Dr. Gunjan Joshi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and fellow researcher Nyenrode Business Universiteit Rashmi Bharti and Rajnish Jain, who had a spiritual orientation, moved away from a life where they could have a perfect city view to life in a village where the mighty snow-covered Himalayas greeted them with a fresh breeze every day. In […]
In Hinduism, life and death are spiritual experiences. Death is considered as a matter of celebration which liberates a soul from the cycle of reincarnation. मरणं मंगलं यत्र विभूतिर्यत्र भूषणम् ।। कौपीनं यत्र कौशेयं काशी कुत्रोपमीयते ।। (स्कन्दपुराणम् – काशीखण्डः 4.2.53.87) maraṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ yatra vibhūtiryatra bhūṣaṇam ।। kaupīnaṃ yatra kauśeyaṃ kāśī kutropamīyate ।। (skandapurāṇam – […]
My relationship with spirituality started in my early childhood as a response to various prayer songs I would hear. Although I started this journey, associating with the religion I follow, with time I have learnt that religion could clarify the spiritual experiences, or may enhance them, however, it does not define them. Being born in […]