Bee without hive
Bee without hive There is a famous slogan among Christians that: A Christian without Church is bee without a hive. There is some truth in it if it is...
View ArticleIndividualism East and West
Individualism East versus West Erna M. Hoch, Hypocrite or Heretic: To pretend or to protest. Published for The Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore, by The Christian...
View ArticleOrganization and Spiritual Family
Organization and Spiritual Family The context of this reflection is my appeal to help a person in her medical need. I wrote to few to send help and in response on person wrote the following...
View ArticleOrganization and Spirituality Part Two
Thank you for taking time to write this letter. My mind has gone through many paradigm shifts facing the reality. Basic problem for all of us is survival. We as human beings belong to common humanity...
View ArticleUpanishads and BIOR
There are so many views about Indian scriptures and what that BOIR [Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona] scholar shared is one of the views. But when we listen to various views we get new...
View Articleபதில் இலாத கேள்வி
ஒரு சாமியாரிடம் அவரது சீடர், தனது நண்பனின் குழப்பகங்களுக்கும் கேள்விகளுக்கும் விடை அறிய அழைந்து வந்தார். அப்போது அவர்களிடையே நடைபெற்ற [கற்பனை] உரையாடல் இது. சீடரின் நண்பரின் கேள்வி: நான் யார்?...
View ArticleI have a question [about mind]
I have a question [about MIND]. …It is said of a Zen Master that one day he was pouring tea in a cup when a renowned professor came to see him and requested him to teach Zen. The Master did not say...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1260
1260 Good for you When I struggle with The world and my heart Is there any Benefit in it, please tell me But when I struggle With you alone Many are the benefits You notice that first When I...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1261
1261 One way good I don’t have Any kind of answer However asked I have no answer Even if others give There is no use in it There is no answer to the Non existing question How many questions Were...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1262
1262 This is life What happening at present I accepted it I realised that This alone is life I give up the worry About tomorrow I forgot what Happened yesterday You gave this life Only to live...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1263
1263 This is not correct Unknown to you And not understanding myself Something is happening In my life Thinking like this I lived so far Not knowing the secret in it I lived so far But I know...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1264
1264 I will babble Thinking something And writing something As usual I will Babble something like this Though my atman says Don’t write any more I listen only What my mind says I become tired By...
View ArticleAsanas versus Exercise
Asanas versus Exercise Asana is one among the eight steps in Patanjali’s ashtanga yoga. Though Patanjali does not prescribe elaborate asanas, later a...
View ArticleSecular Song 563
563 Unparallel poet Did he merely Write poems, no He compiled All his thoughts [through his poems] He lived a Transparent life He established himself As the greatest poet “If I die without...
View ArticleSearch in Secret India Part One
Secret India, New Delhi, B.I. Publications Pvt Ltd, (1934), Reprint 1989 Dr Paul Brunton, A Search in Secret India, New Delhi, B.I. Publications Pvt Ltd, (1934), Reprint 1989 Searching for some kind...
View ArticleSearch in Secret India Part Two
Part Two Three thoughts caught my attention while I was reading this book: Rationalism, Who am I and experience. Already I have shared about my rationalistic view on reason. So I need not repeat...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1265
1265 I will get the answer You need not Talk with me And you need not Give answer to me What else can I say? As you are God If you do it wantonly What can I do? Is it my fault? To born as human...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1266
1266 Forgetting the great boon I lost In my own thoughts Due to the burden of heart I even lost also you But you took Mercy upon me Sitting next to me You hugged me Though there are Thousands...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1267
1267 My heart will overflow However I sing My heart won’t find satisfaction I cannot utter your sweet name In so many words Like a mad person Intoxicated with bhakti How much I write [songs] They...
View ArticleBhakti Theology Song 1268
1268 I have the right As I have the right with you I came before you I have decided to tell What I feel in my heart But I hesitate To share because Even before I tell You know about that But I...
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