The Navratri festival in India is a celebration of the nine nights of the Divine Mother. The Mother Goddess manifests in many different forms. In Hindu culture, each of the nine nights is associated with a particular form of the Mother Goddess, Durga or Shakti (Navdurga). Read more.
Shruti Bakshi explains the significance of Navratri and the best way to make use of this period dedicated to the Mother Goddess.
The weekly round-up of LWP’s articles (11 – 17 September 2017).
Shruti Bakshi speaks to bestselling author Amish Tripathi about a wide range of topics from his books to his writing process, to atheism in ancient India and current issues in India relating to religion, society and politics. As someone with vast knowledge about India’s past and ancient wisdom and who refuses to be pigeonholed as ‘left’ or ‘right’, Amish’s views are refreshing, insightful and enlightening.
In 1893, Swami Vivekananda gave some of the most powerful speeches in history at the Parliament of World Religions. The speeches were an instant hit in America and still remembered the world over today. The article includes the text of his September 11 opening address at the conference.
The weekly round-up of LWP’s articles (4 – 10 September 2017).
A democracy means actively participating not only once every 5 years but also during the 5 years between elections. Find out more about the Rally for Rivers campaign to save India’s depleting rivers that kicks off 3 September 2017.
Shruti Bakshi discusses how the Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh scandal in India shows that you can’t talk spirituality to an empty stomach and also that most Indians don’t understand the role of a guru.
Special Newsletter No. 12 in which Shruti Bakshi shares her thoughts on the underrated nature of ‘idleness’ in our modern society. Weekly digest 21-27 August is also included.
Shruti Bakshi delves into the significance of Sri Ganesha, one of the most enigmatic and lovable deities in Hindu culture.
Shruti Bakshi discusses the difference between information, knowledge and knowing and when knowledge becomes overrated and divisive. The highest Truth does not reveal itself unless we abandon everything we believe we know as the truth.
The weekly round-up of LWP’s articles (14 – 20 August).
With a solar eclipse due on 21 August, learn about the yogic perspective on what to do during this time.
How can we understand this most colourful and attractive incarnation of the Divine? His exhalation is the Gita and his inhalation is the Leela, as Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev puts it. If we want to understand the nature of life, we must study the Gita but if we want to know the essence of Krishna, we must become his inhalation. We must approach with the devotion of Radha and Meera writes Shruti Bakshi.
The weekly round-up of LWP’s articles (7 – 13 August).
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