By Paramhansa Yogananda,
To bring response to your prayers, you must pray intelligently with a bursting soul, seldom aloud, mostly mentally, without displaying to anyone what is happening within.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
On the 27th March 2010, Rishiji Nitya Pragya had delivered a satsang in Central London to a capacity crowd of over 700 devotees and non-devotees alike. Though it seems an impossible task to try and capture so many heartfelt feelings and emotions in mere words alone, below is an attempt to share some personal thoughts about the special event.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Life seems to be changing on a daily basis, with each new day bringing us more news about wars, fighting, financial meltdowns and so on. It hardly seems surprising that during these troubled times, it is spiritual organisations which are benefiting the most, as many people seek to find a deeper meaning to this everyday existence we call life.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
There is a beautiful story in the ancient Mahabharat scriptures about Draupadi, the beautiful and powerful wife of the Pandavas and a whole hearted devotee of her lord Krishna. During her many adventures, there was one particular episode where she had been dragged into an evil King’s castle and thrown into the middle of a packed courtyard.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Of all the flamboyant and engaging personalities to have dawned from India and represented its rich spiritual traditions in recent times, perhaps the most controversial character has been Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, or more commonly known as Osho. The one topic which invariably always arises when referring to Osho, is his liberal views on sexual practices and his attitudes towards those who sleep with numerous partners.
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By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
On the spiritual path there are three factors: Buddha – the Master or the presence of the Enlightened, Sangha – the commune or the group and Dharma – your true nature. Life blossoms naturally when there is a balance between these three.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
One of the fundamental aspects to yoga is the ability to quieten the mind and detoxify our bodily system on a daily basis. At a subtle level, the food and drinks we consume have a direct impact on our metal well being, with perhaps the least understood component being how much water to drink and when we should drink it.
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By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
Women have a silent, quiet strength and power in them. In fact, power is equivalent to women…
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Question: How can someone over come thoughts which keep coming during meditation ? I mean when one is sitting quietly , automatically the mind is focusing on something which is a botheration. How can one overcome this … Since this also leads to a lot of disturbance which also at times stop someone to get into a meditative state.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Even if there’s only a 5% chance of an event happening, a yogi will always stay true to his or her beliefs and never change their principles in life. Courage is what takes us to the edge of our perceived limitations but it’s faith that keeps us there and see’s us through to the end. The stronger your faith in your own abilities, the further your innermost fears diminish.
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