Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Prasadam

Prasadam.


Who wouldn't love it?! 

Especially when it

Reaches the plates

And palates of

All

Sans 

Any bias
Any discrimination 

Whatsoever -

After due offering to 
The Deity,
The God. 

Naivedhyam is its
Name when it's offered to 
God first. 

With God's blessings 
It's re-christened as
Prasad when it gets 
Shared with devotees. 

OK. 

Are you a travel lover? 

Tired not being able to 
Venture out 
The whole last year of
Pandemic. 

Relax. 
Vaccines have seen 
The light of the day. 

Strong war is already on
Mutation. 
Mutation is evidently 
Getting mutilated. 

So
Get ready your backpack. 
Set your itinerary 
This post pandemic. 

India is rich with Temples 
Even centuries after 
Invaders tried their bits
Trampling them. 

The speciality is
The unique Naivedhyam 
Prepared in
Madappallis - God's 
Exclusive kitchen -
And offered to the presiding Deity .

Some samples here. 

The aromatic Rasam sadam at
Shringeri Saradamba Temple. 
Incidentally Rasam is the healer
Food your grandma would 
Make you consume 
When you 
Sneeze 
Caugh out
And 
You have running nose. 
What makes you get relief 
Faster is this Rasam 
Before your 
Supplementary pill
Your doctor 
Scribbles in
His prescription. 

OK your next jaunt
Can be to
Ambalapuzha. 
And you get
Sweet Paal Payasam there. 

From God's own country - Kerala, 
Trip down to the Temple City, 
Madurai which never sleeps. 
Visit Azhagar Koil. 
And get Dosai.

When you go to 
Ramanujarchya's, 
Tirukozhtiyur, 
You'll see the vendor 
At Prasad stall
Tell you,
"the laddu here 
Tastes same as the 
One from Tirumala."

Teasers enough. 
For more Prasads
Do Google Search. 

If Google fails
Read sthala Puranam. 

God bless. 
More Prasads.






Sunday, January 3, 2021

Are you too busy to exercise?

Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.” ―John Wooden


The lame excuse 
Straight away from 
RAM -
Random access Memories. 

No scarcity of 
It at all. 

For God's sake 
And your 
Health's sake
At least 
Do spare time 
And do
Some workout. 

Even if it's 
Bite-sized. 

Are you couched 
In your work chair
Uninterruptedly? 
For hours together 
Staring at monitor? 
One may appreciate 
Your duty consciousness. 

But beware 
All the time you sit
The side effect is
You will see 
Girth line keeps burgeoning. 
Having an overload on
Heart functioning. 

Every hour pause for a
Few Minutes.
Do one asan,
A little jog,
Squat about 5 to 10 counts, 
Stroll a few steps or
Do whatever legitimate 
Physical activity you 
Enjoy doing. 

உடம்பினை முன்னம் இழுக்கென்று இருந்தேன்
உடம்புக்குள்ளே உறு பொருள் கண்டேன்
உடம்புளே உத்தமன் கோவில் கொண்டானென்று
உடம்பினை யான் இருந்து ஓம்புகின்றேனே.

- திருமூலர் 

WHO -
World Health Organization -
Issues guidelines. 
Physical activity guidelines. 
At least about once in a decade.

Recognizing the 
Dynamics of 
Life styles,
Work culture 
In the interugnam,
It keeps issuing Guidelines. 

Till recently 
Its recommendation was
To do
Aerobic -
Walking 
Running and
Cycling - 
For at least 150 minutes 
A week. 

150 minutes of
Moderate-intensity
Excersice or
75 minutes of
Vigorous intense activity. 

The new Guidelines doubled
it up to 
150 to 300 minutes - moderate intensity 
Or
75 to 150 minutes vigorous intensity 
Per week. 

Do 
At least bite-sized activity 
Through the day 
Through the week 
Meet target Guideline. 

Enjoy life. 
God bless. 




Friday, January 1, 2021

Thank you Maharishi

Reach out 
Inward
At the least 
Twice a day. 
20 minutes 
Each session. 
Be still 

That's what 
Is doing dhyan is. 
When being still
You're not 
Shirking responsibilities. 
Contrast
You will find yourself 
More concerned 
More peaceful 
And 
Completely 
Blissful. 
Your turnout will 
Be more,
Quality aesthetic 
And your 
Efficiency at the best. 
Not just work. 
You turn healthier too. 



Skepticism may stretch 
And raise its head. 

But certain thing like 
Dhyan is experience
To feel it. 

Words may fail
To draw on
Canvas what it
Feels like to do 
Dhyan. 

Try. 
I vouch
It's worth 
Trying. 

All the best 
God be with you 
Every single stride. 


Thank you Maharishi
For such lovely boon, 
Shortly TM - Transcendental 
Meditation - simple 
And easiest dhyan tool. 


Sunday, December 20, 2020

The purpose.... of language

தமிழிலே 
அப்பர்,  சுந்தரரை விடத்
தேர்ந்து விட்டவர்கள் போன்றும்,
தாங்களே தமிழ் வளர்ச்சிக்காக -
யாதொன்றும் செய்யாமலேயே -
அவதரித்தவர்கள் போலவும்
பிற பாஷைகளிடம் துவேஷம்
ஏற்படுத்தி வளரும் பருவத்தினரின்
வாய்ப்புகளைப் பாழ்படுத்தி வரும்
சுய நல அரசியல் வாதிகளை
இளம் பருவத்தினர் தெரிந்து அறிந்து,
தங்களின் வாழ்க்கையை வளம் பெறச் செய்தல் நலம். 

அவர்களுக்காக,  பாஷைகள் குறித்து மஹாபெரியவர் :


"எல்லா பாஷையும் எல்லாருக்கும் பொதுதான் என்ற மனப்பான்மை வரவேண்டும். 

பரஸ்பரம் அபிப்ராய பரிவர்த்தனைக்காக ஏற்பட்டதே பாஷை என்ற அடிப்படையான உண்மையை மறந்து விட்டதால்தான்,  இப்போது தாய் பாஷை ஒன்றிடமே வெறிமாதிரியான பற்றுதல்,  பிற பாஷைகளிடம் துவேஷம் எல்லாம் ஏற்பட்டிருக்கின்றன. 

மற்ற எல்லா விஷயங்களிலும் பரந்த மனப்பான்மை,  இன்டர்நேஷனல் அவுட்லுக் (ஸர்வ தேச நோக்கு) என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு இந்த பாஷை விஷயத்தில் மட்டும் இத்தனை குறுகின புத்தி வந்து விட்டதைப் பார்க்கிற போது பரிதாபமாக இருக்கிறது. "





Saturday, December 5, 2020

From nothing...

Sufism :

You are not,
God is. 

Atheist :

I am, 
And
Where is God? 
I don't see 
God anywhere.

Tat tvam Asi
You are That 

- Chandogya Upanishad

You are That 

That,  if you want to name it, 
You can very well 
Name it God. 

The ever living spirit. 
That spirit permeates all. 



- 

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Purpose

Purpose.... 


The word splits
The word divides

It spells duality. 

Visualizes means and ends. 

Before lockdown 
My venue for walk was
Jeeva Park on GN Chetty Road. 

It has an exclusive space earmarked for Yog sadan. 

At the end of the Yog session, the practitioners laugh out loud. 

About 100 young and old
Walk around even as practitioners do Asans. 

Some mischief mongers make comments,
"hey, why these guys laugh so loudly?".

It has become 

Commercial 
Scientific 
And a search for 
Sense and 
Logic 

To look for Purpose.
Purpose in everything. 

Questions:

Why meditate 
Why laugh 

Do hanker.

Once somebody asked Pablo Picasso,

"what's the purpose of your paintings?"

Pat came his answer :

"why don't you go in the garden and ask the rose flower, "what is your purpose? "

Why don't you go to a bird singing,  'what is the purpose?'

Why don't you ask the sun and the moon? 

Why do you bother me? 

If the rose can bloom without any purpose,  why can't I paint a picture? 

I enjoy painting,  and that's all."











Monday, November 23, 2020

Can SOUL speak?


Can SOUL speak? 

Yes. 

It'll at apt time. 
Right time when you 
Are left stranded 
And only 
Providence can help out. 

What's the media
That's soul's communication tool? 

The beauty is
You can understand your Soul. 

Not in any particular language. 
It doesn't have language phobia. 
Even without metaphor. 
It could be symbolically as well. 

You can hear it speaking. 

If you don't listen, 
It can just not speak
But command too. 

What's it that holds you back 
And you don't listen to Soul?

It's the inner and incessant 
Noise of the brain-mind.

How can you listen to Soul-speak? 

Turn inwards
Remain silent 
Maintain Antar mauna.

And there you are. 

Are you listening to Soul-speak?! 



God bless.