the great swan

I quote a few lines from a hymn, which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood.

It is repeated everyday by millions of humans.

'As different streams having their sources in different places, all mingle their waters in the sea,
so O Lord, 
different paths, which people take by their different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.'

- Swami Wiwekananda,  Chicago   
September 11,  1893.

Mira Alfassa Jayanti

Truth is present upon the earth.

And dwells wherever there is receptivity or a consciousness, ready to manifest it.

- The Spirit of Auroville, by Huta.

Janaki Jayanti

Iyam Sita mama suta
Saha dharma chari tawa
Praticcha cal nam bhadram te
Panim grihiswa pinina


This is Sita, my daughter, O Rama
Who from today is your partner in life
Accept her hold her hand in yours
She will always follow you as your shadow

Baala  Kaandam 73.27,      Waalmeeki Raamayana 

Krishnamurti Aradana

The sky was that astonishing blue that only the mountains have.

You looked at it through leaves and straight pines.

A magpie white and black flew by, disappearing into the woods.

The sun was hot, the shadows pleasant.

- J  Krishnamurti 
You stood still hardly daring to breathe