The Secret Ingredient: Compassion
Compassion is a quality that is supposed to be inherent to humans; it was, in our ancestors. Its expression found its way in varied forms—be... Continue Reading
Category Archives: Spirituality
Yogsutra Of Patanjali: Sadhana Paad Yogsutra 2.20
Drashta drishimaatrah shuddho-api pratyayaanupashyah Drashta: seer (soul) Drishimaatrah: consciousness Shuddha: pure Api: also, only (for em... Continue Reading
Akshayvat: The Indestructible Banyan
On the banks of Yamuna, in the historic city of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, stands the Akshayvat, or the Indestructible Banyan, the roots of w... Continue Reading
Are You Sitting Right?
Our spine is called meru danda in yoga. Meru is the legendary mountain known to be the axis of the universe. Danda means a stick. Meru danda... Continue Reading
I Saved Him, Not
Four years ago I, a practicing physician and cardiologist, was into heavy gymming. It was my passion to have a muscular physique. I had a yo... Continue Reading
Driving And Deluge Away
I had travelled to Mumbai on 28 August 2017, for a client meeting. The flight was delayed by an hour due to storm and rains in the city, whi... Continue Reading
Yogsutras of Patanjali: Samadhipaad, Yogsutra 2.19
Patanjali details the forms of gunas, Visheshaavisheshalingamaatraalingaani gunaparvaani Dhyaan: dhyan Vishesh: particular, specific ... Continue Reading
God Dwells Where Women Are Honoured
A woman is an embodiment of Shakti — the energy that drives the Creation. It is a misconception, amongst many others, that women were oppres... Continue Reading
YogSutras Of Patanjali: Sadhan Paad Yogsutra 18
Patanjali details the nature, form and purpose of drishya, Prakaashakriyaasthitisheelam bhootendriyaatmakam bhogaapavargaartham drishyam Pra... Continue Reading
Do You Really Need That Shopping Bag?
Each year, the world produces 60 billion tons of plastic, including nearly 5,000,000,000,000 (trillion) plastic bags. The plastic does not b... Continue Reading
A Fracture That Saved Us
On reaching the hotel, I started hurrying to the hall where Yogi ji was giving a discourse. Before I knew it I had missed a step and fell st... Continue Reading
Mario and Maya
All of you must have played the game of Mario at some point in life. Mario collects the coins, kills the dragon and rescues his girlfriend, ... Continue Reading
Yogsutras of Patanjali – Sadhan Paad 16,17
16) Having explained how every pleasure is in fact pain; Patanjali begins to describe the process to end pain, Heyam dukhamanaagatam Heyam: ... Continue Reading
The Correctness of Chant
The efficacy of a vedic mantra depends on the correctness of its chant; faulty pronunciation of even a single alphabet changes the entire me... Continue Reading
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