I am wanting to enroll my daughter into karate and I am finding such a hard time looking for a good school and a good teacher. Every Shihan I see my mind automatically compares them to you, and others at Kyokushin…You set the bar too high 🙃 An old student of mine messaged this to …
I love it when you hold my hand with your tiny fingers and then grip it tightly and fall asleep… I love it when you open your mouth so that I can feed you and then spill half of it out, back onto my palm… I love it when you try to stand by yourself, …
A few months back, someone told me that they had received credible information (via WhatsApp), that Sita had not actually travelled to Lanka. The story goes that she created an avatar of herself, and Ravana then took her along instead. Hmmm… Anyways, my response was – what does it matter if she went to Lanka, …
The past two days, we introduced Keshav to Sridevi:) The best actress of her times, an untimely death snatched her away and left us bereft of a talent that has not yet been seen again. But she lives on, through the extensive body of work that she created over the years, starting from when she …
There have been a lot of things said about good speech, but the first phrase that comes to mind is Kabir’s famous doha – बोली एक अनमोल है, जो कोई भी बोले जानि । हिये तराजू तौलि के, तब मुख बाहर आनि।। – words are priceless, and so weigh your words well, before you speak. Our ancestors …
Narayana and Nara are supposed to have taken form as Sri Krishna and Arjuna. They were almost like twins, working together living together, eating together, one being in two bodies. The association of Sri Krishna with Arjuna, so inseparable, is an illustration of the inseparable relation between God and man. यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर: ।तत्र श्रीर्विजयो …
Every year on this day, the post remains the same. As I mentioned yesterday, Sri Krishna Janmashtami is one day that I feel at peace. Actually I feel ecstatic, and at peace, and joyful, and content all at the same time. Somehow I think that it’s the closest that I’ve got to bliss, and the …
Krishna, Kishan, Madhav, Banke Bihari, Gopala, Kanhaiya, Ranchhod, Parthasarathy, Ishvara…the many names and the many facets of the personality of the most loved God in the Hindu pantheon – Sri Krishna. God is all-powerful, controls the Universe – fear God, they say – since He is looking at all your bad deeds and will punish …
The Madhurāshtakam of Sri Vallabhacharya sounds like a bit excessive at first glance. The lyrics have too much sweetness in them, it is literally in every line. But then, “Madhuram” does not mean sweet – it doesn’t translate into English very well. The attitude of a devotee expressing the emotion that exists between a lover …
Three recommendations per week – one book, one song, one article. No lengthly explanations, reasoning, reviews or gyaan. And no particular theme. This week: Book: After the quake – Haruki Murakami Music -Yaman – Gat in Matta Tal – Ravi Shankar and Allah Rakha https://music.apple.com/in/album/yaman-gat-in-matta-tal/1734426516?i=1734426518 Article – Cities and Ambition – Paul Graham https://paulgraham.com/cities.html See …
