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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”

LEARNING BIRDS # 03

Mountain Hawk-Eagle The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson’s hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle. Like allContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 03”

REFLECTIONS OF US

Originally posted on Annika Perry:
Summer slips into autumn almost unnoticed; the body hugging warmth acquiesces to an insipid invasive damp that clings to our lungs. One minute the green of July and August, then with the next blink there is the hint of the golden copper of October. However, leaves fail to create the…