Category: Teachings

Sadhana

I suppose this is as good a place as any for a public confession. My disclosure is that for too many years I misunderstood the

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Cats and Mice

The ashram was having a problem with mice, so the guru brought home a good cat. The cat did a fine job on the mice

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Monkeys and Cubs

Tulsi  Dass, best known as the author of a popular version of the Indian epic, Ramayana, was a great believer in the potency of the

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Lambs Without Lions

A friend of mine recently returned from a yoga class dissatisfied. When I asked her why she didn’t care for the class, she replied that

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Crooks and Yogis

I recently read an interview with a guy who had been a life-long criminal. He tried living an honest life but felt he was working

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Revenge

My son, Jahnu, was eight years old, in third grade. We were in the car together and he was obviously in deep thought. I knew

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Spanda Karikas

Spanda Karikas is an important scripture of Kashmir Shaivism from the 10’th century AD. Translation by Prem Prakash – May 2020 Section I: Svarūpaspanda The

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