Learning and Unlearning of Dr.Jekyll and Madam Hyde.
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 …
Ginger cookies. I grew up in a semi urban Manipal holidays meant going to “Belmaar” my mother’s ancestral village and home. Where it used to be the time of sugarcane harvest and jaggery making. That was something that we really loved. The first froth would be discarded because it would have husk and other contamination. …
Samadhana – Viveka Chudamani 26 In our day to day conversation, I have heard and used the word samadhana it is usually used in the sense of consoling. Sometimes people of the older generation have used as finding resolution. Samadhani was person who was non-aggressive. The imagery and understanding somewhere along the way became a …
Namak Para is one of this dishes I like to carry when I’m travelling. Often I’ve used it with chole as a quick bite. Traditionally it is of course fried. But I realized the baked version requires less fat both to make the dough and to cook it. It’s very quick to make too. Ingredients. …
Shraddha Viveka Chudamani 25 One of the many discourses at the Audoot ashram in Kurushetra, guruji had spoken about Shraddha. To quote Guruji, he said the word had many intonation and blind faith was definitely not one. Shraddha meant comittement, shraddha meant focus, shraddha meant paying attention. When we place our shraddha in something only …
Viveka chudamani 24 Religious leaders tend to talk a lot about and glorify meek surrender and silent suffering. Particularly the poems of Bhakti glorify oppression and sees inquiry as arrogance and rebelling. It is this very thought is discussed in the verse 24 of vivekachudamani where Adi-Shankaracharya calls it Titiksa. This is often translated as …
