Category: Spirituality
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The Texts as Mirrors
A wall of old photographs, the faces of teachers you will never meet, and a book that has been opened a thousand times. None of it is decoration.…
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Ahimsa Begins at Home
The body is not a project. The way we speak to it, before anyone else is listening, is where the practice of non-harming actually begins.
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The Patience of Bhagiratha
The river at Gangotri carries a man’s name — the name of someone who waited. What brought the water to him was not strength, but a resolve he…
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Sattvic: Food That Keeps the Mind Clear
Before you eat, wait. Not for long. For the length of one breath — one slow breath, while the plate is in front of you and the day…
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Mahashivratri: The Night of the Still One
The lamp is small. The night is not. Mahashivratri, the great night of Shiva, asks for one thing only — that you stay awake. Not with coffee and…
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Satsang: The Company of Truth
Who are you sitting with tonight? And the more difficult question: who are you sitting with all week, all year, in your head, in your habit, in your…
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After Diwali, Still Lit
The lamps are still burning along the ghat. By morning some of them will be ash and rainwater, and the dark will come back as it always does.…
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Pitru Paksha: The Fortnight of the Ancestors
Who came before you? Not only your parents. Not only your grandparents. The whole long line — the ones who carried the same names and never once saw…
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Every Step a Mantra
The road to Gaumukh is walked, not driven. Somewhere on the last stretch, the walking stops being travel and becomes the practice itself.
