Being human
and life's little mysteries

Gurur Brahmā Gurur Viṣṇur Gurur devo Maheśvaraḥ Guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ Brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ Our creation is that guru (Brahma-the...

The autumn time of year is a delight for witnessing change. Down here in Surrey, the chestnuts are opening up for the taking; fungi of...

om. asato mā sad gamaya tamaso mā jyotir gamaya, mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya. oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Lead me from the unreal to the real,...

patraṁ  puṣpaṁ  phalaṁ   toyaṁ  yo  me  bhaktyā  prayacchati  tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam  aśnāmi  prayatātmanaḥ Whatever is offered to Me...

Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara Guru Sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah Our creation is that guru; the...

Navigating through the city-scapes of today, however, can be like an assault to our inner world. Being in the unnatural world of...

Shri Adi Shankaracharya from Guru Ashtakam Thousands of years ago, as a way to encourage his students to realize how precious their lives...

vastu-sāmye citta-bhedāt tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ Each individual person perceives the same object in a different way, according to their...

The state of “yoga,” or “union,” is when the individual self reunites with the infinite, undifferentiated, eternal Self. Yoga has...

atha yoga-anushasanam Now this is yoga as I have perceived it in the natural world. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (PYS 1.1) Anyone who...

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform — do that, O son of Kuntī,...

Being in the hospital going on six weeks can sometimes feel like a marathoner at the twenty-second mile. “The wall”, as it’s called in...

PYS III.24 Maitri Adishu Balani Through friendliness, kindness and compassion, strength and success will come. Since I’ve been in the...

samniyama-indriya-gramam / sarvatra sama-buddhayah te prapnuvanti mam eva / sarva-bhuta-hite ratah Those who are able to control their...

Yesterday morning was month to the day since I woke up. I woke up from a twelve hour surgery and an additional twelve hours of being...

PYS 1.33: Maitri Karuna Muditopeksanam Sukha Dukha Punyapunya Visayanam Bhavantas Citta Prasnadanam Definition: Maitri -friendliness...

sarva-bhutastham atmanam sarva-bhutani ca-atmani iksate yogayukta-atma sarvatra sama-darsanah Through the practice of yoga, the yogi sees...

Once, there was an Ovum. It was single-pointed, perfect and complete in every way. Along came a sperm and fused with the ovum, and in an...

Even though as humans we tend to pride ourselves for being in control, autonomous and blessed with the freedom of choice, in truth we are...

This question, asked so frequently from many different vantage points, has no one answer, instead, challenging the respondent to review...