Entries from March 2008

March 29, 2008

Near death experience – Expanding consciousness

Amazing story of Dr.Jill Bolte Taylor is a very renowned neuroautonomist who was trained in Harvard and teaches at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington IL. She relates in great detail what happened to her when she had a stroke in her brain. I confess its one of the rare occasions when I [...]

March 29, 2008

Bhajan: Shirdi Nivasa Sai

Thanks to saienterprises

March 25, 2008

Servers of the Divine Plan

Source- Google Books, Servers of the Divine Plan
Of late, we keep hearing about the dawn of the new age of consciousness. The Mayan calendar also suggests that by the year 2012, sufficient number of beings in this world will be elevated who will lead and help mankind towards greater spiritual heights. I myself have [...]

March 16, 2008

SarvaDevi Swarupini – VedaMata Gayatri

Article on VedaMata Gayatri. A nice easy read but conveying the importance of Gayatri Sadhana.
Link: SarvaDeva Swarupini

March 15, 2008

Music of South India

Thanks to SoulJerky, New Sounds
Carnatic music was featured recently on NPR’s New Sounds. The program features stalwarts like Lalgudi Jayaraman, L. Subramanian, Illayaraja and U.Srinivas.

March 9, 2008

Sathya Sai Baba – Love incarnate in our midst

Wonderful video made by Swami’s student, lyrics are in telugu.
Thanks to vivsah

March 8, 2008

Journey to India – A spiritual awakening with BodhiDharma, Durga, and Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba

From Roger Cantu’s webpage
Read about the fascinating astrlogical prediction Roger got in Chapter 1: The first Encounter
In the summer of 1995, I spent a long period of time living at Prashanthi Nilayam in southern India. Prasanthi Nilayam is the biggest ashram – spiritual community – in the world. It is the home of Bhagawan [...]

March 4, 2008

Dont embarass the Buddha

Thanks to tsemtulku 
The most unlikely Dharma talk. Talk by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche in his own unique way.

March 3, 2008

Notebooks of Paul Brunton

Link: Notebooks
 
One of the foremost Western disciples of Ramana Maharshi, Paul Brunton was a great writer, mystic and a philosopher. Perusing his notebooks show his profundity of thought on several mystical topics. Check it out.

March 1, 2008

Attainment of Divine wisdom through Gayatri Sadhana

Source : Super Science of Gayatri by Pt. Sri Ram Sharma Acharya
Gayatri is the mantra which imparts true wisdom. It inspires the mind, intellect inner psyche and emotions of the devotee towards the righteous path. Its Sadhana helps in progressive growth of righteous (sat) elements. When the Sadhak concentrates on the meaning of this [...]