Category: Spirituality
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Spring Arrives as a Subtraction
Somewhere between the last of the cold nights and the first hot afternoon, the air changes. Ayurveda calls this kapha. Holi answers it with colour, laughter, and the…
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The Sun Turns North
Around the fourteenth of January the sun enters Makara, and the year begins to lean north. The light has crossed its lowest point, and from here the afternoons…
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The Night the Ganga Is Full of Fire
Dev Deepawali comes on the night of Kartik Purnima, and for one night the ghats of Banaras give their light back to the river.
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Nine Nights, Nine Doors
The garland and the mat belong to the same evening. Around the circle of people sitting to practise, marigolds have been laid — orange and yellow, bright against…
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The Monsoon Softens What Was Hard
In Banaras, the monsoon arrives without announcement. One evening the stone is hot and the dust sits on everything.
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The One Who Removes Darkness: On Guru Purnima
There are teachers you remember on their birthday. And there are teachers you remember every time you breathe.
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The Call of the Himalayas: Why Retreats in Nature Change the Inner Landscape
There comes a time in every seeker’s life when the noise outside becomes unbearable—not because it grows louder, but because the whisper within becomes clearer.
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Banaras as a Living Ashram
There are cities that impress. And then there is Banaras – a city that dissolves you. Here, time does not move forward. It folds. Past and present lean…
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The full moon is a mirror to our inner being
Feeling off lately? Drained? Emotionally wobbly? You’re not losing it. You’re just feeling the moon. The full moon isn’t only something we admire from our balcony. It’s an…
