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The Vedas have ordained two paths, Pravritti and Nivritti, to guide the active life of people, both as an individual pursuing spiritual goal and as a member in a social set up. Both paths are meant to lead to salvation. Pravritti dharma entails one to follow the worldly path and seek salvation, while Nivritti dharma is rooted in renunciation of the... See more
Pravritti and Nivritti
Karma by itself cannot lead to salvation; but in the process of doing one’s karma one attains chitta suddhi and gains jnana by which he is likely to attain salvation.
Pravritti and Nivritti
The more you enter, the more energy and time you have to invest in maintenance. Eventually, the maintenance effort is no longer justified by a corresponding return.
Zettelkasten.de • The Iceberg Theory of the Zettelkasten Method — Exploring the Depths
Wabi-Sabi: This Japanese aesthetic concept embraces the beauty of imperfection and impermanence.
Today’s Pill #210: “Flowers are only flowers because they fall”
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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” is a famous line from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Divine Comedy. This line appears at the entrance to Hell in the first part of the poem, Inferno.
The phrase serves as a warning to those who enter Hell, signalling that there is no hope for redemption or salvation once they
Om is All All is OM
core.ac.ukDeveloped out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi-sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi-sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of earthly things and a corresponding pleasure in the things that bear the mark of this impermanence. In addition to presenting the philosophy of wabi-sabi, this book includes how-to design advice—so that a transformation of body, mind and home can emerge.
Bhagavad Gita 10.22
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः ।
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥
Among the Vedas I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods I am Vasava; I am mind among the senses; in living beings I am consciousness.
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वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः ।
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥
Among the Vedas I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods I am Vasava; I am mind among the senses; in living beings I am consciousness.
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