
The Big Questions of Life
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. Loss is unavoidable; grief isn’t. Death is certain. And life? Well, life isn’t certain. Its uncertainty, unpredictability, even its irrationality, make it what it is.
Often, we run blindly into fire, we step on snakes, we get entangled in snares — these are the fires of desire, the snakes of attachment, and the snares of jealousy and covetousness. If we are bitten, burnt and hurt, we call it suffering, and believe it to be the way of life, when, in fact, we are mistaking our pain for our suffering. We have little control over the former but the latter is almost entirely in our hands. We can take things in our stride or be tossed on the tide. All it takes is to be able to open our eyes. This choice, we must remember, is ours; always.
Om Swami’s new book marks the way to enlightenment through mindful thinking.
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The Ancient Science of Mantras
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The Legend of the Goddess
“If there’s only one sadhana you could do to invoke the Goddess of opulence, it would be the one of Sri Suktam,” says the bestselling author Om Swami. Emerging from the sixteen sacred verses of the Rig Veda, Sri Suktam … Read more →
Kundalini: An Untold Story
You don’t have to be a monk to enter the ultimate realm of happiness! Yes, it’s true. In his book Kundalini – An Untold Story, Himalayan ascetic Om Swami unveils the enigmatic story of kundalini, the formless aspect of the … Read more →
A Prayer That Never Fails
Want to know the greatest benefit of being a sannyasin? Well, you never have to stand in front of your cupboard and think: what should I wear today? There is only one color. When I was initiated into sannyasa, I … Read more →
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