I mean joy, not the other Ecstasy…When was the last time you felt this way? If you had the choice, wouldn’t you be this way every day of your life? Isn’t that what life is…a celebration? Then what stops us from being our natural self? Whatever be the circumstances… Think about it…
The “Bhagavad Gita”: A Biography by Richard H. Davis There have been many translations of the Bhagavad Gita, which is perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, but this book is not one of them. Rather, Richard traces the journey of the Gita, from its oral renderings to when it appeared in written form…its different manifestations …
On Looking: Eleven walks…came highly recommended. I haven’t read Alexandra Horowitz before, and the reviews on Goodreads were not the most encouraging. Nevertheless, I did start reading… As the title suggests, and I suspect the blurb outlines, this book is about a few walks that Alexandra took around New York City. Alone, with her kid, …
सन्तो हि सत्येन नयन्ति सूर्यं ।सन्तो भूमिं तपसा धारयन्ति ॥सन्तो गतिर्भूतभव्यस्य राजन् ।सतां मध्येनावसीदन्ति सन्तः ॥ By the Truth the saints lead the sun; by askesis the saints uphold the earth; the past, present and future find their refuge in the saints. Noble persons in the midst of the saints have never any grief. [Savitri …
एकः स्वादु न भुञ्जीत एकश् चार्थान् न चिन्तयेत् ।एको न गच्छेद् अध्वानं नैकः सुप्तेषु जागृयात् ॥ ९५ ॥ ekaḥ svādu na bhuñjīta ekaś cārthān na cintayet |eko na gacched adhvānaṃ naikaḥ supteṣu jāgṛyāt || 95 || One should not feast on good food alone. If everyone with him has slept, one should not wake him up alone. …
Vikshepa shakti. The mind has a tendency to be restless – to constantly keep thinking of hundreds of things at once. Even when you sit still, the mind is never still. It keeps making up stories, analyzing imaginary scenarios, depending into daydreaming….The whole process of yoga is aimed at calming this restless mind. Asanas serve no …
Well, I saw a movie after a long time. Ever since the birth of Rohāmrta, we haven’t really got the opportunity to step out to the cinema, but today we did. And so at 2.45 pm, finally stepped into a space that was nearly second home to me a few years back. An IMAX, no …
घुणाक्षर न्याय (Gunākshara Nyāya) – The maxim of the letters made by the wood worm, Ghuna. This worm bores holes in wood and in books which sometimes assume the shape of a letter; hence it is used to denote the occurrence of something quite accidental, or a chance occurrence. Chakrapani in Deerghamjeeviteeyam Adhyaya refers this Nyaya while explaining the Samyagyukta Bheshaja …
Have you noticed the changes in how we move around? The next generation is not big on ownership – be it houses or cars. They prefer experiences instead, and so instead of having a burden of EMIs hanging over their heads, they prefer the more lighter “pay-as-you-go” option. In a short span of a little …
“As brains get larger and more complex, what goes on inside the brain gets further removed from what is happening in the environment. To see what we mean, consider face recognition. People are tremendously skilled at recognizing faces. This is a really hard information-processing problem. At a coarse level, we all pretty much look the …
