Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. – Aristotle
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch
Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. – Heraclitus
I came across a beautiful description of how to connect with the Divinity. Swami Sivananda said when you see a rose, think of how the rose came about. The creation of the rose bush was by God. Like so everything that you see, go back to its root source. Continue reading
Buddha was once asked, “What is truth?” He replied, “Truth is that which can be used.” The definition of truth is, “That which can be used.”
Science has defined truth as that which can be made use of and which can be shown. Continue reading
Understanding the religious life with practicing one’s religion. Continue reading
A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
Beauty is truth, truth is beauty that is all ye know on earth, and all Yee need to know.
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
The scenery is fine –but human nature is finer.
Life is but a day; A fragile dew-drop on its perilous way from a tree’s summit.
I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days–three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.
Sri Aurobindo said that true free will belongs only to the Divine. Human will be a limited ego-driven instrument. If we can align individual will with the universal Divine will, we can rise above ego-driven nature and gain genuine freedom. Continue reading
And let us self-reflect.
Dear Ones, read these quotes and apply them to yourself.
Sometimes the smallest things
Take up the most
Room in your heart. Continue reading
“Agadham Bam Bagadham Baje Damru” is a bhajan which focuses on capturing the rhythmic, mystical energy (Tandava) of the song.
Agadham, Bagadham and Bam are onomatoepic (reverberating and repetitive) sounds representing the beat of Shiva’s Damru (power drum). Continue reading
Swami Sivananda sings this song. It is titled Song of Admonition. Please listen to it very carefully. I cannot add anything more to it as it is perfect. It is a very old recording and it remains contemporary. Continue reading
Hanuman Moola Mantra
Om Hanumate Namah means Salutations to Lord Hanuman, the remover of fears and trouble. Continue reading
What does Shiva represent?
Shiva represents inner strength, detachment and cosmic consciousness.
The core teachings of Shiva Sutra encourage living with wonder and removing fear through actions and realizing the divinity within oneself. Continue reading
Dear ones, all of you who are Bob Dylan fans will appreciate it. I am a Bob Dylan fan ever since I heard him the first time in 1969. The words of his songs are contemporary even today. He was awarded the Noble prize for literature in 2016. He created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. Continue reading
Sattwa, rajas and tamas, these gunas born of Prakriti firmly bind the imperishable soul to the body Arjuna. – 14:5
Krishna says that the qualities of Sattwa, rajas and tamas are the three gunas which come forth from Prakriti and bind the immortal spirit to this body, the realm of Prakriti. One must transcend the gunas in order to become free, to experience moksha, samadhi or nirvana and again experience the pure, natural spirit. Continue reading
Krishna said to Arjuna:
Karma is your nature. You cannot avoid karma; it is something you are bound to do, something that is an integral part of you. Life without karma is no life and karma without life is no karma. The relationship between life and karma is the same as that between you and the air you breathe. Can you stop breathing the air around you? If you did what would happen? You would die. There is a similar association between the boon of life and karma. Karma is an integral part of you; it is an inherent ability in life which expresses itself naturally. Wisdom or jnana is something for which you have to train your mind. You train your intellect to increase its ability to receive, hold, realize, experience and experiment with different forms of karma.
Arjuna asked Sri Krishna how many categories of mortals were there?
Sri Krishna replied there are two categories of people in the world, divine and demonical. The divine have been described at length; hear from Me about the demonical. (16:6) Continue reading