Earth cruises through hell zone

Waitarini flows between Earth and Naraka, the realm of Yama. It is believed to purify dead spirits. 

Virtuous see it as nectar like water.  

Padma Purana speaks of it as Wai -Tarini - sure ferry.

It is equivalent to the Styx river in Greek mythology. 

- Wikipedia 

Kaali Jayanti

Allow but a little consciousness

To be conscious is not to be in time

But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,

Be remembered; involved with past and future.

Only through time time is conquered.

- T S Eliot      Four Quartets

Katha samapath hoth hai

Suno Bir Hanuman

Aagey peechey rada karo

Tho pao Brahmm Gyan

- Communion with Truth,   May 6, 2021

Chinmaya Aradana

 Sama, Dama and Chitta-shuddi are necessary prerequisites, to study Vedantic literature.

Vedanta will work it's transcendental ways, only when one is subdued.

Unsubdued may read Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and more; but will be unable to transcend. Like barren rock under pouring rain. 

- as held in Vedic traditions

Ganga Saptami

Pilgrimage of all religions is to turn around, arrive within.

And Yogis coined the name Radha, as anagram of Dhara, or outward flow.

Original documentation of the Bhagawat Purana does not mention Radha.

Only a Pramukh Gopika, or a Prime Cowherdess, is mentioned. 

The cowherd maidens turned inward, playfully - through their love and devotion to Krishna.

Ways to turn inward are different, for different people.

And there is this narrative of a man, who was given an assignment, by a Buddhist monk.  

To listen to the sound, made by striking, with a single palm. 

- Communion with Truth,   March 23 - 25,  2021

Hanuman jayanti

Ram gave Hanuman a quizzical look and asked,

"What are you? A monkey or a man?"

Hanuman bowed his head reverently, folded his hands and said,

"When I do not know who I am, I serve you.

When I do know who I am, You and I are one" 

- Tulsidas,   Ram-charit-manas

Sacred Space,   Times Of India,  April 27, 2021

Kamalatmika Jayanti

 

Mei tirupadam mewu endra podinum

ithiru turandu egu endra podinum

Chithirathin alarnda senthamarai 

Othu irukkum mugathinai unnuwaal

       -  Sundara kaandam - Kamban - kaatchi padalam - 20

Captive Sita rued the memory of his face

Which glowed in stillness - as a resplendent, painted lotus

When he was asked to prepare for coronation, at daybreak

And was banished from kingdom, at nightfall

Pitru paksha - ancestral fortnight

 

Sprinkle of sesame and water flowing down the thumb -  satiate spirits with animal-like Wasanas.

Offerings of cooked rice dumplings - satiate spirits of middling tendencies.

Sandal, as paste is offered - to satiate spirits with divine tendencies. 

- as held, in tradition