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Titiksa
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…
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Celebrating Theobroma 2020
World Chocolate day 2020 Today is world chocolate day. I’ve written about Theobroma or the food for the Gods before. Chocolate dishes take me back to the time when my kids were young. Particularly Tee who loved chocolate pudding that I made and even chocolate mousse. When we have had our mother and daughter spat,…
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An Insight to Soundarya Upasana
The Buddha sat under the tree as usual. The disciples had gathered for the sermon. When a Thera asked the Buddha, “Master, who is your dearest disciple.” The Sakhya Muni mentioned the name of a disciple who happened to be the Prime Minister of the land. There was a flutter among the disciples, finally one…
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world cooperative day and world free hug day.
Today is the world free hug day well rather a paradox during the holocaust of social distancing. But like Geshe Tenzing Lobsang mentioned in the compassionate wisdom session, we are talking about physical distancing and not emotional distancing. Now that finished with panic, the denial, stage we are now on the mode of fight and…
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sama chitta
Viveka chudamani -23 On the path to self realization is “sama” or the internal state of equilibrium. This has to be developed through dama and uparati is the result. When there is a sense of ‘sama ’ or equilibrium the adept does not attach emotional charge on the ‘phala’ or reward. To be more precise…
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Eggless Pineapple cake
Eggless pineapple cake. Long ago I learnt how to make pineapple upside down cake from Tina Khera who used be my friend. She was ran small eatery in Manipal called the Salt and Pepper. She actually got me hooked on chilli-garlic toast and pineapple upside down cake. What was unique about her cake was it…
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