English as well as Marathi language translation of one of the most recited hymn of Lord Shri Rama, which is originally written in the Sanskrit language — I was in my second grade of the elementary school, where they had the tradition of teaching the divine hymn (stotra) — one stanza every morning before the start of the classes. For one week, we would recite the same stanza every morning, and the next week, learn the next…

Recitation with correct pronunciations on YouTube — Let me be clear. I am not anywhere close to a singer. The closest is that I did learn to play Indian Classical music on violin for many years. But I did something for last more than half a century consistently — day after day. When I was in the…

In order to really listen, we need to understand how not to listen — All of us want to be good listeners. All of us have come across people who don’t pay attention; don’t listen. In order to be a good listener, we can learn from the non-listeners about what not to do. Here are ten habits of such award-winning non-listeners. Three Habits which…

The process is more important than the results. And if you take care of the process, you will get the results — M. S. Dhoni — Those who are fond of the sport of cricket, need no introduction for M. S. Dhoni, who is also known as Captain cool, or Mahi, or MSD, or Thala (which means leader). He was captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test…

Attitude matters the most — Attitude matters. How we look at things matters. I recently heard this real life incident from one of my friends. A group of friends were chitchatting together. Everybody was laughing and enjoying the event. Then one of the girls mentioned she just had been to this great nail salon and…

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Explanation of the first chapter of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita in simple and easy to understand Marathi language — नमस्कार मित्रांनो, भगवत गीतेच्या, एकेका श्लोकाचं, ज्ञानेश्वरीवर आधारित निरूपण असलेल्या या मालिकेमध्ये आपलं पुन्हा एकदा मनःपूर्वक स्वागत आहे. संत ज्ञानेश्वर महाराजांनी सुमारे ७२५ वर्षांपूर्वी लिहिलेली सार्थ श्री ज्ञानेश्वरी, आणि मराठीमध्ये डॉ. गोपाळराव गोविंद बेणारे, यांनी या ग्रंथाचा जो अर्थ उलगडून सांगितला आहे, या सर्वांवर हे निरूपण आधारित आहे.

Chapter 15 — Each shloka explained based on Dnyaneshwari — Bhagavad Gita — chapter 15 — Puruṣhottama Yoga In the fifteenth chapter of the holy Bhagavad Gita, which is known as the ‘Puruṣottama Yoga’ (पुरुषोत्तम योग’), Bhagavān (Lord) Śri Kriśna uses the metaphor of an inverted tree for describing the universe. …

Nothing is wasted — We see many examples of someone graduating in a certain field and then ending up working in an entirely different field. So does that mean the efforts spent in learning are totally wasted? Sometimes we feel that way. But we might realize looking back, that the learning stayed with us…