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Our Ancestor Related Karma, Pitru Paksha 2025

Hinduism, Indic Culture, Jainism, Spiritual Practices, Spiritual RootsSeptember 12, 20257Views 0Likes 0Comments

Over the past few years, couple of my grand parents died... It brought me close to death and what they call "crematorium" vairagya - the feeling of vairagya that sets in when we see a loved die, and their body being burnt (or buried for that matter). Then I was at the Mahalaya Amavasya…

Shad Darshanas or 6 World Views of Vedic Nigamas

Hinduism, Indic Culture, Jainism, Spiritual RootsFebruary 14, 20257Views 0Likes 0Comments

I became very curious to learn, at least a little, about all the 6 darshanas because I realised this would also hold the key to – the difference between Jain, Buddhist and Vedic understanding.

mahavir swami idol with blog title on right side : Uttaradhayayan sutra: what are the 4 essentials for Moksha?

Uttaradhyayan Sutra: The Four Essentials to Moksha!

Indic Culture, JainismDecember 10, 202411Views 0Likes 0Comments

I recently started reading the Uttaradhyayan Sutra, which is also considered to be Mahavir Swami's last discourse. It has a chapter on 4 Essentials or "Chaturangiy". In this blog, I jotting it out in brief, and then providing the video where I have spoken more about it. The Four Essentials, Uttaradhyayan Sutra Getting Human…

Kayotsarga : Role in Samvatsari Pratikraman

Indic Culture, Jainism, Spiritual PracticesAugust 31, 20222Views 0Likes 0Comments

This year as I did the Bhaav Pratikraman with Srimad Rajchandra folks, I learnt about the role of Kayotsarga or Kausagga in it. It comes after the stage of acknowledging our mistakes, and even asking Michchami Dukkadam. After that, as a way of seeing that these mistakes don't happen again, we stay unmoving in Kausagga…

Sadhguru Sathsang, Emotional Release & Bhakti

Ashram Talks, RamblingJanuary 21, 20224Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sadhguru’s sathsangs are largely “public” nowadays, however, they leave Isha meditators shaken up by their intensity. Recently, I had, what I think was a major emotional release.

My First Visit to Anandmayee Maa’s Ashram | Uttarkashi Diaries

Ashram Talks, Indic Culture, Yatra ExperiencesJanuary 1, 202212Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bright red painted walls encircle a wonderful courtyard in the main market area of Uttarkashi. A little old-school wooden gate let’s us enter into this courtyard & visit a Kolkata-feels Kali temple. This is the Anandmayee Maa’s ashram of Uttarkashi. 🙂

Esoteric Ramayana (from Aghora Book) : Shatrughna & Bharata

Hinduism, Indic Culture, RamblingDecember 28, 20210Views 0Likes 0Comments

The 2nd book of the Aghora trilogy introduced me to the esoteric meanings of some of our common ‘mythological’ stories. Lately found myself musing on these when I was in Rishikesh and came across an ancient Shatrughna temple.

षडरस अतिशोभन – 6 Tastes Awesomeness! Ayurveda Learnings

Ayurveda, Indic CultureOctober 24, 20211View 0Likes 1Comment

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] Do take a moment to appreciate the title of this blog post, where I literally Google searched the Sanskrit word for "awesomeness" :D अतिशोभन seemed to work in this case. So, here I want to appreciate and exude on how amazing some of our traditional dishes are. And they have so much of wisdom…