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Technology

he purpose of technology is to harness nature to bring information and comfort to human beings. When spiritual values- human values- are ignored and neglected, instead of bringing comfort, technology brings fear and destruction. Technology without human v ...

Business and Spirituality

Often business is looked down upon by spiritualists and spirituality is put off as non-practical by businessmen. Spirituality is the heart, business is the legs, and that is what the ancient people conceived. An individual or a society is incomplete witho ...

Communism and Spirituality

Communism has three goals. To check the greed of feudal and capitalistic societies. To check the fanaticism and fundamentalism of religious communities. To care for and share with the needy. Only spirituality can bring fulfillment to communism. Only spiri ...

Secret of material prosperity & spiritual blossoming

Gurudev explains the significance of yagyas (pujas) performed during the ongoing festival of Navratri There are three levels of existence- Outer world, subtle world of different energies and Divinity or God. All the yagnas being performed here aim to achi ...

What is the goal of spirituality? I enjoy the path but do not know the goal.

The goal is to bring a smile on your face that doesn’t wither away. A smile that no one can take away. A peace that simply expands and spreads to others. A love that never diminishes or distorts. That’s the power that you grow into. It’s better t ...

Are spirituality and science related?

Yes, Spirituality is asking ‘who am I?’ and Science is asking ‘What is this? Objective analysis is science and subjective understanding is spirituality. And they go hand in hand. They were never in conflict in the east, because the paradigm was same. Scien ...

My mind conflicts between spiritual world and material world. How to overcome this?

As such there is no conflict. You have to balance your life. You know some spiritual practice every day, some breathing exercise and yoga would help you long way, and then some social service activity what we call seva in India. All that we earn, we spend ...

Sometimes I find many vikaras (flaws) in myself and think that I don't deserve to be on the path. What can I do?

Get rid of guilt. Till now you were suffering from guilt and weren’t even aware of it. Now that you are aware, you can’t bear it. This makes you a seeker. So many have dropped their vikaras. Keep doing satsang, seva and get into the depth of meditation - i ...

In your discourse on Narada Bhakti Sutra, you say everything is illusion. Then if everything is illusion, does that mean there is no need to do anything?

First you hear the full talk. Making concepts after hearing half or one tape is not advisable. ...

How to have celebration when I feel tired with service?

That means you have not completed your service. And when service is done with the spirit of celebration, then it does not tire you or wear you off. See you have been so enthusiastic for two –three days, but I don’t see any of you tired. You gain so much si ...