Tag: Meditation

14 March: Mindful living practices like meditation can be a powerful tool for reducing stress, improving focus, and cultivating inner peace. There’s a wealth of guided meditation resources available to suit different preferences and experience levels.  A breakdown to help you explore: Free Online Resources: Mindful.org: This website offers...

5th March: Science and spirituality have a complicated, nuanced interaction that is frequently depicted as conflicting forces. A deeper examination, however, uncovers a more complex reality that emphasizes a mutually beneficial interaction in which both domains can benefit from and inform one another. How Science Informs Spirituality: Understanding the...

You must learn to keep your mind at peace if you want to be happy. Why? Because a happy mind and a tranquil mind go hand in hand. Stress and worry, which can cause problems with one’s mental and physical health, are absent from a tranquil mind. You can...

We believe that understanding the distinction between silence and meditation is a very understandable question, even though most people will immediately dismiss it. After all, when someone meditates, it really just appears that they are sitting quietly. Although silence and tranquilly are frequent components of meditation, it involves more...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Renunciation at the Psychological Level is Important Than Renunciation at the Physical Level कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् | इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचार: स उच्यते || 3.6|| karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate || 3.6|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver....

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Body Should Be Active and the Mind Should Be Immersed in Divine Consciousness न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् | कार्यते ह्यवश: कर्म सर्व: प्रकृतिजैर्गुणै: || 3.5|| na hi kaśhchit kṣhaṇam api jātu tiṣhṭhatyakarma-kṛit kāryate hyavaśhaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛiti-jair guṇaiḥ|| 3.5|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3-...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Always Remaining Absorbed in Divine Consciousness is Meditation तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्पर: | वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता || 2.61|| tāni sarvāṇi sanyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśhe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā|| 2.61|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 61: They have...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Evolving Above Opposites is the Key to Staying Balanced दु:खेष्वनुद्विग्नमना: सुखेषु विगतस्पृह: | वीतरागभयक्रोध: स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते || 2.56|| duḥkheṣhv-anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣhu vigata-spṛihaḥ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir uchyate|| 2.56|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 56: A sage of steady intellect is someone whose mind remains calm in the...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Detachment Leads to Liberation कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिण: | जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ता: पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् || 2.51|| karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣhiṇaḥ janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gachchhanty-anāmayam||2.51|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 51: The enlightened, who are endowed with intellectual serenity, let go of their attachment...