Spirituality In Practice

Author: sipractce

  • Astu: So be it!

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    During the Vedic chants, there are passages conveying the blessings of the Lord to all those present. When the chief priest recites these verses, the others in the retinue of priests would say ThaTha Astu (we concur with that). In its shortened form it is stated as Astu (so be it). Astu also stands for a…

  • The Yoga of renunciation (Sanyasa Yoga)

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    In a recent news item it was reported that the women’s basketball team players of University of Maryland had entirely given up their cell phones for a few days. The idea is that such total withdrawal from the cell phone is a symbolism of their ability to pay unbridled attention to the job on hand…

  • Meditation Simplified

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    Meditation is not an endless exercise for mind control. Instead it is a means to an end Meditation is a calm and contemplative mind available for our use to reflect at any time, on any subject that we choose. It is an ability to quieten my mind, such that it does not drift into thoughts…

  • 2014 in review

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    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 25 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

  • Happy New Year – 2015

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    Dear Reader: Thank you for your patronage for this blog site. Please find below a collection of images and our thanks as we bid good bye to 2014 and with the very best wishes for each of you and every one in your family, as we enter the New Year! To date we have over…

  • Why am I a vegetarian?

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    Recently I received the following link to a TED talk titled: “Week Day Vegetarian”. http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian?language=en The speaker makes all the well-known arguments on why one should be a vegetarian? The reasons include: It takes far more water to grow the animals one eats for the equivalent plant products required for nourishment. The ecological damage and…

  • How is your relationship?

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    How is your relationship? Is your relationship like a soup (melting pot) or like a blanket (with distinct colors woven into a well-defined space and pattern)? Today, I attended a life celebration service – a funeral service, but more in the spirit of celebration. This was for a long time professional friend/colleague, that I came…

  • Enlightened Living: A seamless blend of three pathways for self-control.

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    In a literal sense, life is the process from birth to death, where birth implies the time when heart starts pulsing and death is when the heart stops  pulsing permanently. If that is your understanding and you are satisfied with such clinical definition, you are likely to be one in a million or may be…

  • Shades of Karma

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    Karma is a word in Sanskrit language. It is very frequently used in Vedic Scriptures. As is often the case in Sanskrit, the same word takes on several meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Karma is used to refer to the rituals to be performed in honor of the elders who…

  • The burden of relationship

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    Tamil is one of the oldest Indian languages. Like so many historical aspects of India, it is difficult to precisely date the origin of this language. It has a continuous recorded history for over 2200 years. It is a long held tradition in Tamil literature to discuss or debate topics of relevance to the society.…