Suffering or sorrow (‘दुःख’ in Samskrit and ‘दुक्खा’’ in Pali) is a reality of life, it is inevitable. Incarnate men like Maryadapurushottama Shrirama, Yogeshwara Shri krishna and Tathagata Gautama Buddha also had to go through a situation of sorrow in their respective ...
Despite the myriad languages, castes, creeds, and faiths within our Indian community, we form a unified nation, blending the various hues and traits of civilizations worldwide. India, synthesizing the diverse cultures, traditions, music, and art forms, truly stands as a melting pot of global civiliz...
“Om Prithvii Tvayaa Dhritaa Lokaa Devii Tvam Vishnunaa Dhritaa/ Tvam Cha Dhaaraya Maam Devii Pavitram Kuru Chaasanam//”, i.e., “O Devi (Earth)! The entire world is held by you, and you are held by Shrivishnu (the Supreme Soul); O Goddess (Earth)! Kindly accept me also and accord sanctity to th...
Lord Shiva wedded mother Parvati on the fourteenth day of a dark fortnight in the month of Falgoon. The marriage was at night. So, it is called Mahashivaratri. It is the marriage anniversary of Lord Shiva and Maa Uma (Parvati).Parvati performed years of tapasya (Sadhna) to have Shiva as her husband....
Banda Singh Bahadur (Childhood: Lachhman Dev; lifetime: 1670-1716 AD), a great warrior, a true Sikh and a distinguished Khalsa commander, was born on October 27, 1670 AD to Ramdev, a poor farmer of Rajauri, Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir). His mother’s name was Sulakhani Devi.Lachhman Dev, who was inte...
Human beings are among the most prominent creatures in the universe, granting them a unique standing in the grand scheme of the divine order. There are two reasons for the superiority and special status of a human being in the Jagata (or Jagat –universe in macro perspective). Firstly, it is the pr...
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Deva was incarnated on Wednesday, 18th February, 1836. Swami Vivekananda and other disciples believed that Sri Ramakrishna Thakur was the embodiment of Rama and Krishna. Thakur had spoken from experiences, inner wisdom, intuition and realisation. Paramhansha said that his...
In its known history of thousands of years, India has maintained the status of an iconic nation in the world. The Indian civilization is one of the oldest civilizations on the planet Earth. The footprints of this civilization speak for the basic character of Indian people in ancient times. People’...
“If I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use and keep it, I thieve it from somebody else. It is the fundamental law of Nature, without exception, that Nature produces enough for our wants from day-to-day; and if only everybody took enough for himself and nothing more, there woul...