Bhagavad Gita Verse 14.8
Luminousness – In Gita Verse 14.8 O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance,...
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Illuminating Education: Roundtable # 2
Shifting the Mindset: From Survival to Significance Introduction Prof. Joy Sen opened the session by explaining that the meeting...
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Illuminating Education: Roundtable # 1
Einstein’s Law of Energy and the Conservation of Energy (Akarma) Introduction Welcome to a special edition of Illuminating Education:...
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Podcast With Debasis Satapathy # 25
Career planning and Succession planning in the lens of Mahabharat Introduction Introducing Mr. Debasis Satapathy for the podcast series...
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Podcast With Upasana Tendulkar # 2
Saundarya Shastra in the Digital Age: Crafting Content with Grace and Truth Introduction A warm welcome to Illuminating Education:...
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Podcast With Debasis Satapathy # 24
KRA, KPI and Bell Curve – Ancient Wisdom to Modern Performance Introduction Welcome to the thought-provoking episode of “Exploring...
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Podcast With Upasana Tendulkar # 1
The Art of Conscious Participation: Leadership and Life through the Nāṭyaśāstra Introduction Welcome to Illuminating Education: Research, Awareness, and...
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Podcast With Dr. Bharat Dash # 1
The Katha Pratha Project: Storytelling Pedagogy for Self-Transformation Introduction Welcome to Illuminating Education: Research, Awareness, and Meditation in the...
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Podcast With Dr Satya N Verma # 1
The Architecture of Unity: Sardar Patel’s Lessons in Nation-Building for the Modern Student Introduction Welcome to Illuminating Education: Research,...
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Podcast With Dr. P. NagaRaju # 1
Integrated Practices of Ergonomics and Yoga for Corporate Wellness Introduction Welcome to Illuminating Education: Research, Awareness, and Meditation in...
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Podcast With Dr. Ravi Prakash Gupta # 2
Adversary or Enemy? The Language That Broke Democracy Introduction Welcome to Illuminating Education: Research, Awareness, and Meditation in the...
VBT – Meditation 20.4
VBT – Meditation 20.4 Short Glimpses Let’s do a five-minute experiment: things are as they are. We do not have to do anything; there is no possibility of doing anything. When we were not here, then too, things were like this. The sea has always been making this sound,...
Bhagavad Gita Verse 18.10
Utterly Awake – In Gita Verse 18.10 The intelligent renouncer situated in the mode of goodness, neither hateful of inauspicious work nor attached to auspicious work, has no doubts about work. A person who does not harbour aversion towards harmful actions and is not drawn to beneficial actions, embodies...
Learning Is Evolution Session: 94
Divine Consciousness
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Creative Act
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Immortal
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Religion
Matter Is Finished
Happiness & sadness, pride & shame, and willfulness are the factors that deviate a person from his aim of...
Prayer
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart Prayer The Sufi mystic was a rebellious person. It happened this time that for three days they had no food, because every village they passed refused...
Old Man’s Answer
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein Old Man’s Answer A Sufi story. A man was sitting at the gate of a town, an old man. A rider stopped, a horse rider and asked him, ”what...
You Have Stolen My Heart
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. – Albert Schweitzer You Have Stolen My Heart 💓 Let me tell you a Zen anecdote about a burglar who entered the house of a Zen master to rob him....
Wood Cutting
Relaxation means you don’t have any shoulds. You are simply living moment to moment, not according to some future idea of yourself, but according to your reality that is herenow. – Osho Wood Cutting A Zen story. A very curious king, wanting to know about what these...
Repression Or Transformation
Repression Or Transformation Now, a man who is on the path of repression will suppress this desire, close his...
Forget About It
The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is...
Illuminating Education: Roundtable # 2
Shifting the Mindset: From Survival to Significance Introduction Prof. Joy Sen opened the session by explaining that the meeting...
In The Middle
“Excess of beauty resulted in the kidnapping of Sita, extreme ego of Ravana got him killed, and unnecessary charity caused great troubles to Raja Bali. Avoid extremes!”– Chanakya Buddha also teaches the same. In The Middle One Prince Shron took initiation, Buddha initiated him into Sannyas. That prince was...
Something Of Me Behind
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. – Corazon Aquino Something Of Me Behind Once in awhile there have been single individuals who had the quality of true religion; for example, Bodhidharma. One of the most lovable human beings, he went...
Buddha’s Footprints
We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. – Carl Jung Buddha’s Footprints He...
The Philosophy Of Emptiness
The Philosophy Of Emptiness It is possible soon. Space can be pulled out and then it can be again forced in, and the engine will take its shape again. Then big things can be carried without much problem. The weight will remain the same but the shape, the form,...
Thin Silver Layer
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. -Buddha Thin Silver Layer I have heard: A rich Jew went to a Hassid mystic and said, “I want to pray, but however much I try my desires don’t leave me alone. I want...
Pick Up The Roses And Avoid The Thorns
Pick Up The Roses And Avoid The Thorns Osho, When you were responding to Sarjano’s question, I heard you say that a disciple can say no to the master if the love is deep enough. I can understand your saying no to us out of your love, but not...
Don’t Throw Responsibility
Don’t Throw Responsibility When man is relieved of the burden of humanity he becomes light. You may not have considered this, but the peace that one finds in going to the mountains is not caused by the mountains, it comes from being free of mankind. You go for a...
As You Sow So Shall You Reap
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” –Eckhart Tolle As You Sow So Shall You Reap The quality of the seeds that you sow determines the quality of the crops that you harvest. If the seeds are...
The Art Of Living
The Art Of Living The best swimmer simply floats. The ultimate swimmer just goes like a dead body with the current, wherever the river leads – it always leads to the ocean. Every river leads to the ocean, so you need not be worried whether you are in a...
And A Perfect Liar At That
And A Perfect Liar At That The first question: Osho, Will your disciples attain by sudden enlightenment, or by a slow, step-by-step growth? And is your pathless path for anybody, or only for rare exceptions? The first thing to be understood is that the very word attainment is nonspiritual....
Fast Asleep And Snoring
Fast Asleep And Snoring Osho, Many people are in silence now. Do you recommend this? What is the purpose? Can it be helpful? I don’t recommend, but they understand. I don’t recommend anything in particular – except understanding. But if you understand, you would love silence! I don’t say,...
I am Krishna & I am there for you
Why did Krishna not save the Pandavas when they played dice with Duryodhana & Shakuni? Wonderful explanation by Krishna himself: From his childhood, Uddhava had been with Krishna, char ioting him and serving him in many ways.He never asked for any wish or boon from Sri Krishna.When Krishna was...
The Risk Is Worth Taking
The Risk Is Worth Taking Buddha has said, “When I became enlightened, the whole universe rejoiced. That moment I felt that the whole universe was helping me, waiting for me to become enlightened.” The story is beautiful. Don’t take it literally. It is symbolic, it is a metaphor. When...
Flute
Flute In the stillness of the night someone is playing on a flute. The moonlight appears to have frozen. This cold, solitary night, and the notes of the flute coming from far away sweet as a dream – all this is unbelievably beautiful. How much nectar can a hollow...
A Small Fragment From The Past
A Small Fragment From The Past Also, if it becomes a scientifically proven fact – which I have no doubt it will once science starts moving in that direction and drops the Christian or the Jewish or the Mohammedan idea of only one life.That is simply stupid, because in...
Town Of The Submerged Temple
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. – Albert Einstein Town Of The Submerged Temple I have heard a story. Thousands of years ago, a town with temples of gods got submerged in the sea. The bells of those...
Osho's Preaching
The Ecology Of Existence What I said was let it be a freedom. If you want to be together...
A Tree Grows When you cannot be silent, when you have to speak and you cannot do otherwise, then...
Don’t Do Nothing Osho, Is not the search for enlightenment a selfish search? Yes, it is. And the most...
Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that...
The Mystery Of Meditation Now as far as words and thoughts are concerned, you are a witness, separate, and...
A Silent Waiting Heart Osho, I received a letter from one of your sannyasins in Europe. She says there...
Sannyas Is For Lions But if you are effacing yourself you will become more and more sad and heavy,...
Rituals, Fire And Knowledge Existence is like a mountain which echoes every sound that is uttered around it. It...
There’s beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes...
Dreams is secret window into your feelings, unfulfilled desire, act as inspiration for a creative project, and even help...
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. – Rabindranath Tagore Palace Full...
When you’re in the Middle of an Argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be Right or be Happy?...
The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery. – Frederick Douglass Bundle Of Misery...
Any man who aims at satisfying his ego is either wasting his precious time or is creating an unnecessary...
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing?’ Martin Luther King, Jr. Mantra And Monkeys Milarepa...
It takes a long time to find your own voice. Along the way, you imitate all the things that...
Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In...
Who can speak at all situations, has an understanding for religion and religious-scriptures, is good at debate, and who...
There is a Sufi story… A rich man died. He was not only rich; he was wise also, which...
Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde Consistent Man A Sufi story… Mulla Nasruddin is appointed as...
Yussouf was a sheik. He was sitting at the door of his dent in the desert. It was night....
The man of science is a poor philosopher. – Albert Einstein Frog The Philosopher Chuang Tzu talks about a...
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Yama
Ancient Wisdom In Modern Time Session: 41
Eight Fold Path of Yoga
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Viveka Khyateh
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Purusha
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Yama
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Eight Fold Path of Yoga
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Viveka Khyateh