Dharma for a Traumatized World

The cause of our global suffering is forgetting that we belong to one another and to the earth. Tara Brach recommends four practices to...

How to Help a Child Understand Religious Rituals at Home

Getting a child to understand and participate in religious rituals at home requires parents who live their faith beyond a superficial level. Religious rituals that...

15 Quotes to Help You Win Your Inner Spiritual War

Inner spiritual war happens when good and bad thoughts contradict one another. While it sounds like a religious term, the struggle may or may...

The 3 Treasures of Taoism That Lead to a Happy Life

In Taoism, there are three qualities of life and self that Lao Tzu has called treasures. I’m not talking about jing, qi, and shen,...

Does Spirituality Have a Role in Managing Anxiety Disorders?

Anxiety disorders can have a crippling effect on quality of life, and with the number of sufferers on the rise – the Anxiety and...

9 Powerful Mantras in Sanskrit and Gurmukhi

Repeating mantras out loud, silently in your mind, or as part of a mala meditation practice can be a powerful addition to your daily...

What Miscarriage Taught Me About Love and Impermanence

Atia Sattar shares her account of the suffering of miscarriage and what it taught her about love, generosity, and impermanence. I am standing on the...

3 Important Reasons Every Disappointment Is a Blessing in Disguise

We all face disappointment in life. How do we overcome it? You might think there are no possible reasons every disappointment is a blessing....

The Impact of Religious Fasting on the Body

Most of the world’s world religions perform some form of religious fasting. In ISKCON we have Ekadashi fasting twice a month. For us, Ekadashi...

A Simple But Profound Truth – We Are The Atman

The truth that we are the Atman is very simple. Swami Vivekananda says that the greatest truths are the simplest things in the world....