a common man ಸಂಜಯ

ಪಾತಾಂಜಲಿಯವರ ಸೂತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವು ಕೆಲವು ಆಸನಗಳು ಈ ಕಡಲ ಕೋಳಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂಗಿದೆ… 😉 A penguin looks like it demonstrates some aasanas that Patanjali might’ve missed out in his sutras 😉 (I’m not sure, haven’t read it completely myself) ಪ್ರಾರಂಬದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಬೀರ್ವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತ್ಕೊಳಿ…

I saw this one on one of the coastal walks in the southern tips of the UK last year… a very beautiful army tank…

Sometimes we really look up to people and hold them in high esteem. And then they make a mistake, atleast in our perception. Then we feel so terribly let down – that we may end up dismissing everything they ever said as false.

Following a post by Gangadhar – Truth, where does it lead to? I had these comments…

[some corrections made on 21-Nov-2005] The story of Astavakra is pretty fascinating, and sets the background and the context. As per what I remember from a seminar I attended recently, I present the speaker’s opinions as I remember them, I hope I do not misquote anything!

Due to my job, I occasionally end up living in different countries for short periods (maybe a few months or so). During these times, I’ve been put up in a hotel or apartment room and lived off a suitcase. That was it – my entire lifetime of belongings which occupies an entire house back in […]

This is a sub-story from Paulo Coelho‘s book Alchemist: [img source: gimped from here.] ———– A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. The lad wandered through the desert for forty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain.

One can see this statue called the Laughing Buddha in almost any gift shop in Malleswaram/Bangalore… a statue of a man with a huge hearty smile carrying a bag on his shoulder. Here’s his story…

Recently a Brazilian in Orkut wrote a message to me saying that her friend had exactly the same kind of picture as me, with some text on it, and asked me what the text written above my picture was.

I’m no authority on all this, I’m just summarising what I’ve so far learnt and understood from various sources. I think the Mahabharatha can be seen at many different levels. At one level, its a story – someone kills someone, someone takes an oath to not do that, someone plots against someone, someone else sticks […]