This post is not as much about spirituality than it is about my personal thoughts and critical views on the concept and idea of spirituality as it applies to life. After my share of indulging in spirituality for a number of years, I think of it is as an intellectual preoccupation, and as much of [...]
This is a composition by the famous 15th century bhakti saint Annamacharya, rendered so well by M S. Subbulakshmi. For anyone else (like me) who doesn’t know Telugu I have it in Sanskrit:
कन्नुले धुतुदे घन वैकुन्दम्
वेन्नुनि गोलिचिन विज्ञानिकि ।।
तलचिनदेल्ला तत्वरहसमे
तेलिसिन योगिकि धिन धिनमु ।
पलिकिनदेल्ला परम मन्त्रमुले
फलियिन्चिन हरि भक्तुनिकि ।।
पत्तिनदेल्ला भ्रह्मात्मकमे
पुत्तुनु गेलिच्न पुन्युनिकि ।
मेत्तिन देल्ला मिन्नेति [...]