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INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY

2020 Theme: Mountain biodiversity December 11, “International Mountain Day”, was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. The General Assembly “encouraged the international community to organize events at all levels on that day to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain development.” International Mountain Day is “observed every year with a different theme relevantContinue reading “INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY”

RITUALS OF THE LAZY FOLKS

GITA WISDOM # 45 विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्‌।श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते॥ शास्त्रविधि से हीन, अन्नदान से रहित, बिना मन्त्रों के, बिना दक्षिणा के और बिना श्रद्धा के किए जाने वाले यज्ञ को तामस यज्ञ कहते हैं ॥13॥ Men possessed of lazy approaches to life carry out religious practices not sanctified by the scriptures with indifference and bereftContinue reading “RITUALS OF THE LAZY FOLKS”

LEAVE A TRACE

Originally posted on Roth Poetry:
Coming, going, the waterbirds don’t leave a trace ~ Dogen Time pounds our lives like the ocean pounds the shore. Do you not know how short and fragile life can be? Some think wealth or power will produce a lasting legacy. How foolish… When all becomes bones and dust and…

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements ofContinue reading “HUMAN RIGHTS DAY”

RITUALS OF THE ARROGANT FOLKS

GITA WISDOM # 44 अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्‌।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्‌॥ परन्तु हे अर्जुन! केवल दम्भाचरण के लिए अथवा फल को भी दृष्टि में रखकर जो यज्ञ किया जाता है, उस यज्ञ को तू राजस जान ॥12॥ The arrogant and greedy folks perform rituals to impress others and to get earthlyContinue reading “RITUALS OF THE ARROGANT FOLKS”