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A beautiful verse on Kṛṣṇa

Friday, October 15, 2010

This is a gorgeous verse on Kṛṣṇa, in a style that I’ve never seen before. I found it in Michael Coulson’s Teach Yourself Sanskrit (which is a good heavy introduction to the language, but no substitute for personal instruction ), and I was immediately struck by its unusualness of description.
mand(r)a-kvāṇita-veṇur ahni śithile vyāvartayan [...]

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Polygamy, continued

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Last year I wrote a post that referenced the question of polygamy.  I’d like to continue that discussion by citing this recent New York Times article, which features the stories of those in India who are part of some of the few remaining polyandrous marriages (one woman, multiple husbands).  The article goes on to explain [...]

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Go Not To the Temple….

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A friend recently sent me this poem; I hadn’t read it before, but I really liked it — so I thought to share it! It definitely captures the way I think about religion, as something that should be applied to our lives, not as something restricted to what we do in a temple.

Go Not To [...]

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