By Shameem Akhtar Getting into meditation without grounding the mind with asana and pranayama is risky, warns Shameem Akhthar There is an alarming rise of meditators who are not really physically fit, because they are convinced that it is somehow crass to focus too much on the body. On the contrary, asana practice […]
By Nandini Sarkar Her daughter’s sudden complaint made Nandini Sarkar sit up and realise the significance of tenderness in dealing with people. The Day of Judgment is upon me and it has taken the form of my 18-year-old daughter. Recently, I was feeling particularly pleased that during my mother’s prolonged absence from India, my […]
Vedanta Centre of Sydney, as a part of its fund-raising programme, is organizing a Dance Drama: “RAMAYANA” to be performed by Shri Raghavan Nair Indian Dance Centre at Baha’i Centre,107 Derby Street on 18th October 2014 at 6.30 P.M. Vedanta Centre has embarked on an ambitious project of […]
Ayurveda considers ghee the ultimate cooking oil due to its cooking properties, wonderful taste and many healing benefits. Most of the Ayurvedic medicines use ghee as a medium for absorption as it helps deliver the phytochemicals of herbs directly into the cells. With its rich, buttery taste […]
Bodhidharma, the third son of a Tamil Pallava king from Kanchipuram, who had awakened his kundalini and mastered the martial arts, went to China in sixth century and was supposed to be more than 150 years old. Bodhidharma visited the Emperor Wu (Emperor XiÄo YÇŽn è•è¡ (posthumous name WÇ”dì æ¦å¸) of Liáng æ¢ China), a […]
By Kanaka Ramakrishna The Worship of Shiva as ”˜Mahayogi’ and ”˜Pasupati’ as found in the Indus valley civilization in the north west of India 5000 years ago was later integrated into the early Vedic Aryan civilisation as ”˜Rudra’, and later as ”˜Shiva’. Though the worship of Rudra by the early Aryans started the proper […]
By T. SELVA CRYSTALS have the power to deepen our inner and outer sense of peace and enrich the spirit. Drawn by the powers and energy of the place, I made an awesome journey to the Crystal Castle in Byron Bay recently to give a magical exercise to my mind, body and spirit. My trip […]
By Anil Sharma Some are born immediately after, others after some lapse of time, a few are not reborn on this earth but eventually get salvation in some higher region, and a very few get absolved here and now. Sage Sri Ramana Maharshi It’s Friday, 14th of April, 1950. Maharshi is in a very […]
By Kanaka Ramakrishna The year 2013 marks the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the great patriot-saint and nation-builder of India. The year-long celebration in India and all over the world starts on his birthday, January 12, which is commemorated every year as the National Youth Day. Swami Vivekananda was so great […]
Vitamin D deficiency can be more prevalent in the community with people with darker skin who may need 3-6 hours of sun exposure during winter months to help with their Vitamin D levels. SunSmart is warning that certain parts of the population may be at risk of low or deficient vitamin D levels during Victoria’s […]