Monthly Archives: August 2009

Govinda

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Since yesterday was Janmashtami, I wanted to write a post on Krishna, one of the incarnations of Vishnu.
During the festival of Janmashtami, families often have traditions of making butter for Krishna or singing bhajans and praying to Him. As a common tradition in the southern region of India, on the eve of Janmashtami, little footsteps [...]

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What’s in a Guru?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

In Bhakti Yoga, Swami Vivekananda discusses how at times we may require help from “outside” for us to grow.
“But this, the shaping of our own destinies, does not preclude our receiving help from outside; nay, in the vast majority of cases such help is absolutely necessary. When it comes, the higher powers and possibilities of [...]

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We help ourselves, not the world

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I remember being told that in order to progress spiritually, we need to become Selfish. Selfish with a capital ’s’. The capital ’s’ changes the entire meaning of the word from a bad quality to a good one.
We all know what selfishness with the small ’s’ means and I’m sure at some point in our [...]

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