Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 133 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA DOES HINDUISM HAVE EPICS AND MYTHS? The Mahabharata and Ramayana are Hinduism’s most renowned epic histories, called Itihasa. The Puranas are popular folk …
Vedic Verses.
One should meditate on the vital breath as the Uktha. The vital breath is the Uktha, for it raises up (utthapayati) all this universe. From him who knows this …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Life’s light is love; and when the heart is empty of love, a man is living and yet not living; from a spiritual point …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 132 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT TEXTS AMPLIFY VEDAS AND AGAMAS? Many texts support the Vedas and Agamas. Vedangas detail conduct, astrology, language and etymology. Upavedas unfold politics, …
Tirukural.
Kural 221 Giving to the poor is true charity. All other giving expects some return. Kural 222 Though some may declare it a good path, garnering gifts is bad. …
Vedic Verses.
O Indra, this body is mortal, always held by death. It is the abode of the Self which is immortal and incorporeal. The embodied self is the victim of …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan One kindled soul proves greater in power than ten thousand souls groping in the dark. ~~~ Complete Works, Sayings, Part II, pg 201, Hazrat …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 131 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA DO SMRITI AND SACRED LITERATURE DIFFER? Hindu sacred literature is a treasury of hymns, legend, mythology, philosophy, science and ethics. From among this …
Tirukural.
Kural 211 The benevolent expect no return for their dutiful giving. How can the world ever repay the rain cloud? Kural 212 It is to meet the needs of …
Vedic Verses.
This fire which is within a man and digests food that is eaten is Vaisvanara. Its sound is that which one hears by stopping the ears. When a man …
