Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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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Viveka Chudamani – Sama
Among the qualities that help us know the self is “sama” Sri Adi Shankara begins with introducing us to this. When I just set out to read these I would find it so utopic the “sama’ peaceful, calm there was also this belief that calm meant still and still meant non-growth. But as I attended…
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About Mothers and Daughters
“our mother’s remain the strangest and craziest people we’ve ever met” she had said. “call me mother and harkens to my tale. This is something about nothing” her mother had said an hour and half ago. Radhamma, the heart and soul of the senior citizen’s guild wanted closures. 5th child to a borderline autistic mother…
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Guru Arjan Dev the 5th Guru of the Sikhs.
Yesterday was the day that the 5th Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev was martyred. Looking back everyone talks about Akbar and his secular move, yet the seed of Guru Arjan’s martyrdom was sown during his reign. Guru Arjan Dev was the first Sikh Guru to be born to a Sikh family. He also consolidated the…
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