Ganesh
bhagavad gItA competition
श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः| Subbu had been quite actively involved in organizing the annual bhagavad gItA commpetitions when we were in Gurgaon. At that time, organizing…
svarAjya – Self Anchored Actions
I got introduced to this term svarAjya through Gandhi in the context of the India’s sruggle for freedom from the colonizers. The meaning that is…
The Island of Ikaria
Excerpts from NYT article “The Island Where People Forget to Die” By Dan Buettner Oct. 24, 2012 (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html) Photo : Stamatis Moraitis tending his vineyard…
On a Quest – Location of the Teacher
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shILam (शीलम्) – benevolence towards others
Following are couple of shLOka from the mahAbhArathA, taken from Chathurvedi Badrinath’s “The Mahabharata – An inquiry in the human context” अद्रोहः सर्वभूतेषु कर्मणा…
yagnyashALA – Quotes
Balance Only in imbalance can I discover Balance. Being Attentive Being Attentive is a simple idea, but requires consistent, long them practice. That is the…
दक्षिणा (dakshiNA)
In our bhAratIya cultural tradition, dakshiNA is offered to the anchors of a space as a measure of valuing the knowledge (and Grace) received. I…
yagnyashALA – Essentials of this Space
In yagnyashALA, we are practising to listen to the different aspects of ourselves – to our body (Asana), to our breath (prANAyAmA), and to our…