Excerpts from Keynote Address at the World Happiness Summit
Do you want to listen to a story? When Buddha got enlightened, he became silent and angels asked him to talk. He said “People who are happy ...
A Message On Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Jan 5, 2018)
If culture and dharma is still alive today, the credit for that goes to Guru Gobind Singhvi. Indian land will always be indebted to Guru Gob...
Defining Spirituality
Spirituality to me, is very basic to life. We are made of both matter and spirit. Our body is made up of carbohydrates, amino acids, protein...
How should one handle criticism?
If the criticism is superficial, then let it be. It is one of the Navarasas (the nine emotions, which are, love, laughter, compassion, an...
How does one get rid of hatred
Put yourself in the shoes of the person you hate. A youth came to me once and said, “I hate my uncle, I cannot stand him”. I said, “Okay, yo...
What made the disciple angry and the master happy?
Once upon a time, there lived a Master and disciple and they were doing a lot of social work helping the poor and caring for the needy. On r...
5 Tips to Get Past the Blame Game
When you get angry or you blame somebody, you feel a heavy load on your head. You feel uncomfortable inside, and you spread unpleasant feeli...
Happy Buddha Purnima
Buddha Purnima is the day Buddha was born. He got enlightened, he attained nirvana and he died also on this same day. Today the moon seems 2...
The art of dealing with terrorism, spiritually
The act which is only destructive and inflicts suffering on both oneself and others is terrorism. In such an act human values are lost in th...
Lord Buddha and his Enlightenment
When Lord Buddha got enlightened, he was silent for seven days; he didn’t say a word. All the Gods and the angels got worried that he is not...
If your emotions are shaken, let them be shaken as much as they can be...
...you know, there is nothing called compassion here. In higher knowledge, compassion is stupidity. Why? You can be compassionate only to so...
Happiness!
Do you want to listen to a story? When Buddha got enlightened, he became silent and angels asked him to talk. He said “People who are happy ...
The power to change your Karma, is with You
Lord Buddha had a devotee who was also his cousin. He was a brilliant man, and very devoted. In the beginning, Buddha’s sangha or communio...
Dealing with blame
When someone blames you, what do you usually do? Blame them back or you put up resistance in yourself. When someone blames you, they actuall...
Four kinds of attitude you can develop to handle your own mind
1) Friendliness : Be friendly with people who are happy. If you are not friendly with happy people, you will be jealous. This is because ...
