Gandharv Ashram's mission is to create a community that has a definite faith in God and to spread the word of Spirituality around the world. Gandharv Ashram strives to spread the logics of Spirituality, Yoga, Meditation, Astrology, Aroma Therapy, Naturopathy and Ayurveda and to distribute the knowledge among its followers and believers. Gandharv Ashram also works as a community that observes the worldly happenings and indulges in serious discussion on the same.

Introduction to Gandharv Ashram

Gandharv Ashram was established in 1986 AD with a view of Public Health and Welfare of the society. The Ashram will be situated in Ahmedabad in lush green natural environment away from the chores of the city.

Gandharv Ashram is the center of a host of public welfare activities like -

Yoga - Yoga is the general term for spiritual disciplines that are directed toward attaining higher consciousness and liberation from ignorance, suffering, and rebirth.

Astrology - Astrology is the science of the effects of the planets movements on our lives and all things.

Meditation - Meditation is the way to cultivate one's mind and to control the mind which is the hardest thing to achieve in life. Meditation enhances the ability to observe the situations in the correct manner which is the prime cause of the mental and physical wellness of life.

SMS PARTY

The Indian team has lost a cricket match to their arch rivals at this moment of time who are AUSTRALIA! All our stupid news channels are talking about this very loudly and shouting about it and suddenly we are on to the SMS factor. Please Short Message Service us your valuable comments (valuable as in Rs. 2 for each we get commission no) and send your message to the Indian cricket team oh and not to forget also see your name on the TV screen and get all your parents and family and neighbors huddled around the Television screen, and then brag extra loudly to them that how your name has come into the TV screen, you are the BEST and much better than all of them, you have lived up to your most valuable dreams in life and you RULE.

Doomsday: Communism

Hello there readers, and welcome to the brand new edition of the Doomsday column by yours truly Double B.

Now firstly I would like to point out this little faction we have in our great country of India. This faction is called the communist faction, the left wing, or shall we say even The rotten apples. Alright assumptions aside, lets talk about them. Communism is a great theory and it also is an excellent way of running a country.

India is a democratic country, our core base is democracy, we couldn't care less about communism and communist nations' way of working, since we are Democratic, its printed in Huge letters in our constitution, titled in bold and read as "INDIA IS A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC".

Why do Hindus worship so many Gods?

A common question which often arises when a person is studying Hinduism is that... Why is it that the Hindus worship so many different Gods?

It is a popular quote in Hinduism that there are over 33,00,00,000 different Gods and Goddesses in the religion, so it is quite justified by one to think and question that why is it so? What is the need to worship so many Gods? and what does Hinduism say of this?

The belief in Hinduism, or to say, The one solid belief in Hinduism is that there is one omnipotent God, one God that has given birth to everything in this world, One God who exists and controls everything and is omnipotent (which means, present everywhere in the world) It is this one God who is on the top most level of everything and is the supreme power.

Book: Answers to Hinduism

Hinduism is a vast religion, and in this religion are many many mysteries and questions that keep coming to people interested in Hinduism from time to time, these questions need to be appropiately answered in order to understand Hinduism well.

Sometimes, due to misbeliefs and rumors, answers to some of these questions are given in the most negative and wrong ways possible, which is, truly very wrong and changes the conceptions for Hinduism in every person's mind. Such rumors harm the religion as a whole too. Therefore it is a need of time to provide a source where questions related to Hinduism could be answered, in the most appropiate, decent and extended way.

Sacred Space, Sacred Time

Sacred Space, Sacred Time

We all need space, we all need time to ourselves.In Exodus3:15- Word of God:When the Lord saw that Moses was coming closer, he called him from the middle of the bush and said:

"Moses, Moses", he answered, "Yes, here I am"God said, " Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals because you are standing on holy ground."

Indeed, one little corner, a fraction of time that you allow yourself can do wonders to your being, to get in touch with your inner self and give expression to your faith. A space that allows you to reflect onyour life, on your day, on what tomorrow may bring. A small place where you can shed a tear, or breathe a sigh of relief, quieten a troubled mind or savor a few victories.

Diwali and its importance

Diwali, also called Deepavali (Sanskrit: दीपावली, Tamil: தீபாவளி Kannada:ದೀಪಾವಳೀ Sinhala:ද්‍ර්‍පවාලි) is a major Hindu festival. Known as the "Festival of Lights," it symbolises the victory of good over evil, and lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for mankind. The festival of Diwali is rooted in the mythological epic Ramayana, and is a celebration of the return of Lord Ram after killing Ravan the Demon during his exile for 14 years. The day of killing Ravan is celebrated as Dussehra (19 to 21 days before Diwali). Celebrations focus on lights and lamps, particularly traditional diyas (as illustrated). Fireworks are associated with the festival in many regions of India.

Educated fools, the movie

TITLE OF MOVIE: World with Fools

SCENE NO. 1

CHARACTERS OF SCENE : GEORGE BUSH, DONALD RUMSFELD, COLIN POWELL, TONY BLAIR

SET : WHITE HOUSE

George : Hello Mr. Rumsfeld, Hello Mr. Powell And Hi Tony
Tony : Hi
Donald : Hello
Colin : Hello Mr. Bush
George : SO Donald what is happening?
Donald : Well, nothing much
Colin : Nothing much? Heh, what about the Hurricane Rita and Katrina?
George : Well Rita did not do anything
Donald : Yes it did
George : Err....really?
Colin : We have to bear loss coz we shout down our oil refineries
George : Aah that wouldn’t be too much

Meditation Sitting Tips

Meditation Support

Getting Comfortable for a Sitting Meditation

How to sit comfortably: One of the most important aspects of a sitting meditation is to be able to sit comfortably, without an aching back, or legs hurting or going to sleep. If you are in pain or great discomfort, the only thing you will be meditating on is that! Options for sitting are in a chair, or on a meditation bench, or on a pillow on the floor. Most westerners are not trained from birth to sit comfortably on a hard floor. So a chair is probably best for most of us, beginners or otherwise-and many very great meditators with many years experience use a chair or stool for their meditations. It is not a sign of lack of meditative ability if you are unable to sit in the lotus posture or any other floor sitting position.

The demise of Natwar Singh

Statuatory warning: The article below is purely a work of fiction.

Natwar Singh has died in his cabin of a heart attack while he was looking at his photo with his son and accidently flipped over a page that had another picture of his son, but this time it was of many years back when he was born, apparantely Natwar couldn't resist the shock of the tragedy which happened many a day back.

On this happy, erm, I mean sad demise of Natwar Singh our news channel caught up with the glimpses of a few famous people of India, lets see what our reporter had to talk with them. Firstly our reporter catched up with Manmohan Singh who was found sealed in the parliament basement, apparently he was crying, we decided to talk with him.

Ashram for who?

Many people question me that who should be allowed in an Ashram? Most of the times they hear occurences of enabling everyone into an Ashram. But this is wrong.

Ashram is the Aashraye (Shelter) of the mind, body and soul and therefore it must be understood that entry into an Ashram is upon the extreme external relaxment of these sensories.

Let me explain the Ashram entry concept better, going into an Ashram is going into the practice of the overhauling of the spirituality factor inside you, the developmet of a better mind. Therefore, before going into an Ashram one should take care of these Ashram entry factors:

Ashram: What is an Ashram?

What is an Ashram? An ashram is the eternal abode of the mind, body and soul, the abode of can also be rephrased as the Aashraye of the Aatma of a person. An Ashram is the most peace generating place for a human being.

The formation of an Ashram depends upon a lot of factors, primarily the area of the Ashram, which must suit the nature, an Ashram cannot be made in a tall building's apartment, aur amidst them, but an Ashram instead is ideally placed in such a location that the Ashram comes into compatibility with Nature. That is the real Ashram.

An Ashram must be spread out over a large area. An ashram also must have all the facilities for establishing a healthy and peaceful soul for a human being. The Ashrams today are purely commercialized, but an ideal Ashram is never into commercial purposes. The real Ashram works on donation, not fee! Because an Ashram is always free for everyone to come and participate in, and the donation is the real contribution on which an Ashram runs on.

Basic Manual to Spirituality

The Spiritual, The Spirituality and the Spiritualization

"Spiritualization of the Spiritual leads to mastering the Spirituality"

This quote is what we are discussing in this article, now, lets see, what is Spiritualization? Spiritualization in General means the Spiritualifying of someone. How can this be done? Explained in some other articles, but I'll revise it never the less, Spirituality can be mastered through many different ways such as Yoga, Meditation, Preaching of God, Penance and much more.

Spirituality is grand, Spirituality is something that, when Spirituality happens you know it has, because you see sudden changes in yourself, Spirituality leaves a very high and wide effect on our life when it comes, Spiritualty's practices are so tough and rigorous and its requirements are so high, that starting off with Spirituality straight away gives you a good personality, as Spirituality starters have to overcome Anger, Greed, Jealousy, Sexual Desires and Affection in order to really master the Spiritual scene. However, overcoming these is just a step to Spirituality.

Church Property and Spirituality

Church Property and Spirituality

Spirituality in the west can be traced back to the times of Church Property. In the earlier times, west was not known to have Spirituality, but it was the Church property that took up the task of providing the knowledge of Spirituality to those who didn't know about it.

Church Property can be classified as the property, or to say, faculty of the church. However, it is widely used as a synonym to Spirituality because Church Property's significance is great in Western Spirituality. Church Property can be better understood as two classifications -

(1) Church Property of the Churches: The Church property of the Churches can be understood as the Church Property which remained confined to the Church itself, this kind of Church Property is only confined till being a guideline. Henceforth, the Church Property of Churches should only be taken as a preaching, or, in better words, as a guideline to spirituality in the western way.

Spirituality Informatica

The spiritual and the religious

An important distinction exists between spirituality in religion and spirituality as opposed to religion.

In recent years, spirituality in religion often carries connotations of a believer having a faith more personal, less dogmatic, more open to new ideas and myriad influences, and more pluralistic than the faiths of established religions. It also can connote the nature of a believer's personal relationship or "connection" with their god or belief system, as opposed to the general relationship with the Deity understood to be shared by all members of that faith.