Category: The Great Connect
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An Homage to the Turtle.
About Turtles on the world turtle day
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The ideal student — Viveka Chudamani.
Just there is an ideal teacher here is an ideal student who is qualified to receive the knowledge. Adhikara namasaste phalasiddirvirsesatah Upaya desakaladyah santyasminsaha karih – 6-14 The ultimate quest of a spiritual endeavour depends on the quality of the seeker, the role of the time and place is but secondary. The word adhikari is…
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VivekaChudamani, of rituals.
Viveka chudamani 8-13 Arthasya niscaya desto vicarena hitokotih Na snanena na danena pranaya mastena neither sacred baths nor any amount of charity or any pranayama gives us the knowledge of the self. The knowledge of the self is possible only when we send our thoughts along the rails of arguments laid down by salutary advice of…
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Revisiting Darwinism.
Once upon a time in the 1980’s Indira Rao our biology teacher spoke taught us about Charles Darwin, and the theory of natural evolution. Like all good students I totally deleted it from my memory the after 12.30pm April 8th 1980, as that was the day we finished out biology exam. Somewhere in the later…
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When Journaling looses charm
I am sitting at Mango meadows sipping my coffee between patients. Sometimes it is quite an insight. this morning I had a patient who has messed up his life for the past 40yrs and wants a cure in 40mnts. I realize we are so comfortable in the default habits that we have created for ourselves…
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Saunterers On a Pilgrimage
Yesterday the 19th June was the world sauntering day. I think I wrote about it last year too. Sauntering the lost art of just walking. Sauntering is a beautiful word, before long ago in the middle ages of history when people went on a pilgrimage to the Holy land, and people in the villages that…
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