A May 13 Ardra Trailblazer
Today is the Vedic birthday of the spiritual master Sri Sri Ravishankar who was born on May 13, 1956. He was born under the Asterism or the Nakshatra Ardra per
Bhairav to Buddha
The history of meditation is as old as the history of civilization in India. Meditation masters like Buddha popularized different aspects of meditation, from time to time. They catered to
64 Yoginis & 64 Bhairav
Edwin Lutyens used the layout of a Tantra temple in Morena, central India as the blue print for the Parliament building in New Delhi. This beautiful temple to 64 Yoginis
Kannan and Agasthiyar
கீதையில் கண்ணன் ஆத்துமஞானத்தையும் தத்துவஞானத்தையும் சரி சமமாக குரிப்பிட்டிருக்கிரார். ஆத்துமஞானத்தை பற்றி பல புத்தகங்கள் உள்ளன. ஆனால் தத்துவஞானம் என்றால் என்ன? தத்துவம் என்றது எதை குறிக்கிறது? தத்துவம்-300 என்ற நூல் யாரால் இயற்றப்பட்டது? adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśhanametaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ
Astronomy Yoga!…
Astronomers detected a mini moon in 2006. They considered this to be an anomaly at that time. However, in 2011, Astrophysicists at Cornell predicted that a second moon might be
Sixteen Kalas/Phases of the Moon
The Lunar Cycle and the Origin of the Sixteen Kalaas The lunar month lasts about 29.5 days. Ancient Indian mathematicians preferred working with whole numbers, so they rounded this cycle
A Halloween Episode from Ramayana
Kabandha episode is an important one in the Ramayana. Kabandha, a Rakshasa captured Rama and Lakshama while they went to search for Sita in the Dandakaranya forest. This Rakshasa grabbed
The 24 Minute Hour
Conventional ideas of an Hour arises by splitting Earth’s 360 degrees rotation around its own axis into 15 degree segments. However, ancient Indians split the 360 degree rotation into 6
What goes, comes around, in Puranas
Emotions can ricochet back and forth within a society. One individual’s anger can create a ripple in mass psyche. However, a negative emotion can eventually boomerang to its origin. This is
Astronomy of Three Sacred Nights of Devi
Across India, there is an ancient tradition of honoring the Divine Feminine — Devi — through three special nights (Rātri) observed at different points in the lunar year. Remarkably, these