A very productive day, and a monster dinner to wrap things up! As we returned, stuffed to the brim, I recalled one of the episodes of the epic Panchatantra, which, while not completely relevant to the topic, does work in a tangent. Hope you like it:) What sin will a hungry man not commit, in …
Time commitment : 10 minutes thrice a week We have, so far, practiced an āsana, a form of prānāyāma, a mudra and basic meditation. Bringing this all together is mantra japa, or meditative repetition of a mantra. The mantra that I have chosen is Aum, since it is familiar (but a bit different from what you …
Watching a child grow can be the most fulfilling thing that you can ever experience. Here is what I wrote when he was 10 months old. The experience then was different than it is now. But the feeling is the same:) I see him picking up an empty can, carefully, trying to coordinate his limbs, …
As with most people who are well-raised, well-educated and financially secure, Dr. Tokai only thought of himself… Men without Women, Haruki Murakami Who am I? This question has been posed by everyone, to themselves, at some point in their lives. Who are you, once you are stripped of your name, your family, social status, education, …
So the day started with Keshav’s birthday celebrations at school, and ended with Keshav’s birthday celebrations at home! Good food( a little too much food), cakes, sweets, savories, gifts, children creating a ruckus, adults enjoying the resulting melee…the works:) And once done, as I sit down to write this blog, I think about the days …
Three years. Time flies, goes the cliche. Well, it actually does. Three years back, this day, I had no clue that someone would visit the next day. That someone was to come in on the 2nd, and all preparations had been made. But no sir, he didn’t want to wait any further. By the time …
ज्योतिषाम् अपि तज् ज्योतिस् तमसः परम् उच्यते । ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञान-गम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य धिष्ठितम् ॥ १८ ॥ jyotiṣām api taj jyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate |jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ jñāna-gamyaṃ hṛdi sarvasya dhiṣṭhitam || 18 || Srimad Bhagavad Gita The Self is the source of all light. The Self is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. The Self is …
दीप्यते दीपयति वा स्वं परं चेति that which is light and enlightens others is known as Deepa… Tomorrow is my janma tithi, that time of the year when the celestial ingredients are the same as when you were born, your own personal set of inputs that led to the miracle that is you. We all are born …
Akshayais a Sanskrit word meaning ‘unending’ or ‘indestructible’. On this day, the Pandavas received the Akshaya Patra (upon worshipping Surya deva), a vessel that never ran out of food. The day is associated with material wealth and prosperity when people buy gold and start business ventures, but that is perhaps a reflection of what we …
Aim high, for the stars they say, But the stars are impossible, says me. Why don’t I aim to be higher, better, stronger than what I was yesterday instead? For goals are best seen closer an intimate connection to you rather than something unreal, something you know will never happen… Be ambitious they say, be …
