Originality is one of the special fea-tures of Sri Guru Granth Sahib which makes it distinct from other holy scriptures.

One wonders what the difference is between Ganesha Jayanti and Ganesha Chaturthi, or Sankashta Hara Chaturthi which comes once every month. It is, of course, a mythological event of a "birth" with a mythological date.

What do you mean by a 'free' India. You have succeeded in substituting one government for another, one bureaucracy for another; but are you free? The exploiter exists as before, only now he is brown, and you are exploited by him as you were by the other.

Whatever is gone, does not vanish and die, but disperses and manifests into multiplicity. While the consciousness leaves the body, it remains ample, widespread and manifest.

Arthur Osborne (1906-1970) was a British disciple of Ramana Maharishi, a towering example of an ascetic living a family life. A graduate of Oxford and a lover of learning, he had prepared for what would have been a brilliant career in teaching. Yet he was compelled to follow his inner longing to experience the Supreme Reality.

Creation, as we understand it, is a cyclic phenomenon. It did not have a beginning in the sense that it did not come into being at any particular point in time. A beginning is a coming into existence of something that did not exist earlier.

Sri Aurobindo has analyzed and laid bare for us the essentials of ancient scriptures. His commentaries on the Gita and the major Upanishads are marvelous interpretations for the modern mind.

As its name implies, the followers of this faith worship and bow before the Supreme Lord - in the form of Shree Krishna. They greet each other with the salutation Pranam, recognizing the Divinity in each person.

Peace is achieved in different ways. Let's say you eat to a full stomach and lie down; just see how peaceful you are. Somebody else may drink alcohol and become very peaceful and so on. Whenever your ego is satisfied, you are very peaceful.