https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/radhakrishnan-a-lifelong-teacher/September 13, 2021, 2:44 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/671b28c5_4780_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaRecalling Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s encirching journey from being a professor at Mysore University to becoming the first Vice President of India.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/maharishi-mahesh-yogis-transcendental-meditation/August 9, 2021, 7:36 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/BeFunky-collage-2021-08-09T073513.817-1.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAccording to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, transcendental meditation ‘is the most effective form of relaxation. It not only relaxes the body and mind, but also feeds the practitioners with vital energy, peace and happiness’.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/the-revolutionary-teachings-of-samarth-ramdas/April 28, 2021, 3:29 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BeFunky-collage-27-1.jpgOpinionSant Ramdas firmly believed in collectively pursuing martial, political and social activism to rescue the nation’s cultural and moral values from foreign forces, instead of focusing on individual aspirations and spiritual salvation. This made him ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/being-single-women-what-we-can-learn-from-our-past/March 26, 2021, 3:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/85ec1ceb_2101_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe unmarried or single woman and her contributions to India’s intellectual traditions have been largely overlooked even in contemporary times. Sulabha’s response to King Janaka’s sexist arguments in an episode of the Mahabharata deserve to be hig...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/ravidasa-philosopher-of-social-change/February 15, 2021, 3:47 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/84289f5c_1656_P_6_mr-1.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhat distinguishes Ravidasa from other Bhakti saints is not only his birth in the lowest caste, but also the fact that he unleashed a frontal attack on the caste-based system of social exclusion and untouchability by using non-violent methods.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/netaji-and-his-vision-of-ideal-education-policy/January 29, 2021, 8:52 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Netaji-Subhash-Chandra-Bose.jpgOpinionDespite several Education Commissions appointed by the government, the situation on the ground has not changed much. The English model of education, public schools, public as well as private universities continue to promote the status quo. It is t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/faith-in-hinduism/January 4, 2021, 3:03 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/db7b47fc_1207_P_4_mr-1.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAccording to Ramanuja, absolute faith is the prerequisite for God realisation and salvation. Hinduism continues to uphold that complete, absolute and unconditional surrender is that which defines faith.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/guru-nanaks-teachings-are-more-relevant-today/December 7, 2020, 3:52 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/42edaf67_883_P_5_mr-1.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAccording to Guru Nanak, Hindus and Muslims have forgotten the true spirit of their respective religions and lost it in the jungle of externals. He described the externals as involvement in frivolous rituals and ceremonies.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/swaminarayan-and-religious-harmony/November 9, 2020, 8:09 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/c8ab22e1_595_P_6_mr.jpgSpiritually SpeakingSwaminarayan asserts that the different forms of God that we come across in different religions are actually the manifestations of one God. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/swadeshi-and-aatmanirbharta/October 12, 2020, 8:28 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Swadeshi.jpgIndiaThe idea of Swadeshi isn’t against anyone. It only seeks one not to serve a distant neighbour at the expense of the nearest. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/why-we-need-gandhis-idea-of-religion-more-than-ever-today/October 2, 2020, 4:52 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gandhiji-300x169.pngIndiaWe should, following Mahatma Gandhi, not only believe in the principle of tolerance but go further and advance ‘from tolerance to equal respect for all’ of them.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/radhakrishnan-a-lifelong-teacher/September 13, 2021, 2:44 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/671b28c5_4780_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaAll religions of the world believe in the notion of saints or sages, though they call them bydifferent names. In Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism they are called sant, mahatma,sanyasi, sadhu, aryika, sadhavi, arahant, bodhisattva, swami, prava...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/radhakrishnan-a-lifelong-teacher/September 13, 2021, 2:44 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/671b28c5_4780_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaRamcharitmanas of Tulsidas teaches that moksha or salvation is attained not by sacrifices, rituals, or tapas or intense yoga, but by simple devotion and complete surrender to Ram and by doing good service to every living being. It is regarded as t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/where-religion-science-and-philosophy-meet/August 10, 2020, 3:27 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp-1-6.pngSpiritually SpeakingReligion, philosophy and science can hardly afford to ignore the search for a resolution of the contrary experiences and offer a justification of the environment in which humanity finds itself.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/radhakrishnan-a-lifelong-teacher/September 13, 2021, 2:44 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/671b28c5_4780_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaIn the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna preaches Arjuna that by using his wisdom or discrimination he should elevate his mind “beyond the turbidity of delusion” and make it “unshakeable and steadfast in the self” that is become stithpr...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/radhakrishnan-a-lifelong-teacher/September 13, 2021, 2:44 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/671b28c5_4780_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaIndian philosophical and religious thought can be classified into Brahmanik and Shramanik traditions. Brahmanik tradition traces its origin to the Vedas. Vedas are revealed texts and are inviolable. Sramanik traditions do not believe in the author...