Gandhi’s prayer for peace

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I offer you peace,  I offer you love, I offer you friendship, I see your beauty, I hear your need, I feel your feelings, My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

09 February, 2009


Success tool - Calm mind

When we are impatient we throw away our opportunities. ~ Swami Paramananda It is a good idea to keep a mental diary. Before you go to bed each night, sit for a short time and review the day. See what you are becoming. Do you like the trend of

02 February, 2009

Power of the seed

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You have heard of Shri Ramakrishna's words, haven't you? He used to say, "The breeze of mercy is already blowing, do you only hoist the sail." Can anybody, my boy, thrust realization upon another? One's destiny is in one's own hands — the Guru only

24 January, 2009

VJ Ruby Bhatia shares her philosophy

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Ruby Bhatia: My philosophy of life is the ancient eightfold yoga outlined by Patanjali, as mentioned in the book, Autobiography of a Yogi by Sri Paramhansa Yogananda. The first two steps yama and niyama, both require observance of ten

07 January, 2009

Decision making

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Always think first of what you are about to do and how it will affect you. To act on impulse is not freedom, for you will be bound by the unpleasant effects of wrong actions. But to do those things your discrimination tells you are good for you is

30 November, 2008

Duty and competition

Competition rouses envy, and it kills the kindliness of the heart. To the grumbler all duties are distasteful; nothing will ever satisfy him, and his whole life is doomed to prove a failure. Let us work on, doing as we go whatever happens to be our

18 November, 2008



Response to feeling hurt