun Taba What’s generally expected of a driving instructor is to show us the basics of ABC – or the use of the accelerator, brake and clutch – plus how to park well and.
By Swami Swaroopananda Many and varied are the storms of life. Any change in our comfort zone can precipitate a storm, an unpleasant state of being. Overnight, friends can become enemies, wealth and security amassed.
By MN Kundu Crucifixion of the corporeal frame of Jesus Christ on a Friday afternoon in 30 AD and his consequential resurrection in spirit on the following Sunday illustrate a well-designed departure from fragile and.
Ask not for deliverance but devotion March 18, 2021, 7:46 AM IST
By Arup Mitra
Where’s the end to selfless action? Nowhere. Even the creator himself is bound by the chains of his own creation, as Tagore wrote. Experimentation and evolution go on perpetually. Ramakrishna made it clear that the ‘avatar purush’, god incarnate, accepts no mukti because he’s concerned about all, and secondly, he enjoys the devotion of the devotees which he’ll not be able to relish once he accepts mukti. The love that human beings can offer is the most precious for God. As Tagore expressed in one of the poems in ‘Gitanjali’, ‘You are the king of kings, yet You are striving hard to seek my heart.’
Look at the world through Shiva’s three eyes March 8, 2021, 9:03 PM IST
By Swami Tejomayananda
We are accustomed to seeing people with two eyes. So, anyone with an extra eye would attract attention and be termed a freak. However, Shiva, with his three eyes, is beautiful and unique.
The ‘Vedasara Shiva Stotram’
, states that the three eyes of Shiva are the sun, moon, and fire – ‘indu arka vahni trinetram’. This is not easy to digest. What does it imply? When we refer to the sun, moon and fire as the three eyes of Bhagvan, our focus is on the fact that they are all sources of light; He, the three-eyed One, is the illuminator of the whole world.