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Kites and Kattle… Siriusly!
Yellu-Amavasya
In the Indian mythology Dhanurmasa is when the Mahabharata war was fought. by the sea. image courtesy internet. Through Dhanurmasa, Dhanurmasa vrta and katyanani vrta other things are done. The associated New Moon of the month of Marghashira is called as ‘Yellamavasya” or the New Moon of the sesame. This comes from an agrarian understanding …
Acknowledging Awakening.
Gender and image stereotyping in Indian Greetings.
Of Blessings and Beginnings.
Some interesting observation across cultures.
Summing up the qualities of an Adept.
Mandamadhyama rupapi vairagya smadina Prasadena guroh seyam pravrdda suyatephalam IIVC-28II Half hearted and mediocre aspirations in a seeker may also bear fruits as the grace of a Guru increases its merit and by the means of renunciation, calmness and so on. A mediocre person might get elevated by being exposed to a guru. A guru …
Mumuksutva
Mumuksutva – VivekaChudamani 27 Sri Adi Shankaracharya talks of three essential qualities for self realization. Discriminating capacity to separate real from the unreal. The capacity to detach ourselves from the attachment to the result. Calmness, self control inner peace forbearance. He then talks of another quality Mumuksutva which the acharya calls a s the true …
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