Poems are sprouting out all over. The poems coming up now are teachings on the six realms: God, titan, human, animal, hungry ghost and demon. These are the six flavors of human limitation and also six major classes of beings. (more…)

“The state of experiencing (even-minded mindfulness) is the most important state – not what is being experienced.”

–Shibendu Lahiri

Reflect on the fact that experiencing exists. Just this fact. (more…)

All over the world today, people are honoring the birthday of Lord Ganesha. Many offerings are being made. Beautiful stotras are being sung. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of ladoos are being eaten. (more…)

When I was about six or seven, I discovered a secret garden. Well, “garden” is an overstatement. It was just a bit of land wedged inside a city block, mapped out by the edges of other people’s back yards, and cordoned off by a sagging fence. (more…)