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Hindu Conception of Time

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

My last section of one of my classes met outside, on the grass and in the sun. We weren’t learning any new material, but were reviewing and talking about what things in the class we’d remember and take away with us. As the teaching fellow talked for a bit about the format of [...]

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A mother’s heart…

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Since today is Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share a poem I grew up reciting in Vivekananda Vidyapith, the Hindu weekend school for character-building education I attended when I was younger. It was written by Swami Vivekananda in a letter to one of his disciples in the West for her 23rd birthday.
The mother’s heart, the [...]

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Living: A Poem

Thursday, October 8, 2009

If we’d just step out on a whim
With our hearts in our hands
A smile that always wins
Strength to stand when we can’t stand
If we’d be independent of judgments
Hold our dreams higher than our pride
Who could impede our progress?
Who could stop our tides?
If we’d just hold faith a little tighter
And love even with broken hearts
If we’d [...]

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