Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
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Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
My movie days are over, but expect Bollywood films to be colorful and hyper. That is why they are loved in this part of the world. It is their USP.
Fireside_Hindu
Jai Lakshmi Maa
I haven't contributed much (or at all?) to this thread, but I was wondering if there was room on the Ashram grounds for an elephant. He might get into the garden though. 
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I went to meditation at temple today, and the priest gave me some gifts!
- A copy of the Hanuman Chalisa with romanized transliteration and English translation.
- A couple volumes of Golden Thoughts and Good Humor.
- And a circular framed picture of Krishna and Radha.
- A copy of the Hanuman Chalisa with romanized transliteration and English translation.
- A couple volumes of Golden Thoughts and Good Humor.
- And a circular framed picture of Krishna and Radha.
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Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
If you want to see even more colorful and even more hyper, then nothing like Tamil films. Bollywood learnt its lessons from them.
Have not seen that in India (basically my wife and daughter-in-law do the shopping and do not want to have me around when they are shopping), seems to be very nice.
That might be dangerous, but how do you stop an elephant?He might get into the garden though.
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Namaste
For some reason, I never noticed this thread (well, I saw the title, but never opened it!), until tonight.
Actually, I don't understand what it is about, but I will do my best to add something. Firstly, to me an Ashram is different from a Temple. The Ashram is more about each other while a Temple is more about The Other. But ...
So, since it looks less formal and huggy feely groupie thing, I want to talk about my favorite flowers, and then follow this up by planting one of my favorites.
There is no "hierarchy" to my favorites, though the White Lotus might be at the top.
But let me tell you my "official ShivaFan list", in no particular order.
Well, there are Tulips. I love them. And poppies. Oh my, I love Poppies. My "official" (personal) flower may not be considered a flower at all, but a blossom - and that is the pink Peach Blossom. I love Morning Glories. Especially electric blue ones. I love pink and white Carnations, yes I do.
ok... now I will plant something in our Ashram... and the winner today is ...
THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN POPPY!
However you do not get the golden gate bridge in the background, that is ours only us Kalifornians.
Kalifornia, get it? Kali!
I am bringin my friend also, but neither of us drink coffee. Only tea, and we prefer Ceylon tips with milk. Please welcome my good friend:
She likes flowers, too. Lotus even. She is a great swimmer. But sometimes she gets crabby, it's her Bengali red hot blood!
Om Namah Sivaya
For some reason, I never noticed this thread (well, I saw the title, but never opened it!), until tonight.
Actually, I don't understand what it is about, but I will do my best to add something. Firstly, to me an Ashram is different from a Temple. The Ashram is more about each other while a Temple is more about The Other. But ...
So, since it looks less formal and huggy feely groupie thing, I want to talk about my favorite flowers, and then follow this up by planting one of my favorites.
There is no "hierarchy" to my favorites, though the White Lotus might be at the top.
But let me tell you my "official ShivaFan list", in no particular order.
Well, there are Tulips. I love them. And poppies. Oh my, I love Poppies. My "official" (personal) flower may not be considered a flower at all, but a blossom - and that is the pink Peach Blossom. I love Morning Glories. Especially electric blue ones. I love pink and white Carnations, yes I do.
ok... now I will plant something in our Ashram... and the winner today is ...
THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN POPPY!
However you do not get the golden gate bridge in the background, that is ours only us Kalifornians.
Kalifornia, get it? Kali!
I am bringin my friend also, but neither of us drink coffee. Only tea, and we prefer Ceylon tips with milk. Please welcome my good friend:
She likes flowers, too. Lotus even. She is a great swimmer. But sometimes she gets crabby, it's her Bengali red hot blood!
Om Namah Sivaya
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Maya3
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Our cat Kali has just given birth to two lovely kittens
Edit- Make that three!
- And four!
Oh! That is wonderful!
Maya
Maya3
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Maya3
Well-Known Member
Just a little story to tell ... my neighbours across the back fence are currently (it's a rental house) Mormon missionaries. There are 4 young men, one from Idaho, one from California, one from Ottawa, and one from Brazil, in various stages of their 2 year missionary stint. So we talk across the fence, and a couple of days back they came over to help me move some roses.
Boss and I decided to have them over for a meal, just cause it's the neighbourly thing to do, and because we love all our fellow humans. They're nice polite young men all either 19 or 20, and have to generally cook for themselves, so we figured we'd give them a break, and treat them.
It was a lot of fun. One guy is a football player, (full scholarship when he goes back home) I learned a lot about that. The Brazilian was really interesting. He really seemed to enjoy the mangoes we bought. For some it was their first foray into Indian food. We served papadam, mushroom curry, potato curry, carrot raita, dal, chickpea curry, hot zucchini curry, and rice, than had mangoes and ice cream for dessert. They stayed a couple of hours and we talked some about life as a Morman missionary, the rules and all that, and they asked a few basic questions about Hinduism. There was no proselytizing on either side, just humans getting together over food. For one chap, it was his first vegetarian meal ever. They said they had a good time, and I certainly did. A couple good clean jokes too.
This is how interfaith relations should go, I think.
Boss and I decided to have them over for a meal, just cause it's the neighbourly thing to do, and because we love all our fellow humans. They're nice polite young men all either 19 or 20, and have to generally cook for themselves, so we figured we'd give them a break, and treat them.
It was a lot of fun. One guy is a football player, (full scholarship when he goes back home) I learned a lot about that. The Brazilian was really interesting. He really seemed to enjoy the mangoes we bought. For some it was their first foray into Indian food. We served papadam, mushroom curry, potato curry, carrot raita, dal, chickpea curry, hot zucchini curry, and rice, than had mangoes and ice cream for dessert. They stayed a couple of hours and we talked some about life as a Morman missionary, the rules and all that, and they asked a few basic questions about Hinduism. There was no proselytizing on either side, just humans getting together over food. For one chap, it was his first vegetarian meal ever. They said they had a good time, and I certainly did. A couple good clean jokes too.
This is how interfaith relations should go, I think.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Lot of things, a full five-course meal. Zuchhini brings out a memory. When I was studying in Udaipur, we bought five kilos for a rupee. Now it could cost 40 ruppes a kilo at times. My wife fries it too much and sort of reduces it to a paste. In the Udaipur hostel, we did it light and watery.