Q. Whenever, wherever they want, they plant the bombs and blow them off. Are we really helpless? No. They do this because of lack of education. They do this because they think  that a cause is more important than a human life. There are many ways that this can stop… here are some: 1. Many [...]

I get questions about people feeling suicidal because of the problems and challenges that life has thrown at them that they feel they cannot handle… In a recent Utsav course i asked how many people had contemplated suicide at some time or other in their lives, and an alarming 60-75% raised their hands. Even i [...]

How many ways can you use the word up to mean different things depending on how you use it?Make up a paragraph or a story using up in as many ways as possible! Here is a start up for you: As she was putting make up on her face, she made up her mind that [...]

Krishna’s love affair with Radha is perhaps the most controversial in the Epics… She had a steady job, a family, a husband… she left all that and went after Krishna! She was older than Krishna, that fact alone disqualifies her In fact there are certain sects of Hindus who do not believe that she even [...]

Radha was very special to Krishna… Here is one of the most beautiful stories about Radha that i know: Much after Vrindavan, when Krishna was relaxing with his many wives, Rukmini his head wife threw a tantrum… All the time i hear Radhe Krishna, Radhe Govind… she is not even married to you… how come [...]

If we look at the form of Krishna, we are enthralled by His beauty and Grace, but there are many secrets here as well! First off, He is always pictured blue… this doesn’t mean that He was blue in colour … blue is the colour of the sky and signifies that like the the sky [...]

Few interesting questions in the comments section of the previous week’s posts… Here are my responses 1. In India only Parsis are allowed into Fire Temples… though i have heard that in Iran anyone can go into a Fire Temple… The photo of the Fire Temple in the post is from Yazd in Iran 2. [...]

Happy Pateti!! A greeting we keep hearing so much we have forgotten what Pateti actually means… Pateti is the last day of the year… and is actually the Day of Repentance! Its on this day that you are supposed to feel sorry for any mistakes or any harm that you may have caused knowingly or [...]

One thing lead to another, you can click The Holy Fire and read about it… and One day I asked Guruji, why do Parsis worship the Fire?! He replied, Look at the essence of Fire. If you put Gold with some impurities in Fire. What happens? The impurities are burned away and the value of [...]

Parsis worship Ahura Mazda (our name of God) through revering and worshiping nature. And our symbol is Fire. Each Fire Temple has a consecrated holy fire that is kept (smoldering) burning night and day. Each fire is lit with a spark of the original Atash Badshah (now housed in Udvada in Gujarat), and so it [...]