Everyday Geeta

July 26, 2013 On my recent flight from Singapore to Mumbai, I saw Carnage , a movie starring Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet. I was blown away by this contemporary reflection on anger and the destructive power of speech. The movie is set in the background of a playground fight between two 11-year old boys. Zachary beat up Ethan with a hockey stick and broke two of his teeth. The boys' parents meet in a nice New York apartment to discuss how they should handle it like civilised parents. This clip provides the context while this tells you where these sophisticated New York parents got to. That is by no means the end of the argument. I can't count the number of times, when prompted by anger, I have said things, unintentionally revealing my ugly side. क्रोध (krodha), anger and its impact, is well laid out in verse 2-63. क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः | स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ||२-६३|| krodhaadbhavati sammohaH sammohaatsmR^itivibhramaH . smR^it

July 6, 2013 The verdict is in. According this HuffPo article , meditation is now mainstream and meditation is so cool, it's hot! Everyone knows that Oprah Winfrey loves meditation, so does Russell Simmons but Rupert Murdoch? These three are among 10 celebrities, business leaders, media moguls, hedge fund managers, who are public in their appreciation of meditation. According to the report, "There is a dedicated meditation room at the Vermont headquarters of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., and CEO Robert Stiller himself is a devoted practitioner." Of course Geeta lovers know that Śrī Kṛṣṇa exhaustively discussed meditation in Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Geeta, approximately 6000 years ago. Hari Om and Namaskaar until the next post