It is said that to have compassion for others, we must first have compassion for ourself. But that has nothing to do with having an "I'm a victim, poor me"...
"For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, nor for the uncontrolled is there the power of concentration; and for him without concentration there is no peace. ...
The Sword of Wood By Rebbi Nachman of Bratslav There was once a king who loved nothing better than to go out alone in the clothes of a commoner. He wanted to...
Around the 14th century........Lalla pervaded the region of Kashmir, North India. Married at the age of 12, Lalla was a victim, for close to 10 years of her...
  When will my shame fall away? When will I accept being mocked and let my robe of dignity burn up? When the wandering pony inside, comes calm to my hand. ...
PUTTAPARTI, India — Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, worshipped as a god by millions of followers worldwide, died Sunday morning in a hospital near his southern...
Pope Benedict admits there isn't a full answer to suffering in rare TV interview The Pope has spoken about the tsunami in Japan, conflict in Iraq, the civil...
Functional MRI Shows How Mindfulness Meditation Changes Decision-making Process 21 Apr 2011 If a friend or relative won $100 and then offered you a few...
If you think of life as you competing against other people to determine your success, then life is not fair. If "Prayer" is for you to communicate with God,...
Study Shows That A Cluttered Brain Doesn't Remember 20 Apr 2011 Lapses in memory occur more frequently with age, yet the reasons for this increasing ...
An elephant was enjoying a leisurely dip in a jungle pool when a rat came up to the pool & insisted that the elephant get out. "I won't," said the elephant. "I...
  Heaven and earth are impartial; They see the ten thousand things as straw dogs. The wise are impartial; They see the people as straw dogs. The space...
  In these days of tax returns and US Fed's ability to create nothing out of nothing ..  ..by printing greenbacks as if there is no tomorrow to be...
  Mulla, was a holy man and in the midst of praying several times a day, always waited for someone to land up at his house to share, before eating any meal...
Thanks to Sri Sandeep's excellent posts, I have found a few Rabbi stories I think are worth sharing. Enjoy! ... How Do We Know? Some students of the Baal Shem...
UPANISHADSARA-MUNDAKA Continued ( Brahman as the focus of all consciousness) GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THE LATEST VOLUME OF THE...
by Agence France-Presse • April 7, 2011 WASHINGTON — Everyone knows that liberals and conservatives butt heads when it comes to world views, but scientists...
New Video - The Vedic Way of Knowing God In this powerful half-hour video, Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya (Dr. Frank Morales, Ph.D.) explains how the finite can...
Haikus are short 2-4 lines verses, pointing to the immediacy of the profound truth in and as the perceived moment. They demand tremendous discipline of...
A young man asks a rabbi to teach him Talmud.  The rabbi replies, “I don’t think you’re ready to study Talmud, but I will give you a question as a...
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single "Oy." If you wish to know The Way, don't ask for directions. Argue. Let your mind be as a floating cloud. ...
Someone once said that the pen is mightier than the sword. This would indicate that the thoughts a pen communicates are stronger than any other weapons. But...
  The finding that there is no self, that is not other, is the finding that there is no other, that is not self. In the absence of both other and self, ...
  I was at the park with a friend, her daughter and her young grand daughter, who was the ‘why’ stage of life. As I sat talking with my friend, I...
Once Nasrudin worked in a large corporation. One day he was invited to a big meeting with all the supervisors in the company. At the beginning of the meeting...
Last September, a thought-provoking study appeared in the Southern Medical Journal (2010; 103:864–9). Researchers from Indiana University showed that...
