Archive for January, 2010

A Letter to My Grandson

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on January 29, 2010

My Mokhta, My Pearl,
With your birth on September 16, 2006 you raised my status in the family by making me your, Nani, maternal grandmother. Thank you for that!
Nine months prior to that date when your mother told me that I was going to become a Nani I understood it but didn’t know what to feel. [...]

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The First Teaching: The War Within

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on January 29, 2010

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Dhritarashtra, Kaurava’s blind father, asks Sanjaya to tell him about the battle that is about to begin.
Sanjaya says:
Your son Duryodhana tells his teacher, Drona, to look at his other pupils, Pandavas, the mighty archers and many other brave kings, all commanding great chariots. He tells Drona of the superb men and mighty leaders on their [...]

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The Bhagavad Gita: An Introduction

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on January 29, 2010

The Bhagavad-Gita, the “Song of the Lord,” is a poem in the form of a dialogue. Although considered an independent sacred text it is part of the sixth book of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The dialogue is between the warrior prince Arjuna and Krishna. Krishna is an incarnation of the cosmic power that has descended [...]

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