Thanks dear Prashant (https://mytravelcsp.wordpress.com) for reminding me of this flower through your blog. Prashant has a beautiful travel blog. After reading his blog, I went up and found this plant still there in our terrace garden. Due to intense heat, small shrubs like this are drying, but luckily, this one sustained. It’s a wild plant. I don’t know it’s name. Now, I named it Little Birdie Flower plant 😊😂😜
Home is here, just here
Breathe in gently and reach,
Reach into the heart
The home is here always
When the five senses drag us outward,
We just feel the home is far,
And to be reached by traveling a lot
Dear one, breathe and look within
See the rising and dissolution of mind in heart
Just like the waves arise in sea and dissolves back into it
Home is here, just here
And is just a breath away
Beautiful darling moon
Beautiful darling sun
You both met today,
Smiled face to face
Filling me with joy and I smiled too
Sky, water, earth, wind and fire smiled with us
Stars though hiding in clouds too smiled 😊
With summer hitting early, my rabbity nature felt to munch on salads. I love raw food, the colorful palette which can be made with it, healthy fibers it can add to diet, unlimited energy it provide me to go through the day, reducing heat of my body, etc. etc.
Okay dears, here I share with you the self discovered recipe of this beautiful and healthy salad.
Things you need:
Carrot – 1 medium
Celery stalks – 2
Salad cucumber/French cucumber/green zucchini – 1/2 piece
Red capsicum – 1/2 piece
Salt – a pinch
Method of Preparation:
Put vegetables in a bowl of water containing salt and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric for half hour and wash them. If you are using organic vegetables, you can skip this step. Peel off the carrot and cut it into small thin rounds. Chop the celery roughly. Chop salad cucumber and capsicum into bits. Add a pinch of salt for taste (You may skip salt if you like). Mix everything well and your beautiful summer salad is ready. Enjoy it fresh.
In this occasion of Valentine’s day, I’m sharing with you all about my dearest sweet lord’s love through the words of Sri Ramanucharya and sweet voice of Srimati M. S. Subbalakshmi – Sriranga Gadyam. Each words of this is filled with sweetest devotion of Sri Ramanucharya to bhagavan. Whenever I hear and read this Gadyam, my body feel goosebumps and my eyes flow with tears of bliss embracing my dearest lord within my heart.
Lyrics:
Svadhina trividha cetana cetana-svarupasthiti pravritti-bhedam
klesa-karmadyasesa-dosa-samsprashtam svabha vikanavadhikatisya
jnana bala isvarya virya-shakti-tejas sausilya vatsalya-mardava-arjavasauharda-samya karunya-madhurya-gambhiryaudarya-caturyasthairya dhairya shaurya-parakrama-satyakama-satya sankalpa-krtitva
krtajnata dya-sankhyeya kalyana-guna ganaugha-maharnavam parabrahma
bhutam purushottamam shri rangasayinam asmat svaminam prabuddha
nitya niyamya-nitya dsyaikaras atma-svabhavoham tadekanubhavah
tadekapriyah paripurnam bhagavantam visadatamanubhavena
nirantaram anubhuya tadanubhavajanita anavadhikatisaya pritikarita
asesavasthocita-asesaseshataika ratirupa-nitya-kinkaro bhavani(1)
Svatma nitya niyamya nitya dasyaikarasatma svabhavanu-sandhana purvaka
bhavadanavadhikatisaya svamyadi akhila-guna gananubhavajanita anavadhikatisya
pritikarita asesasesataikaratirupa nitya-kainkarya-prapyupaya bhakti tadupaya
samyagjnana tadupaya samicinakriya tadanuguna satvikastikyadi samastatmaguna
vihinah duruttarananta tadviparyaya jnana-kriyanuguna anadi papavasana
maharnavantarnimagnah tilatailavat daruvahnivat durvivecatri-guna
kshanaksharana-svabhava acetana-prakrtivyapti-rupa duratyaya bhagavamayatirohita
svaprakasah anadyasa vidyancitanantasakya visramsana karma pasapasapragrathitah
anagatanantakalasamikshyapi adrashtasantaropayah nikhila-jantu jatasaranya!
Shriman narayana! tava caranaravainda-yugalam saranamaham prapadye (2)
Evam avasthitasyapi arthitva matrena parama-karuniko
bhagavan svanubhava-prityopaitaikatyantika
nitya-kainkaryaikarati-rupa nitya-dasyam dasyatiti
vishvasa purvakam bhagavantam nitya-kinkaratam prarthaye (3)
Tavanubhuti-sambhuta priti-kaitadastam dehi me kripaya natha! najane gtimanyatha (4)
Sarva-vasthochita-sesha-seshataikaratistava bhaveyam
pundarikaksha! tvamevaivam kurusva mam (5)
Evambhuta tatvayathatmavabodha tadiccharahitasyapi
etadhuccharanamatravalambanena uchyamanartha
paramartha-nishtam me manas-tvamevadyaiva karaya (6)
Apara-karunambudhe! analochitavisesha-seshaloka saranya!
pranathartihara! asritavatsalyaikamahodadhe! anavaratavidita
nikhila-bhutajatayatatma! satya-kama! satya-sankalpa!
apatsakha! kakutsa! sriman! narayana! purushottama!
sri-ranganatha! mama natha! namo’stu te! (7)
Oh dear tongue, talk and sing about lord
Taste the sweet nectar of bhakti
Lord’s name is the best medicine
Which cures the otherwise unending circle of birth and death
Oh dear tongue, talk about lord’s glory among folks
Doing which, you give heart the experience of limitless bliss
Oh dear tongue, talk and sing about lord
Truth is so simple and gentle
Like the smile of baby,
it is nice always
Dear body, thank you for being with me
You are such a nice and loyal friend
Through light and dark days,
Through changes from birth,
You are still with me
Mindlessly, I have inflicted pain on you
Yet, you stood with me patiently
Love you dear body and sorry for the trouble
I will take time to relax and exercise to keep you healthy
I promise you dear, till I leave you,
I will care and use you mindfully
Thank you dear once again for being with me 😊
I reached there in an inhale
I reached there in an exhale
Being there in between inhalation and exhalation,
I realised I belong there and I am that
All others are just waves arising and dissolving in I
In rising up and in dissolution, I stay relaxed watching
Earlier, my love smelt of tears
But, when I started loving you,
My lord, I lost possessiveness
My love now smells of gentle smiles
Love you a lot my dearest lord 🙂
Note: This poem spring up in my heart after reading Radhikas’ Haiku –
Day 3 – Possessive love! in https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com 🙂
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