Hindustan Times -
Aug 25, 2010
The Virtuous Way
The basic virtue for any human being is to be true to oneself. When somebody is really true to himself, then functioning in the world is just a question of adjustment; adjusting to the situations that we have chosen to live with
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Deccan Chronicle -
Aug 20, 2010
Work on The Conscience
Generally, in most societies, people try to take human beings to a certain height through moral and ethical standards. Or, in other words, from the day a child is born, we tell him and her to be good. What does this mean? Essentially somewhere we believe that the Creator has made a mistake and we are going to correct it. Somewhere we believe that all human beings are born bad and that we have to fix them; it is not so. It is simply because we have created societies without any focus on the inward nature of a human being that we need to take corrective action
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Huffingtonpost.com -
Aug 17, 2010
Living Well, Dying Well
It is only when you confront the mortal nature of your existence that the longing to know the basic nature of life arises in a human being -- when it dawns upon you, in an experiential manner, that you are here with an expiry date. This longing and, in turn, this seeking is avoided only due to belief systems or ready-made answers to existential questions. Otherwise, the very nature of human intelligence is such that it would want to query and know, "What is beyond this body? What is it that makes this life tick? Where does it come from and where will it go?" Every human being invariably has the longing to know, but most quench themselves with culturally relevant and existing explanations in a given society
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Huffingtonpost.com -
Aug 10, 2010
Accepting the Death of a Loved One
There was a woman named Kisagotami. She came from a poor family, but married a wealthy man. This man saw the love and kindness in her heart, so despite his family's rejection of her, he married her. It was only when she bore a son that his family began to treat her with any kindness.
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Deccan Chronicle -
Aug 09, 2010
Why do we react?
First of all. why are you reacting? What is the basis of reaction? This reaction is coming to you fundamentally because you're still a collection of people.
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