Anandamayi means "Joy Permeated Mother", a name given by her disciples in the 1920s to describe her habitual state ...

Mahavira  (599 – 527 BCE) is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamana who established wh...

The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, who is also called An Tz'u and Tu Lun

On 18 February, 1836, a child was born at Kamarpukur near Calcutta, in Bengal. This divine child was destined to return to Hi...

Ch'an Master Hsu Yun was born on 26th April 1840 at Chuanchowfu in Fukien province. His father was an official of the prefect...

Saint Ramalinga, later known as "Arutprakasa Vallalar" (Vallalar of the Light of Divine Grace), was born on the 5th...

Lao Tzu says that the best way to reach truth is to follow the watercourse way. The water has a great secret in it.

Adhyas, or illusion, means seeing what is not there. Shankara loved this word very much and for the Upanishads it is very fun...

Chuang Tzu said, "Last night I dreamed that I had become a butterfly, flying in the garden, moving from one flower to an...