(The Nadi Stuti Suktam) RV:10.75 [5-6] Rigveda is the earliest of the four vedas composed by the Arya Rishis. The bulk of Rigveda Samhita is accepted to have been composed between 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE. It consists of 10 books- 10 mandalas. The 10th Mandala is the newest of all the 10 books. TheContinue reading “Rivers of Rigveda”
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A Zen Koan and a Therigatha
Therigatha are the earliest recorded stories of Buddhist Vikkuni, Koan is a story in Zen Buddhism of Japan. The Buddhist nun Ryonen was born in the 17th century in Japan. She was a poet and a ravishing beauty. Things changed and she became acutely aware of the impermanence of life. It was then that sheContinue reading “A Zen Koan and a Therigatha”
Raandi Pua Ananta.
Dantapuram, 1070 CE The boy was on the run. His father had just been slain. His enemy was none other than his uncle the Powerful Chola king of Tanjore. They had killed his father Rajaraja, the king of Kalinganagar. Only a decade ago Rajaraja the king of Kalinga had attacked the Chola empire, looted theContinue reading “Raandi Pua Ananta.”
The Market Drayton Effect
Charles was a worried man as he alighted at the Market Drayton. Market Drayton was a small market town in the north Shropshire, England, close to Cheshire. In 1245, King Henry III granted a charter for a weekly Wednesday market. This gave the town its current name. A visibly worried Charles had no reason toContinue reading “The Market Drayton Effect”
The Laughing Buddha
Religion is like human beings. it takes birth in its purest form, naked without any rituals.