SVL 1.7: Mount Madonna, Davenport Beach, San Francisco, Yosemite

 Posted on September 4, 2015  |  16 minutes  |  3381 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

4th September 2014  Hi, Here is the next update about our recent travels and experiences.  This email is long (‘megalang’) and it’s taken me all day to upload and organise the pictures and write it out. [Read More]
adai  alcatraz  barefoot running  bicycle utopia  bikes  birds  Buddhist Monastery  cabrillo highway  california  chutney  conservatory of flowers  Corona  Davenport Beach  deer  Deneb  diner  drought  forest  fox  ghiradelli chocolates  golden gate bridge  golden gate park  half dome peak  hanuman temple  hike  Key Stone  labor day  lake view lodge  lee vining  lembert dome  Lombard street  marin county  may lake  milky way  mono lake  mount madonna  mystery spot  olmstead point  photography  pitcher plants  rain  ranger talk  san francisco  santa cruz  SLR  Small Dipper  squirrels  star gazing  stars  tenaya lake  Thich Nhat Hanh  tioga lake  toulumne meadows  Toulumne Meadows area  trek  US  Vega  venus flytraps  vietnamese monastery  walk  woodpecker  yosemite 

SVL 1.3: Independence

 Posted on July 18, 2015  |  8 minutes  |  1576 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

18th July 2014 Dear family and friends 🙂 How are you? I’ve been happy to hear from more of you recently. Life has taken on more of a normal rhythm now that it’s been ~a month since I landed. [Read More]
4th july  american independence  BART  buddha  Buddhist Monastery  carrom  Embarcadero  fireworks  fremont  Germany  hanuman temple  indian food  library  lombard  mount madonna  pav bhaji  pier 39  public transport  san francisco  vietnamese monastery  world cup 

Feel good links

 Posted on October 21, 2013  |  2 minutes  |  319 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I’d like to share here some of the interesting links I’ve read recently: This oneis the less covered story about ordinary and good Indian men. After all the nasty stories we’ve read, this comes as a breath of fresh air and points out all the nice qualities Indian man have. [Read More]
acceptance  be the change you want to see  buddhism  community  Dalai Lama  environment  family  gandhi  generosity  good  good men  good people  habit of happiness  happiness  His Holiness The Dalai Lama  kindness  love  man without money  meditation  meditation techniques  money  pro community  simple  tibet 

Come dream with me

 Posted on October 10, 2013  |  10 minutes  |  2056 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

What does our country really need? We need to make sure every citizen gets enough to eat, clothe themselves and opportunity to enrich themselves using good quality education, and employment. [Read More]
abundance  appreciation  apprival  assembly lines  Attention  basic needs  bike lane  business  capitalism  citizen  clothes  consumerism  contentment  cycles  development  dream  e-waste  eat  education  education system  employment  empowerment  enrichment  family  food  forests  gandhi  grass roots  gratitude  imagine  kindness  livelihood  local products  marketing  materialistic  passion  pedestrian  phone  poverty  public transport  resources  responsibility  rich and famous  schools  self reliance  self sufficient  skill  socialism  strengths  system  training  use  waste  weaknesses 

Thoughts about going Vegan

 Posted on March 27, 2013  |  7 minutes  |  1325 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I was raised vegetarian and my family has been vegetarian for generations. When I was thirteen or fourteen, my parents told me that since I will be travelling when I get older, I could start getting used to meat if I wanted to. [Read More]
10% rule  animal rights  ants  artificial insemination  babies  balance  bones  buddha  calf  compassion  conditioning  conflict  consumer  cosmic  cow  crazy  culture  dead animals  dead chicken  destruction  development  efficiency  eggs  empathy  environment  food  fruits  harm  health  human nature  humans  jainism  Krishnamurthi  lactase  lactose  lactose intolerant  lifestyle  literal  meat  meat dish  milk  nature  non-violence  peace  plants  political  pollution  protector's club  rape  science  social  system  technology  thrive  tools  trees  vegan  vegan recipes  veganism  vegetarianism  where it comes from  wisdom 

LOG 1.20: Chickens and Seals

 Posted on December 1, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  659 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

13th June, 2011 Hello everyone, It’s been half a year since I left home the second time and luckily I will be back home for some time without as much gap as last time. [Read More]
birds  cats  chickens  chickens aren't smart  crabs  exams  feeding chickens  fish  fluffy feathery chickens  german classes  going to india  hay fever  jelly fish  lullaby  Oldenburg  pilot data  punk rock stars  seals  shrimps  star fish  storms  sunny  wilhelmshaven 

Spiritual, religious or philosophical?

 Posted on October 14, 2012  |  6 minutes  |  1271 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Many people confuse spirituality with religiousness, and philosophy with spirituality. Here I will attempt to tease out the differences as I see them. To be religious is to follow a given set of rules generally defined by an existing system of organised faith. [Read More]
adam and eve  arne naess  carbon cycle  categorise  ceremonies  christians and muslims  conflict  culture  deep ecology  deep experience  define  diversity  duality  duality of language  earth  eden  energy cycle  eternal bliss  forbidden fruit  god  identity  intellectual pursuit  joseph campbell  knowledge  language  maharishi  mantrams  math  matter cycle  meditation  mental definitions  merge with god  mind  moksha  monk  mountain  music  mythology  nirvana  organised faith  particle physics  peace  philisophical  philosophy  poetry  prayer  quantum physics  ramana maharishi  religious  religious philosophies  religious philosophy  rituals  role of mythology  salvation  sanyasi  social  spiritual  spirituality  theology  Unity  universe  water cycle  who am i?  who are we  wolf  yoga