Category: Tips from Upanishads

By Swami Chidananda    The sānkhya philosophy itself had pointed out that the problem with our life is that ‘the spirit’ is caught in (or bound by) ‘matter’. The Vedānta goes

By Swami Chidananda As Covid-19 continues to cause damage, destruction and death everywhere, unabated in our country India, we recognize that a large number of our citizens are starving. They

Find the Hidden Truth of Life By Swami Chidananda “Truth and nonviolence,” Gandhiji said, “are as old as the mountains.” He called truth God and maintained that nonviolence was no

Do not conclude without examining more By Swami Chidananda Appearances are deceptive and we know it. Yet a lot of our energy goes towards external glory. Cosmetics, for example, are

The word UPANISHAD means that! By: Swami Chidananda All of us know quite a lot but the way we live does not reflect that knowledge. We continue to attend Satsangs,

Slavery to Pleasure Mars Spiritual Excellence By Swami Chidananda After talking about the wisdom1 of the ‘Indestructible Self,’ the Kathopanishad gives us a refresher course towards the end of the

By Swami Chidananda Many people say all these – philosophy, scriptures and metaphysics –  are not necessary in life. “Be good and do good; that is enough,” they assert. We

Life is much more than this body By Swami Chidananda  In simple terms, the Upanishads ask us to rise above body-consciousness. The body is a prison, which looks attractive at

Stay in Contact with the Great By SWami Chidananda Two birds on a tree is a well-known metaphor1 from the Upanishads, providing a lot of scope for creative visualization. A