03-Sep-2009
Travel
“When my ego was there, God realisation was missing. Now on realising God, my ego is lost. There is no darkness now that I see light.” ~ Kabir, a 15th century enlightened master
Tags: Lucknow, weekend-destination, Uttar-Pradesh, Photo-journal, India, spirituality, travelogue, travel, Neha-Srivastava
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10-Sep-2009
Books
Swami Brahmananda’s recital of Srimad Bhagwad Gita along with Sanskrit text and English translation.
Tags: Swami-Brahmananda, Srimad-Bhagwad-Gita, video, Sanskrit, English-translation
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12-Sep-2009
Travel
Rajapur’s claim to fame is Goswami Tulsidas (1532-1623 AD) who wrote Sri Ram Charit Manas. He was born here. The Hanuman Chalisa is by far his most popular work. He wrote these 40 verses in his student days at Kashi, as a personal prayer to Lord Hanuman to free him from fears.
Tags: Chitrakoot, travelogue, Uttar-Pradesh, Rama
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14-Sep-2009
Travel
Bali, a tropical island in the Indonesian archipelago is very picturesque. It has rice paddies tripping down hillsides like giant steps, volcanoes soaring up through the clouds, dense tropical jungle, long sandy beaches, warm blue water, crashing surf and friendly people who don't just have a culture but actually live it.
Tags: Bali, travelogue, Barila-Bisht, Indian-traveller, Photo-journal
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15-Sep-2009
Relax
In this folk song, a gopi of Vrindavan is saying that coming Holi she would spray colour on Krishna, the son of Nand. She’d like to make his dark cheeks red by rubbing gulal powder on them.
रंग डारूंगी नन्द के लालन पे, रँग डारूंगी
साँवर रँग लाल कर द्इयों, मल गुलाल दोउ गालन पे...
Tags: Indian-music, Girija-Devi, folk-music, Vrindavan, krishna, bhajan
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16-Sep-2009
Relax
Jagjit Singh in a live performance at Iskcon’s Hare Krishna temple, Juhu, Mumbai. The bhajan has been written by Bhakti saint, Surdas, a disciple of Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya. Surdas, like Mira Bai has been a great contributor to Braj sahitya, the literature of Vrindavan.
Tags: Indian-music, Jagjit-Singh, folk-music, Vrindavan, krishna, bhajan, Krishna-bhajan, Surdas, video
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16-Sep-2009
Books
The goal of mankind is knowledge. Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness come to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. After a time man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards which he is going...
Tags: Swami-Vivekananda, Book-excerpt, spirituality
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18-Sep-2009
Books
In Chapters 1 and 2, Srimad Bhagwad Gita, Arjun plies Krishna with reasons why he wanted to quit the war, but confused by it all, asks Krishna for guidance. Swami Brahmananda’s recital of Srimad Bhagwad Gita along with Sanskrit text and English translation.
Tags: Swami-Brahmananda, Srimad-Bhagwad-Gita, video, Sanskrit, English-translation
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19-Sep-2009
Books
In the middle of the 2nd chapter, we hear Krishna speak for the first time…
Hrishikesh says, a person who maintains equanimity in joy and sorrow is training himself for realizing the Self, a state of bliss.
Tags: Swami-Brahmananda, Srimad-Bhagwad-Gita, video, Sanskrit, English-translation
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19-Sep-2009
Relax
"No one knows the pain I go through on account of separation from Krishna. Krishna, without seeing you, I cannot rest," says Surdas, in this Krishna bhajan.
Tags: Indian-music, Jagjit-Singh, folk-music, Vrindavan, krishna, bhajan, Krishna-bhajan, Surdas, video
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24-Sep-2009
Books
In the second chapter of Bhagwad Gita, Krishna bares the nuts and bolts of life, to help us discover our blissful self…
A beautiful recitation of Chapter 2, verses 25 to 60 by Swami Brahmananda, Chinmaya Mission
Tags: Swami-Brahmananda, Srimad-Bhagwad-Gita, video, Sanskrit, English-translation
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27-Sep-2009
Relax
This is what I tasted at Dol Govind temple in North Guwahati... Krishna was offered a rich kheer - rice payasam and a salad of sprouted green moong lentils, soaked gram, chopped coconut, bananas and pomegranate seeds. This salt and sugar-free salad was delicious.
Tags: Assam, food, recipe, vegetarian, Assamese-cuisine
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