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February 2007

February 25, 2007

Why Pray for Everyone's Happiness?

This is a very oft repeated Mantra in the Hindu temples. Its basic and inherent...

February 25, 2007

Shouchu's Sword

A monk asked, 'What is Shouchu's sword?'Shouchu said, 'Why?'The monk said, 'This student wants to...

February 22, 2007

Have Nothing and Happiness…

Even if you have nothing,It is hard to find that contentmentWhich comes from renunciation.I accept...

February 21, 2007

Between Action and Renunciation

Arjuna: O Krishna, you have recommended both the path of selfless action and sannyasa, the...

February 20, 2007

Desire and Aversion are alike!

Desire and aversion are of the mind.The mind is never yours.You are free of its...

February 19, 2007

I am the Lover and the Beloved!

I honor the God and the Goddess,The eternal parents of the universe.The Lover, out of...

February 18, 2007

Wealth's Nature

Amassing great wealth is gradual, like the gathering of atheater crowd.Its dispersal is sudden, like...

February 02, 2007

Modification of the Brahman

Yoga Vasistha remains by far the most profound book I have laid my hands on!...

January 2007

January 27, 2007

Undertaking a Project

We - those in IT and business - are always on some project or the...

January 21, 2007

Brahma

Very Well Explained!! Brahman creates the game of life by breaking Himself into parts that...

January 16, 2007

Illumined Man

All actions are performed by the gunas of prakriti. Deluded by his identification with the...

January 11, 2007

Three Thoughts for the Day

Here are three great thought! Couldnt say it better on the negatives of hatred and...

January 10, 2007

Thought for the Day: Wisdom and the Subtle Sense

Wisdom speaks well, conveying each meaning clearly, And listens for the subtlest sense in others'...

January 06, 2007

Thought for the Day: Rest in Self

Wherever the mind wanders, restless and diffuse in its search for satisfaction without, lead it...

January 04, 2007

Sun and the light!

Fantastic verse! That which is responsible for the existence of the Sun - in our...

December 2006

December 31, 2006

Message for the New Year 2007

Birth ceases when all attachments are severed; Otherwise, one beholds unceasingly the transitoriness of life....

December 05, 2006

What is Knowledge

Interesting comment on Knowledge from Rumi: Knowledge has two wings. Conjecture is one wing. Conjecture...

December 03, 2006

Here and there

What is here is also there; what is there, Also here. Who sees multiplicity But...

December 02, 2006

I am awake

Nice poem - a declaration really from one who has gone beyond the illusion... Yesterday,...

December 01, 2006

Source of Joy

Message from Gita for today: Those who realize the Self are always satisfied. Having found...

November 2006

November 17, 2006

Sense Pleasure…

Today's Upnishad verse... Those who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure Are born in a...

November 17, 2006

Form and No Form

Interesting Zen teaching: That which has form emerges from that which has no form; that...

November 12, 2006

He is Free

Here is Ashtavakra Gita on what "freedom" is: The world no longer holds him. He...

November 07, 2006

God in our Image

These days it is so common for people to say how "God" would act or...

November 06, 2006

One Pointed Mind

Only the one-pointed mind attains This state of unity. There is no one But the...

November 01, 2006

Self and self

Another great verse for the day from Isha Upanishad! The Self seems to move, but...