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I am in a different part of town for an educational conference. I had lunch at a Japanese restaurant where the sushi chefs were prattling to each other in Spanish. This offering was in the waiting area; to whose gods, I wondered? Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
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At the Thillai Kali temple in Chidambaram, and at other temples I am sure, but that was where I particularly noticed this aspect, there is a mirror on the altar, so that one also sees one’s reflection when watching the abhisheka puja. One is there, too, along with the priests and the gods—watching and a…
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As I was noticing the decorations going up around the neighborhood about witches, ghosts, vampires, and ghouls, I found myself reflecting that as in the cultures that brought us Halloween, Indian folk tales are replete with stories of yogis who are practitioners of black magic. Even Patanjali, in his Yoga Sutras, warns that the practices…
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If we don’t speak up for the change we believe in, it likely won’t happen. And sometimes you get a free cup of coffee for speaking up, but that’s an incidental bonus.
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On the walk from the dentist back to the office. I wonder how many civil servants think about Hanuman on their way to work.