By: Swami Chidananda Gain and loss, success and failure, health and sickness etc. – a million things like them – happen in our life. After all that, we die one
GOD RULES THIS UNIVERSEGOD RULES THIS UNIVERSE
Nothing moves without His will By: Swami Chidananda Advaita Vedānta no doubt speaks of Brahman, the one absolute truth in which the individual soul (jeeva), the universe (jagat) and God
THE ROAD TO GREATNESSTHE ROAD TO GREATNESS
By: Swami Chidananda “The earth seems to be meditating,” says1 an Upanishad! The steadiness of the earth appears to be born of some kind of meditation that she (bhoomi-devi) is into! People of
EXTROVERTEDNESS, OUR UNDOINGEXTROVERTEDNESS, OUR UNDOING
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
YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DESTINYYOU MAKE YOUR OWN DESTINY
By Swami Chidananda Expressing the message of the Upanishads using different words, Swami Vivekananda said1, “You can also undo – what you have done!” Two great Vedic scholars – Ārtabhāga
ACQUIRE WEALTH LEGITIMATELYACQUIRE WEALTH LEGITIMATELY
Earn well; let it not be an end in itself! By Swami Chidananda The Upanishads spoke of a healthy and prosperous life and did not teach poverty. The Upanishadic society
The Rishis as the Vedic Model of LeadershipThe Rishis as the Vedic Model of Leadership
By: Vedic Management Center, a Wing of American Institute of Vedic Studies (A special note from Swami ji: This insightful article claims that “Rishis of Today” can be excellent leaders.
THE PLACE OF WISDOMTHE PLACE OF WISDOM
By Swami Chidananda More work, more exertion or more doing cannot get you liberation! The Upanishadic wisdom is very clear on the distinct benefits of action (karma) and wisdom (vidyā). If
RISE ABOVE GUILT AND SHAMERISE ABOVE GUILT AND SHAME
By Swami Chidananda As we anchor ourselves in the Pure Self, the great inner transformation frees us from guilt and shame. On one hand our bosom is free from any
THE GREAT LEAPTHE GREAT LEAP
By Swami Chidananda Can you good deeds without thinking of rewards! In activities of the world or in spiritual endeavours, the ego sustains itself by dreaming of rosy results or