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When Your Words May Hurt…
The great sage Chanakya was a thinker par excellence and chief advisor to one of the most powerful kings of India: Chandragupta Maurya (321 – 297 BCE). Chanakya was, in fact, not just a mentor but a kingmaker for he had taken … Read more →
The Four Truths of Life
“There’s only one thing I seek from God,” the young girl said. “Forgiveness. Other than forgiveness, there’s nothing else I want.” “My father was HIV positive and his last days were extremely painful,” she continued. “He couldn’t even move and … Read more →
The Last Gambit
Vasu Bhatt is fourteen years old when a mysterious old man spots him at a chess tournament and offers to coach him, on two simple but strange conditions: he would not accompany his student to tournaments, and there was to … Read more →
The Secret of Being Positive
How to be positive? I get asked this question a lot. And often when people say they want to be positive, what they are really asking is, how do I be happy and hopeful under almost all circumstances? That, I … Read more →
Million Thoughts – A Book For Meditation
It was towards the end of February 2011. At an altitude of 10,000 feet, in a Himalayan forest, with icicles hanging outside from the thatched roof, I sat in intense meditation. Ten hours of perfect stillness of the body and … Read more →
Suffering to Happiness
Is suffering all about perspective? Sometimes [very often, in fact], I meet those who are single. Generally, they are looking for the right person, a companion to spend their life with. They have been either hurt in the past or … Read more →
Freeing Yourself from Anger
If only just this one person didn’t bother me, my life would be perfect. I would have no reason to be upset and nothing and no one could spark anger in me then. How often have you felt this? This … Read more →
Of What Good is Goodness?
A few weeks backs in Canada, a soft-spoken and intelligent young boy came up to me and asked me a question of great relevance to most of us. He was to appear for his piano recital and his mother had … Read more →
How Not to Attract
A few days back someone, a worker at the lowest rung of the corporate ladder, told me that he’d always had a tough time with people at work. “I always seem to attract the opposite,” he said. “No one likes … Read more →
Wu Wei: Letting Good Things Happen
The emperor of China during the Yuan dynasty wanted to have his picture painted. “I’m not satisfied with my portraits done thus far,” he said to a large gathering of artists. “Paint me a picture with the minutest detail, my spitting … Read more →
The Path of Om Swami
Recently, I got a heap of emails from people worried about me. Some of them were hurt, some puzzled and others downright angry (not with me). Reason? Some baseless rumors they heard concerning the one they love and look up to — … Read more →
The Secret of Happiness
Dragging my feet from one day to the next, what am I really doing? This one question is unavoidable in the life of every reasonable person. Call it an existential crisis, a midlife crisis or whatever you like. If you … Read more →
Leaving Your Regrets Behind
There was a lady once, a social activist, who helped people get off alcohol. It was a small town and every time she heard of anyone drinking, she would immediately reach there with a small group of people to talk … Read more →
The Journey of Life
The other day I chanced upon a beautiful poem by Corey Mohler illustrated on his website (here). Although it was titled Two Brothers, it could have been easily called The Truth of Human Existence. I found the poem so profound … Read more →
Four Aspects of Mindful Parenting
There’s a term often used in Vedic writings. They call it brahmachari. It’s frequently, and limitedly, interpreted as celibacy. Its true meaning, however, has little to do with abstinence. Brahmachari means the one who acts (acharna) like a divine being … Read more →
