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I can't concentrate!
A question came in to me on email asking for some insights on concentration. "I can't concentrate. Please help." Here are some of my thoughts on concentration. Most people can't concentrate because they have not been taught how to concentrate and they do not practice the art of concentration. If you haven't been taught it and you don't practice it how can you be good at it? In order to learn ho...
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Feb 24, 2012 1 MINUTE READ
Thanjavur's great temple
This morning on the way to the heart of the Chetinad region we stopped in Thanjavur to visit the temple built by the great south Indian king Raja Raja Chola. The temple's name is Brihadeeswarar and is an architectural marvel. The 216 feet (66m) tower with its monolithic 80 ton do
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Feb 24, 2012 1 MINUTE READ
Bathing the Elephant
Driving down the road to Thanjavur, we crossed a river where a temple elephant was about to get one of her two daily baths. We leapt from the bus and hurried down to the river side to watch. Olga led the charge and quickly developed a special affinity with Shamala the eleph
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Feb 23, 2012 Yoga and Meditation
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Feb 23, 2012 Visiting the home of a Sari Weaver
After our ceremony at the Airateswar Temple in the village of Darasuram we visited one of the local sari weavers. The town is famous for sari weaving and most of these weavers supply the larger stores in the big cities with their stock of saris. We entered a small home to find a
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Feb 22, 2012 1 MINUTE READ
Lunch with a priest's family
The only way to taste true Tamil cuisine is to be fortunate enough to be invited for lunch with a family. We had that pleasure yesterday when we dined at the home of Kailas Deeksitar, a priest at the spectacular Chidambaram temple. We were greeted by his wife, son and daughter.
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Feb 22, 2012 1 MINUTE READ
Inside the sanctum of Chidambaram
Through our close connections with the priests of Chidambaram, we were able to go into parts of the vast temple that are rarely seen by outsiders. From an elevated balcony, we can look directly onto the golden roof that covers the inner sanctum where Shiva Nataraja is worship
