Banaras appears as Kashi in Skand Puran entitled Kashi Khand. It is glorified in golden words as despite being a piece of earth it is not associated with it, despite being tied with all the limits of world it liberates from all the bonds. Since the times of Puranas Kashi is venerated in history as the land […]
Banaras Then and Now
We Have Our Own Kurushetra
Kurukshetra saw a painful, cruel battle of vested interests within a mighty, illustrious royal family causing a colossal loss of human lives. This story is illustrated in the epic Mahabharat and ever since has become a synonym of battles where jealousy, rivalry, ambitions have a full play clashing in a gory devastation. All the sides have self- righteous reasons to […]
Mystical Power Of Vedic Mantras
Published: 22nd August, 2024; The Speaking Tree, The Times of India The ancient cultures and traditional beliefs agree that our universe is resonant with vibrational frequencies inaudible by human ears. Modern science has discovered that this deep sound in the space is coming from the sun. NASA has recorded this vibration in the universal language […]
Shiv As Ardhnarishwar
Published at “The Speaking Tree”, The Times of India, July 8th 2023 Spiritually in nutshell the concept of Ardhnarishvar can be defined as the “Totality that lies beyond duality”. In Literature and philosophy, the idea of duality emerges when these studies talk of two types of consciousness experienced in the inner core of one’s being […]
Bhartihari—The King, Poet and Renunciate
Published: March 15th, 2023; Speaking Tree, The Times of India https://www.speakingtree.in/article/fruit-for-longevity Life flows in a vast Heraclitan flux in which glory and darkness co-exist. In the journey of life boththese phases have a significant role to play. Many a times the inner or outer storm leaves behind a flood of light and at that […]
Without You
Emptiness emptying Itself In my sinking heart and claiming my emptiness. Hollow moments encircle my hollow being making me look like a fused tube with black light. Not that I loved you too much But now I do not know what to do With Out You
Sati
I saw yo on your funeral pyre dead I am on my funeral pyre alive amidst flames of desires, longing help less ness burning me inch by inch. Hours are slow Weeks and months Slur by. Who says Sati has ended? The custom is still alive. When a partner leaves It’s shadow creeps […]
The Art of Doing Nothing
https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/the-art-of-doing-nothing ‘Nothing’ in the present reference does not reflect even remotely any shade of grey. The word ‘art’ saves it from falling into the pitfalls of sentimentality, depression, angst, alienation. Rather the word ‘art’ becomes a savior and changes ‘nothing’ into a medicinal pill protecting it from the clutches of all these modern ailments. The […]
Come Into My Shelter
This most soothing, most assuring invite in our violently rollicking life comes from Lord Krishna initially given to Arjun, the eternal saadhak in all of us. Part of a shloka this positive declaration appears in Chapter 18 verse 66 in Shrimad Bhagavad -Gita sarvadharmaan parityajya maam ekam saranam vraja It is astounding that Gita […]
Many Religions, One Spirit
Reach the point where there is room for none other than the One, where you are free of all trappings, writes Alka Nigam Using religion as a crutch we climb the stairs of the growth of self and when we reach the summit we don’t need religion any longer. Its rituals and holy books become […]
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