Article - Peace On Earth: War And Peace
The preamble to the United Nations Charter sums up the existential dilemma of today:   "Since wars begin in the minds of me...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Waging Peace With An Awakened Mind
    (See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peace On Earth: Encyclopedia - Peace On Earth
Peace on Earth (Pokoj na Ziemi, in the Polish original) is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. Other related archivesPolish...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Orient Your Life Towards Peace
The spiritual approach to peace-making is radically different from the worldly approach, said Jesus Christ. In the worldly approach, b...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Peace Is More Than No War
Most world leaders, international organisations and so-called peace summits tend to define peace in the shadow of war, as 'a situation...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Friends Across Faiths  
Last spring, I visited a gurudwara for the first time in my life. Why not earlier? I was apprehensive: Would a Muslim be welcome? &nbs...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Focus On Healing Wounds Of Past  
Healing in popular parlance means to recover bodily health. In a deeper sense, it also means recovering our true identity in relation ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Channel Destructive
The recent killings in the land of the Mahatma, the apostle of peace and non- violence, raises a very serious question. Is human consc...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Way Of Peace: Love As Antidote To War
More than 50 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi offered a startling truth: "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." To a country...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Creating A Global Climate For Peace
Even as we prepare to deal with the threat of war and conflict, we need to focus on the equally critical issue of the impact this has ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Nationalism And Patriotism  
Politics and the concept of a global identity are two artificial constructs dominating our collective consciousness today.   A n...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Identity Crisis - Desh Or Dharma  
It is important to recognise the difference between bhagavan bhakti (love of God) and religious fundamentalism - however, desh bhakti ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: House Of Hinduism: Room For Everyone  
No religion preaches violence. If all religions advocate peace, why then do some who profess allegiance to their religion, commit viol...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Are Religious People Social Misfits?  
The materialist often views a religious person as being unsociable, dogmatic and lacking in intellectual insight.There is a certain pe...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Oust The Demonic, Liberate Self
Quite often we are faced with the dilemma of having to decide what is right and what is wrong. Our instinct tells us one thing, wherea...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Dharma Was Killed In Gujarat  
Though the term Hindu is not of indigenous origin, I am proud to consider myself a Hindu. That pride has been deeply hurt by what othe...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Secular And Sacred Equality  
Through the years, history shows that despite the existence of the caste system and its abuse by vested parties, the idea of equality ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Our Ishta Devata Lives Within Us
Whenever I come across news of violence, be it between individuals, mob factions or between countries, a nightmare usually envelops me...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Towards Universal Peace And Hope
Despite continuing conflict, prejudices that once seemed inherent in our nature, are giving way. However, frequently, organised religi...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Waging Peace Through Constructive Images
Recently, this sentence stopped me short: "Before we can live in peace, we have to be able to imagine, to image peace." On s...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Community Efforts For Amity And Peace
Advocates of peace all over the world continue with their avowed mission. They are working towards creating greater awareness of the n...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Peace Or Violence, Make Your Choice
Technologically we live in a borderless world. In reality, however, we exist in compartments, separated by walls of caste, religion an...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Tolerance The Key To Lasting Peace
The gory massacre at Godhra and the subsequent retaliatory slaughter throughout Gujarat underlines how easily communal passions can be...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Compassion And Peace Go Hand In Hand
Buddhism advocates tolerance - to accept that there are differences in human experiences; that diversity is part of life, whether in e...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Cosmic Balance And World Peace
Until 3,000 years ago, all religions were pantheistic and polytheistic as Hinduism, Taoism and Shinto still are. They tolerated the re...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Universal Acceptance For Lasting Peace
On this day in 1893, Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago. At the opening address, Charles Bonney,...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Attain Peace And Joy
We are all subject to conflict and pain because people believe in different things - what is real for some is unreal for others. Natur...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Peace Is Life, War Is Death
It was said of Prophet Mohammed that God wanted him to be an example of how to live peacefully among others like a simple man, to nurt...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Give Peace A Chance - Don't Go To War
Wars happen when intolerance reaches epic proportions, when the reasons for war become greater than the sanctity of peace. Wars happen...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Let Us All Unite For World Peace
In the perspective of Baha'u'llah's teachings, the greatest danger of both the moral crisis and the inequities associated with globali...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Getting In Touch With Yourself
The ultimate solution to all problems - ecological, social and personal - lies within you. However, when you embark on that spiritual ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Explode Spiritual Bomb Of Compassion
For Gandhi, non-violence meant an overflowing love for all humanity, a way of life that emanated from the very marrow of his being. Bu...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Take A Fresh Look At Patriotism
Today patriotism is a much-debated value, the protagonists and antagonists resorting to their own narrow interpretations. Rabindra Nat...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Krishna's Advice For Resolving Conflict
To be born a human being with the unique faculties of discrimination and choice is both a great blessing and a terrible curse. This is...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Do Not Be Driven By Sentiment
Why are wars waged? Why are some conflicts never resolved? All fanaticism, militancy, terrorism and war are flashpoints of ativada. An...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Mahatma's Talisman Can Exorcise Anger
It is a paradox that Gujarat, the state which gave India her greatest son, Mahatma Gandhi, should defile his memory and what he stood ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Drawing The Line - Loc To Infinity
There'sa crooked line drawn on land: One side of it is called India, the other side, Pakistan. People living on either side of this hu...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Situation Vacant - Saviour Wanted
India needs rejuvenation. This rejuvenation will come only with the revival of our great Indian ideals. India needs shakti. For this, ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Protect The Fabric Of Daily Life
Citizens everywhere today are demanding that their leaders make choices to advance the cause of peace. What is disturbing is the grote...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Greed Is A Threat To Civilisation
On his release from prison, the great Nelson Mandela said: "Together we live in a global neighbourhood and it is not to the long-...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Conflict Resolution Begins At Home
If one were to explore the philosophical basis of normative ethics to examine where terrorism falls on the moral spectrum, it will bec...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: It's Time To Herald A New Humanity
The most important need of humanity today is to be made aware that its past has betrayed it. There is no point in continuing with the ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Politics Is Lowest Form Of Leela
In pre-Mandalised India of the seventies, Prof A L Basham, the author of The Wonder that was India, and I were colleagues at 'El Coleg...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Individual Will No Match For Mad Mobs
In the 60s, a communal riot shook a certain town. I was surprised, for it was a new settlement grown around a huge industry. The popul...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Let's Build A Temple To Tolerance
In the name of God we ask you, the blood-thirsty actors in the tragedy of India, to have done with it. You have had your day. And have...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Self-destruction Of Vrishnis - A Replay?
Gujarat is the land of Krishna and his clansmen, the Vrishnis . Krishna'skingdom was Dwaraka. The recent events in Gujarat echo the st...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Darkness Before Dawn In Cycle Of Yugas
The Brahmakumaris practise Raja Yoga, particularly the trataka form of meditation in order to achieve union with God. It involves keep...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Revival And Revolution Ucover The Truth
There are four T's that need periodic revival. They are: Truth, Tradition, Trade and Technology. Time has a seeming effect on truth. T...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Price Of Leadership: Emulation And Envy
Leadership is a powerful construct. A leader is envied for the position and authority he enjoys. He receives adulation and is celebrat...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: The Core Values Of Humanity
Morality is neither an abstraction nor many-complexioned. There cannot be different sets of morality for politicians, business persons...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Time To Rekindle Passion For Unity
In India, many civilisations have come together over the years, creating new patterns of universal oneness. Raja Ram Mohan Roy ushered...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Double-edged Weapon Of Irrational Hate
First the chain of the Sabarmati Express was pulled to stop it near Godhra junction. Latching shut one of the compartments from outsid...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Haunting Images Of Innocence Lost
Gujarat today abounds in the victims of a demonic religiosity. Among them, two faces from a camp in Godhra refuse to fade out of our m...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Universal Faith For World Harmony
Vision is the ability to see beyond the present; to be able to chart a map of the future. Is such a vision possible for a universal re...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Cosmic Consciousness Is Well Within Reach
Does an enlightened individual need to remain caged in the body? Why not get liberated from the physical? For seven days, the Buddha g...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Man And Environment: A Symbiotic Bond
The tradition of sanctifying various trees and plants dates back to the Vedic period. Though wood as a fuel was a basic need and trees...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Bound By A Common And Rich Heritage
Kabir, the inspired poet weaver of northern India, declared that there was neither Hindu nor Muslim, but only man as the embodiment of...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Renunciation Keeps Man, Nature Happy - Aparigraha
On September 22, 1931, two icons of the West and the East met in a humble tenement in London. Mahatma Gandhi impressed Charlie Chaplin...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Why We Need To Get Connected To God
Yoga is now a universally sought-out medium and spirituality as a subject has become part of the curriculum of leading B-schools in th...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Shanti Alone Can Help Save Shakti
The world over, women continue to suffer community-sponsored injustice, whether they live in a secular or non-secular country. We can ...   » Read the article

Article - Christmas: Imitation Of Christ, Peace On Earth - - About Christmas  
Christmas symbolises peace and goodwill towards all; that is why ceasefires are inspired by Christmas. It also means that we should re...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Value Systems For Total Competence
Despite the stupendous achievements in various fields today, peace and happiness continue to elude humankind. Although peace and happi...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Of Freedom, Fate And Free Will
We seem to be free, to do that which we choose and not that which is chosen for us; but possibly, the freedom may be illusory; in fact...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Wonderful Depths Of Silence
Generally, quietude, calmness, peace, silence and stillness are taken to be identical states of mind. But in reality, this is not so. ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Mountains - Source Of Divine Inspiration
Men pass, mountains remain. Little wonder, why mountains are a sign of solidity and stability. They tower over us, touching the sky, s...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Circle Of Positive Energy - Silence
Western writers tend to describe silence in negative terms. We grow up with images of "the eerie silence of the night", &quo...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Transcendence Helps Conquer Anger
What do we generally do when we want to get something done, or want to expel something unnecessary, unnatural or repugnant? We take a ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Goodness, A Lighter State Of Being
Who is a good human being? Charles Dickens said people were good and bad. But he couldn"t figure out what made them that way. Unf...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Tradition Of Harmonious Living - Karmapa
Karmapa comes from the word karma or karmaka, which means activity. The Karmapas are the first to have realised successive reincarnati...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Writing Notes From 'i' To 'me'
A person who lives in his home with his family, going about his daily business with loving detachment is in the world and yet out of i...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Think Cosmic - Save The World
The future is unpredictable, so the end is unknown to us. This is the mystery of human life. Ancient wisdom had no hesitation in accep...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: How To Oust Anger From Our Lives
Most of us experience anger in some form or other almost every day. Anger is a negative emotion; it can cause violence, it can ruin re...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Mantra Yoga - A Tool For Great Inner Order
Detachment is a great wealth. Devotion is the real asset in life. Why does man not work for such a wealth? This is due to the fact tha...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Selflessness Can Be A Huge Burden
If you are disappointed today about something, it does not mean that it is a permanent condition. There is always a tomorrow to look f...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Power Of Silence
Silence is the womb of the tangible world. In the Christian Biblical version of Creation, God 'spoke' and the world came into being. W...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Divine Music Springs From The Soul
The word riyaz has its origins in r iyazat, which implies ibadat, bandagi, bhakti or devotion. If riyaz is performed with a spirit of ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Ideal Way To Get Close To God - Bhakti
Once upon a time, a musk deer went searching for musk. Round and round the forest she went, month after month, quite unaware that the ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Eternal Game Of Hide-and-seek
I've nursed a deep desire since childhood to see truth, face-to-face. I knew that truth would remain elusive unless I learnt to recogn...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Ramayana's Tips For Good Governance
The Ramayana, the saga of Rama's life written by Valmiki, is widely acclaimed as among the greatest of all Indian epics. The narrative...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: What Do You Really Want?
How many of us fritter away the gift of the present moment by wondering when our lives will finally take off? What do you think will d...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Embarking On An Incredible Journey
It is a truism that we are creatures of habit. Very soon what may have initially been a challenge becomes a routine and predictable af...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Solution For Eternal Peace
The computer era has popularised the term "solution". All metros now display advertisements and posters that offer a variety...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Take Responsibility For Your Actions
One of the most difficult and painful things to do in life is to admit one's mistakes. When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon the fi...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Physics Shows The Way To Consciousness - Meditation And Science
Can science and meditation, each dealing with different phenomena, have common ground? Physics deals with the external world of matter...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Forgive And Inhale The Fragrance Of Flowers
To forgive is not to forget. Forgetting is not hard. All you need is a bad memory or to treat the incident as insignificant.   B...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Spiritual Technique For Mind Repair - Vipassana
Vipassana is a self-observation technique taught by Gautama the Buddha. "Its origins were already lost in timeless antiquity"...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Spit-and-polish Your Way To Health
Can someone actually change his or her nature? Suppressing one'sindividuality is not change. Without an awareness and understanding of...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Ways To Overcome Stress - Meditation
Since the time when man experienced the first flicker of self-awakening, his attention has remained focused on problems of worldly exi...   » Read the article

Article - Suryayog: Surya, The Healer And Energiser
Suryayog is a dynamic spiritual yoga which brings us in tune with nature and the inner self. We are drawn towards eternal light, from ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Spiritual Evolution Is The Key To Salvation
In a conversation with his consort Parvati, Shiva is believed to have said that through self-knowledge, one can attain salvation. Peop...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Enter The Temple Of Inner Beauty  
A beautiful woman is one who values herself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Beauty is the total impact of all these...   » Read the article

Article - Soundarya Lahiri: Soundarya Lahiri And Inner Beauty
Consciousness is beauty and Creation is an expression of consciousness. Beauty is present in all creation. Eastern philosophy believes...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Metta Bhavna For Good Health
Metta Bhavna is a Pali word meaning meditation of loving kindness. The Buddha taught this meditation in Metta Sutta to 500 monks to cu...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Silent Soul Bides Its Time
Poet Terhune recollects how when he was a child, his mother, returning after an hour from a neighbour's, asked him, "When I left ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Longing For Right Action
Marx wrote: "Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life". He assumes that man's ability to think, an...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Relax And Surrender With Suryayog
Suryayog or Sun-meditation is one of the most rewarding and natural of all human activities, says Swami Surya Jowel. It produces wonde...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Atamabodha - Path Of Self-enquiry
Sankara's views on advaita are best encapsulated in the classic line from his Brahma-Sutra Bhasya: "Brahma satyam jagat mithya, J...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Truth Beyond Success And Failure
It does not matter to a man of awareness whether he is successful or unsuccessful, well-known or absolutely unknown, powerful or just ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Action And The Process Of Transformation
Our actions are based on the seeking of results. We are engaged in a process of causation, trying to produce one thing through another...   » Read the article

Article - Suryayog: Surya, The Healer And Energiser
Suryayog is a dynamic spiritual yoga which brings us in tune with nature and the inner self. We are drawn towards eternal light, from ...   » Read the article