Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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SUKTO
Growing up in a campus has its own advantage, we get exposed to various cultures and cuisines without actually venturing into those territories. The palate develops its own preferences. One of my favourite is a dish made by my Malayali friend’s mother she called it “Eshtew” eventually we figured it was stew, well that is…
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Flyways — The Avian Routeplanner.
It’s Time For Nature~ world Migratory Bird Day. Bhasa in his Swapna Vasavadutta looks at the flying migratory swans and the thought that occurred to me when we were rehearsing this dialogue was, “Thank God not all species are forced to have passports and visa to experience Lands.” There is something very romantic about the…
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Viveka Chudamani The teacher and the Adept.
Viveka chudamani. (8-7) Last week at the Drepung Loseling Monastery we practised compassion. The concept was to view our thoughts and actions, without judgement or attachment. This is very close to Yogarudha, mentioned in the Bhagwat Gita. A state where a person is not attached either to the objects, or to the action. This is…
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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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Akshaya Trithiya
Akshaya trithiya is about some that does deplete, or something that is unperishable. No please don’t tell me about Virus and covid19 that is the kind of poor joke that I normally make. I’m sharing three of previous posts before that, I would suggest, lets just a take a moment and reflect on our daily…
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Individually Together
I was reading this article commandments to 21st century father-in-law from a 21st century daughter-in-law. I hope I have brought my daughters up with more humane value. Fortunately my daughters have their relationship goal given by sister-in-law and my mother. Yes patriarchy can be suffocating. A lot depends on why do we get married. When…
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