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88A Buddhist's Look at the Concept of Freedom
“Oh, to be the ruler of life, not a slave.” Walt Whitman. What is freedom? Is it living as we choose, our spirits unchained and unhindered by expectations and obligations? Is it releasing the inner entombed soul? A fire that stirs and wakes...
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86What is the meaning of the spoked wheel in the flag of India?
When India's National flag was adopted in the Constituent Assembly, the then Vice President Dr. S. Radhakrishnan explained the meaning of the spoked wheel that featured in the centre of the flag as follows: "The Ashoka Wheel in the center of the...
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86Ashok: A Short Biography of Ashoka the Great of India
According to Wikipedia, H.G. Wells wrote: "In the history of the world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who call themselves "their highnesses," "their majesties", and "their exalted majesties" and so on. They shone for a brief...
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84Cortisol Stress Hormone Kills Brain Cells by the Millions
This article cites several sources and doctors that say that our stress hormone cortisol kills brain cells.
82An Insight into the Concept of Pativrata in Hindu Dharma
In Hindu Dharma, there exists certain code of conduct for married women. A wife who possesses all those qualities is called as a “Pativrata.” Pati means husband, and vrata means vow. She is a woman for whom her husband is the world. She should...
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83The Role of Money - a different view
Money is deified as the sole yardstick and purpose of our existence, but this overemphasis could well be the root cause of many contemporary problems.
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82Boudhanath, the Giant Stupa in Kathmandu
In the morning the travel agent Naresh and a driver first took me to the Boudhanath Stupa, which Samaya, one of the people with whom I had stayed in Dharamsala, India, had told me is “full of spiritual...
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80How does karma, dharma and destiny work with Law of Attraction?
Karma, dharma and destiny,do they relate to the Law of Attraction? Law of attraction to my knowing explains how we can create our own reality. It at times states we are co-creators with God. If this is truth, how would are karma, dharma...
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82The Big Picture - Unique story of SMSK
The big picture needs expansion of the heart as Swami calls it. Knowing the big picture requires getting out of a narrow and tunneled vision. The big picture shows that the world is perfect and that the apparent anomalies and 'injustice' at the micro level only add up to perfection at the macro level.
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80According to me what is a Hindu Marriage?
Disclaimer: All the views expressed here are based on my personal understanding and by no means an exhaustive study of Hindu marriages. Recently I have been to some sites like ambedkar.org which have been primarily written to show woman's role in...
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