A beautiful rendition of the 16 names of Lord Vishnu, to be recited in the morning. The Stotra describes how Vishnu, the All Pervading One is in every aspect of our lives and how we can integrate His remembrance in daily life or indeed, recognise His already existing Presence in …
To arrange wordsIn some orderIs not the same thingAs the inner poiseThat’s poetry. The truth of poetryIs the truthOf being.It’s an experienceOf truth. No ornamentsSurviveA crucible.Fire revealsOnly moltenGold. Says TukaWe are hereTo reveal.We do not wasteWords. – Sant Tukaram 29 June this year is Ashadhi Ekadashi, also called Devshayani Ekadashi. …
“You won’t reach it without singing; if you don’t sing, it’s far.
But when you sing with deep feeling, God is right where you are!”
– Kabir
He is unique among those rich in understanding, but by His Grace I placed Him in my understanding to hold Him there, But even that is by His sweet Grace, and so He made me realise that all understanding and life and body and the infinite too are mere nothing, …
The mind sees only parts and never the whole. Both Shankaracharya and Ramanujacharya’s Jayantis are celebrated on the same day (6 May this year), ironically pointing out, perhaps, the oneness of bhakti and jnana. Shankara’s Kevala Advaita is generally understood as a pure jnana approach …
There is a glue of ‘I, Me, Mine’ which is like an energetic bond that makes us become identified (meaning become blinded to the wider perspective and neutral view) with thought movements and action stories in our minds. It is not just thoughts and ideas that make up …
The one who graces with words that find harmony with the elements, with all of life singing sweet eternal melodies help bring that Sound to the ears of our Heart Sharade Namami As the best mother and best river (as the Rig Veda extols) she is the ever fresh …
‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’, a Sanskrit phrase repeated in many ancient Indian texts, translates as “the Earth is one family”. This recognises not only the unity of mankind, but of all living systems on the Earth.
In the book I’m currently reading (these days for me reading means opening to random places as I feel inspired to!), Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy by Osho, Osho discusses the issues of living the Truth in the world, using the example of Krishna who is accused of playing …
You are the ultimate Reality; have no doubt.The Self is not something known by the mind;The Self is the very one who knows!How, then, could you think to know the Self? Avadhuta Gita, I: 42* But the Self does not become an object of knowledge and there is no …
“When one rises in awareness, one perceives that every atom, every particle is pervaded by Bhagavan in His formless state. However all this drama of countless universes, countless worlds, which are appearing and disappearing, are in His cosmic Form, in His ‘saguna’ Form: beyond that there is nothing else. And …
The true nature of mind is infinite.Truly, mind does not have any identity.When we hold personal views and stories,these cannot but bring sufferingbecause we are going against our true nature. When I first embarked on the “spiritual path”, it was not for ‘enlightenment’ or to figure out any great Truths but …
Moving from tamasic nature to sattva means you are refining the physical body, the mental body, the emotional body and the energy body. If you refine this so much that it became very transparent, you cannot miss the source of creation which is within you. Sadhguru As the Intelligence of …
A reading from the book ‘HeartWords: mystic poems’
In equanimity, we are aligned with the Intelligence of the Creator.
