Each evening as the sun's last rays reflect off the boundless waters of Mother Ganga, we gather for Ganga Aarti. This divine light ceremony is filled with song, prayer, ritual…
The meanings of the auspicious holiday of Diwali are innumerable. Whether one looks at the story of the return to Ayodhya of Lord Rama or the victory of Lord Krishna…
There is a story of a farmer who had an old mule. One day the mule fell into the farmer's empty, dry well. As the mule cried for help, the…
There is a wonderful story told of two monks who had renounced the world and taken vows of celibacy and simplicity and pledged to live, unattached, in the jungles for…
These days in the West all the new cars have "GPS" navigation system where the computer in the car gives directions on how to reach your destination.
As you sit in…
I was 25, a Stanford graduate and Ph.D. student. I was a scientist, an academic, a straight A student. I thought I understood it all. Or most of it, anyway. …
There is a famous story in our scriptures of Eklavya who dreamt of becoming a great archer.
He went to the best and most famous Guru of archery, Dronacharya, and humbly…
Ram Navami is the birthday of Bhagwan Shri Rama. On this beautiful birthday of Bhagwan Rama, let us ask ourselves the meaning of his birth. What lessons do we learn…
A small, impoverished boy was standing barefoot on the New York City streets, looking wistfully in the window of a shoe store. A well dressed woman, walking down the street,…
Recently a man came to see me at Parmarth. He was an earnest seeker from abroad and was looking for a place to stay for several months to perform his…