The learning of the monk from observing nature and people continues.. 

A lot of us look at and feel at home in nature.  

Dattatreya, a wise monk looks at nature and learns the wisdom of life. 

(This is from the section on Avadhuta Gita in the Bhagavatam, a sacred text extolling the glories of Vishnu. )

Speaking and not speaking are the different ways we engage with the world. 

As we dance with the silence of the other, the one present in that silence, comes forth.    

How and why is the present a gift?

If perfection is worth aspiring for, why do we consider it a mirage? 

Ten reflections on the differences in the modern view and the Vedic view of the illusive and elusive 'romantic relationship'. 

What are those two enduring things that approve of us - in what we do and who we really are ? 

Only if the diagnosis is correct a lasting solution is possible

We align ourselves with functional reality which prepares us to see and appreciate the absolute, unchanging reality. 

As we celebrate the 90th birthday of my guru, Pujya Swami Dayananda this week it feels right to dwell on compassion. As with everything else, I dedicate this episode to the one whose very name and being meant the fullness (ananda)that is compassion (daya).