Four years back, on the 13th of February, we conducted Keshav’s Namakarana Samskara. A milestone in a child’s life, perhaps the first major one, a lot of thought went into it. Here is what I had written then… Namakarana is a very important samskara in Sanatana Dharma. A person’s personality is seen through the eyes, …
अमन्त्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् ।अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः ॥ amantramakṣaraṃ nāsti nāsti mūlamanauṣadham ।ayogyaḥ puruṣo nāsti yojakastatra durlabhaḥ ॥ Samayocitapadyamālikā There is not a syllable which is not a mantra; there is not a root that is not a medicine. There is no person who is not able, but rare is the person who knows how to apply …
I started this blog not by design – it just happened. So did the Sadhana series of theory and exercises – one article led to another and it became a series. The first planned series that I undertook was the Panchatantra, spread over six months, with each shloka represented in over 165 posts, English translations …
A bit of a see-saw day actually. Just when I thought that I would be in near full working condition by tomorrow, I ran a fever once again. Started in the morning, and continued till early afternoon…but then within 15 minutes, I sweat it all away. Now I think I’m nearly out of the woods, …
1. Question every requirement. Each should come with the name of the person who made it. You should never accept that a requirement came from a department, such as from “the legal department” or “the safety department.” You need to know the name of the real person who made that requirement. Then you should question it, …
Discovering your swara Difficulty level – 1 (easy) Time commitment : As indicated throughout the day We spoke about knowing the breath, through a preliminary exercise, and we practiced Chandra-bhedana prānāyāma as well. We spoke about preparing for death, and today, the last day of the sadhana exercise series, we will speak about preparing for rebirth, by rediscovering how our …
Have you noticed that we tend to remember bad experiences more than good ones? Think of the past few days. Try and recall all the good experiences that you had – can be a good meal, or a great conversation, or a wonderful book that you read…attempt to recall as much as you can about …
So I mostly caught the virus. Which means, cancelled meetings and calls, a bit of work pile and the headache and fever to top it up. Is it just me, or are we witnessing a never-ending cycle of infections? I don’t remember falling sick so often…its like there is always something wrong – a nagging …
So the young one has a blocked nose – again. So he goes sniff sniff (and ‘apple’ or ‘happy’ in the middle of the night) and we go ‘happy’ with him – basically sleeping in bits and pieces. And today, as he wants a bit of pampering, we give him all we can to make …
यदपि स्यादसमये यातो वनमसाविति ।अकालो नास्ति धर्मस्य जीविते चञ्चले सति ॥ yadapi syādasamaye yāto vanamasāviti |akālo nāsti dharmasya jīvite cañcale sati|| Buddhacarita 6.21, by Aśvaghoṣa Though he might be said to have gone at a bad time to the forest, in dharma, in truth, no bad time exists – life being as fickle as it is. The Buddhacarita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Aśvaghoṣa is …
