As I pen this note, I put a lot in perspective. About me, about the business, about what we do, and who we are. About what it takes to build something, that resonates beyond invoices and checklists, reports and profit. About what we look for beyond a job that feeds us and our families… About …
When I finished my meditation in the morning, I realized that the pearl necklace was still with me. I am not a man of the world, I have no use for much material possessions. And so I asked my disciple here, to go the market and dispose of it…. एतच् छ्रुत्वा पुराध्यक्षो गत्वा भूपं व्यजिज्ञपत् …
अनारम्भो हि कार्याणां प्रथमं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ।आरब्धस्यान्त-गमनं द्वितीयं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ॥ १२७ ॥ anārambho hi kāryāṇāṃ prathamaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam |ārabdhasyānta-gamanaṃ dvitīyaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam || 127 || The first sign of intelligence is to not begin any task. The second sign of intelligence is to always finish a task that has been started. Another of my favorite shubhashitas from the Panchatantram. And …
After yesterday’s article, a lot of people got in touch asking for more…Why reinvent the wheel? Here is the three part series in one mega blog, for your reference, reading and practicing pleasure. Here is the first of the series – mindful eating. Mindfulness. A new mantra in the West, but a concept ingrained in …
So International Yoga Day is upon us once again. And it’s that time of the year, when we all receive mails from studios, big and small, for a 1-2 hour free session, mostly to bait you for the monthly or quarterly sessions. Some plain vanilla, some exotic. Some offering speed yoga, others mindful yoga, and …
I started writing regularly when the lockdown commenced in March 2020. It is June 2022 now, and there has been a resurge of cases. A close friend of mine has also been affected. Here is something that I wrote in April 2021, and it is uncanny that a year more down the line, things are …
At first, there was a birthday. Then came Valentines Day. Then Mothers Day. Now Fathers Day. Don’t know if there is a sisters day or brothers day or in-laws day yet, but surely on the horizon if not there already. This arbitrary breaking down of thankfulness/celebration of a particular relationship with no basis in culture …
किं वाससा इत्यत्र विचारणीयंवासः प्रधानं खलु योग्यतायै ।पीताम्बरं वीक्ष्य ददौ स्वकन्यांदिगम्बरं वीक्ष्य विषं समुद्रः ॥ kiM vAsasA ityatra vichAraNIyaMvAsaH pradhAnaM khalu yogyatAyai |pItAmbaraM vIkShya dadau svakanyAMdigambaraM vIkShya viShaM samudraH || “What’s in one’s dress”—-is a point for contemplation;apparel is indeed important for appropriateness;Looking at the one dressed in bright yellow clothes (Mahāvishnu), the ocean gave …
Agni is a hot topic (pun intended) these days. Two instances of agni rocked conversations last week. The first was the trailer of Brahmastra – nine years and a marriage in the making. Not a superhero movie they said – but an “astraverse”. Fair enough. Marvel has infinity stones – we have Astras. Actually, it’s …
महाजनस्य सम्पर्कः कस्य नोन्नति-कारकः ।पद्म-पत्र-स्थितं तोयं धत्ते मुक्ता-फल-श्रियम् ॥ ६० ॥ mahājanasya samparkaḥ kasya nonnati-kārakaḥ |padma-patra-sthitaṃ toyaṃ dhatte muktā-phala-śriyam || 60 || Who does not shine in the company of great people? Even a drop of water that stays on a lotus leaf takes the shape of a beautiful pearl. “Respected king”, said Chiranjeevin. “Samsraya is the …
