Tag Archives: Gita

Dhritashthira

Posted on May 12, 2015 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda Events have been unfolding in the lives of people around me. Events that have been doing so for longer than I am comfortable admitting. Because I could have probably done something about it over the years had I … Continue reading →

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On the Winter Solstice and the Gita

Posted on December 22, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda As usual lately, I am a little late to the party on certain subjects when it comes to blogging. But yesterday was the Winter Solstice. The beginning of winter, yet it marks the day when daylight hours begins … Continue reading →

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Sorry, Mormons

Posted on October 20, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda Now that I have said in my last post that Abrahamic religions are “authoritarian” and that Dharma is not, but instead is “authoritative”, except for the Manu-samhita and the Gita depending on how you read it, let me … Continue reading →

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Authorit(ativ)erian

Posted on October 18, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda In my last post I wrote a bit about certain observances going “against dharma.” It was all about the duty of a householder to maintain a source of income, employment. In explaining this concept, I brought up the … Continue reading →

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The Art of Hinduism

Posted on October 11, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I passed on Saraswati Puja last night. I just wasn’t feeling up to being in temple last night. I just felt like having a very quiet night. During the afternoon I had re-connected with a friend who is … Continue reading →

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A Whole Lotta Mahabharata: The Sixth Pandava

Posted on September 30, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda A couple of posts ago I wrote about the Mahabharata War and how the tensions originated w/ Duryodhana’s ego being damaged by Draupadi laughing at him. The story being, at its basest level, a story about the conflict … Continue reading →

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Dharma Dream

Posted on June 24, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I fall asleep during movies a lot. Even when I’ve just slept until 11am, and it is only mid-afternoon the same day. Recently I was sitting at home one Sunday afternoon watching a movie. We’d just had a … Continue reading →

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Fruition

Posted on May 24, 2013 by treadmarkz

By Aranyakananda As a practitioner of the life-teachings taught within the slokas of the Bhagavad-Gita, I am in some small way averse to the concept of wishing for things coming to “fruition” in some ways. Why should we be? Fruition … Continue reading →

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Quod est Necessarium est Licitum

Posted on May 11, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda Most of the Latin I have learned has been from Dr. Sheldon Cooper of “The Big Bang Theory.” Having said that, I’d like to followup an earlier post which I titled “Reductio Ad Absurdum” with another piece on … Continue reading →

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Delusions of Grandeur

Posted on May 1, 2013 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda Recently I read an article or a purport to the Gita maybe, that said that the spiritually rajasic man is one who wears his japa bead string as a necklace with bright shiny jewels attached to it to … Continue reading →

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