14 Apr 2019 archive

The secret -calm mind

Only when one sends the mind, which becomes calm when one restrains the breath, on the (one) path of (self-) investigating* will its form perish**. (‘Upadēśa-Undiyār’ [‘Teachings in Undiyār (poetic style)’], v. 14) [ātma-vicāra] ** Please, see verse 13. Translated from Michael James. Ramana Mahatshi ஒடுக்க வளியை யொடுங்கு முளத்தை விடுக்கவே யோர்வழி யுந்தீபற வீயு மதனுரு வுந்தீபற.

What is death?

Here is Ramana Maharshi version For the last decade people have been feeling sorry for me. In the hallway, at work, and otherwise. They ask me how are you? I say alive. And immediately I get their sympathy. It’s better than the alternative. Or they laugh thinking I am joking. And they get my sympathy. …

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Neem Karoli Baba incident

Those who have read about Baba know his greatness. He cured many and took away suffering of thousands and thousands people. In 2017, Ram Dass wrote one of his experience with Baba. In the sixties or early seventies, many people in Bangladesh were suffering. Ram Dass was very troubled by it. He used his VW …

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Padmasana

Padmasana-sthite deviparabrama svarupini,Paramesi jagan matar-mahalaksmi namo stu te. It means Mahalaxmi, you sit in padmasana, you are para Brahma and Creator of all the different worlds and I bow to you So this is an Asana described in Yoga. Many people have claimed many benefits of the Asana The Asana can cure all diseases and …

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