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August 20, 2024
Can India play a global role as a ‘vishwaguru’? (Global Guru)
Can India play a global role as a guiding force for humanity? This reflection explores how India’s deepest spiritual wisdom offers a path beyond division, materialism, and conflict toward a more conscious, compassionate world.
May 12, 2020
It Took a Virus to Teach us a Simple Lesson
The pandemic brought the world to a standstill—and revealed just how quickly the planet could begin to heal when human activity slowed. Drawing on lessons from India’s lockdown, Sadhviji asks whether we can carry that awakening forward by consuming less, living more simply, protecting the natural world and remembering our fundamental interconnectedness.
August 31, 2019
Raise Spiritual Children
How can we raise children with spiritual values when they question traditional practices or resist rituals? Sadhviji encourages parents to move beyond “because I said so” spirituality and help children understand the deeper meaning behind conscious choices—while showing them that spirituality can be lived through compassion, equality, service, and seeing the Divine in everyone.
August 26, 2018
Raksha Bandhan: An Opportunity for Divine Connection
Raksha Bandhan offers more than a celebration of family bonds—it is an invitation to recognize the Divine connection that unites us all. Sadhviji explores how the sacred thread can remind us to extend our love, protection and sense of responsibility beyond those closest to us to the entire human family and Mother Earth.
September 28, 2016
6 Incredible Lessons I’ve Learned In My 20 Years In India
After two decades in India, Sadhviji reflects on six lessons that transformed how she understands a meaningful life—from discovering the difference between knowledge and wisdom and questioning Western measures of success, to living in the present, receiving love, speaking truth with kindness, and embracing Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: the world as one family.
December 12, 2013
An Idea Called India
India can be overwhelming precisely because it refuses to remain at a comfortable distance. Through humorous and revealing encounters with cultural differences, Sadhviji explores how surrendering our expectations can transform experiences of intrusion into connection—and open us to India’s deeply lived understanding that the world is one family.
August 4, 2013
Swami Vivekananda – A Full Resurgence – The Value of Values
Reflecting on Swami Vivekananda’s enduring message, Sadhviji explores what a true resurgence of India would mean: not merely greater wealth or global influence, but a return to the spiritual and cultural values at its heart. From Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and reverence for women to service of the poor and recognition of India as sacred tirth, she argues that genuine leadership begins by restoring our sense of the Divine in one another and living as though the world truly is one family.