By Colonel Achal Sridharan (Golf Lover) “Something wicked this way comes” – Macbeth God has given us life for one innings. Second innings in life comes after retirement! How you play the second innings is different for each human. Retirement is not 60 years in age but is individualistic. Generally, when someone stops working, he … Read more
Sri Paramarthananda says: “At any point of time, we have a certain number of wants (desires) to be fulfilled. (Denominator) Out of these, a certain number of desires would have been fulfilled. (Numerator). If both the numbers are equal, the quotient is One or the equilibrium. That means all the desires that were stacked on … Read more
Yeh Kaisa Family Hai?(Roughly translated as “What kind of family is this?”)Let us recreate some fun-filled, truths and half truths, situations and experiences that are part of every family. All in jest, no offence meant to mothers, fathers, siblings , aunts and uncles and acquired relations. So here is a motley collection of Q and … Read more
In the Kathopanishad (1.3.3) there is a beautiful analogy of the Aatman, the Master, riding a chariot. The chariot is imagined for the Aatman– conditioned in Samsara– who is the enjoyer of the fruits of Karma and is in bondage of Samsara, “Aatmaanam rathitam viddhi sareeram ratameva tu I Buddhim tu saaratim Viddhi manah … Read more
Here is the description of the Tree of Samsar in the Bhagavad Gita, Ch.15, Verses 1,2 &3 Urdhvamulam adhaksakham asvattham prahur avyayam I chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam veda sa vedavit II The Tree is the “Aswattha” Tree– Ficus religiosa, the Peepal tree- considered sacred in Hinduism. In Tamil, it is known as “arasa maram”.Also known … Read more
