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Mystic Mantra: Bhagat Trilochan

Bhagat Trilochan not only condemned superstitions, useless rituals but also criticised fake sadhus.

26 Mar 2019 5:29 AM

Mystic Mantra: Live joyfully on the edge of the forest

Buddha’s sutra has three atomic words which appear to be contradictory to each other.

25 Mar 2019 12:10 AM

The famous Punjabi Sufi mystic — Bulleh Shah — rendered beautiful poetic exhortations of divine love and union in the celebration of Holi.

Mystic Mantra: Id-e-Gulabi - A Sufi celebration of colours

This syncretic culture in India was actually inspired by the holiest Sufi saint of Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and his disciple, Amir Khusrow.

23 Mar 2019 6:29 AM

We need to regularly take time off to make sure that our focus is right. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Sweet are the uses of adversity

Prosperity is a mind booster but adversity is not without value; it is a great teacher.

22 Mar 2019 2:27 AM

One of the saints who is revered as a silent worker, collaborator and protector with God is St Joseph, whose feast is celebrated today. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Protect God’s gifts

By profession, St Joseph was a carpenter who slogged hard to support Jesus and Mary.

19 Mar 2019 12:18 AM

Osho explains that every sense must become more alive, and then you can experiment with this technique.

Mystic Mantra: Live a life of illumination — Awaken your senses

Our sensitivity is a door to our inner being and the outer universe as well, but we are always occupied.

18 Mar 2019 12:25 AM

It needs to be understood that being spiritual is the most intelligent way to exist on this planet. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Spirituality is not for fools

If you look at the world today, there are all kinds of idiots in the world, but you will see the religious idiots are the worst of this kind.

16 Mar 2019 12:49 AM

The Gita provides invaluable guidance to on how to deal with the fundamental issue of making correct choices and taking the right decisions.

Mystic Mantra: The Gita’s perspective

If goals are self-contradictory, personal likes and dislikes interfere or if the situation is not viewed objectively, matters get complicated.

15 Mar 2019 12:19 AM

These practices in turn are supposed to help give up the not so good habits and practices of one’s personality and to embrace things that are helpful to them spiritually and are pleasing to God too. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: God, create a loving heart in me

During the forty days that this season lasts, the Christian faithful are encouraged to fast, to pray and to do charitable acts.

14 Mar 2019 7:27 AM

Osho had taken upon himself the gigantic task of destroying the outdated, ugly practices of religions and rejuvenating them by infusing new values into them.

Mystic Mantra: Religion should provide updates like Apple does

The world cannot afford to fight and kill each other; the whole planet is on the verge of extinction.

11 Mar 2019 12:16 AM

Mystic Mantra: The call of the voice within

If we can achieve our life’s goal of union with God, we will walk the earth with the same Godly love flowing through us.

08 Mar 2019 12:20 AM

Most philosophers reckon that the word consciousness signifies a sense of understanding. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The essence of conscious eloquence

Consciousness is nothing but awakened knowledge — it is also a state of symmetry of our mind, body, and spirit.

07 Mar 2019 1:17 AM

God could be remembered through any name or form or formless as Divine Energy, Atman, Brahman or Pure Consciousness. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Our last thought decides our next birth

If childhood is spent in ignorance, and youth/middle age in lust, then how one can remember God during old age and at the time of death.

05 Mar 2019 12:07 AM

Mystic Mantra: Think not, just feel

Everybody is thinking furiously to achieve something and ruining the wonderful gift of life in hollow pursuits.

04 Mar 2019 12:17 AM

If an action is performed with the attitude of duty, then we bring the spirit of seva into the duty. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The spirit of seva

The roles and duties may be different, but the spirit of service (seva) is common.

01 Mar 2019 12:17 AM

Mystic Mantra: Memory is a problem

Osho harps on the importance of the direct perception of reality.

25 Feb 2019 12:23 AM

In Sikhism, compassion is the best antidote to violence.

Mystic Mantra: Compassion - A divine trait

Compassion is a divine quality and is viewed as the highest moral virtue.

23 Feb 2019 12:55 AM

Pope Francis who now sits upon Peter’s chair is an exemplary model of servant-leadership. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: A stand on chairs

Biblical imagery of a chair, a seat or a throne signifies honour, authority and reverence.

22 Feb 2019 1:09 AM

Saints say that nature has designed man to leave his physical body at will, transcend to higher spiritual planes, and then return to the body. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Man! Know thyself

Man is composed of body, mind (intellect) and soul.

21 Feb 2019 3:44 AM

For Sufis, the celebration of Basant at Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya has an anecdote. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Sufi Basant — Mosaic of multiculturalism in India

For Hindus, Basant Panchami is dedicated to Saraswati who is venerated as a deity of wisdom.

19 Feb 2019 5:24 AM

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