Slowing Down the Mind – Practicing Meditation (Part III)
Practicing meditation requires that you repeat a mantra. The mantra helps you in focusing your mind and in controlling the mind from wandering to other disparate thoughts and feelings. As…
Slowing Down the Mind – Practicing Meditation (Part II)
In part 1, “Slowing Down the Mind through Meditation,” we discussed the need to slow down the mind and take charge of ; Perhaps, you may raise a question at…
Slowing Down the Mind – Practicing Meditation (Part 1)
A mind that is fast is sick; A mind that is slow is sound; A mind that is still is divine (Mehr Baba, an Indian sage) Our mind is like…
I am from a Master Race. Really!
Recently, a county official from one of the states, when responding to an African-American woman who questioned him for the reasons behind the rejection of her application for a contract,…
Rituals, Contemplation, and Service
Every religion requires its followers to observe a set of rituals, which signifies through sacred symbols, descriptions, narratives, and practices. A Hindu applying ashes on his forehead and reciting mantras…
True Karma Yogis Indeed
The following is a story of two individuals with whom I had the honor to interact with. Mrs. Janaki is a respectable grandmother who lived in the same sub-division…
Are Mythologies Fictional and Rituals Irrational?
Mythology is not invented; they are found. You can no more tell us what your dream is going to be tonight than you can invent a myth. Myths come from…
Graduating from Faith and Rituals
When a man follows the way of the world, or the way of the flesh, or the way of tradition - when he believes in religious rites and the letter…
Art and science for Nadopasana
Carnatic music, like most other music systems of the world, has two dimensions: an emotional dimension and an intellectual dimension. The emotional dimension is supported by the melodic system, which…
The Kural – Changing the Axis of Life
Recently, The Hindu newspaper published an article about the renowned Tamil scholar, Thiruvachagamani Balasuramaniam, and his conversation with the former President of India, Saravepalli Dr. S. Radhakrishan, during an event…