The beginnings of the lotus are in the slime of the depths. Its development and blossoming are in response to the light of the sun. The lotus symbolizes the divine possibilities of human nature.
– The Dhammapada (edited by S. Radhakrishnan)
In software engineering, “refactoring” a source code module often means modifying without changing its external behavior, and is sometimes informally referred to as “cleaning it up”. … In particular, adding new behavior to a program might be difficult with the program’s given structure, so a developer might refactor it first to make it easier, and…
Once I was in a car with a friend on an autobahn (highway) in Germany. You may know, there are no speed limits on the German autobahns, and we were driving at high speed through a green countryside – most of it looking like a huge golf course as it was mostly plain and not…
Listen to the reed, how it is complaining! It is telling about separations, ~ Rumi See also: a beautiful post on Rumi’s Song of the reed… The camera acted as my ear when I tried to listen… 😉 Out beyond ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing There is a field… …I’ll meet you there. (Rumi) ——…
Saw this snake on two occasions [near Anand Rao circle].
Orangutan Originally uploaded by Mr. Bird Brain. Just a quick post… some really cool pictures from a friend.
dragonfly-facetoface Originally uploaded by common man. I: Hi there… you with those magnificent wings basking in the sunlight… can you spare a few of your quiet moments? D: Hmm… yeah as long as you’re not going to put me up on your blog and let all the mosquitoes and flies in Hebbal Lake know about…
You have kept the math above elementary considering the mental ability of the IT folks who read your posts?
BEAUTIFUL picture of the pond above. Love the composition.
heh heh Gopal I have no idea who reads my posts… sometimes I wonder if any at all and comments always pleasantly surprise me 🙂
Thanks a lot!
(Vaguely remember having read somewhere that…)
That some lotus never blossom… they just die underwater.
Some manage to bloom somewhat unhealthily somewhere in the depths.
Some go beyond it and but still bloom at the water level.
And some keep going relentlessly… and rise up and bloom beautifully… maybe like the one shown here…
sanju,
congratulations for having taken these wonderful snaps in lalbhag. that is all i am able to say after seeing all the pictures. bahala channagide. keep taking more pictures and post them for the benefit of your fans like me.
best wishes 🙂