Gurupurnima - A festival to pay gratitude to the teaching principle of God
Issue No. 292 · September 25, 2005
Editor: Mr. Pruthviraj Purushottam Hajare

Highlights

Need for Spirituality

Regular spiritual practice to overcome feelings of inadequacy

    A recent news report states that many teenagers are opting for plastic surgery mainly to improve their looks. ...

Common Misconceptions about Spirituality

"Black magic, if unsuccessful, is transferred to the nearest relative."

    Recently, a seeker mentioned a story about consulting a sorcerer (mantrik) about his family problems, who told him that someone had done black magic on the seeker's parents to separate them. ...

Principles of Spirituality

Chanting of Lord Datta and Family Deity’s Names

Did You Know?

Importance of chanting* the Lord's Name mentally compared to verbally

Clarification of Doubts

Which Name to chant?

Question: Some Saints or spiritual organizations tell us to chant* a particular Name of the Lord while the Sanatan organization recommends chanting the Name of the family deity or that of God as per the religion of birth? How does one know which Name is right for chanting?

Messages to Seekers

For the week ending September 24, 2005

Children's Corner

Story for children: The Dumpster Kitten and the Hand of God

Spiritual experience of a child seeker

Spiritual Experiences

Automatic chanting of 'Shri Gurudev Datta' despite resistance to do so

Realization of how God is focused on us even when we are not focused on Him

Implied Meaning of Quotes from Holy Texts and Saints

Mechanism of possession

Science of Spirituality

Spiritual causes of unhappiness due to destiny and wilful actions and their remedies