A lovely quote from Sadhguru about beholding the deity & how it connects back to another blog post I had written about not being obsessed about making wishes in temples…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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. 🙂
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.
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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…
Articulation of my Silence sadhana practice. First experienced at Isha ashram, and then my own Silence routine. 🙂
What’s the crux of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s spiritual teachings or message or instructions ?
“For all those who shall die” 😉
Indic cultural stories can be an amazing troves of wisdom and insight. I often find answers to many puzzling questions of life in these stories. Here’s one about the Karma of Gossip-ing. 🙂