by Satinder | Jul 26, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I?
The only thing that is self-evident is the Self. Everything else becomes evident through the Self. In this manner, our whole existence can be reduced to two basis entities: ‘I’ and ‘not-I.’ There is this ‘I’ and everything else is ‘not-I.’ ‘I’ refers to ‘I-am,’ the...
by Satinder | Jul 24, 2015 | Zen-Tao Wisdom
In a Zen story, a student approaches a teacher. The teacher at the time was standing near a big bell, which looked quite ancient. The student asked, “How old is this bell?” The teacher said, “Perhaps 500 years.” Then after a pause, and...
by Satinder | Jul 24, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Quotable Quotes and Stories |
Happiness generally involves some pleasant experience, feeling, thought, or state. In that state, one feels a sense of ease and peace. It is a feeling of “things falling into place.” A certain level of comfort also seems to accompany most states of happiness. Is...
by Satinder | Jul 23, 2015 | Gandhi, The Millennium Man!
Here is a sterling example how Gandhi was able to transform his arch opponent, General Smuts, during his time in South Africa. His work there finished, Gandhi left South Africa with his family in July 1914. Before he departed, he sent General Smuts a pair of sandals...
by Satinder | Jul 23, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Quotable Quotes and Stories
“Happiness is where ‘I’ is not.” ~Nisargadatta Maharaj Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. ~Ramana Maharshi
by Satinder | Jul 23, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Who Am I? |
Analysis of Bliss Ānanda Mīmāṁsā in Taittirīya Upaniṣad In book two (Ananda Vallī), anuvāka eight of Taittirīya Upaniṣad, a wisdom text dealing with Self-knowledge, we come across a most detailed analysis, mīmāṁsā, of different levels of bliss, ānanda,...
by Satinder | Jul 21, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Who Am I?
“I have learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” ~ Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1965. Knowing about things is mere information; knowing the thing-in-itself (Ding an sich) is transformation. When we...
by Satinder | Jul 20, 2015 | Quotable Quotes and Stories |
Greed adds nothing to what we have; it only makes us more empty. In greed, we miss what we have; in contentment, we enjoy what we have. An impartial survey of our own experience and a little reflection dictate that without contentment, we will not be happy even if we...
by Satinder | Jul 19, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Who Am I? |
भज गोविन्दंभजगोविन्दं भजगोविन्दं गोविन्दं भजमूढमते ।सम्प्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले नहि नहि रक्षति डुकृञ्करणे ॥ १॥bhaja govindaṁbhajagovindaṁ bhajagovindaṁ govindaṁ bhajamūḍhamate |samprāpte sannihite kale nahi nahi rakṣati ḍukṛñkaraṇe ||1||Seek/attain the knowledge of...
by Satinder | Jul 19, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Who Am I? |
Profoundest truths of existence register in the sonorous silence of soul.A calm abidance, a state of steadfastness in the self—sthitaprajñatā, the means and the end of all spirituality.In the deep silence, the self revels in the Self.Silence is the beginning, the...
by Satinder | Jul 18, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Who Am I? |
Vedānta teaches us that the fundamental human problem is the lack of self-knowledge and the resultant extrovertedness of our search for happiness and the mistaken way we relate to the world. In all our quests, we approach people, objects, and situations through...
by Satinder | Jul 18, 2015 | Happiness Inc. |
Affirmations! 7 Habits of Highly Fulfilled PeopleFreedom Artist and Entrepreneur, Paulina Krajewski, has posted short videos of Seven habits of highly fulfilled people on YouTube:1st Habit: Pure Motivation: 2nd Habit: Gratitude:3rd Habit: Generosity:4th Habit of...
by Satinder | Jul 18, 2015 | Happiness Inc. |
To know is to be; to be is to do and to do is to be fulfilled ~ Fulfillment of self-knowledge, flowering in acting for the good of all. We must first know, then do, and finally be the change that we aspire to inspire in others. This knowing-doing-being framework...
by Satinder | Jul 17, 2015 | Poetry Unlimited |
The Latin phrase ‘Carpe Diem’ means “seize the day” or “enjoy the moment.” It really means enjoy the day today. Live a meaningful life today, and do not worry. No need to worry when you find joy and contentment through meaning and...
by Satinder | Jul 17, 2015 | Quotable Quotes and Stories |
In one African tribe, when someone does something harmful, they take the person to the center of the village where the whole tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days, they will say to the man all the good things that he has done. The tribe believes that each human...
by Satinder | Jul 13, 2015 | Happiness Inc. |
Student: Do humans have free will?Teacher: What free will do you have in sleep? Student: What is the way to self-awakening?Teacher: What path do you need to reach yourself?Student: So, we do not need any spiritual practice, sādhanā?Teacher: Quite the contrary! It is...
by Satinder | Jul 13, 2015 | Poetry Unlimited |
Listings and Web-links Satinder Dhiman, trans. (2014). Prashnōttarī (Santvānī). Answers to questions asked by spiritual aspirants to the founder-saint of ‘Mānav Sevā Sangh,’ Sant Pravar Brahmaleen Pujaypād Swāmī Shrī Sharnānandjī Mahārāj. ...
by Satinder | Jul 13, 2015 | Gandhi, The Millennium Man! |
Gandhi’s advice to a fellow seeker, given five months before his death: I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may...
by Satinder | Jul 11, 2015 | Who Am I? |
Once many years ago, I had a “chance” meeting with an Indian saint. He asked, in broken English, “Been India?” Since I had been in India for a number of years, the best, most easily demonstrable answer was to wobble my head in the...
by Satinder | Jul 11, 2015 | Poetry Unlimited |
“तुलसी” ममता राम सौं, समता सब संसार राग ना रोष ना दोष दुःख, दास भये भव पार ~दोहावली 94 O Tulsi! Develop love for the Divine, and equanimity towards the world; Unattached, anger-free, unsullied, and without sorrow; the poor in spirit cross the ocean of...
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