Blog me...curiosity redefined

    Today morning I stumbled upon a video from Swami Mukundananda that was quite interesting. It was titled " Shri Krishna's Ultimate Advice to Achieve Success And Happiness in Life ". A simple story of how Buddha got his insight from a song sang by a group of village women on their way to fetching the water. If you are truly listening, we are bound to get the message from the universe. As Buddha found the middle path of living, the same as advised by Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, leave the extremes and follow the moderation in everything. You see tighten the strings in Tanpura, but too much tightening will break it.  I am sure my day started good with this note.     Photo courtesy - Internet      Its the same thing even Rumi has quoted. As usual the enlightened ones have got their senses right, don't you think so? Not that I am judging them. It is the result of the wisdom they receive when you seek the absolute truth.       E...

     Photo Courtesy - Pinterest.com              I suppose you have heard of 'Ikigai', which is where your life's purpose meets what you love and do. It is a Japanese technique that helps build a happier lifestyle. But when you ask Isha foundation Sadguru about how to figure your life's purpose. He just laughs and says "we are just a tiny spec in the entire universe and why do you think God has created a purpose for you?" If not, then why are we here for? Just to smile and be happy. We don't have control over our birth and neither do we control our death. Then why the hiccups, struggles, sorrows in between? Its just our creation, as we don't know how to live.    Sounds fascinating when our land had such great spiritual leaders like Buddha and yet we are striving to just survive instead of live. As Buddha says, it is our thoughts that are putting us into the troubles. The irony is we all know the truth, yet struggling to walk th...

      Photo courtesy - Internet    I was in the middle of a career crisis. I thought something was missing in my life. In the quest of my search, I started looking for things outside for answers. One thing led to another and the how life came to a standstill. If you are thinking what a disaster, am sorry to disappoint you. When everything goes wrong in life, that is when you should look for the answers within. I found it.    Buddhism has giving the perfect solution to all my problems. I have heard how our own Bhagavad Gita has all the answers to any questions. Yes, it does. It is for ourselves to pick one of the paths (either karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, dhyana yoga) given in it and abide by it. It eventually leads to salvation. But I was looking for how? The actual way of doing it. I found the answer in Buddhist principles.   First principle to implement is - TOTAL ACCEPTANCE. If I can accept the situations, events, thoughts as they are, ...