Last Sunday my husband and I were invited to attend a satsang which means a public gathering where people to share their knowledge through spiritual discourses, have young and upcoming artistes with a chance to perform, some mantra chanting, etc.
There was a keyboard player who played popular raga based film songs, besides two speakers that day. One talked about Karma and quoted the Bhagawat Gita extensively and the other spoke on the Siddhars of Thiruvannamalai - the famed hill where Ramana Maharshi spent most of his life.
This was largely attended by retired Tambrams short for tam(il)-brahm(ins). There were about 70 of them hearing it all out for a good 3 hours from 5pm to 8pm. Nice way to spend time, share one's knowledge with an interactive audience. But will I be able to sit through each month's last Sunday, I truly wonder. Once in a while this seems OK. And 30th Oct. 2011 was their 6th anniversary of holding such satsangs without a single break. That's no mean achievement.
Cheers for their sheer perseverance for sharing knowledge with others.
Mahalakshmi
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, January 22, 2010
Babies
Babies are so beautiful. Whether of animals, birds or humans.
Why do they appear so beautiful in the first place?
They are miniatures of the adults. Secondly they are so helpless and need to be protected and are so dependent on their mothers or fathers in some species.
A smiling baby can melt a stone. A crying baby?
That reminds me of the crying sounds of our next door neighbor's baby. He dint seem to stop for a long time. He just kept wailing at a high pitch. Then came a tuneless song from his aunt. His wails and her song to comfort him, competed with each other making a very odd pair of tunes. I was waiting with bated breath to hear who would give in first!!
It was the baby! He just stopped after a while and perhaps was keen to listen to this new tune. He may have forgotten his own hunger or pain or whatever.
I thought its so rare these days to hear someone sing to a baby.
I have sung for all the babies in our family since I was perhaps 5 or 6 years old. I was a good singer too imitating Lata Mangeshkar's songs.
I still remember my cousin's daughter falling asleep to my favourite song, "ehesaan teraa hogaa mujh par, dil ..." from Junglee. Saira Banu, the beauty queen, sings this song while our hero shammi kapoor peeps from behind. What a song and what melody in the song.
And there were many more I used to sing not just to put babies to sleep :D. Songs would uplift my mood and that of others around me from a very young age.
I loved singing a variety of songs. Due to age and no constant practice my voice croaks at high pitch but even then I do manage to sing the Lalitha Sahasranaamam and other slokas as an offering to the divine.
Some other day about songs and music.
The time is 1am and I am nodding off.
Until next.
Cheers!
Mahalakshmi
Why do they appear so beautiful in the first place?
They are miniatures of the adults. Secondly they are so helpless and need to be protected and are so dependent on their mothers or fathers in some species.
A smiling baby can melt a stone. A crying baby?
That reminds me of the crying sounds of our next door neighbor's baby. He dint seem to stop for a long time. He just kept wailing at a high pitch. Then came a tuneless song from his aunt. His wails and her song to comfort him, competed with each other making a very odd pair of tunes. I was waiting with bated breath to hear who would give in first!!
It was the baby! He just stopped after a while and perhaps was keen to listen to this new tune. He may have forgotten his own hunger or pain or whatever.
I thought its so rare these days to hear someone sing to a baby.
I have sung for all the babies in our family since I was perhaps 5 or 6 years old. I was a good singer too imitating Lata Mangeshkar's songs.
I still remember my cousin's daughter falling asleep to my favourite song, "ehesaan teraa hogaa mujh par, dil ..." from Junglee. Saira Banu, the beauty queen, sings this song while our hero shammi kapoor peeps from behind. What a song and what melody in the song.
And there were many more I used to sing not just to put babies to sleep :D. Songs would uplift my mood and that of others around me from a very young age.
I loved singing a variety of songs. Due to age and no constant practice my voice croaks at high pitch but even then I do manage to sing the Lalitha Sahasranaamam and other slokas as an offering to the divine.
Some other day about songs and music.
The time is 1am and I am nodding off.
Until next.
Cheers!
Mahalakshmi
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