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HIS Grace

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  महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् | यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालय: || 25|| I am Bhrigu amongst the great seers and the transcendental OM amongst sounds. Amongst chants know me to be the Holy Name; amongst immovable things I Am the Himalayas. The Bhagawad Gita- ch10v25 September 2017, while reading the National bestseller, "The Kundalini", Little did I know that I was reading my Future. Little did I know that HE had arrived. Little did I know that my life would change forever. - My Journey with my Guru started the moment I was born. While growing up, I would visit the Ganesha temple daily for my prayers. I would play games of temple making, plucking fresh flowers for puja, with my friends. Many saints would come for Bhiksha and I would happily give away my share of food. This is part of our religion, our tradition and our culture. Coming from a Jain terapanthi family, I was well aware of my spiritual duties from the very beginning. I would pray for hours at th

Yog Nidra

  A Practice that helped me sail through 2020 March 6th, after my return from Kolkata, Sid asked me to quarantine. This was the norm being followed after travel for the widespread pandemic. Initially, I felt good. It was a breather as my work makes me travel places. Treating myself by watching movies,  tv-series, and reading felt heavenly. Somewhere, deep down, my mind was craving for this moment. Partying with my gadgets made me feel young. Tv, iPad, laptop, smartphone, google home etc surrounded me. You name it and I had it!! After a few days, as the pandemic spread became worse, the fear crept in.  Our PMji announced our first lockdown, 25-03-2020. News, media, social media, all were flooded with news of covid-19. We had to stock up things as we could not step out of the house. Things got very tensed up and we kept following the number of cases along with death cases rise across the world. I got calls from clients for Vastu remedies to stay healthy, and if anything could be done to

Declutter Outside to Clear Up the Inside

 The shrill ring of the telephone shook me up from my reverie. Still groggy,  I walked across to the other end of the room to answer the call. On the other end, I heard my college buddy and best friend, Swe's familiar voice, "J," she screamed with excitement and with none of the formalities of a conversation. "I am coming over, please keep the Gol Gappe ready," she said before the phone line went dead. Thud! That was the end of the conversation!  Calls from Swe and hearing the thud on the other end of the phone was a norm, as was the standard of having disconnected calls via landlines in 2000, which were entirely at the mercy of long-wrung cables. However, on this particular day, Swe appeared at my door drenched in rainwater from head to toe, barely minutes after she called. Since pleasantries weren't necessary, she got right to the matter, which meant darting to my room to get changed — out of her wet clothes and into my dry ones so that we could get chatt

Nandi

 My Dearest Swamiji, Sadar Pranam and Merry Christmas! With Your blessings, we are all safe and sound. Just wanted to express my love for you through my limited understanding of Bhagavad Gita. You work so hard to help us discover our own truth. There is always a new insight, a new learning in every blog, course, books, discourses of Yours. "Kūpa-maṇḍūka-nyāya (the logic of a well-frog). I feel I am a like a frog in the well and know nothing about this universe. With my limited knowledge, I have been able to extract a few verses from the Bhagavad Gita on your glory. I have only read about this Universe through my science books and Brihad Parasar Hora Shastra. I realised that micro=macro. What is outside is also inside. I have heard that we carry the entire universe inside us, so my fascination for the planets has given me the purpose of my life, my vastu-astro vedic shastra. Translating them gives me immense pleasure, and it is secondary whether people will read the ancient scriptu

The Tigress

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 Finally she appeared!!! Roaming freely in the jungle without caring for anyone, anything...just she and her freedom... I am so jealous of her at times, but when I think of her struggle, it makes me happy to be where I am. She is a loner and marks her territory. Protecting her cubs is also pretty difficult from poachers, monkeys and many other ferocious animals. I am talking about none other than "The Tigress". My journey with her started since my childhood days.. I have walked the jungles of Chitwan, Bandipur, Nagarhole, Bannergetta, Jim Corbett, just to have a glimpse of her in the jungle, roaming freely. Finally, on my birthday 2021, I spotted her at the Jungles of Ranthambore, not once but twice.. Such is the grace of my guru.. He always sends me gifts..gifts which are precious to me and He fulfills every desire of mine.  His Grace is all I ask for. So coming back to my Tigress.. I have always loved this beautiful divine creature, not because of any conditioning, but due

Sun, Sand and Salt Water

 Can salt water heal us? Read on to find out: In the winter of 1995, when I was fourteen, my extended family of thirty people — cousins and friends — went on a vacation, a road trip to Goa. As one can imagine, the gang of parents and children was a place to party. The music on the loudspeakers blasted old songs and, like a jukebox, played peoples’ favourite music. We played antakshari and cards, danced and sang. The place is filled with laughter and fun. Yet, I don’t remember most of that. However, I remember this boy, whose name I didn’t know, accompanying us on our journey in the minivan. He was my mother’s friend’s son. He was tall at five feet six, lean built, with thick, black, curly hair. He spoke with a good command of the language. I tried to look pretty and cute, talk intelligently and appear smart. He was polite to the elders and friendly to the younger ones, such as me. He had a great sense of humour, and I was utterly smitten. I could think of doing nothing else but impress

Home Altar

  Manmanaa bhava madbhakto madyaajee maam namaskaru | Mamevaishyasi satyam te pratijaane priyosi me || Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to me, bow down to Me. Thou shalt come even to Me; truly do I promise unto thee, thou art dear to Me. -Bhagavad Gita chapter 18 verse 65 Translation by Swami Sivananda One Pointed Focus, a direction that we all require in our lives, is what the above verse emphasizes, which is the key reason temples all over have just one idol in the Garbha Griha. Garbha = womb and griha = house. Garbhagriha is the innermost sanctum sanctorum of the temple where the supreme deity resides. Ideally, in a Garbhagriha only one energy stays just like in a mother's womb, where only one energy is created and a twin who becomes the sibling can only share stays. Just like in our room where we are not comfortable with any other energy but are fine with our immediate family members and don't mind sharing our room with our spouse, child, or our pet. Right?!