Blogs from Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 4

HE SAID... We were leaving Udaipur and travelling north to Pushkar. We woke early, jumped into an auto rickshaw (motorised tricycle with a passenger cabin) at 5am and made our way to the Udaipur train station. We had a chai(tea) as we waited on the platform, boarded the train at 5.30am and set off at 6am for our long journey to Pushkar. We had a five and a half hour train trip to Ajmer and a 30 minute drive to Pushkar ahead of us. We arrived at Ajmer station at 11.30am, jumped off the train, made our way through the crowded platform and shuffled shoulder to shoulder across the walkway to the car park. We found our taxi and headed off to Pushkar at 12pm. We drove through the mayhem and madness of midday traffic in ... read more

Day11 - Moving on to Pushkar Up at 4.10am. Both Jude and I were up and about ok. We had done all off our preparation and packing last night, so we didn't have much to do. This morning we are travelling to Ajmer by train, and then we will change to a local bus for the 14 km drive over Snake Mountain to Pushkar. Udaipur to Ajmer train takes about 7 hours. The connecting jeeps took about half an hour. On arrival we had time to get refreshed, get something to eat, and a short nap, due to the early start. All these were very welcome! At 5pm we went on an orientation walk with Ankur. As always, he was very guarded with us all. He gave us instructions on how we should respond to the ... read more

Pushkar February 27-28th 2014 “....concentrate on the syllable om, and feel the force that it embrace(s)......feel the energy from the trinity that flow(s) through to fill all of (you)......see the universe being created in a single exhalation of the Brahma's breath. ….. understand the delicacy with which Vishnu balance(s) everything between creation and death. The physical (will) subside as Vishnu's cycle (comes) to and end. The lasting resonance of the syllable (will) sound inside (you) as Shiva's sphere (begins) to ascend.” The Death of Vishnu – Manil Suri Maha Shivratri is the 'Great Night of Shiva', a Hindu festival celebrated every year during the black moon (usually February) in reverence of Lord Shiva. The festival marks the convergence of Shiva and Shakti (shakti means creative beauty power and intelligence and is the... read more

Resumo: Filosofia de Vida; minha nova prática; Estou bem. Não me lembro mais se escrevi a minha primeira experiência com a meditação Vipassana, mas agora, após completar o meu terceiro curso de 10 dias, consigo dizer um pouco mais sobre esta maravilhosa experiência. É comprovado que meditação ajuda em diversas formas: concentração, relaxamento, trazer pensamentos positivos ... Porém Vipassana é também Arte de Viver. Para mim é filosofia de vida, viver a vida estando bem consigo mesmo e com as pessoas ao seu redor. Não sou muito de filosofar, como vocês já notaram. Aqui não irei fazer isso. Principalmente porque esta meditação é focada na experiência. É preciso experimentar para entender todas as teorias onde as pessoas dizem que é preciso pensar positivo, não sentir raiva, desejar o bem das pessoas ... etc. Após ter feito ... read more

Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were Muni Baba was said by the locals to be at least 120 years old. I needed to see this. There was a festival of celebration and devotion being held over several days in the remote little village temple where he resided in a small dark room with a duni (fire place) in the middle, which exuded far too much smoke than one might think healthy for anyone let alone a man of 120. We went, the four of us, on two bikes to the place – about 10 kms from Pushkar. A nice ride on a good road mostly, and the countryside was looking wonderful and fresh on this winter morning. The other three were locals who had seen Muni Baba before and were ... read more