Actually, exhilarating would be a better word. During satsangs, during meditations, even while running or playing tennis — one hits “the zone where one can do no wrong” — a transcendent realm of perfection. No past, no future — just a vast, free space coupled with a clarity of awareness without the slightest hint of […]

An interesting word. It appears around midway through the RudraAdhyaya (or Rudrapooja as we know it), during the Namakam part.Sadyojathaha literally means “born in this moment” and of course it isanother apt name for Shiva.The Divine principle is ever fresh, ever new. Creation is spontaneous,whimsical, secretive, meticulous and infinitely subtle. A mystery, Ireiterate, not to […]

“The Thackeray family strictly needs Art of Living lessons” — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. This quote had a prominent place on the front page of the Telegraph in Kolkata a couple of days ago. A bit surprising, since the language and tone is most unlike Guruji’s — so I decided to verify it from an […]

Sorry it’s not at all controversial, nor does it contain any spicy material or even spicy food for that matter; it’s just that the title was too good to pass up. That said, read on… It began with a glass of coke (or pepsi or whatever, it didn’t matter to me then, though I can […]

 गुरु सत्संग में शास्त्रीय संगीत के स्वरों से मन के तार झंकृत हो जाते हैं. प्राचीन वैदिक मन्त्रों से चेतना खिल उठती है. और उनके बीच के गहरे मौन में अनंत की अनुभूति प्राप्त होती है.  हमारी चेतना में निहित इस मौन की गूँज को ही अंतर्नाद कहते हैं. यह केवल स्वर और ध्वनि का […]

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It is late evening by the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh; the river is in spate, swollen with the rains, muddy with the mountain soil that she has washed down in her rage. We are used to a romantic Ganga — this sight is new, and a reminder of the ever-changing nature around us. An […]