I watched the teens running with friends along the riverFlowing from the snows of the Himalayas,They jumped into the water, they collected pebblesThat captivated their eyes and their senses.They ate, they drank, they made merry…
Spirituality demands selflessness
Kiran is just 29. But he is a very different young man. He looks forward to a challenge. He is ready to explore closely other religious traditions. He has discovered a sense of transcendence through…
Living simply so that others can simply live
Madam Ibu Gedong Bagoes Oka was a prominent Indonesian intellectual, who established the Ashram Gandhi Canti Dasa in 1976. Internationally acknowledged as a devotee of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy, she dedicated herself to finding ways by…
A garden can bring you God’s messages
Once I turned for guidance to the late Dom Bede Griffiths, a British Benedictine monk, who lived for many years and died at Shantivanam, also called Saccidananda Ashram, near Kulithalai in Tamil Nadu, India. As…
Seeing God in Others
Yoganatha is a Hindu man of around 50 years of age. He is very strict about his vegetarian diet, and the way he leads his life. His two great mentors in life are his late…
Joy Follows Like a Shadow
I landed on a small, dusty bush airfield in the middle of Western Australia. Nearby was the construction site of the world’s largest nickel refinery plant. Over 4,000 men lived and worked here as construction…