This article will explore the way belief in God helps us. Belief in God helps us in many ways and I am sure most of you have something to say about how your belief has helped you. Regarding the existence of God, I have said pretty much everything that I am capable of saying in […]
Category Archives: Spirituality
How the Doctrine of Rebirth can comfort Us
I would like to write about how the Doctrine of Rebirth can help us in our spiritual journey and also provide much needed comfort to those of us (including me) who are no longer young and who have their best years behind them. I will start by saying that all religions (with the possible exception […]
In Defense of Islam
The best and most convincing defence of Islam is that it does not require to be defended by anybody. Like it or hate it Islam can stand on its own feet and survive and even flourish. It has done so across the globe for more than a millennium. Prophet Muhammad’s teachings have survived for this […]
Why we should keep our minds Pure
I wrote an article sometime back on keeping the mind pure. Link to that article is below: This article will explain in the end why the sages told us to do that. But before we get to that here Is an interesting chat with one of my cousins. He does not believe that keeping the […]
About Keeping the Mind Pure
I do work on quora.com regularly answering questions and letting people have the benefit of my knowledge (such as it is). While surfing the website I came across an excellent answer to the question: What’s something your spiritual teacher said you always remember? One lady called Parameswari Kumar gave an excellent answer that I would […]
Practicing the Bhagavad Gita
I would like to write about my spiritual journey – such as it is – that I am engaged in right now. I have decided to shift from Buddhist to Hindu spiritual practices. The reasons for my doing so are as under: The first reason is that I was finding the Buddhist methods difficult because […]
The Self Immolation of Thich Quang Duc
I had written an article last in April last year on why there is suffering in this world. Here is a link to that article Responding to that my niece sent me a WA message. Here is the message and my response to it My Niece: I would argue that suffering is a human construct. […]
Our Duty in Life
It is not my job to tell you what your duty in life is. As Emerson says in his essay on Self Reliance there are always people who think they know what your duty is better than you know it yourself. I do not wish to add myself to that number. I am assuming you […]
Why I believe in Traditional Religion
When I was young I did not believe in traditional religions or God. I was a fan of Bertrand Russell and thought myself to be an agnostic. That is, I was of the view that the existence of God cannot be proved one way or the other and it was best to keep an open […]
More thoughts on my Meditation Practice
This article is a continuation of my previous blog post. Link to that is below Quoting from the article above there is a key passage: Be without preferences or judgments as regards the arisings of the mind. The path is the goal. Respond with equanimity and empathy to the arisings of the mind. Now I […]