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Common ground of our being…
Common ground of our being…
Well, it may sound strange, but the fact is that we are inseparably and intricately interconnected to all beings. An Eskimo sitting in an…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
May 3
One Mind contains it all…
One Mind contains it all…
Suppose you have a favourite pen and you are so familiar with it that you will recognise it in any orientation, anywhere. Suppose, I take…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Apr 21
Universe grew by herself…
Universe grew by herself…
Some of us honestly wish to benefit the world in every way possible but we often feel lonely on that path. It is then that we must entrust…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Apr 11
Nature of our work…
Nature of our work…
After working in the field, farmers in Asia return home with their partners singing happily on the way. Bee visits flower after flower, yet…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Apr 5
Consciousness and its objects
Consciousness and its objects
We all know that things we see aren’t the things as they are! Our consciousness freely chooses to include or exclude elements depending…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Apr 2
Multiplying the joy of drinking tea
Multiplying the joy of drinking tea
When you hold the cup of tea in your hand gently, think of the calm surface of tea as the tender forehead of a baby. Before you have your…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Apr 2
What is humble becomes earth…
What is humble becomes earth…
Grass is humble and meek, yet the mighty sky sends rain — not onto heavens above but onto the grass below. This is the way of cosmos. What…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Apr 2
What good are they for?
What good are they for?
When I was in China, I went to visit the mausoleum of the ancient Nanyue king, Zhao Mo (趙眜). In his grave were his belongings alongside the…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Mar 16
Put it down…
Put it down…
You have been carrying this heavy bag of hatred and anger for too long. Please keep it down for once and listen to me. Trust me when I say…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Mar 16
Rebuilding the world…
Rebuilding the world…
In my childhood, my school’s walls regularly welcomed very large bee hives. Given the ample amount of sunlight and fresh air: monkeys…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Mar 16
Great Compassion
Great Compassion
There is Karuna (compassion) and there is Mahakaruna (great compassion). Sometimes we are so tired that we want to liberate ourselves and…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Mar 6
The wa…
The wa…
Spiritual practice such as mindfulness, didn’t right away eradicate my suffering. They slowly made me witness that much of my suffering is…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Feb 20
Objects of our love…
Objects of our love…
Little by little, we must always strive to exercise our compassion towards those who hurt us and slandered us for no reason. Even though…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Feb 18
Tri kỷ
Tri kỷ
In Vietnamese, the word “Tri kỷ” can mean soulmate. Soulmate is someone who listens and understands the song of our soul. But if we think…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Feb 18
Light and heavy
Light and heavy
Joy is as light as a feather but barely few can carry it for long. Suffering is as heavy as a boulder, but many can carry it easily. It…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Feb 18
Cradling the baby…
Cradling the baby…
When a baby cries, our first instinct is to take a colourful object, a certain toy, a keychain and place it in front of the baby and she…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Feb 6
God, are you there?
God, are you there?
In my childhood, if someone asked me “do you believe in God?” I used to feel perplexed. Answer always depended upon the questioner and his…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Jan 19
Kindness and Smartness
Kindness and Smartness
We think intellect and kindness have nothing to do with each other. Winning a Nobel prize or solving a very difficult theorem is a feat of…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Jan 19
Can there be saints?
Can there be saints?
When we see someone from a rural village suffering from a painful illness without any healthcare facility around, we feel a lot of…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Jan 11
Death and Aliveness…
Death and Aliveness…
I received a plant as a gift but it died. It maybe hard to think of death in context of humans, but we can stop and ask ourselves, “do…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Jan 11
He stands still
He stands still
One of the old Chinese monks I met has a name that roughly translates to “monk who stands still”. For past eighty years he has been…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Dec 28, 2023
Birth of Christ
Birth of Christ
It is said that Christ will be born once again in this world, but if we go around maternity wards looking for him, we may miss him. Things…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Dec 28, 2023
Simple life…
Simple life…
Deep down, each one of us know that life is indeed very simple. Anything we look around, be it the ray of sun, a leaf, a snowflake is…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Dec 28, 2023
Inner and outer weather…
Inner and outer weather…
We usually don’t think much about the deep connection between inner weather of an individual and outer weather (climate). An individual…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Dec 19, 2023
Forgiving others…
Forgiving others…
My firm conviction is that it is impossible for a happy and a calm individual to inflict suffering on others. To hurt someone, even a…
Shyam Wuppuluri FRSA
Dec 8, 2023
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