Deep in a dense forest of ancient India, a ferocious and notorious bandit known as Ratnakar once roamed. The ruthless man took great pleasure in his wicked ways. He robbed and murdered people without remorse. Like a predator stalking prey, he waited in unlikely places and struck when nobody expected him. The very name …
There was a beautiful Buddhist monastery in the middle of a dense jungle. In that lived an abbot with his trainee monks. As guided by the abbot, the trainee monks practiced the virtue of kindness. That abbot often left the monastery to work with his family-oriented disciples. In one such situation, he was gone …
My Ishta, or favorite divine, also happens to be the final goal of Sri Vidya: Sri or Divine Energy. When Sri manifests in feminine forms, she is referred to as Sri Devi—an epithet for all female deities. In this post, I honor my Ishta by sharing the meaning of my favorite song, Sri Chakra-Raja, which is …
Sanatana Dharma (SD or Hinduism) is an umbrella term for several sects. Each subsect views a different divine as the Mother or Father of the Universe. Some sects, such as Advaita, revere the Divine that is within you. The Vaishnava tradition regards Goddess Lakshmi as the Mother of the Universe. In this highly religious system, …
Be a control freak,She will disappoint you.Let go and be yourself, She will walk with you.Be kind and serve all, She will run after you.Nature’s a playful child, Value her creation and She will value you! As the above poem denotes, a common issue in this result-oriented world is that we try to control everything around us. We …
