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Nirvana Shatkam (निर्वाणषट्कम्) also known as Atma Shatkam (आत्मषट्कम्) was composed by Adi Shankaracharya based on his own direct and intimate experience of absolute bliss of realisation of the ultimate…
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Shanthi Mantram from IshaVasya Upanishad, part of Shukla Yajurveda. ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते | पूर्णश्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Om pUrNamadah pUrNamidaM pUrNAt pUrNamudacyate PUrNasya pUrNamAdAya…
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Any shopper who is buying a thing for $49.99 is fully conscious that he is in effect paying $50, right? Wrong, according to a psychological pricing theory. Research has conclusively…
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A friend of mine had just returned from a pilgrimage, a demanding one at that, to Kailash and Mansarovar and he feasted me with a vivid narration about his trip…
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I had the luck of watching a thought-provoking B&W movie “Inherit the Wind”. And what a story it was! Young Bert Cates teaches the Darwin’s theory of Evolution to his…
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I recently had a chance to visit the “Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary” which is also known as “Pakshi Kashi” of Karnataka is in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka…
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I had mentioned about the theme music composed by Bobby Darin in the movie Come September in my earlier article bearing the title, “Curvaceous Gina Lollobrigida”. I had also fondly…
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