Category: Reluctant Hindu

  • Navavidha Bhakti

    Navavidha Bhakti

    Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa share the same birthday, February 18, marking the birth of two spiritual giants whose teachings continue to inspire millions globally.

  • NagaYakshi – thoughts Repurposed.

    NagaYakshi – thoughts Repurposed.

    The challenge was to repurpose my best post to a video, twitter thread and social media post here is an attempt.

  • Cosmic Sounds — a musing.

    Cosmic Sounds — a musing.

    Vedic physics and modern science share similarities, emphasizing sound as a creation’s origin. Three fundamental forces interact for balance, influencing existence and spiritual practices like mantra meditation to transcend material limitations.

  • Kites and Kattle… Siriusly!

    Kites and Kattle… Siriusly!

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    Cittasya suddhaya karma na tu vastupaladbhaye Vastu siddi vicharena kincitkaramakotibhih. ~ VC-16 Selfless work and charity helps to purify the mind, but do not by themselves contribute to the perception of reality. This perception of  reality is only brought about by discriminative analysis. And never by count of action. Vedanta or the guide to understanding…

  • A Pilgrims Progress

    A Pilgrims Progress

    I am at Kumardhara at Subramanya in Dakhina Kannada district. My early memory of this place was thick forests; one would see snakes in abundance.  Local families extended hospitality to the pilgrims. The temple in itself had been so rooted in the jungle it was dedicated to a live snake hill. It was considered auspicious…