Blog by Swami Sarvananda
Many a time, the words spirituality and philosophy are used synonymously. The word philosophy is derived from Philein – to love and Sophos – knowledge and hence it means love of knowledge. But commonly, it means studying the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Philosophy is a ri...
Family bonds occupy a very prominent position in one’s life. This is true of both one’s inherited family like parents, siblings, relatives etc. and assumed family like spouse, children, spouse’s relatives etc. One’s whole life revolves around the family whether it is inherited or assumed. When that ...
When one reads the biographies of renowned spiritual masters one fact that uniformly stands out is that even though they have made great strides regarding spiritual growth uniformly everyone has been unavoidably drawn towards spirituality due to various circumstances. Pursuing a spiritual path was t...
Professional life forms a big part of one’s life and it must be considered and investigated in terms of one’s spiritual life because quite often the capacity of a person to succeed in spiritual pursuit is assumed to be directly proportional to one’s professional accomplishments. Ironically, we also ...
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