Gurupurnima - A festival to pay gratitude to the teaching principle of God
Issue No. 289 · September 4, 2005
Editor: Mr. Pruthviraj Purushottam Hajare

Highlights

Need for Spirituality

Importance of augmenting medical treatment with Spirituality

    Science-schooled doctors once regarded religious practices and spiritual belief with suspicion, but a recent survey says that more than eight in every ten Americans think that prayer or meditation can augment medical treatment.

Common Misconceptions about Spirituality

“We choose our life/destiny.”

    We often come across the common misconception that we are born with the life/destiny of our choice.

Principles of Spirituality

The Path of Guru's Grace (Gurukrupayoga)

Did You Know?

Unrighteousness

Clarification of Doubts

Chanting more than one Name of God

Question: “Why do we have to chant* additional chants of Lord Datta and Lord Ganesh when we have Jesus Who is The Lord and has all the power?”

Messages to Seekers

For the week ending September 3, 2005

Children's Corner

Story for children: Ego leads to destruction

Spiritual experience of a child seeker

Spiritual Experiences

Alleviation of distressing energy problem’s intensity by God’s grace and chanting

Fulfilment of worldly desires when priority given to spiritual practice

Implied Meaning of Quotes from Holy Texts and Saints

Importance of the Guru

Science of Spirituality

Causes of happiness and unhappiness
According to the Path of Knowledge (Dnyanayog)