Korean Zen monk Haemin Sunim / Raj Ayyar
But then I realize it isn’t the outside world that is a whirlwind; it’s only my mind. The world has never complained about how busy it is! There is a famous Buddhist saying that...
Sankara: Atman and Brahman are identical
Liberation cannot be achieved except through perceiving the identity of the individual spirit with the Universal Spirit. Atman and Brahman are identical. Their essence is pure Consciousness. – Sankara
Mechthild: Disciplined Love
Undisciplined love dwells in the senses, for it is still entangled with earthly things. . . . Disciplined love lives in the soul and rises above the human senses and forbids the body its...
Environmental Film Festival @ IIC, New Delhi [Dec 6-8, Free Entry]: Registration Open – NoticeBard
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Alert: Bengaluru In For A Severe Water Crisis, Warns Deputy Chief Minister
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Chronology of Indian Environmental Laws
In the Constitution of India it is clearly stated that it is the duty of the state to ‘protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country’....
J. Marcus: Become More Virtuous
Once a friend asked Diogenes, “what must I do to take revenge on my enemies ?” “Become more virtuous than they are” was the terse answer. J. Marcus, ‘Anectodes of the Great’
Babuji Maharaj: What is God?
God is not to be found within the folds of a particular religion or sect. He is neither confined within certain forms or rituals nor is He to be traced out within the scriptures....
Ramanujam: numbers are like people
Mathematician Ramanujam didn’t have any close friends and someone asked him the reason. He replied that although he wanted to have close friends but nobody was up to his expectations. When pressed how he...