Janmashtami – the Story Krishna was born on Janmashtami. Krishna was born on this day in Mathura and we are inspired by the story year after year. Later, Krishna married several wives and perhaps divorced some!Thus we have brought him down to our own level, and then think that we are not as bad as…
Month: August 2019
Why Do We Have So Many Festivals in India?
Festivals – Why we Have Them Festivals are there to celebrate our lives, the joy of being alive and it is to be shared with all – our friends, relatives, our neighbours, our colleagues, the young, the old, everyone. Amongst the gaiety and celebrations are hidden great values which rites and rituals bring forth as…
Live in Freedom
A person who lives in freedom, satisfied with knowledge and wisdom, is ever tranquil. To him a lump of earth, a stone, and gold are the same. He views all the three with the same equanimity. It is not that he does not understand the differences between them, but he does not give undue weight…
Precious Pearls by Swami Chinmayananda
THE FIRST PEARL Love and Work Love is the heart of religions, the theme of all classical works of art and literature and the song of all devotees. Scientists know only what love does… not what love is. Love can indeed empty our asylums, perhaps all our prisons, may be all our hospitals. People suffer…