लगभग दो महीने पहले एक शाम मिर्ज़ापुर से फ़ोन आया. फ़ोन पर दूसरी ओर श्रीमती पूजा गुप्ता जी की मधुर एवं सधी हुई आवाज़ थी जो मेरी लेखनी की भूरी भूरी प्रशंसा से युक्त थी. मैं अचंभित थी कि आख़िर मेरी पुस्तकें उन तक कैसे पहुंचीं. बातचीत के दौरान पता…
I bow to the countless seekers of truth who have searched and found the absolute. I bow to all the founders of all the thought schools of India, who ignited the spark of seeking and provided some solace in some form to the seekers.
I was delighted to stumble upon…
Very recently, I received yet another work of devotion and wisdom from the famous scholar of Jainism, honorary Mr Vijay K Jain, titled Kalyāṇamandira Stotra, written by Ācārya Kumudacaṁdra in 6th Century CE. Mr Jain has not only beautifully translated all 44 ślokās of the Stotra but has also added…
[su_quote]Truth is bare, bitter & ugly
The only beauty of it is that it takes us towards freedom
Freedom of the soul, karma & what not
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Day: 24th June, 2018
Place: Downtown, Toronto, Canada
Event: LGBT Parade
I was handed over a pamphlet with the PRIDE colours on it, somehow I took it…
Belonging from a mixed culture (Baniya, Punjabi) gave me, comparatively, a broader point of view to see and understand things. I got married into a Jain family. Eventually after sixteen years, my reading habit made me curious to know the answers of some philosophical questions like: What is life? Why are we here? What is our purpose? What lies beyond etc.? Then as destined I got in touch with the teachings of Jainism, within two days I started to transform, I felt a divine energy pouring through me. I found many of my hidden capabilities, till then lying somewhere in my subconscious.
At that moment I realised why there are so less people interested in, or know about this philosophy? Silently my consciousness took a pledge of studying it further (as much as I can), and then spread it in my own way. As I believe 'Life is a journey of knowing, not believing.' I picked up my lost dreams again, of continuing my education. Since then there is no looking back. In past 6-7 years, I became a writer, completed my graduation, then masters (in Jainism), became a Life-Coach, in the meanwhile two of my Hindi poetry books got published, and now I am a research scholar, busy in PhD. Without wasting time, I would like to share a few things that this wonderful philosophy has taught me.
If you are an atheist it means you still have that fire in you. Fire to ask questions...fire to be rational...fire of not following anything blindly.
Dharma is for intellectuals. It is for those who want all the answers logically. Yes, it may possible that one can get it if he…
Hello dreamers!
I know all of you have some unfulfilled dreams, there are some things you badly want to do, achieve. Some of you want to earn money & get famous. Some of you want to be future leaders & want to change the world. I know them all, I listen…
My dear Pandits & Gurus,
You are the ones who are supposed to be closest to all the deities, including me. Well some of you really are, but many of you are far away what you are supposed to be. In fact many householder men & women have much higher spiritual…
My dear women, my dear Shaktis,
I'm happy to see you as my devotees as each one of you somewhere & somehow represents me too. I'm really humbled by your worshipping. However, now a days, I have some complaints with some of you too. Ladies, this universe has two prominent factors,…