Zen Fantasy n.°1
She kept a a quiet smile on her lips. It looked like the whole situation did not affect her at all. She looked even amused. The two Russians were ridiculously …
Punctual
Don’t ask me to be rigid I can’t manage. Don’t ask me to be punctual I’m out of time. Don’t demand from me perfection I can hardly figure everything out. …
Aries
Nirodha – suspension «Yoga is the suspension of modifications of the mind» (Yoga-sūtra, 1.2). The second episode of my new podcast “Yoga-sutras explained step by step” came out a few …
Taurus
Pramāthi – impetuous «The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they drag away even the mind of the wise man who strives to control them» (Bhagavad-gītā, 2.60). …
Gemini
Sādhana – to act for a purpose «As a man does his utmost to satisfy a desire, so the unmanifest (prakriti) is activated in order to achieve the goal of …
Cancer
Krīdā – pastime «In the course of my playful wandering, I arrived at Śrī Mathurāpurī, where I heard the recitation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other devotional scriptures of the local brāhmaṇas» …
Leo
Upeksha – indifference «Clarification of the mind [results] from the cultivation of friendliness, compassion, happiness, and equanimity in conditions of pleasure, dissatisfaction, merit, and absence of merit, respectively» (Yoga-Sūtra, I.33). …
Virgo
Anusandhāna – planning «Knowledge, Volition, Decision, Application and Self-Assertion are the functions of the inner senses, which are variants of Ākāśa.» (Triśikhibrāhma upanishad, 1.6). According to some interpretations, anushandhana is …
Libra
Kālachakra – wheel of time «O Knower of every thing! Thus, without Jñāna (knowledge, wisdom) Mukti never comes to men, wandering in this wheel of Time (Kālacakra) composed of the …
Scorpio
Grahas – planets «Past, future and present and also good and evil consequences in this body should be know on the basis of rise of Grahas (Planets) in The Rāśis …
Sagittarius
Abhikrama – first step «In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear» …
Capricorn
Kāma – love «Shastra rules can be applied as long as man’s passion is average, but as soon as the wheel of love is set in motion, neither Shastra nor …