The quest for the Higher on an intellectual or metaphysical plane has been all along, in India, the privilege or province of some outstanding individual or individuals, while the mass of the population, generally steeped in ignorance and poverty, was […]
The air was already agitated by the news of the USA plunging into the European conflict after President Woodrow Wilson declared war against Germany. It was an afternoon as regular as any other but for the unusual strange emptiness […]
The spiritual power and moral grandeur of Mahavir’s teachings impressed the masses. He made religion simple and natural, free from elaborate ritual complexities. His teachings reflected the popular impulse towards internal beauty and harmony of the soul. His message of […]
Lord Mahavir was the twenty-fourth and the last Tirthankara of the Jain religion. According to Jain philosophy, all Tirthankaras were born as human beings but they have attained a state of perfection or enlightenment through meditation and self realization. They […]
Dias of Happiness! My city ( Bangalore) is all set to welcome the festival of light which is one of my favorite festivals in […]
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