This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. The Solitary Trek The trek up the mountain was fantastic. Clearly a less travelled path, it was nearly taken over by spring blossoms, shoulder-high grasses and bushes. Beneath the growth, the path was barely visible, a narrow dirt...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. Last week, I had the joy and blessing to be part of a conference hosted at the World Bank in Washington DC on Religion and Sustainable Development. The conference was jointly sponsored by the World Bank and...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. The Early Days: As our car pulled into the driveway, my dad checked the mailbox. "Did it come? Did it come?" I gasped excitedly. The year was 1986, and I had been waiting in breathless anticipation for...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. In Indian culture there are so many holidays, festivals, rites and rituals around the theme of light. We light lamps in our morning puja. We light and wave the lamp of the aarti. We burn oil lamps on...
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THE GRACE OF MOTHER GANGA The cycle of life is intricately linked to water; it is even, perhaps, embedded in water. From our first nine months swimming in a womb to our ashes being immersed in a sacred river or scattered across the ocean, from the...
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This article appeared in The Huffington Post (India), here. Countless people across the world ask me : "Have you converted to Hinduism?" The question is understandable. After all, people don't often behold an American woman of Jewish ancestry draped in the saffron robes of a Hindu...
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We twist and bend our bodies into the poses demonstrated by the lithe and supple instructors. We exhale and bring our forehead closer to our knees. We balance in shirsanasa — keeping the weight in our forearms, opening across the shoulder blades, elongating our spines. Yoga...
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This article was published on Complete Wellbeing, here. On the spiritual path, it is tempting to assume that having a deep spiritual experience is a sign that we have made it. Sharing her own story, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati tells us why that is a mistake “You are...
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Published in The Speaking Tree (Times of India) 23 November, 2014 ...
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