Tag: sarangi
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Why Sarangi
The name Sarangi, which I adopted for my yogic project and ultimately for this website, was given to me by Swami Atma in Rishikesh, India. Swami Atma was one of my meditation teachers, one of the serious ones who wouldn’t want to be called a master. The story goes like this. We were chatting, sitting…
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What many people don’t know is that…
When I live in contact with Nature, in a more natural dimension of life, my gaze immediately becomes sharper and more sensitive to the small, the delicate, the essential. The myth of the hero, of greatness, of extraordinariness, of visibility, crumbles, making way for the simple, delicate power of the real. The ordinary reveals its…
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The perfect moment to meet you
I’m heading out, intending to take a walk in the woods today without a set destination. When I’m here in Lakazeza, weather permitting, a walk in the woods is a daily ritual. I anticipate it with the eager trembling of a child unwrapping a present. The metaphor fits perfectly because every day the path—often imaginary,…
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Falafel
Falafel In the woods, the war is silent footsteps, birds and shadows follow the trail, and the dead fly low with unfurled sleeves, invisible and present, nocturnal animals of a spring that tries its best to be discreet. No war is distant.[…]From the poetry collection “Pane del bosco” by C. L. Candiani No war is…
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The Bardo Thodol – The Art of Beautiful Dying and Fearless Living
The Bardo Thodol (Tibetan: bar do thos grol chen mo, literally “The Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate State”) corresponds to a section of a broader Tibetan Buddhist text titled Zab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol (literally, “The Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Mind of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities”). It…