Swati Chopra

After his awakening, which we celebrate on Buddha Purnima (May 25), the Buddha remained silent for some time, perhaps meditating on his insights and deepening in them.

When friends share tales of their sorrows and broken hearts, I try to offer some solace by telling them the value of sadness and how it often brings one closer to God. Sufis use the word huzn, sadness, to express the pain and suffering encountered on the journey towards our Creator.

When I cast my look around, I see none other. He pervades all places, and abides in all hearts”, says Guru Nanak.

The precious nuggets in the Bhagavad Gita make for excellent quiz questions. A quiz on the Gita may even arouse more curiosity than a lengthy discourse.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Anger must be very beautiful because a lot of people have taken to it, just like Coca Cola! Probably more people are into anger than soft drinks. But the problem is that they have not chosen anger; they have helplessly fallen into it.

Babur’s Army attacked India while Pathan king Lodhi ruled the country. Lodhi did not send any troops to stop Babur at Jamrod, Peshawar, Attuck, Rohtas or Jehlum. So he moved absolutely unhindered. At Saidpur, located to the north of Lahore, there was a strong fort of the Pathans.

Father Dominic Emmanuel

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid (John 14: 27)”, said Jesus to his disciples before he ascended to heaven (the feast Christians celebrated on May 10), promising them that He would send his Holy Spirit upon them on the day of Pentecost (feast that will be celebrated on May 19).

Francis Gonsalves

God cannot be everywhere; therefore, God created mothers,” says a Jewish proverb.

Every relationship is symbiotic as it is based on give and take. You are in it because you are getting something from the other person and vice-versa. No matter how close a person might be to you, the moment you stop giving or the moment this “give and take” comes to an end, the relationship ceases to exist.

Khwaja Mir Dard is one of Delhi’s lesser-known Sufis. His dargah is hidden inside the Khwaja Mir Dard basti near Zakir Hussain College. A leading mystic figure of the 18th century, Khwaja gave himself the pen-name “Dard”, meaning pain in Urdu. He composed the soliloquy: