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Quote of the Day by Ringo Starr: “At the end of the day, I can end up just… – Timeless life lessons from an inspiring quote on meditation, awareness, perspective, stress management, relaxation and why sometimes it’s better to let go

Quote of the Day by Ringo Starr: Ringo Starr’s quote, “At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I’ve made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills,” explores the importance of mindfulness, emotional balance, perspective, and maintaining a calm…

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Why Is One Member Missing From Shiva’s Family Statues?

At first glance, Shiva’s family may look like one of the most unusual families in Hindu tradition. Shiva has a snake around his neck, while Kartikeya rides a peacock, traditionally seen as the snake’s natural enemy. Ganesha has a mouse as his vehicle, while Nandi is always by Shiva’s side.…

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Why Did Jayanti Fall For Shukracharya During His Tapasya?

What began as Indra’s attempt to stop a dangerous tapasya eventually became an unexpected love story in Hindu mythology. Shukracharya, the revered guru of the Asuras, was performing intense penance to obtain the powerful Mrita Sanjeevani Vidya, a sacred knowledge associated with restoring the dead to life. Indra feared that…

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Rishi Panchami 2026: Why Do Hindus Worship 7 Sages?

Rishi Panchami is a holy festival celebrated by the Hindus to show respect to Saptrishis, the seven wise sages who have contributed much to the Hindu religion owing to their immense wisdom and spiritual knowledge. The celebration of Rishi Panchami is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.…

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Is Your Mind Following a Pattern Known in the Vedas?

Your brain does not contain a literal copy of the Vedas. There is no scientific evidence showing that Sanskrit verses or Vedic texts are physically encoded inside the human brain. But that is not what makes the comparison interesting. The fascinating question is whether some ideas about the human mind…

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10 Everyday Habits That Could Affect Your Memory

Your brain works for you every second, yet most people notice its importance only when memory, focus or energy starts to decline. What makes this more surprising is that some everyday habits may quietly work against brain health. Skipping meals, sleeping poorly, staying inactive or spending too much time glued…

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How Richard Alpert Became Ram Dass After Meeting This Baba

What could make a Harvard psychology professor question everything he thought he knew? In 1967, Richard Alpert travelled to India and eventually met Neem Karoli Baba, known to his followers as Maharajji. That meeting became a turning point in his life. But Neem Karoli Baba’s story had begun long before…

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Finca La Bobadilla: The return of one of Andalusia’s greatest hotels

Resets don’t get more relaxed than at this revamped retreat in Spain. Lucy Thackray finds solace with horseback meditation, an impressive spa and fine dining

Evening Standard

Ekadashi in September 2026 Date: Check Aja and Parivartini Ekadashi vrat dates, Ekadashi tithi, parana timings, fasting rules, puja vidhi and vrat foods

Ekadashi in September 2026: Devotees can look forward to a spiritually enriching September 2026, marked by two major Ekadashi observances. Aja Ekadashi will take place on the seventh, followed closely by Parivartini Ekadashi on the twenty-second. Participants will observe traditional fasts, which include abstaining from grains and dedicating time to…

The Economic Times

Montreal transit agency bans workplace prayers from September 1 under Quebec’s new secularism law: What employees need to know about Bill 9

Montreal’s public transit agency STM has banned employees from praying on workplace property from September 1 under Quebec’s new secularism law, Bill 9. The move affects rooms that were previously available for prayer but will still be used for non-religious activities such as meditation and yoga, sparking criticism from Muslim…

The Economic Times

‘I had no love for myself … now I have peace’: former Ireland rugby player Ryan Caldwell’s journey back from the edge

The retired second-row tells Donald McRae about his recovery from addiction, depression and incarceration to find a new life as a meditation teacher

The Guardian - UK

Chadar Trek on the Frozen Zanskar River: India's Most Extreme and Misunderstood Winter Walk

The Ice Does Not Care About Your Fitness LevelThe Chadar, the word means blanket in Hindi, is the sheet of ice that forms over the Zanskar River each January and February, when temperatures in the gorge drop to minus 15 or minus 25 degrees Celsius at night. For centuries, this…

Times Life

3 Nikola Tesla Work Habits on Obsessive Focus Every Indian Professional Should Steal

The Man Who Refused to Be InterruptedTesla famously worked in isolation for stretches that his contemporaries found alarming. At his laboratory in New York, he would lock himself in for days, refusing visitors, refusing meals brought at the wrong hour, refusing anything that broke the thread of a problem he…

Times Life

Delhi govt to give above Rs 2 lakh a year for senior citizen centres inside RWAs, housing societies and village chaupals where seniors can meet their friends to play games

Delhi government will provide Rs 2.4 lakh a year to eligible senior citizen centres set up inside RWAs, housing societies and village chaupals. The free neighbourhood spaces will let people aged 60 and above meet friends, play games, practise yoga and meditation, and take part in health and recreational activities.

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Why Is Dakshinayan Called the Night of the Gods?

What if the six months when the Sun moves south are not simply a change in the Sun's journey, but a spiritual reminder to slow down? In Hindu tradition, this period is known as Dakshinayan, and it begins around the time of Karka Sankranti. It is often described as the…

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Why Temple Sanctums Are Built in Total Darkness and What It Does to Your Perception

The Architecture Was Never About the DarkYou walk in from the street, from noise and heat and the ordinary friction of the day, and within three steps the light is gone. Not dimmed. Gone. The garbhagriha, the womb-chamber at the centre of nearly every Hindu temple, admits no windows. The…

The Conversation

Late Fame: this tale of literary redemption is sad, tender and opaque

Kent Jones’s carefully wrought film Late Fame offers a wry eulogy for vanished bohemia and a deft meditation on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous dictum that “there are no second acts in American lives”.

The Economic Times

Quote of the day: Yayoi Kusama’s “Just as Bodhidharma spent ten years facing a stone wall...” a life lesson on extraordinary dedication

Quote of the Day: Yayoi Kusama’s reflection on spending a month facing a single pumpkin captures the extraordinary concentration behind her early artistic practice. By comparing her devotion to painting with Bodhidharma’s legendary meditation before a stone wall, Kusama describes a creative process so absorbing that even sleep felt like…

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CD Projekt Red snuck 30 improvements into The Witcher 3 Remastered reveal, including "immersive meditation," new quest tracking, a loot rework, and Switch 2 exclusives

HDR! PS5 Pro support! Raytraced hair!

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Want Hanuman Ji’s Blessings? Follow These Chalisa Rules

What if the way you recite the Hanuman Chalisa matters just as much as how often you recite it? For millions of devotees, this sacred prayer is not simply a collection of verses. It is an expression of devotion, faith and surrender to Lord Hanuman. Written by Goswami Tulsidas in…

The Conversation

Most Westerners know Buddhism through meditation, but everyday Buddhist life looks quite different in Thai temples

I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist practitioners from North America and Europe – wanted to deepen their understanding and practice of the religion.

Times Life

Nada Brahma: The Ancient Indian Idea That Sound Was the First Principle Before Everything

The hum that preceded the nameYou have heard it at the start of every puja, every classical concert, every meditation session you have ever sat through. AUM. One syllable, three sounds folded into each other, and then the fourth thing, the silence after, which the Mandukya Upanishad calls turiya, the…

Bangkok Post

Airstrike on Myanmar monastery kills 14

A Myanmar military airstrike on a monastery where civilians were gathered for a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent has killed 14 people, two rebel fighters who witnessed the aftermath said.

The Economic Times

Myanmar military strike kills 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, opposition group says

Myanmar's military conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery Friday. Fourteen people died during a week-long meditation retreat at the Swel Le Oh village. The attack occurred at 9 a.m. in Myaung township, west of Mandalay. A jet fighter dropped two bombs, killing participants and wounding twenty others. Survivors fled…

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Mount Meru Is Not a Myth: How Ancient Hindu Cosmology Maps the Architecture of Human Consciousness

The bead you are not allowed to crossPick up a mala. Run your fingers along the 108 beads and you will arrive, eventually, at one that is different, larger, often with a tassel, set apart from the rest. This is the meru bead. Every teacher will tell you the same…

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