What would you consider success in meditation? Since the practice of meditation involves silencing the mental chatter, success in meditation could mean being able to quiet and calm the mind—at least for the duration of your practice. But don’t you want much more?...
Japa is the spiritual practice of the repetition of a mantra, or a holy name. Mantras are Sanskrit invocations of the Supreme Being. They are not composed by any human but exist in the universe in a latent state as sound energies. They were revealed to spiritual...
We all carry scars from past emotional wounds, small or big. These wounds can break open from time to time when they are scratched by the smallest things such as a passing comment, a particular smell, a song, a place, or an object. Healing past hurts is never easy as...
The mind itself presents the biggest obstacles in meditation. Outer things such as the proper posture, place, time and seat can be easily rectified to facilitate your practice. But once you sit down and try to meditate, you realise that your own mind poses the...
Just as in this body the soul passes from childhood, to youth and old age, similarly, at the time of death, the soul passes into another body. —Bhagavad Gita The soul is untouched by what happens to the body that it functions in. Like the clothes that we wear, the...
What is a mantra? A mantra is a divine power encapsulated in a specific combination of sounds. When a mantra is continuously recited with feeling and attention, the inherent power in those sounds is invoked. The mantra then protects the one who repeats it. The meaning...