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How To Enhance Or Improve Your Intuition
One fundamental truth about intuition is that you cannot force it to happen. It happens most of the time on its own, without any expectation. If you have a strong ego, very likely you may not be able to think intuitively. You may force yourself to think intelligently through hard work and discipline. But you cannot do the same in case of intuition. You can however let intuition arise on its own in your heart and mind. You can to do it by cultivating a passive, mindful, nonjudgmental and detached awareness and by not interfering with your thoughts with a rigid mindset.

Nothing Personal About Success or Failure
There is nothing personal about success or failure although many people take them personally. For many, failure is especially more hurtful and even shameful. The truth is, there is really no success or failure. There is only the right way or the wrong way of doing things and the secret is to know it as early and as efficiently as possible. To be successful, you need to do the right things the right way and, sometimes, at the right time.

The Ten Great Reflection of Spiritual Life
Spiritual life is not easy. It is a constant struggle against nature, against your mind and body, and against the clinging and the lures of life which present themselves to you constantly and try to wean you away from your chosen path. Under such circumstances it is a challenge to remain focused on your practice and stick to your spiritual discipline. The following ten reflections are used in Buddhist tradition by monks to overcome distractions and difficulties and stay on the path of dhamra. The Buddha suggested them to his followers in one of his discourses, when he was staying at a monastery near Sravasthi in northern India. The ten reflections which he suggested on that occasion are collectively known as the dasa dharma sutra (dasa dhamma sutta) or the Ten Aphorisms of Dharma. The ten reflections can be practiced by anyone who wants to remain on the chosen spiritual path, independent of the religion or the spiritual philosophy in which one believes. They are particularly useful to overcome distractions and the old habits of the mind and the body.

Your Duty As a Hindu Towards Hinduism
...at the most basic level, dharma means your natural activity or propensity. For example, in case of an animal like the dog, its dharma, among other things, is to eat and procreate, to be friendly with human beings, and to bark and to bite if it is subjected to intense fear or agitation. The dharma of a snake is to crawl, live in dark places, to store poison in its teeth, and bite its prey or anyone who tries to harm it. So as far as the animals are concerned, their dharma is to fulfill their role in creation, living according to their natural instincts, serving as food to other animals and surviving against threats and harsh nature.

Swami Nityananda - Time For Truth
We believe the swami is a spokesperson for Hinduism, whose voice is heard and respected by millions of Hindus. He has a responsibility to restore the faith people lost in their religion because of what happened. Even if we assume that there was a conspiracy against him or against Hinduism, the swami allowed it to happen in no small way. He ought to have been careful and shown exemplary character, knowing that people were plotting against him. He has a responsibility towards all those who feel shattered by the whole experience and whose faith in the religion and the ideals is thoroughly shaken. It is not important whether the swami will be able to gain respect among people. If he is a true sanyasi, he wouldn't and shouldn't care. He should rather spend the rest of his life serving the very people whose faith he has damaged, in some cases beyond repair. He must forgive those who hurt him and accept personal responsibility for what happened. Finally he should clarify and clear the position of the women whom he implicated indirectly by claiming himself to be in trance and innocent.

An interview with the author of Think Success
Think Success, as the name suggests, is a collection of articles on thinking about and achieving success through positive mental attitude. Over all, the articles in the book deal with 1. Resolving a problem or overcoming a hurdle such as loneliness, fear, emotions, low self-esteem, negative self-talk and adversity 2. Improving some skills such as listening skills, memory skills, negotiation skills and reading skills 3. Improving the quality of your life, by becoming aware of yourself and by learning how to stay in the present, how to relax, how to plan your day or protect your mental and physical health. 4. How to achieve success in your career or profession by observing others, taking control of your life, strengthening the foundations of your life, planning for your career and so on.

Your Duty As a Hindu Towards Hinduism
The biggest challenge Hinduism is facing today is the anarchy among its rank and file and total lack of discipline and commitment. Present day Indian society is Hinduism's ultimate nemesis. It is Hindus' Kalki avatar. Its destructive potential and moral turpitude are overwhelmingly frightening.

The Eternal and Temporal Aspects of Hinduism
Hinduism is known as the eternal religion (sanatana dharma). But is it really eternal? Do we need all that advice and so many scriptures to liberate ourselves? Find out why we ought to be careful when following any religion and where we should focus our attention.

How To Choose Your Spiritual Guru?
Choosing a wrong guru can seriously diminish one's chances of salvation. Having trust in God is always helpful, but taking certain precautions about one's own spiritual life is prudence, especially in a world where truth is not what it seems to be. This articles helps you know what to look for and what to avoid in selecting a spiritual guru, without emotion and confusion, using the faculties of reason and common sense.

Atmabodha - Knowledge of Self By Adi Shankaracharya
Knowledge of the Self (atmabodha) is one of the well known works of Sri Adi Shankaracharya, written for the benefit of those who have cultivated detachment and want to seek freedom from ignorance and illusion. According to Shankra the phenomenal world is a mere super imposition in which we become entangled because of our involvement with the sense objects.

Reflections On Maya , The Illusion Of Things
According to many schools of Hinduism, the world is an illusion, a play of the supreme consciousness of God. It is a projection of things and forms that are temporarily phenomenal and sustain the illusion of oneness and permanence. From the human body to a giant galaxy, each object in the material universe is what it is because of the aggregation of things that sustain its current state.

The Atheists and Materialists of Ancient India
This essay explains the salient features of the Carvaka philosophy, a heterodox atheistic school of thought that originated in ancient India prior to the rise of Buddhism and played an important role in the development of Indian philosophy.

The Samkhya Philosophy and 24 Principles of Creation
Hinduism owes a great deal to the Samkhya school of thought. According to Richard Garbe, Samkhy philosophy is "the most significant system of philosophy that India has produced." It exerted profound influence on many scholars in ancient India, China and, according to some, even Greece.

Symbolism Of Puja In Hinduism
In Hinduism we come across a common method of worship called puja. "Puja" is the most popular form of worship practiced in almost every Hindu household even today, either on a daily basis or during some important religious function or ceremony. A puja can be either a simple ritual worship or a very complicated one, depending upon the way it is performed.

Hinduism And Evolution
Hinduism believes in the concept of evolution of life on earth. Although it is not the same as the one known to modern science, in many ways and in a very fundamental sense, it is not much different from the latter.

Symbolism of the Descent Of The River Ganga or Ganges To The Earth
The river Ganges is very sacred to the Hindus. Those who take a dip in the river are said to be ridden of all their sins and attain immortality. It is believed that the river used to flow in the heavens till the sage, Bhagirath, made severe penances and directed its flow towards the earth to save his 60000 ancestors who were lying in the nether world (patala) in a heap of ashes due to a curse delivered by sage Kapila.

Symbolic Significance of The Hindu Trinity, Brahma, Vishnu And Siva
In Hinduism God is viewed as one and the many. He is also described as both the known and the unknown and the One with qualities and the One without qualities. He is compared to the sky, the space, consciousness, ether and even emptiness. He is both the known and the unknown, the lower and the higher, the immanent and the transcendent.

The Practice of Tantra and Tantric Ritual in Hinduism and Buddhism
It is difficult to trace the history of tantra which is mostly obscure as in case of the history of religions. Many tantras offer mythical explanations for their origins, often setting themselves as the given word of either Siva or a goddess such as Devi. Scholarly depictions of their origins are often as varied, ascribing tantras to pre-Aryan, Indus Valley civilizations or similar aboriginal, tribal groups or as integral part of an Indian cultural fabric.

Hindu Marriages And The Duties Of Husband And Wife In A Traditional Hindu Family
According to Hinduism, marriage between two souls is a very sacred affair that stretches beyond one lifetime and may continue up to at least seven lives. The relationship between the two does not necessarily have to begin only when they have attained birth as human beings. The gender of the two partners also does not have to be the same in all the births.