Swami Vivekananda on Knowledge Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever; any other knowledge satisfies wants only for a time. It is only with the knowledge of the spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated for ever. The highest men do not seek to get any name or … Read more
The fact of the matter was that with the three children still in their infancy, Bheeshma ruled the kingdom for all of those years by proxy. In the process, he expanded it beyond measure, so that when the sons of Vichitravirya came of age, they had a ready kingdom to rule over. The ruler by … Read more
“Every time I am unhappy with the work scene, Raichand calls me and gives me some pep talk,” Swami told me and Jigneshbhai over his coffee the other day. We thought maybe he was telling us how he felt like a wanted employee due to that. But it turned out that he was not happy … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Incremental Growth – Personal excellence and life mastery can only be achieved by consistent small steps of incremental improvement. As you strive to improve yourself, the velocity of your self-transformation keeps speeding up. The reason is that any learned … Read more
At around 4 AM, 81-year-old Venugopal woke up in shock with cold sweat. He had seen a dream and remembered it vividly. In that dream, he saw that he and his ailing wife Nalini were on a train journey. He didn’t quite remember where that journey started from. But he remembered that they were having … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Beliefs – The trajectory of our life is determined by the beliefs we hold in our intellect. We think we walk by sight, but factually, the course of our life gets determined by our beliefs. The way to develop … Read more
Now if one were to think that things were fantastic in heaven so far, one may be forgiven to think that they get even more fantastic on earth. One would think all the effort that Bheeshma went through to get the three princesses for Vichitravirya and in the process, preordain his own death through the … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Happiness – True happiness comes by growing from within to become a better person. The way to be happier is not by accumulating possessions, but by becoming a better person. The sequence for success is that ‘being’ must precede … Read more
I recently read the acclaimed book ‘Siddhartha – by Hermann Hesse’. This is a story of the spiritual journey and growth of Siddharth who as a young man goes in search of meaning becoming a monk only to return to the worldly life of comfort and suffering Samsara to give it up again in frustration. … Read more