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DEEPAVALI or Divali means “a row of lights”. It falls on the last two days of the dark half of Kartik (October-November). For some it is a three-day festival. It commences with the Dhan-Teras, on the 13th day of the dark half of Kartik, followed the next day by the Narak Chaudas, the 14th day, […]

Teach children not to receive anything for nothing. Let them earn by hard work the things they seek. Love has first to gladden the home. There is no love now between the elders and the young at home; children do not respect parents. This moral decline will certainly undermine unity and strength. Moral decline is

While awake man experiences a variety of experiences. He passes through joy and grief, praise and ridicule, insult and injury, honour and dishonour. But while asleep the entire tangle fades away. He withdraws from the outer world and is wholly his own designer. He plunges into fear and throws himself into despair. He creates both

The name Shiva Ratri refers to a religious celebration where Lord Shiva is worshipped throughout the night in the month of Phalgun in the Hindu calendar. Shiva Ratri falls on the 13th (or 14th) day of the dark half of Phalgun (February-March). The name Shiva Ratri has two parts, the first is Shiva and the

Do a kind act, each day. Look for the opportunity to do a good act. Each good action destroys the storehouse of bad karmas!

The three basic beliefs of Sanathana Dharma are (I) the inevitability of Karma in life (II) the fact of re-birth and (III) Divine Incarnations. If one has no faith in all these three, he cannot claim to be a Hindu; whoever believes in them can be reckoned as a Bharathiya, child of Bharath. Mention was

Light on Lights Some days in the year are marked out as Holy, Days in the calendars of all human communities. They are distinguished by greater attention being paid for worshipping deities, propitiating the deceased, praying to the forces of Nature and similar elevating spiritual exercise. These, are occasions to remind man of the God

Greetings! Greetings! Divali greetings to one and all. May the goddess of Divali bring to you all, the gladness of eternal joy; material as well as spiritual prosperity; health, harmony and vigour, to succeed in life, both here and hereafter. Wake up and live, O man! The Festival of Lights is here. Do not slumber.

Keeping good company can ultimately transform a bad person. But the evil tendencies of the wicked can never contaminate a saintly person. Likewise the beautiful fragrance of a flower can transform the soil, but the foul scent of the soil can never be transferred to the flower.

It is the mind which is responsible for the state of affairs in the world and for the condition of human beings. No physical effort you make to solve the problem of the day will meet with success. The mind must be changed. There is no limit to the power of the mind. ~ Bhagwan