Was Jesus a historical person?

Was Jesus a historical person?
Haribol Acharya The historicity of Jesus was always in doubt. The historical evidence that Jesus lived and died is a matter of controversy. There are no concrete pieces of evidence for his life. And there was no proper genealogy or lineage to this end. Believers argue that Jesus really lived and worked a great deal for the emancipation of humanity no doubt. But a few scientists debated that Jes...

Is the Buddha relevant in Today’s Nepal?

Is the Buddha relevant in Today’s Nepal?
Let us, first of all, know who the Buddha was. Today the Buddha has been idolized. That means people built temples and carved out his idols. The Buddha was against idol-worshipping or in Nepali Murti puja. Here now the purpose of this write up as the title suggests is to describe the relevance of Buddhism in Nepal today. The Buddha means the awakened one in its English meaning was born in Lumbini...

Growing social problems in today’s Nepal

Growing social problems in today’s Nepal
Haribol Acharya Nepal is changing and in a better word, Nepal is in transition.  When we say Nepal is in transition we mean everything is not the same as it was yesterdays. No doubt the world is changing and this is the nature of the world that cannot remain constant. But the rate or speed of change is far greater than it used to be three to four decades ago in Nepal. One thing, for example, i...

A few things that distanced the bygone generation from the modern generation

A few things that distanced the bygone generation from the modern generation
Let us make a fair comparison between today’s kids and the kids of yesterdays that mean the ones who were born five decades ago in Nepal. One thing more than any other that has totally distanced today’s kids from the kids born five decades ago is – technology. The technology was there in those early days also, no doubt. There were radios with Nepalese people though Televisions were a far-cry in Ne...

The need of spirituality in Today’s world

The need of spirituality in Today’s world
Haribol Acharya Spirituality is in demand more than ever before in this world, a world wherein people are always running in a rat race for some material gains. People are running for something every day, for meeting their daily needs. They have to work hard first to meet their daily necessaries like bread and butter, and of course they have to pay rent if they are renting flats; they have to pa...

Hydroponics: New and scientific methods of farming and its scope in Nepal

Hydroponics: New and scientific methods of farming and its scope in  Nepal
Haribol Acharya Hydroponics is a type of hydroculture, that means growing something using  mineral solutions in a water solvent without soil. This is something lately introduced in Nepal and could be a promising farming mechanism if we give a little attention to it because of the growing agricultural demands in the country.  The method is exposing the roots to the mineral solution. Reservoirs...

How to be  happy and peaceful in life?

How to be  happy and peaceful in life?
Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles -Charlie Chaplin Haribol Acharya People have to think about the limitation of our time in this world and learn to keep oneself away from doing something bad and doing injuries to others. Both joys and sorrows are impermanent. Life is a journey, an endless journey. If one is a traveler he or she should always be prepared to face anything...

What kind of moral education should be imparted to children?

What kind of moral education should be imparted to children?
Haribol  Acharya Children need moral education and in their formative years, that means, in their earlier ages when they learn to read and write. Needless to say, the first and foremost moral teacher, or simply a teacher is his or her parents. They cultivate certain ideas or feelings or life’s principles in their little ones before they even could speak. They tell their children to bow down b...

Bruce Lee: An Icon in Martial Arts

Bruce Lee: An Icon in Martial Arts
Few have not heard of Bruce Lee, a famous martial arts instructor, actor, film director. As a Hong Kong and American actor he had a great personality in pop culture, considered an icon. And he is one of the most influential artists in the world and had great influences on American movies. With his Hong Kong and Hollywood produced films Chinese martial arts reached a great height in the twentieth c...

Shiv Khera: Motivational Teacher

Shiv  Khera: Motivational Teacher
Shiv Khera is a motivational teacher and was popular for a range of speeches on self-help domains. His famous and greatly liked book is You Can Win that attracted a large readership in India and also abroad.  The main theme of his book You Can Win is one has to work smartly to be successful in life. That means one can do the same work, not a different job, but quite smartly or differently. Looking...