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2014 for me has been a significant year. This is the year I have come out of the closet, a little. Usually people come out of the closet with socially unaccepted secrets like they are gay or are HIV +ve or some such matter. The reason they were not talking…
Priyanka
I remember a conversation I had once,
"How are you"
Me: "I don't know who I am, how am I supposed to figure How I am?"
These types of conversations and thoughts are the usual truth of my life. As you might imagine, I face many challenges with the usual social conduct norms. More and…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I started this blog with this post - How to be Awesome before 30. Yes, the title is about calling myself awesome and the fact that I reached 30, but more importantly it is an attempt at acknowledging and being grateful for some of the best things in my life. Since…
Update: I visited Nakoda in July 2024. Watch my detailed vlog about the Jain Bhairava forms of Nakoda & Kaal Bhairava found at this tirtha here: https://youtu.be/udFUDdVTQhI
Earlier in the year I had written about, Nakoda Bhairava is a form of Shiva and aspect of the Kaal Bhairava deity. My mom just visited Nakodaji and…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I wrote the post about being awesome before turning 30 sometime back. At the time, I thought I would also write about after turning 30. Though, I figured it should hardly matter, after all it's just a number. I had however underestimated the psychological and probably some physiological effect of the…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]A lovely poem, from Ramana Maharishi Ashram book - Day by Day with Bhagavan. It was written & then recited by a Harindranath Chattopadhyaya to Ramana...
I am not generally a poem person, but this one was lovely. Typing it out here for you,
The Earthen Goblet
"O silent goblet! from head to heel,
How…
Nakoda is a place in Rajasthan and here you can find a much revered deity of Bhairava. Known always as Nakoda Bhairava.
It is a tradition amongst Jains to attach regional prefixes before the names of certain deities. For example, Shankheshwara Parshwanath is a form of Parshwanath - the 23rd Jain tirthankar of this…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Samvatsari - the most significant day for Jains. The tradition on this day is for people to fast and devote to austerities. (If you know the Jain fast, it's pretty austere)
In the evening there is a Pratikaman - guess the most significant pratikaman a Jain would do in the year. The…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I had written a while back about the yug theory - why it is important and some interesting theories!
In my research I found out something that no one ever talks about. Yug theory all us hindus know about - but do you know the base of this theory? Our Sun has…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]The older gen is quite busy worrying and struggling. Really most of the time I find them too serious about stuff - people relations or general work wise they are too busy. The younger gen is cooler and usually having more fun except that they are usually bored. When they do…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]What yug are we in?
Last two days I have spent telling everyone Kaliyug is dead and gone so stop whining about how bad the world is! Those whiny folks irritate me... they are usually never the proactive, responsible citizens of society. They might even be first to cut a line or…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Recently I met a person (a friend of my grand-dads) whose dad died at the age of 100 years and 41 days. We were all curious to know about it. This person said that at the age of 97 or so his father had told him 5 secrets to living well…