Life is intensity. Do you see the life within you does not slacken even for a moment? What slackens is your mind and your emotion - sometimes on, sometimes off. Watch the breath, does it ever slacken? If it slackens, it means death, isn't it? When I go on telling you in so many ways to be intense, I am just...
Spiritual knowledge is a matter of Guru-Parampara. It is handed down from Guru to his disciple. Gaudapadacharya imparted Self-knowledge to his disciple Govindacharya; Govindacharya to his disciple Sankaracharya; Sankaracharya to his disciple Suresvaracharya.Matsyendranath imparted knowledge to his disciple Gorakhnath; Gorakhnath to Nivrittinath; Nivrittinath to Jnanadeva. Totapuri imparted knowledge to Sri Ramakrishna, and Ramakrishna to Swami Vivekananda. It was Ashtavakra...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has appointed eminent Indian American, Romesh Wadhwani, to a key administration post by making him board of trustees of the prestigious John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.In all Obama announced nine members on the board of trustees of the prestigious John F Kennedy Center."These dedicated men and women bring a wealth of...
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran slipped in the final stages as India settled for a draw despite being at the threshold of victory against the USA in the fourth round of the 40th Chess Olympiad here.Sasikiran missed out on a draw against world number seven Hikaru Nakamura towards the dying stages of the first time control which would have...
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today called on President Pranab Mukherjee, official sources said here today.The meeting came in the backdrop of ongoing stalemate in Parliament over the coal blocks allocation issue.The Congress president will also be holding consultations with UPA constituents and allies on ways and means to break the deadlock in Parliament.An indication to this effect...
TEHRAN: Iran today closed a summit of non-aligned states after two days of sometimes conflicting speeches over Syria and stepped-up pressure over its nuclear program that overshadowed the proceedings.Representatives from the 120 members of the Non-Aligned Movement adopted a document that condemned unilateral sanctions, backed the right of Iran and other states to peaceful nuclear energy, and supported the...
NEW DELHI: The Sahara group has assured its depositors and investors that their money is safe and there will not be any delay in payment commitment from its side.The group also said the depositors need not worry about anything since it is the "most dutiful" and "absolute honest" custodians of their money.Sahara was reacting to the Supreme Court judgment...
PATERSON, NJ: Avtar Singh (72), a gas station owner and one of the founding members of Glen Rock Gurdwara in New Jersey, was brutally beaten by his neighbor, Edward Koscovski, who owns a car business in Paterson (New Jersey) and shares a common driveway with Avtar Singh.
On July 26, Avtar Singh went to Edward Koscovski's shop to request him...
CHICAGO: The forthcoming Presidential election in USA appears to be heading for a strong showdown as incumbent Barack Obama is enjoying a slight lead over his Republican rival Mitt Romney.
Indian American community is agog with pulls and support from both the camps and it is in this context it is interesting to note a Sikh woman Navreet Kaur Heneghan...
NEW YORK: Prominent members of the Indian American community gathered at the Consulate General of India office in New York City to greet each other on the occasion of Eid, which is celebrated all over the world as an auspicious day after the month of fasting - a ritual meant for purification of the soul, developing self control and...