Dear all, We are delighted to share the 7th issue of OM RISE Magazine with you. For this issue, the theme is Yoga. The popularity of yoga globally was recognized when the United Nations declared 21 June as International Yoga Day. In the current issue we celebrate this day by sharing a collection of articles […]
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Editorial Note: Spirituality, Management And Society, Issue 6 – Managing VUCA
Dear all, We are delighted to share the sixth issue of OM RISE Magazine with you. For this issue, the theme is Managing VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). VUCA can be felt at an individual level as well as in organisations and society at large. Some experience VUCA as crisis and may lose their perspective […]
The First Hindu Temple as a Vaccination Site: An Expression of Community Building and Hope
I am a medical student in my fifth year of my studies. I have one more year after this and it is dawning on me that I am getting closer and closer to being a doctor. It is a strange time for the world and an especially strange time for doctors and medical students. Many […]
Euthanasia in Hinduism as an Alternative to Endless Suffering (Part 2)
We find a strong reference to euthanasia as a solution to unbearable suffering at the end of the Mahābhārata. The Kauravas, who personify injustice and wickedness, are defeated by the Pāṇḍavas who personify justice and goodness. King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, akin to the Kauravas and the symbol of ignorance, weeps and wails over his sons and family […]
True hope and Desire
Human beings are driven by longing. Desire sets us in motion, makes us reach out. We want to emerge as we are at our deepest, as a plant grows and spreads its flowers. Human beings want to share their inner richness, not live in and for ourselves. We multiply ourselves through sharing. That, in all […]
Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 1 – 7
This Upaniṣad is a meditation on the sacred word ‘Om’ and its significance in relation to one’s own Self. How do we discover within ourselves the higher Self? This is what this brief but very important Upaniṣad clarifies. ॐ इत्येतदक्षरमिदं सर्वं तस्योपव्याख्यानं भूतं भवद् भविष्यदिति सर्वमोङ्कार एव यच्चान्यत् त्रिकालातीतं तदप्योङ्कार एव ॥ १॥ oṃ ityetadakṣaramidaṃ […]
Inspired Leadership in Times of Crisis: Gandhi’s Secret
Yoga is really nothing but ceasing to think that you are different from the Self or Reality 6 Part 3 – The secret key to successful action 7 If you further contemplate verse 2.48 of the Bhagavad Gītā, you will discover that taking action from a deep point of stillness, which is your true Self or […]
Svadharma and Business
सुखस्य मूलं धर्मः , धर्मस्य मूलं अर्थः अर्थस्य मूलं राज्यं , राज्यस्य मूलं इन्द्रियजयः sukhasya mūlaṃ dharmaḥ , dharmasya mūlam arthaḥ arthasya mūlaṃ rājyaṃ , rājyasya mūlaṃ indriyajayaḥ The root of all happiness is Dharma, Dharma prevails with the support of Wealth.Wealth, in turn, is facilitated by the State, State responds best to self-controlled consumption. […]
Vedic inspirations for contemporary political leadership
On 16 July 2020, Mr. Z.E. Chan Santokhi took oath as the 9th President of Suriname. Although the ceremony was kept low profile due to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions, this ceremony caught the imagination and attention of Hindus across the globe17 18 including Indian people19 and notably the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. There are […]
Kāśī Lābha Mukti Bhavana: A Place for Salvation
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 – […]
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