When I got a small cold in Isha yoga center last year, the in-house doctor suggested I quarantine and wear a mask to avoid infecting others. I was considering wearing the mask, but when I mentioned it to a volunteer friend, she said, “maybe he thinks you might have TB”. Obviously. That is the stigma […]
Ashram Talks
40 Life Lessons From Playing Chess
In Amdavad (Ahmedabad), I stay at the Dada Bhagwan Foundation ashram. A neighbourhood uncle, loves playing chess. And while I don’t play the game often, I do have a penchant for it. So the uncle looks out for me to play the game whenever I am there. He plays chess daily. Often more than one […]
Mahatma Gandhi & Ramana Maharshi Connection [Ashram Talks]
In the ashram a lot of random things get said. Different ashrams have different levels of crap being spoken in a very normalized fashion. From a friend who had apparently been to another hippie place (not sure it can be called an ashram) said that Isha is really good in that respect that they very […]