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Namakarana
I am now a grandmother once again! My grandson was born a few days ago, and we conducted the naming ceremony today. My son wrote this on his blog, and I thought that I would share the same with you. Here goes! Namakarana is a very important samskara in Sanatana Dharma. A person’s personality is seen through the eyes, but is heard and understood through the name. A person or thing’s first…
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The importance of time and effort
The importance of time and effort
क्षणशः कणशश्चैव विद्यामर्थं च साधयेत् | क्षणत्यागे कुतो विद्या कणत्यागे कुतो धनम् ||
kṣaṇaśaḥ kaṇaśaḥ ca eva vidyām arthaṃ ca sādhayet ।
kṣaṇa-tyāge kutaḥ vidyā kaṇa-tyāge kutaḥ dhanam ॥
Subhashita
Knowledge and wealth are procured with every moment and grain (respectively). If a moment is wasted, how can knowledge be accrued? If a grain is wasted, how can wealth be accumulated?
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What makes us happy?
What makes us happy?
सर्वं परवशं दुःखं सर्वमात्मवशं सुखम् । एतद् विद्यात् समासेन लक्षणं सुखदुःखयोः ॥
sarvaṃ paravaśaṃ duḥkhaṃ sarvamātmavaśaṃ sukham | etad vidyāt samāsena lakṣaṇaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ ||
Manusmriti 4.160
All that is dependent on others is painful; all that is dependent on oneself is pleasing; he shall know this to be, in short, the definition of pleasure and pain.
A very simple, but profound…
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What is the recipe for success?
What is the recipe for success?
यशोधिगन्तुं सुखलिप्सया वा मनुष्यसंख्यामतिवर्तितुं वा |
निरुत्सकानामभियोगभाजां समुत्सुके वाङ्कमुपैति सिद्धिः ||
yashodhigantum sukhalipsayā vā manuśyasamkhyāmativartitum vā nirutsakānāmabhiyogabhājām samutsuke vānkmupaiti siddhih
Kavya Prakasha
Success itself is keen to fall in the lap of and embrace a person who is not very keen to be famous, or who is not desirous of attaining…
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What is my duty in life?
What is my duty in life?
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुण: परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् | स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेय: परधर्मो भयावह: ||
śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt swa-dharme nidhanaṁ śhreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ
Srimad Bhagavad Gīta 3.35
It is far better to perform one’s natural prescribed duty, though tinged with faults, than to perform another’s prescribed duty, though perfectly. Destruction in the…
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Two fishes and a frog
Two fishes and a frog
As the frog said, “the one with thousand tricks sat on the head of the fisherman, the one with hundred tricks is hanging by the fisherman’s arm and I with only one trick am happily swimming in the water.”
Two fish named Sahasrabuddhi and Satabuddhi made a lake their home. They had a frog as a friend whose name was Ekabuddhi. Every day, they used to meet on the bank of the lake and discuss…
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Happy Janmashtami!
Krishna, Kishan, Madhav, Banke Bihari, Gopala, Kanhaiya, Ranchhod, Parthasarathy, Ishvara…the many names and the many facets of the personality of the most loved God in the Hindu pantheon – Sri Krishna.
God is all-powerful, controls the Universe – fear God, they say – since He is looking at all your bad deeds and will punish you. Pray to God, else you will rot in hell. Be afraid. Don’t speak…
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Who am I?
मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तानिनाहं
नचश्रोत्रजिह्वेनचघ्राणनेत्रे।
न च व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः
चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम् ।।
manOBuddhyahankAra cittAni nAham, na ca SrOtrajihvE na ca ghrANanEtrE | na ca vyOma bhoomirna tEjO na vAyu:, cidAnandaroopa: ShivOham ShivOham ||
Nirvana Śhatakam by Ādi Śańkara
I am not the mind, the intellect, the ego or the memory, I am not the ears, the…
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The best time to do anything
The best time to do anything
यदपि स्यादसमये यातो वनमसाविति । अकालो नास्ति धर्मस्य जीविते चञ्चले सति ॥
yadapi syādasamaye yāto vanamasāviti | akālo nāsti dharmasya jīvite cañcale sati||
Buddhacarita 6.21, by Aśvaghoṣa
Though he might be said to have gone at a bad time to the forest, in dharma, in truth, no bad time exists – life being as fickle as it is.
The Buddhacarita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Aśvaghoṣa is a…
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The discipline involved in learning...
The discipline involved in learning…
आदौ नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः परिगम्यते । इहामुत्रफलभोगविरागस्तदनन्तरम् शमादिषट्कसम्पत्तिर्मुमुक्षुत्वमिति स्फुटम् ॥ १९ ॥
ādau nityānityavastuvivekaḥ parigamyate | ihāmutraphalabhogavirāgastadanantaram śamādiṣaṭkasampattirmumukṣutvamiti sphuṭam
from Vivekacūḍāmaṇi, written by Jagadguru Adi Śaṅkarācārya
First is enumerated discrimination between the Real and the unreal; next comes aversion to…
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We are all worthy
We are all worthy
अमन्त्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् । अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः ॥
amantramakṣaraṃ nāsti nāsti mūlamanauṣadham । ayogyaḥ puruṣo nāsti yojakastatra durlabhaḥ ॥
Samayocitapadyamālikā
There is not a syllable which is not a mantra; there is not a root that is not a medicine. There is no person who is not able, but rare is the person who knows how to apply his true potential!
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We are in everything, and everything is in us
We are in everything, and everything is in us
आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन |
सुखं वा यदि वा दु:खं स योगी परमो मत: ||
ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśhyati yo ’rjuna
sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ
Bhagavad Gīta 6.32
I regard them to be perfect yogis who see the true equality of all living beings and respond to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were their own.
If you stick out your tongue…
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Possessions and contentment
Contentment is a very relative word. You may be content in eating rice and lentils, someone else, on the other hand, may want richer food. One may be content with a fan in summer, another may be content just having electricity.
So how do we define a common baseline – a minimum requirement for contentment?
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिता: | कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिता: ||
ch…
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What is Yoga?
This article first appeared on – https://www.rohitghai.com/21-day-sadhana-challenge-day-15/
This seemingly simple question is quite difficult to answer actually. Answers differ – it depends on who is asking the question, and who is being asked.
Put this question to a traditionalist…and he would surely mention the ‘union’, the melting of consciousness, and a lot more. As a Neo-teacher of…
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Feeling up your time - Part 2
Feeling up your time – Part 2
Freeing up your time – Part 2
Difficulty level – 3 (difficult)
Time commitment : (-45) minutes everyday
A few days back, I had spoken about freeing up your time. This is the second part of that exercise.
The first thing we need to do is to be aware of how we spend our time. Without awareness, you cannot measure it. Without measuring, you cannot analyse it. And without analysis, you…
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Strongest village in India
Strongest village in India
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Freeing up your time
Freeing up your time
The first thing we need to do is to be aware of how we spend our time. Without awareness, you cannot measure it. Without measuring, you cannot analyse it. And without analysis, you cannot amend it.
So, as a pre-exercise routine, you would need to perform a few tasks:
Commitment – The first step to achieve anything is firm commitment to the cause. This is an addiction – the only way to…
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