Amidst a physical and mental breakdown while climbing Sabari Mala, I received a priceless lesson for Rs.10.
Thus Spake Sri Krishna
January 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sri Krishna speaks to Arjuna, the soul caught in the vortex of human condition.
Krishna – Sri Aurobindo
August 22, 2011 By 2 Comments
Of all Avatars of the Divine Sri Krishna alone has a special place. Sri Rama is venerated. Every other Avatar prior to him is acknowledged and prayed to. But none is adored with the intensity and rapture that Sri Krishna is. Why is that so? We would not know entirely, until the same intensity of [...]
The Right Choice
April 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It is difficult, this thing called life. Subtle aspiration and crude ambition confuse and confound. Choices abound. Better this, better that. What can be acquired, what can be got. There is no end to the possibilities. Oh the temptation of it all. But behind it all, the barely whispered option of the the right choice. [...]
Hinduism with Spine
January 13, 2011 By 7 Comments
Hinduism is often portrayed as a religion of peace and pacifists. Its legion of world shunning monks and yogis(the genuine ones anyway), reinforce this perception. Sometimes its not even a religion but an Eternal Dharma, a rule of living rightly that goes beyond the worship of its hundred thousand gods. But all this other-worldliness, the [...]
Does Steve Jobs Do Yoga?
December 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Usually the search terms that lead the handful of people to my site are fairly standard. But few days ago the title of this post led someone here. If that was you dear reader, then sorry I did not have a ready reply then and will address it now. Before moving to the answer I [...]
An Eternal Wilderness
February 5, 2010 By 4 Comments
A lot of us get by with the agenda life sets for us. An education, a career, family and the other assorted conventions get our attentions. A few choose to question this default agenda. Attempt to intuit the mechanics behind this grand machinery, to understand the method behind this madness. To a privileged few is [...]
My Greatest Engineering Challenge
January 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Putting man on the moon, sending a probe to the remote edges of our solar system, instrumenting the planet, reversing global warming, finding a cure for cancer and AIDS and every other scientific endeavor that engages our collective attentions are worthy problems as candidates for the title of Greatest Engineering Challenge Ever. But all these [...]
Fragments of Aspiration – 1
January 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
Repentance, that alchemy of the heart Transmuting vileness into a luminous submission ********************** Deeper the mire, vaster the heavens ************************ There is a need for evil in the world. Without it virtue has no reason to exist In a way every aspiration wakes the shadow of its own ascent. ************************ The tyrant is but a [...]
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