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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…

  • Write Rituals

    Write Rituals

    Writing is tasting life twice, once when you experience it, and second time when you write the experience. The best way to write your story is to just start writing. Some interesting writing practices shared by Chetan Mahajan and other writers. Endeavour to get into flow researchers suggest comes from being intrinsically motivated, one has…

  • A little light on Deepavali.

    A little light on Deepavali.

    Banditu deepavali siri sobaganu pasarisi lokava belagutali.– this is a popular kannada poem that translates to Deepavali arrives bringing with it abundance and light. We have been celebrating Diwali in the same age old manner for hundreds of years with crackers, oil sweets, heavy unhealthy food gambling and what not… are we really Sunita I…

  • Family Meditation.—a life long gift.

    Family Meditation.—a life long gift. Families that eat together stay together is something that we have all heard. Here is another one that I read, a family that meditates together grows together. Coming to think of it, many families have the tradition of evening prayers together, or morning prayers together, I don’t mean of the…

  • talisman

    After my accident my mother consulted an astrologer, who told her that someone had cast an evil eye and that had affected me. The effect could be nullified using a Talisman. It’s not only amma, but a lot of people find solace in talismans cure a range of ills, they act as protectors, provide peace…

  • singara– the flower of the arcanut

    ಹೂವು ಚೆಲುವೆಲ್ಲ ತಂದೆಂದಿತು  ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಹೂವ ಮೂಡಿದ ಚೆಲುವೆ ತಾನೆಂದಿತು ಮಿನುಗು ತಾರೆ ಕಲ್ಪನರ ಮೇಲೆ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿದ ಹಾಡು. ತವರು ಮನೆಯಾದ ಉಡುಪಿಯ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮಠದ ವಠರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ತೆ ಜಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಹೂವು ಕಟ್ಟುತಿದ ನೆನಪು ಅವರನ್ನು ನೋಡಿಯೇ ನಾವು ಕಲಿತದ್ದು. ಈ ಸಾರಿ ಊರಿಗೆ ಹೋದಾಗ ಅನಂತೆಶ್ವರದ ಮಗ್ಗಲ್ಲಲಿ ಹೂವು ಮಾರುವನ ಅಂಗಡಿ, ಅಮ್ಮ ಮತ್ತು ಗೆಳತಿ ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಗ್ನರು ಆದರೆ ನನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣು ಸೆಳೆದ ಹೂವು ಸಿಂಗಾರ. ಅಥವಾ ಪಿಂಗಾರ. ಇದು ತುಳುನಾಡಅಧ್ಯಂತ ಪೂಜೆಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ತುರುಬು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಂಗಾರ ಹೂವು ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಸಿಕೊಲ್ಲುವುದು ತುಳುನಾಡ ಮೊಕೆದ-ಸಿಂಗಾರಿಯ ಲಕ್ಷಣ. Along the western…