The Perfect Man
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(The following is an excerpt from chapter 13 titled ‘The Way of Heaven’ from ‘The Complete Works of Zuangzi’, translated by Burton Watson. The book is a 2400 year old prose-poem by the Chinese sage Zhuangzi aka Chuang Tzu. I…
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The Empty Boat
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Read more: The Empty Boat(Recently, on the SIDH WhatsApp group someone shared the translation of a 2400 year old prose-poem by Zhuangzi aka Chuang Tzu. I tracked down the original and thought it would be nice to share it here as a blog post.…
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Anubhav Se Judna
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Read more: Anubhav Se Judnaशब्द एक ध्वनि है। लिखें तो एक आकृति है। अस्तित्व में अनेक ध्वनियाँ हैं। कोई भी आवाज़ एक ध्वनि ही तो है। इसी प्रकार बहुत सी आकृतियाँ होती हैं। पर कुछ एक ही ध्वनियों का कोई खास अर्थ होता है।…
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Apne andar dekhna
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Read more: Apne andar dekhnaअपने अंदर देखना। कितनी बार सुना है, पढ़ा है इस तरह की बातें। हमारे देश में तो आधुनिक गुरुओं से लेकर पता नहीं अतीत में कितने ही महापुरुषों ने ऐसी बातें की हैं। पर अंदर देखना क्या सिर्फ ‘निरपेक्ष’ संवेदनाओं,…
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Intermediation
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Read more: IntermediationWhen I was growing up in a government colony, we had a grassy ‘ground’ between the rows of two-storey flats. This meant that in the fifty or so homes surrounding the ground there were enough children to play all sorts…
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India Wins the 2024 T20 World Cup
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Read more: India Wins the 2024 T20 World CupIndia beat South Africa by seven runs in Barbados to win the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup. I thought it was fitting to have this week’s blog post showcase the confidence that this unbeaten team showed throughout the tournament. The…
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Ramana Maharshi on Mind
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Read more: Ramana Maharshi on MindMaurice Frydman, who edited and compiled Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Marathi satsang recordings into ‘I Am That’, was also a devotee of Ramana Maharshi. Some of his dialogues with the Maharshi are available in a slim book called ‘Maharshi’s Gospel’. The following…
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Ramana Maharshi On Silence
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Read more: Ramana Maharshi On SilenceMaurice Frydman, who edited and compiled Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Marathi satsang recordings into ‘I Am That’, was also a devotee of Ramana Maharshi. Some of his dialogues with the Maharshi are available in a slim book called ‘Maharshi’s Gospel’. I found…
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Rushing through life
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Read more: Rushing through lifeI was recently on a superfast night train from Bangalore to my hometown in Kerala. I got up just before dawn and stood looking out of the door watching the land slowly wake up from sleep. The train was travelling…
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A Self-Sufficient Civilization
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Read more: A Self-Sufficient CivilizationIn 2017 Dr Claude Alvares gave an entertaining, hard hitting talk at NIT Kozhikode about the disconnect between the subjects we study in college and the reality that we inhabit outside the classroom. We are a self-sufficient civilization, said Dr…
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On Inadvertence
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Read more: On InadvertenceThe online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Inadvertence as: a result of inattention. This word comes up many times in Nisargadatta Maharaj’s conversations collected together in ‘I am That’. I have been recently thinking that what Maharaj says about inadvertence or inattention…
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Learning is effortless
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Read more: Learning is effortlessPrinciple 1 of true teaching: Nothing can be taughtAll learning happens within the child. No teacher can have direct control over it. The teacher is a helper and a guide. They can only attempt to draw the attention of the…
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