We must reverse this downfall By: Swami Chidananda Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit – in the Biblical parlance – and that was their undoing, their ruin. The ancient
Malathi Moorthy Being alone (which is not the same as being lonely) is not necessarily a situation to be avoided at all costs. In the Vedic perspective, it is not
॥ कैवल्योपनिषत् ॥ कैवल्योपनिषद्वेद्यं कैवल्यानन्दतुन्दिलम् । कैवल्य-गिरिजारामं स्व-मात्रं कलयेऽन्वहम् ॥ kaivalyopaniṣad-vedyaṃ kaivalyānanda-tundilam । kaivalya-girijārāmaṃ sva-mātraṃ kalaye’nvaham ॥ I contemplate daily upon the Pure Self, to be