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By their penance, meditation and intuition, ancient sages recognised two things: One is Akshara (the alphabet) and the other is Sankhya (numbers). In the alphabet, the primal letter is ‘Om’. All other letters have emerged from the Pranava (Om). ‘Om’ is the first letter among all

Always try to put yourselves in the position of the other and judge your actions against that background. Then you will not be wrong. Be pure in word and deed, and keep impure thoughts away. I am in every one

There are four goals in life – dharma (righteous living), artha (material well-being), kama (achievement of desires), and moksha (ultimate liberation). These four can be grouped in pairs. While artha and kama thrive in modern times, dharmaand moksha have almost disappeared. Modern man craves for wealth and sensual pleasures and neglects righteousness and salvation. Since dharma and moksha are

People ask, “Where is God?” The answer is provided by Nature. Who is it that has created the five elements, the five life breaths, the five sheaths, the five external sense organs and the five internal sense organs, which are

Man is distinguished from other animals and creatures by his capacity to judge what is permanent and what is transient, and his ability to recognise the past, the present and the future.  Man alone has the capacity to comprehend this

Like the string for the garland, Brahman is the string that penetrates and holds together the garland of souls. Like the foundation for the building, Brahman is the foundation for the structure of creation. Note this. The string and structure

From a stone to a diamond, from an ant to an elephant, from an ordinary man to a sage, everything and every being in Bharat was regarded as a manifestation of the Divine. Every object was considered worthy of worship.

We walk in the thick dusk of evening when things are seen but dimly; a rope lies haphazardly on the path! Each one who sees it, has their own idea of what it is, although it is really just a

Man is born in this world but does not realise the purpose of his birth. Forgetting this purpose, he regards himself as the master of Nature and in his insane conceit forgets his own divinity. He is unable to recognise

Wherever you may be, render service with all your heart. Consider that in rendering service, you are serving yourselves and not others. That will confer on you self-satisfaction (Atma-trupti). You must examine whether in doing service, you are deriving self-satisfaction