நான் யார் ? (nAn yAr) – “who am I?”. Try describing yourself. In 2 lines, in 10 lines, a page. It’s not easy to describe ourselves, as after all we are product of our vasanas (conditionings) and prakriti (material makeup, chemicals, etc.), together which determine our gunas (tendencies) – which are all in constant [...]
Since I get this all the time… people asking what my name means since it’s not your typical Indian name, here it is. The name, Pari (पारि, பாரி) comes from Pari Vallal, the legendary 9CE Tamil Chola king (and later turned sage and philanthropist). In Tamil Nadu the story of Pari has been a long [...]
In Hindu cosmology asserts that the current universe is one of many and that time extends into the endless future and the endless past in cosmic cycles. For example a cycle of 4 Yugas (great ages/eras, consisting of Krta, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali Yuga, lasting 1.728, 1.296, 0.864, 0.432 million years respectively) is called a [...]