Guru Purnima – Festival & Spiritual Significance
“Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Gurudeva MaheshwaraGuru Sakshat Para BrahmanTasmay Sri Guruve Namah” The Guru is the Eternal Supreme BeingWe offer our salutations to the Guru The full moon day of […]
Sacred Space
Navaratri: Nine Nights of Devi
Chaitra Navaratri is from 2nd April to 11th April 2022 Prathamam Shailaputri ca dvitiyam brahmacharini |Tritiyam chandra ghanteti kusmandeti chaturhakam || Panchamam skandamaateti shashtam katyayaniti ca |Saptamam kalaratriti mahagauriti chastamam […]
Yoga Comes & Yoga Goes
Yoga comes and yoga goes. To be alert is to recognise both. In the hours of darkness, caught in the world of action and the whirlpool of samskaras, or the […]
Awareness is the Key
Awareness must be cultivated. No amount of discussion, reading, sitting in meditation or prayers will enlighten us. The traveller on the journey needs to walk with one-pointedness, mindfulness, ceaseless determination, […]
Practice: Tat Twam Asi
My practice is to remember and acknowledge ‘Tat Tvam Asi’. We are all here as expressions of the boundless. Me and Mine Spending time with those dedicated to exploring and […]
Pratyahara: Forgotten limb of Yoga
“Pratyahara itself is termed as Yoga, as it is the most important limb in Yoga Sadhana” ~ Swami Sivananda Yoga is a vast system of spiritual practices for inner growth. […]
Sacred Forest
The little boy lived in the high mountains. An undulating green pasture served as the ledge on which the little hamlet nestled. Precipitous trails from the village arrowed down to […]
Consciousness Impulse
Consciousness impulse drives evolution “The very stones cry out and raise themselves to Spirit “. Georg Hegel, the German philosopher. Intriguing? it folows that the consciousness impulse drives evolution. Consider […]
Notes from the Kumbh – Vignettes
Kumbh Prayagraj: The city prepares for the Ardhkumbha beginning in January 2019. Journalist Raman Nanda’s recollections of the Mahakumbha in 2001, are shared here. The Kumbh is an experience. Shared […]
Akhadas of Sadhu Sannyasins at Kumbh
The Kumbh Mela area is broadly separated according to the various Sannyas or Shaiva akhadas and Vairagi/Sadhu or Vaishnav Akhadas as well as other Sampradayas. At Prayagraj, there is also […]