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Understanding the soul is real knowledge. In the course of the pandemic, we have learnt to enjoy solitude more than crowded festivity. Now, we will have to learn to reduce dependence on free goods and services from the government, which is likely to face financial crunch.To reduce, if not remove, discrimination, deprivations, discontent and distrust in a democratic development model, we certainly need civil society. We need real education that allows for proper, productive and practical use of...

Seeking answers to existential concerns through the medium of questions and answers is recognised by Upanishads as a powerful process. The ‘Prashna Upanishad’, for instance, derives its name from questions asked by the seeker about the meaning of life and creation.Questions start with a quest for meaning and purpose and are seen as important tools for unlocking hidden lessons. Answers need to be worked out keeping in mind the implicit admission by the  teacher that he may not know the...

It is a practical and scientific system that takes you step by step to an unconditioned mind, Sri M says to Mona MehtaYou have said in your book ‘Yoga Also For The Godless’ that one doesn’t have to believe in God to be a yogi. Is God not important in yoga?■ Sri M: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is the most defining work on yoga. Yoga Also For The Godless is a word-byword translation of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Yoga derives its terminology from Samkhya, the oldest of the six darshanas of...

Astream, from its source in faroff mountains, passing through countryside, at last reached the sands of the desert. Just as it had crossed every other barrier, the stream tried to cross this one, but it found as it ran into the sands, its waters disappearing.It was convinced, however, that its destiny was to cross this desert, and yet there seemed no way. A hidden voice coming from the desert whispered, “The wind crosses the desert and so can the stream.” The stream objected that it was...

Vaccines against the coronavirus could become available soon; meanwhile, strengthen your immunity, advises physician V K NIGAMRight now, the immune system is the best defence against the coronavirus because it supports the body’s natural ability to defend against pathogens. Physicians must help the public to improve immunity and immune response by changing their lifestyle.General immunity protects us from any threat to our body, whereas specific immunity protects us from a particular bacteria...

Bhagwad Gita Jayanti on December 25 held special significance for me, coming as it did in the ninth month of a series of lockdowns brought on by the pandemic. My mother and I enrolled in the 90-day-long Gita Swadhdyay classes. Waking up at 5.30am everyday and sitting through the class was in itself an achievement for a person like me, with very little attention span. Swadhayay is not just a lecture but also something that you listen to, and allow it to play and settle in your mind, and then make...

Death is equated with loss of form that may mean end of life, writes ANIL K RAJVANSHILiving and nonliving entities are all identified by their physical forms. Our own body-form creates a memory map in our brain, and we identify ourselves and others with those memories.If a simple physical and thermodynamic analysis is done on a system, then how can energy of form be put in it? For example, when an entity gets destroyed, its atoms and molecules get distributed in space since matter cannot be...

The writings of UK-born essayist and author PICO IYER reveal deep insights, particularly in relation to cross-cultural themes, faith, philosophy and family. He interacted with NARAYANI GANESH on the sidelines of the Khushwant Singh LitFest held virtually, recentlyJoseph Hendrich, professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard, says human evolution is impacted more by culture than just ‘survival of the fittest’. He says the west exalts individualism whereas eastern cultures focus on the...

The pursuit of happiness has a different dimension and involves conscious choices. It is not a rat race for money, achievement or power. Swami Rama Tirtha said, “Your only duty in life is to be happy”. We often end up doing everything else except be happy.Happiness is contagious. A person bursting with good spirits touches people with his joyful glow. It could be a street sweeper cheerfully greeting morning walkers or a waiter making people laugh with his witty exchanges as he serves them....