Gazing, we do not see it, we call it empty space. Listening, we do not hear it, we call it silence.
Reaching, we do not grasp it, we call it intangible. But here, we spin through it, electric, subtle, silent. - Leary

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Wisdom’s Blossoms: Tales of the Saints of India by Doug Glenner and Sarat Komaragiri

Posted on 17th May 2011 in Book Club

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by Sitaram Das

Listening to one of Tara Brach’s podcasts, I heard her saysomething to the effect of, “for teachers, good stories are like gold”. She went on to say how she and her colleauges read and...

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Karma, Shakti, and Mantra

Posted on 2nd May 2010 in Book Club

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by Sitaram Das

I’ve wanted to learn this Ganesha Mantra from the Rig Veda for several years now, it has always struck me as being a chant that really conveys and connects with Ganesha Shakti. For some...

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New Year, New Aquisitions

Posted on 3rd January 2010 in Book Club

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by Sitaram Das

A few new books made their way into The Library recently, under some fairly auspicious circumstances. The first two books, The Play of God: Visions of the Life of Krishna and There Are No...

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Thirumandiram, post one

Posted on 24th December 2009 in Book Club, Thirumandiram

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by Sitaram Das

I discovered a new text recently. Love it. From the Tamil, Southern India, The Thirumandiram has a slightly different vibe from the northern, Kashmiri literature that I am a little more used to. These...

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The Radience Sutras: First Post

Posted on 15th December 2009 in Book Club

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by Sitaram Das

When I was at Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree last month, i met a man named Lorin Roche. He was a scholar and meditation teacher, and had spent several years working on a beautiful,...

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New Aquisitions

Posted on 10th December 2009 in Book Club

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by Sitaram Das

I really enjoy books. I’ve always accumulated them quite easily, read them voraciously, and collected them doggedly. My library reached a new level several years ago when Bhagavan Das asked me to look after...

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Timothy Leary’s Tao Te Ching

Posted on 10th December 2009 in Book Club

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by Sitaram Das

Dearest Yogis and Yoginis, I am reading a fantastic book. They recently republished Timothy Leary’s version of the Tao Te Ching, “Psychedelic Prayers”. (Psychedelic Prayers: And Other Meditations (Leary, Timothy) ) I had an...

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