Krishna talked sense into me..

This post is going to be a little different from what I usually write here, but by the end of it you might think I am back to my usual. So if you get there, thank you for bearing with me. * “Mayi sarvani karmani samnyasyādhyātmacetasā; Nirāśirnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasava vigatajvarah.”   Renouncing all actions intoContinue reading “Krishna talked sense into me..”

Why Am I Not An Atheist?

I am a strong believer of God, yes I am. Now before you judge me, hear me out. I am not saying that I can strongly say that God exists, he is the one. I have some different beliefs. I am not saying that there are no questions regarding the God. Oh there are, thereContinue reading “Why Am I Not An Atheist?”

Differences Among Religions!

People often discuss religion, and the first thing that they’d discuss or very proudly announce is, “We are of ‘this’ religion” or “Our religion is different”. Basically they are more often than not heard or seen discussing the differences between their religions. What amuses me though, is somehow I always see or look into theContinue reading “Differences Among Religions!”

Seven B&W Photos; Day 2

  This is a picture of Swaminarayan Temple, Gondal, Gujarat. I love Swaminarayan Temples for it’s sanctity, peace, and the calm which I feel nowhere else. Their structure, their ambiance gives me the kind of feeling which I have no place else. The only place where I can go and can avoid any form ofContinue reading “Seven B&W Photos; Day 2”

Allowed?

I have a Marathi friend whom I recently wished ‘Gudi Padwa’. It is their beginning of New Year just as some of us celebrate in on 31st December. I texted him my heartiest wishes with all the warmth in my heart, being the excited one that I am. And all I got in return wasContinue reading “Allowed?”

Another social gathering

I think I am having too many social gathering these days. Anyways, I was there sitting among-st my peeps, all dressed up and engrossed in what was going on around. Well, it was a ‘jagran’ (where you are awake all night and sing spiritual songs/bhajan). I for a fact like these occasions, it is anContinue reading “Another social gathering”

The idea of God

John Donne has got the conception of a wrathful God intent on punishing those who go against His commandments. But Crashaw is altogether a different breed. He is a radiant spirit who feels perfectly assured of his salvation to God. Crashaw’s God is generally the God of love who cannot bear to see the miseryContinue reading “The idea of God”

A verse, from- Ramcharitmanas

“Dekhan bag kunwar dui aye, vay kishor sab bhaati sahaye, Shyam aur kimi kaho bakhani, gira anyan nayan binu bani.” * The couplet is taken from Tulsidas’s “Ramcharitmanas” The sakhis (friends) tell Sita about the place where they saw Ram and Laxman and that they were in their youth and that they both were darkContinue reading “A verse, from- Ramcharitmanas”