DAVINDER P.S. SANDHU, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Only needs can be satisfied

A rich man goes to a temple congregation, and impressed with the sermon, invites the sage to stay at his home. After a few...

Focus on His glory

When his grandmother points out towards the moon, a child can have different reactions. If the grandmother is holding a candy in the palm...

Focus on His glory

When his grandmother points out towards the moon, a child can have different reactions. If the grandmother is holding a candy in the palm...

Focus on His glory

When his grandmother points out towards the moon, a child can have different reactions. If the grandmother is holding a candy in the palm...

Focus on his glory

When his grandmother points out towards the moon, a child can have different reactions. If the grandmother is holding a candy in the palm...

Focus on his glory

When his grandmother points out towards the moon, a child can have different reactions. If the grandmother is holding a candy in the palm...

Focus on his glory

When his grandmother points out towards the moon, a child can have different reactions. If the grandmother is holding a candy in the palm...

One with the teacher

To walk in His way is to forget one’s being, and merge in Him. There were many who sat down in meditation to achieve...

One with the teacher

To walk in His way is to forget one’s being, and merge in Him. There were many who sat down in meditation to achieve...

One with the teacher

To walk in His way is to forget one’s being, and merge in Him. There were many who sat down in meditation to achieve...

Don’t run, stay here

Sometimes, we are advised to “leave” this materialistic life, and retreat to the jungles, caves, and mountains. It is said that his will help...

Don’t run, stay here

Sometimes, we are advised to “leave” this materialistic life, and retreat to the jungles, caves, and mountains. It is said that his will help...

Don’t run, stay here

Sometimes, we are advised to “leave” this materialistic life, and retreat to the jungles, caves, and mountains. It is said that his will help...

Spiritual practice

My Teacher said the man who discovered fire was named Noor, and thus the light of fire came to be named after him. He...

Spiritual practice

My Teacher said the man who discovered fire was named Noor, and thus the light of fire came to be named after him. He...

Spiritual practice

My Teacher said the man who discovered fire was named Noor, and thus the light of fire came to be named after him. He...

The Bottle and the Cherry

There was a forest, with a monkey who loved cherries. There was also a hunter, who captured monkeys. He realizes the animal’s love of...

The Bottle and the Cherry

There was a forest, with a monkey who loved cherries. There was also a hunter, who captured monkeys. He realizes the animal’s love of...

The Bottle and the Cherry

There was a forest, with a monkey who loved cherries. There was also a hunter, who captured monkeys. He realizes the animal’s love of...

Need for a teacher for self-realisation

There is always debate between devotees on the issue of the need of a teacher for self-realisation and being one with God. Some say...

Need for a teacher for self-realisation

There is always debate between devotees on the issue of the need of a teacher for self-realisation and being one with God. Some say...

Need for a teacher for self-realisation

There is always debate between devotees on the issue of the need of a teacher for self-realisation and being one with God. Some say...

Love alone is the ‘correct’ method

Sit like this, close your eyes like that, walk in this fashion, apply the mark—the flow of instructions to the devotee are endless. The...

Love alone is the ‘correct’ method

Sit like this, close your eyes like that, walk in this fashion, apply the mark—the flow of instructions to the devotee are endless. The...

Love alone is the ‘correct’ method

Sit like this, close your eyes like that, walk in this fashion, apply the mark—the flow of instructions to the devotee are endless. The...

See beyond the perishable

This particular incident from the travels of Guru Nanak Dev alludes to the practice of “Charon’s obol”, which was the practice of placing a...

See beyond the perishable

This particular incident from the travels of Guru Nanak Dev alludes to the practice of “Charon’s obol”, which was the practice of placing a...

See beyond the perishable

This particular incident from the travels of Guru Nanak Dev alludes to the practice of “Charon’s obol”, which was the practice of placing a...

Beware of the ego trap

Bhai Joga Singh was a devout Sikh in the service of Guru Gobind Singh, and had been so since he was a child. He...

Beware of the ego trap

Bhai Joga Singh was a devout Sikh in the service of Guru Gobind Singh, and had been so since he was a child. He...

Beware of the ego trap

Bhai Joga Singh was a devout Sikh in the service of Guru Gobind Singh, and had been so since he was a child. He...

An exemplary devotee

There is a question that frequently troubles the travelers of the spiritual path. “How should I live this life”? There are other issues that...

An exemplary devotee

There is a question that frequently troubles the travelers of the spiritual path. “How should I live this life”? There are other issues that...

An exemplary devotee

There is a question that frequently troubles the travelers of the spiritual path. “How should I live this life”? There are other issues that...

Being old, but wise

About 20 km to the north east of Amritsar is the village of Kathu Nangal. In October 1506, a child was born here, and...

Being old, but wise

About 20 km to the north east of Amritsar is the village of Kathu Nangal. In October 1506, a child was born here, and...

Being old, but wise

About 20 km to the north east of Amritsar is the village of Kathu Nangal. In October 1506, a child was born here, and...

Only Water in Water

The devotee reached the Teacher’s abode. “I want to be free and emancipated,” he said. The teacher asked him why he wanted to be...

Only Water in Water

The devotee reached the Teacher’s abode. “I want to be free and emancipated,” he said. The teacher asked him why he wanted to be...

Only Water in Water

The devotee reached the Teacher’s abode. “I want to be free and emancipated,” he said. The teacher asked him why he wanted to be...

From intoxication to humility

The conventional understanding of the word “intoxication”, madh in Sanskrit, is linked to wine, or to other substances like opium. To be intoxicated is...

From intoxication to humility

The conventional understanding of the word “intoxication”, madh in Sanskrit, is linked to wine, or to other substances like opium. To be intoxicated is...

From intoxication to humility

The conventional understanding of the word “intoxication”, madh in Sanskrit, is linked to wine, or to other substances like opium. To be intoxicated is...

The teacher is the guiding lamp

The stranger appeared to be walking very purposely, though the walk appeared not to lead in any particular direction. He met another man and...

The teacher is the guiding lamp

The stranger appeared to be walking very purposely, though the walk appeared not to lead in any particular direction. He met another man and...

The teacher is the guiding lamp

The stranger appeared to be walking very purposely, though the walk appeared not to lead in any particular direction. He met another man and...

How to be a yogi

In the Indian sub-continent, when we think of a yogi, a holy person, we have a vision of person dressed in a loin cloth,...

How to be a yogi

In the Indian sub-continent, when we think of a yogi, a holy person, we have a vision of person dressed in a loin cloth,...

How to be a yogi

In the Indian sub-continent, when we think of a yogi, a holy person, we have a vision of person dressed in a loin cloth,...

Not me, only you

On his travels to the east, Guru Nanak Dev stayed for some time at Chittagong, in Bangladesh. He stayed with Jhanda Badhi, a carpenter...

New Delhi seat likely to see a triangular fight

Ex-Navy commander still in Qatar details torture and coercion

India must be there in the Pacific islands

DAVINDER P.S. SANDHU

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