What is the greatest thing in the world? Is it the huge mountains, the ocean, the sun, the moon, the planets or the innumerable stars? Or is it any of the numerous creatures and animals that inhabit
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Columns by Devotees
Life is a lyric!
“Be thrifty but do not be a miser.” “Be bold but do not be a ruffian.” These are popular sayings of Swami Gnanananda. In the same vein, let’s say someone asks, “Can you narrate the
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Ayurveda
The spiritual enlightenment is effected in any person through the 72000 nadis as per yoga shastra. Only the ayurveda system – being vedic in letter and spirit, of medicine treats the body
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The nectar Yayati advocated
Here is an instance from Padma Purana (one of the eighteen Maha Puranas) to illustrate the glory of Hari Nama Kirtan – Once Sri Narada Maharishi (celestial sage) met Lord Indra (the head of all the
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All about trees
There are quite a few instances in our Vedas and Shastras where the greatness of certain trees is mentioned. Each tree has certain unique characteristics that have been helping the mankind – Palasa
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Genetics aeons ago – II
Geneticists and medical researchers have recently discovered that marriages amongst close relatives could cause congenital disorders in the progeny. The insight and the genius of our Rishis is such
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Mental ailments
According to Ayurveda shastra, one gets afflicted by mental ailments such as insomnia, sorrow and suffers loss of memory – when he fails to respect the ones who deserve to be respected or ridicules
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H2O – Water
Chemists are proud about having discovered the composition of water to be H2O which means that water consists of one part of oxygen and the two parts of hydrogen In the Vedas, it is said about water:
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Broken mirror – superstition?
A mirror falling down and breaking is considered as a bad omen. Isn’t it superstitious? The Sanathana Dharma contains not even a bit of superstition. Every idea and fact that is followed in the
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Astro -logy & -nomy
In our Indian astrology, we consider only 9 planets, of these two are shadow planets (Rahu and Ketu) which arise due to the positions of Sun, Moon and Earth. So they have discounted these two and
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Genetics aeons ago – I
The science of genetics, today, states that the physical, emotional and mental characteristics of a person are inherited from his ancestors, through the DNA that he carries. Our Sanatana Dharma has
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Gravity
We read in our science, that Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravitation, the property of the earth to pull objects – when he saw an apple falling down.In our scriptures, we find that this earth is
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